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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces June graduates
YODER – Fifty-five new law enforcement officers were congratulated by Topeka Police Department Chief James L. Brown during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) Friday, June 12. ...
College honors outstanding graduate students
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences recognized three University of Kansas graduate students with awards for exceptional research and academic performance. ...
KU tuition proposal balances affordability, quality
TOPEKA – Two-thirds of returning University of Kansas undergraduates will see no tuition increase, while costs will rise by 3.6 percent for incoming freshmen and all other students under the university’s 2015-16 tuition proposal approved by the Kansas Board of Regents today. ...
African and African-American studies professor wins inaugural engaged scholarship award
LAWRENCE – Beverly Mack, professor of African and African-American studies, received the first Sharon & Jeffrey Vitter Award for Engaged Scholarship for her project “The American Yan Taru.” The award recognizes outstanding examples of engaged scholarship, or academic scholarship that has been taken off-campus and into the community, contributing to...
Multiple communication tools boost young adults' relationship with dad
LAWRENCE - Still looking for a Father’s Day gift? Send dad an email. ...
Holocaust researcher details lives of female Nazi guards
LAWRENCE — Irma Grese, who is perhaps the most well-known female Nazi concentration camp guard, is portrayed in popular culture as a brutal warden in Nazi exploitation films. ...
Media advisory: Killing of deputy degrades al-Qaida, researcher says
LAWRENCE — As the White House confirmed the death of al-Qaida's Arabian Peninsula deputy Nasir al-Wuhayshi in an airstrike in Yemen on Tuesday, national news reports have labeled it the most significant blow to the terrorist organization since the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden. ...
Edwards Campus to offer applied statistics, analytics degree online
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas Edwards Campus is offering a new, unique program aimed at attracting and retaining talent in Johnson County and the region. The new Applied Statistics and Analytics online graduate degree, starting in fall 2015, is the 10th program the university is adding as part...
Pokphanh to lead academic efforts for KUAAP
LAWRENCE — Roberta Pokphanh has been selected as the academic director of the University of Kansas Academic Accelerator Program. Pokphanh currently serves as assistant dean of the Office of Graduate Studies at KU. She will begin her new role Monday, June 22. ...
Furniture, food, clothing donated from student moveout
LAWRENCE — KU Surplus, along with Student Housing and other community partners, collected nonperishable food items, unwanted clothing and surplus furniture during the student moveout rush in May. ...
CEOP announces 2015 Jerry Bailey Educational Opportunity Scholarship winners
LAWRENCE — Two students who have overcome significant personal hardships in their young lives are the 2015 Jerry Bailey Educational Opportunity Scholarship awardees at the University of Kansas. The scholarship program, now in its second year, is part of the Achievement & Assessment Institute’s (AAI) Center for Educational Opportunity Programs...
World War II era Japanese paintings reflect artists’ identity in militaristic society
LAWRENCE – Similar to its World War II allies, Japan used art to promote its war machine during the 1930s and '40s. In the following decades, artists during this era were categorized as either collaborating with the wartime government or being anti-war. ...
KU investment in training leads to NASA award for KU startup company
LAWRENCE — A new University of Kansas investment in training and support for startup companies formed from university research is already beginning to pay off. A KU startup company has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from NASA to further develop an unmanned aircraft system collision avoidance radar. ...
Audio-Reader accepting donations for benefit sale
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Audio-Reader Network is now accepting donations of gently used audio equipment, vinyl records, CDs, books on CD and musical instruments. Donated items will be sold at Audio-Reader’s annual benefit sale, For Your EARS Only, which will be Sept. 11-12 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. ...
Architecture Dean Gaunt stepping down after 21 years
LAWRENCE — John Gaunt, who has led the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning since 1994, will soon step down as dean of the school; however, he will continue as a full-time faculty member. ...
Higuchi Biosciences Center announces J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research awards
LAWRENCE — Three projects by faculty from the departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry, and Pharmacology & Toxicology were selected to receive 2015 J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research awards. ...
Media Advisory: KU expert can discuss significance of swimming pools, racial segregation
LAWRENCE — Police in McKinney, Texas, in the last week have received criticism, and one officer has resigned after a video surfaced on YouTube of him forcing a 14-year-old African-American girl to the ground. ...
National Association of Assessment Directors honors AAI Director Neal Kingston
LAWRENCE — A national organization of testing professionals has honored the career accomplishments of Neal Kingston, director of the Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) and professor in the School of Education’s Research, Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics Program at the University of Kansas. ...
Study: Polarization has increased economic inequality
LAWRENCE — As national politics has become intensely more partisan in the past three decades, new research co-authored by a University of Kansas researcher links political gridlock to increased economic inequality as well. ...
New England's success with regional approach could be key to children's savings accounts
LAWRENCE — Recent years have seen tremendous interest in Children’s Savings Accounts, interventions with demonstrated potential to improve educational outcomes, increase expectations and academic engagement, and facilitate economic mobility. Policy momentum is not always accompanied by clarity about how those pursuing CSAs should design, implement and evaluate these approaches, however. ...
KCK principal receives Friend of Education award
LAWRENCE — John "J.D." Rios is the recipient of the 2015 Friend of Education Award. Rios was nominated for the award by members of the University of Kansas School of Education's faculty and administration for his distinguished record of professional leadership, service and support of education in Kansas. ...
Social Innovation Award helps students make proposals a reality
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas students were recently recognized with the Social Innovation Award for their proposals utilizing art to advance social change both at home and abroad. The funds awarded will help these undergraduates put their strategic plans into action. ...
Twenty-eight students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for summer
LAWRENCE — This summer, 28 University of Kansas students will receive Undergraduate Research Awards, which provide $1,000 to support mentored projects. ...
Media advisory: Medieval lit expert discusses 'Game of Thrones' themes
LAWRENCE — Misty Schieberle, University of Kansas associate professor of English, is available to discuss the conclusion of the fifth season of HBO's popular show "Game of Thrones" and how the American fantasy drama depicts themes from medieval literature and history. ...
RedTire reconnects new business owner to hometown in fourth match
LAWRENCE — Ryan Swenson had been looking for opportunities to move back to his hometown of Concordia when he came across the RedTire website. ...
KU technologies selected for TechConnect World in Washington
LAWRENCE — Nine technologies invented and developed by 13 researchers at the University of Kansas will be featured June 14-17 at the TechConnect World Conference and Expo in Washington, DC. The event is the world’s largest showcase and accelerator for industry-vetted emerging technologies ready for commercialization. ...