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KU Debate collects postseason awards
LAWRENCE — The 2014-15 KU Debate team ended the regular season ranked No. 1 in the country in the National Debate Tournament varsity debate rankings. It is the third time in the past 10 years that KU has won the national varsity rankings championship. This year the team has carried...
KPR uncovers long-lost tapes of jazz legend Louis Armstrong celebrating KU basketball
LAWRENCE – Louis Armstrong – Satchmo, Pops – is one of the legends of jazz, renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing. Kansas Public Radio has uncovered a connection between Satchmo and one of the most famous basketball games in KU history. ...
Architecture students' work on display during KC Design Week
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students will participate in two events during Kansas City Design Week. ...
Installation artist to visit campus
LAWRENCE — Using materials to evoke an emotional memory, artist Lynne Yamamoto creates installations that speak to a larger social and historical context. Yamamoto will give a visiting artist lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium. The lecture is free, and the public...
HSES professor to receive national Athletic Trainer Service Award
LAWRENCE — Phillip Vardiman, associate professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences (HSES) at the University of Kansas, has been selected to receive the 2015 Athletic Trainer Service Award, granted by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). ...
Study helps predict which kindergartners will have reading difficulties
LAWRENCE — For years teachers have seen students who were promising readers in the primary grades begin to experience challenges in third and fourth grades as reading materials became more difficult. University of Kansas researchers conducted a study with the goal of identifying how to better predict in kindergarten who...
Opening of The Forum to be celebrated March 27
LAWRENCE — An event to celebrate the completion of The Forum, an addition to Marvin Hall, will take place from 3-5 p.m. Friday, March 27. The extension, located on Marvin’s second floor just south of its main entrance on Jayhawk Boulevard, includes a 121-seat lecture hall, commons and breakout space. ...
KU introduces online program for degree completion
LAWRENCE – A bachelor’s degree from the state’s flagship university will be within reach for more students with the launch of new online education opportunities at the University of Kansas. ...
The Commons announces interdisciplinary Starter Grants
LAWRENCE –The Commons will offer Starter Grants, funded through the Office of Research, for interdisciplinary research projects in Spring 2015. Starter Grants are available for collaborative teams, which may apply for up to $10,000 each to initiate their proposed studies. The deadline to apply is April 17. ...
Former congressman to discuss US-Iran foreign relations
LAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will host former U.S. Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan., to give a talk on his recent trip to Iran, hope for successful nuclear talks and a crucial people-to-people aspect of U.S.-Iran relations. Called the Abrahamic dialogue, it encourages interfaith...
University announces new dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning will have a new leader beginning in June. ...
Hall Center to host 13th annual Celebration of Books
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center for the Humanities will honor 2014 works published by humanities, social sciences and arts faculty at the 13th annual Celebration of Books. The event will take place from 4-6 p.m. March 31 in the Hall Center Conference Hall. ...
University distinguished professor of English to deliver inaugural lecture
LAWRENCE — Maryemma Graham, university distinguished professor of English at the University of Kansas, will present her inaugural lecture at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, in the Bruckmiller Room of the Adams Alumni Center. The lecture, “Incidents in the Life of a Genre: Autobiography and Self-Invention,” focuses on the boom...
Symposium to feature six acclaimed architects
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture, Design & Planning is presenting the [Re] Engaged Architecture symposium Saturday, March 28. It is part of the celebration of Studio 804’s 20th anniversary. ...
Student leaders in environmental studies, American Indian issues nominated for Udall Scholarship
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas undergraduates who excel in the classroom are encouraged to translate their education into serving the community and performing research into future challenges. For four outstanding juniors, their commitment to public service issues central to the careers of Morris and Stewart Udall has led to being...
Flapjacks for Philanthropy to benefit Willow Domestic Violence Center
LAWRENCE — A tasty breakfast for a good cause will be served up this week at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. Flapjacks for Philanthropy, an annual fundraiser sponsored by the SELF Engineering Leadership Fellows Program, is set for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 28, in Eaton Hall. ...
Visual art welcomes back sculpture alumnus
“Kiel is a prolific maker, builder, philosopher and entrepreneur – a true motivator and visionary for the artistic communities in this ever-present social media paradigm,” said Jon Keith Swindell, professor of visual art. “As KU sculpture and drawing alumnus, he is the best example of success of a studio-based artist...
Cervantes DNA confirmation unlikely, KU expert says; KU Libraries home to different 'Don Quixote' editions
LAWRENCE — Anthropologists are seeking to identify whether 400-year-old remains discovered this week are those of Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, who wrote "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha." ...
KU mourns loss of alumnus Mike Shinn
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is mourning the death of longtime supporter and engineering alumnus Mike Shinn. A native of Topeka, Shinn died Monday night in his hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio. He was 72. ...
KU to honor 31 high school seniors from Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt counties
LAWRENCE — Students from nine Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, April 8, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 38 high school seniors from 9 Northwest Kansas counties
LAWRENCE - Students from 16 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, April 1, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 22 high school seniors from Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and Smith counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Thursday, April 2, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 35 seniors from high schools in Neosho, Wilson counties
LAWRENCE — Students from six Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, April 1, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Professor receives Simons Fellowship
LAWRENCE – Tyrone Duncan, University of Kansas professor of mathematics and courtesy professor of electrical engineering and computer science, became KU’s first recipient of a 2015 Simons Fellowship in mathematics. The fellowship provides funds for one semester of leave during fall 2015 for his project Studies in Stochastic Control and...
Authority on Jews in Poland, Russia to speak at KU
LAWRENCE — Holocaust Studies Professor Antony Polonsky will present “The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw: A New Approach to the History of Jews in Poland” for the 2015 Oswald P. Backus Memorial Lecture. Hosted by the University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian...
Tribal law conference to explore future of Indian education
LAWRENCE – Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn and experts from across the country will discuss the status quo of Indian education and how it might change in the future based on President Obama’s recent commitment to reform during the University of Kansas School of Law’s 19th annual Tribal...
Langston Hughes Center to screen 'Selma,' offer panel discussion
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas professors, including filmmaker Kevin Willmott, will discuss the movie "Selma" after a Langston Hughes Center screening later this month. ...
'Iron Chef' of 1600s Japan took place in a brothel
LAWRENCE — As University of Kansas researcher Eric C. Rath examined in detail Japanese artist Hishikawa Moronobu's giant painting "A Visit to the Yoshiwara," he noticed the care the artist put in to show chefs in the pleasure quarters of Edo, now Tokyo, working frantically to figure out their next...
Douglas Tallamy, author of 'Bringing Nature Home,' will speak at KU March 21
LAWRENCE — Nationally recognized author Douglas Tallamy, best known for his book "Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens," will give a free lecture on that topic March 21 at the Kansas Union at the University of Kansas. The event is being presented by Monarch Watch,...
KU Libraries marking 50 years of 'radical political literature' collection with online exhibition
LAWRENCE — The American political landscape of 50 years ago was full of radical movements and ideology, from violent opposition to the Vietnam War to lesser-known ideas about the supposed danger of fluoridating water. It was also when the University of Kansas Libraries purchased the collection of a young student...