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'Good morning KU' to air 100th episode
"Good Morning KU," the university’s daily information and entertainment television program, will celebrate its 100th episode Wednesday, March 26. The live show airs on KUJH-TV Mondays through Fridays when classes are in session. It is produced under the auspices of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. ...
Overland Park junior Ryan Limbocker wins Goldwater Scholarship
Ryan Limbocker, University of Kansas junior from Overland Park, has been awarded a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The awards are the nation’s premier undergraduate award to honor academically gifted students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Three additional KU juniors were recognized with an Honorable Mention. ...
Professor works to align services for children of prisoners
A University of Kansas professor has found that children of prisoners and the social service organizations that provide services to them don’t necessarily agree on what needs are most important. She hopes to help improve services for youths across the country. ...
Middle East expert to discuss implications of regional unrest
An Israeli former senior official on Arab affairs will discuss current and future implications of turbulence in the Middle East during the 2014 Diplomat’s Forum lecture this week at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Medical device first product developed from KU’s TAC-Cell technology
One outcome of research at the University of Kansas is the potential for discoveries that become products. Over the years, KU researchers have produced numerous inventions – including pharmaceuticals and software – that benefit people while having an economic effect. ...
Four candidates for vice provost for diversity and equity to visit
The search committee for the position of vice provost for diversity and equity at the University of Kansas has named four finalists for the post. Over the next two weeks, each candidate will give a public presentation and take questions from KU faculty, staff and other members of the KU...
Chancellor to be interviewed in Women's Leadership Lecture
interview, Gray-Little will reflect upon her inspiring career as a woman who has held many leadership positions. Before arriving at KU, Gray-Little held several positions of importance at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, including executive vice chancellor and provost. ...
University announces new orientation assistants, coordinators
The University of Kansas Office of First-Year Experience has announced 17 new orientation assistants and two orientation coordinators for the 2014-2015 year. Orientation assistants are students whose job is to make the transition to KU a positive and engaged experience. These OAs will guide first-year students and their families through...
$1M gift will benefit students in finance scholars program
University of Kansas alumnus Jerry Jennett and his wife, Kay, of Valdosta, Ga., have made a $1 million gift to establish the Jerry and Kay Jennett Finance Scholars Program in the School of Business. The gift will provide scholarship support for students in the school’s existing Finance Scholars Program. ...
Cindy Hensley McCain to talk leadership, volunteerism
Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas announces an upcoming program with Cindy Hensley McCain. McCain will speak about her experiences as chair of Hensley & Company, her extensive work with a number of major charitable organizations and share some stories from the campaign trail. The event will...
Media advisory: Change of KU spokesperson
Jill Jess, director of news and media relations, is leaving the university. Her last day will be Friday, March 21. ...
KU professor to receive prestigious public affairs research award
A University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Administration professor will receive one of the most prestigious awards from the American Society for Public Administration for her career contributions to the field. ...
Economist to present Nobel-winning research at KU
Alvin Roth won a 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics for his ability to design practical markets for services we don't like to put prices on. From essential demands like kidney donation to the less palatable dwarf tossing, Roth has analyzed and devised systems that allow necessary markets to exist despite...
University mourns death of longtime employee Harold Pace
– University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Jay Phillips, director of Facilities Services, issued the following statements regarding the death of longtime employee Harold Pace. ...
Nasty nanoinjectors pose a new target for antibiotic research
researcher said nanoinjectors are unique to pathogenic bacteria and are absolutely required for infectivity. Most people have heard of the diseases caused by bacterial pathogens that employ nanoinjectors — several of which have changed the course of the human experience for the worse. ...
Four projects awarded through Proof of Concept Fund
The University of Kansas continues to move innovations from the laboratory to the marketplace. As part of this effort, four KU research projects that are near the commercialization stage have been awarded $50,000 each through the university’s Proof of Concept Fund. ...
University mourns death of Professor Samira Sayeh
University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Caroline Jewers, chair of the Department of French and Italian, released the following statements regarding the death of Samira Sayeh, associate professor of French and Francophone studies. ...
Architecture dean to step down after spring 2015 semester
John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, Design & Planning for the past 20 years, has announced he plans to step down from his post at the end of the spring 2015 semester. ...
Social welfare dean retiring; interim dean announced
Mary Ellen Kondrat, who joined the University of Kansas as dean of the School of Social Welfare in 2006, will step down June 1 after eight years leading the school. ...
Researcher finds linking students in synchronous, online discussions boosts engagement, quality of contributions
may bemoan young people’s reliance on social media, but a University of Kansas professor is showing that when used in an educational context it can help foster young students’ public voice and increase the quantity and quality of their class participation, all while getting them to consider questions of policy...
KU graduate programs post big gains in U.S. News rankings
Experts to discuss intersection of free speech, social media
The University of Kansas will host a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in The Commons at Spooner Hall to address “Data & Democracy: What is Free Speech in the Age of Social Media?” This event is hosted by The Commons, the William Allen White School of Journalism...
University to unveil comprehensive 2014–2024 Campus Master Plan
forum will be 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Friday, March 14, at The Commons in Spooner Hall for the official campus presentation of the plan. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will deliver brief remarks at 9 a.m. The plan will also be presented to the Board of Regents during their meeting today, March 12,...
Professor rescues classic, controversial poem on Achilles' childhood
“Bring back the story” reads the first line of a University of Kansas professor’s English translation of “Achilleid,” a Latin poem by the Roman poet Statius that presents the childhood of the Greek hero Achilles. ...
Engineering student selected for prestigious D.C. internship
An inside look at the policy and politics of complex technological issues and a search for real-world solutions to the water challenges of tomorrow are the focus of a prestigious internship awarded to a Shawnee senior from the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
MBA program unveils graduate certificates
The University of Kansas MBA program is introducing a series of new graduate certificates this fall, offering eight areas of in-depth specialization and a business foundations certificate. ...
Prominant historian of Christianity to speak about wealth and the church
Peter Brown, Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor Emeritus of History, Princeton University, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the Lied Center Pavilion, located just east of the main entrance. His lecture, "Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity...
Researcher traces 'surveillance state' beginnings to World War I
When Edward Snowden in 2013 leaked thousands of classified documents about the reach of the National Security Agency’s surveillance efforts, it touched off a major political debate about privacy and how much access government should have to civilian communication records, such as email and cellphone data. ...
Students advance to national finals in transactional law competition
A team of University of Kansas School of Law students will compete in the finals of the National Transactional LawMeet next month after winning at the Chicago regional round. ...
Law professor: More than 1 million rapes unreported in official U.S. crime statistics
More than 1 million rape cases have gone undocumented across the United States during the past two decades, according to research by a University of Kansas law professor. The chronic under-reporting happened during what was widely considered a “great decline” in violent crime. ...