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New research will boost grasp of North American carbon cycle
LAWRENCE — For centuries, people have transformed and splintered landscapes and ecosystems in North America. This radical altering of nature makes it tough for scientists to analyze the continent’s life-sustaining carbon cycle — the biological, geological and chemical routes the element carbon takes to shift among earth, water and atmosphere. ...
Startup receives $270,000 from NSF, Google, Digital Sandbox
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — PatientsVoices, a startup company located in the Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center, started with a question: How can we improve the patient experience in hospitals across the nation? ...
Kansas Initiative for Developmental Ongoing Screening project offers resources for systems change
LAWRENCE — Kansas early childhood advocates and the communities they serve have a new website and online toolkit to help improve the lives of the state’s youngest residents. The Kansas Initiative for Developmental Ongoing Screening (KIDOS) provides best-practice training and coordinates the expansion of developmental and social-emotional screenings of children...
Media advisory: August marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombings; experts available to comment
LAWRENCE – August marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, an event that marked the end of World War II and is the only use of nuclear weapons in history. The University of Kansas has experts who can speak to the bombings and are experts...
CEOP secures $1.99M for College Assistance Migrant Program
LAWRENCE — The children of migrant workers face formidable obstacles to educational success and, not surprisingly, as a group have one of the highest dropout rates in the nation. Poverty, low wages, deplorable and unsafe living conditions, interrupted schooling, lack of social mobility and paucity of educational opportunities plague these...
Kelly Reynolds named KU director of state relations
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has named Kelly Reynolds, who earned her bachelor’s degree from KU in 2005, to serve as the university’s new director of state relations. ...
Compulsory schooling research could point to success of mandatory community college plan
LAWRENCE — Providing two years of free community college to qualifying students is expected to be a hot topic during the 2016 presidential campaign. ...
Alumni Association announces resignation of President Kevin Corbett
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alumni Association (KUAA) announced today the resignation of association President Kevin Corbett, effective July 31. Corbett, who has led the KU Alumni Association since 2004, has accepted an executive vice president position with Affiliated Builders Group (ABG), headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma. ...
KU to host public forum on Central District redevelopment
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas invites Lawrence residents to learn about redevelopment plans for KU’s Central District at a public forum from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, in the Schwegler Elementary School gym. ...
Math key factor in career fields where women are underrepresented
LAWRENCE – Math – not college faculty’s belief that female students lack brilliance – points to why fewer women are in STEM fields, research at the University of Kansas shows. ...
KU Media Productions becomes part of The Agency
LAWRENCE — KU Media Productions is now part of The Agency, the student-led strategic communications initiative of the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, The Agency announced this week. ...
Time for revolution in higher education funding has come, professors say
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas professors walk the halls of the same university, teach many of the same students and collaborate on research, yet they traversed different paths to get there, with results that diverge even today. ...
KU to host readings, discussions about black poetry
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will stage a series of public poetry readings and discussions as part of an institute on black poetry. ...
KU's Project for Innocence wins murder conviction reversal in federal court
LAWRENCE – A learning experience for one University of Kansas law student turned into a second chance last week for a woman serving life in prison in connection with a high-profile Topeka murder. ...
Research shows solar events unlikely triggers for birth defects on Earth
LAWRENCE — Studies find airplane crews at high altitude are exposed to potentially harmful levels of radiation from cosmic rays. ...
Testing expert: Despite revamped No Child Left Behind, politicians, educators, parents at odds over accountability
LAWRENCE — The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a revamped version of No Child Left Behind, the first time in 14 years Congress has managed to pass a new version of the highly criticized education law. The measure is in doubt, however, even after the House passed its own version...
Reporters facing charges for Ferguson arrests part of 'deliberate, unjustifiable' interference with press, media expert says
LAWRENCE — Two journalists who were arrested while covering the August 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, could still face charges. St. Louis County prosecutors will soon decide whether to charge Ryan Reilly of the Huffington Post and Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post. ...
Conference helps mark 100 years of KU amphibian, reptile research
LAWRENCE — The KU Biodiversity Institute will celebrate 100 years of amphibian and reptile research this month with an international herpetology conference, exhibitions and a variety of educational public events. ...
Math department announces award winners
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Department of Math recognized its undergraduate and graduate students and faculty for outstanding academic and teaching achievements at its 58th annual honors banquet this spring at the KU Adams Alumni Center. ...
Health researcher addresses UN event
LAWRENCE — Christina Holt, associate director of KU Work Group for Community Health and Development at the Life Span Institute, addressed the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month. The Work Group is one of the only UN World Health Organization...
US media over-represent contributors to policy making, study finds
LAWRENCE — In an effort to highlight a diverse set of voices in covering politics, American media generally over-represent the number of people who contribute to policy making when compared with journalists in South Korea. ...
Geologic map for Pawnee County now available
LAWRENCE — A new, full-color geologic map of Pawnee County showing a range of surface geology — from older rocks formed in marine environments to younger silt deposits and sand dunes shaped by wind and water — is available from the Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas. ...
Kansas Geological Survey honors outstanding students
LAWRENCE — Four University of Kansas students received outstanding achievement awards in May from the Kansas Geological Survey, based on KU’s west campus. ...