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Experts available to comment on Blue Bell recall
LAWRENCE — Two professors from the University of Kansas School of Business can provide insight into the recent recall of Blue Bell Creameries products. Earlier this week, Blue Bell recalled all of their ice cream and frozen desserts after 10 cases of listeria were linked to the outbreak. Five cases,...
CREES hosting Eco-Reps program participants from Russia
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) is hosting eight young environmental activists from Russia, along with Russian program director Maria Zhevlakova, for a series of activities this week in which the group will learn about sustainability initiatives on campus and in...
KPR membership draws more than $280K in pledges (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE – More than 2,000 people helped Kansas Public Radio conclude a successful spring membership drive after they reached their goal of $280,000. ...
Biospecimen Blood Drive to benefit KU Cancer Center research
FAIRWAY — Kansas City area residents can help advance cancer research by participating in a Biospecimen Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the University of Kansas Clinical Research Center, 4350 Shawnee Mission Parkway. ...
Jayhawkville allows future educators to solve problems in virtual school systems
LAWRENCE — To gain experience solving problems in urban, rural, rich, low-income, racially diverse, high-performing and other types of schools, future educational leaders would need time and resources that most simply don’t have. Or they could visit Jayhawkville. ...
Light the Night to bring awareness to issues of sexual violence
LAWRENCE — A large searchlight will shine above the University of Kansas campus from 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday, April 23, as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. ...
Provost, dean to honor outstanding graduate students
LAWRENCE – More than 80 outstanding graduate students at the University of Kansas will be recognized at the annual Graduate Awards Ceremony, which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter and Dean of...
Mentors to be recognized at annual research symposium
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas faculty members and one graduate student will be honored at KU’s 18th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium for their extraordinary commitment to mentoring undergraduate researchers. The recognition will take place at the Symposium’s Award Banquet on Saturday, April 25. ...
Distinguished professor of public administration to deliver inaugural lecture
LAWRENCE — Rosemary O’Leary, Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas, will present her inaugural lecture at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. She will present “Public Administration and the Separation of Powers: Courts, Career Public Servants...
Expanded media course to open installation exhibition
LAWRENCE – Each spring visual art students enrolled in Expanded Media 307/542 experience a full run of the professional exhibition process. The students research, propose ideas, collaborate, produce the work, advertise the show and install it. This semester’s class will unveil work next week with “Quotidian.”...
Students win statewide math competition
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas undergraduate students took first and third place in the team competition at the 10th Kansas Collegiate Math Competition, which was March 28 at Fort Scott Community College. The competition is part of the yearly meeting of the Kansas section of the Mathematical Association of...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces April graduates
YODER — Fifty-seven new law enforcement officers were congratulated by Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on April 10. ...
University Dance Company presents new work for spring concert
LAWRENCE – Focusing on themes of exploration, movement and relationships, the University Dance Company spring concert will showcase six works choreographed by a guest artist, a student and KU faculty members. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. April 23-24 at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. ...
Professors to share research on at-risk students, inclusion at prominent conference
LAWRENCE — Faculty members from the University of Kansas School of Education are among the experts presenting research at the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference April 16-20 in Chicago. Among the most prestigious gatherings of higher education researchers in the world, the 2015 AERA conference theme is Toward...
University community mourns death of chemistry professor Craig Lunte
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is grieving the loss of a longtime professor and leader in the Department of Chemistry. Craig Lunte, 57, died April 13 at his home in Lawrence. ...
IT Faculty Fellow will help guide technology at KU
LAWRENCE — KU Information Technology at the University of Kansas has announced the selection of Greg Thomas, professor of design in the School of Architecture, Design & Planning and director of the Center for Design Research, as the first KU IT Faculty Fellow. ...
School of Music announces fundraising drive to honor renowned professor
LAWRENCE — After 41 years of directing bands and teaching music at the University of Kansas School of Music, world-renowned musician and composer James Barnes will retire this spring. To honor him, the school has launched a campaign to raise $250,000 for KU band student scholarships and to name a...
Replant Mount Oread will return flowering crabapples to Daisy Hill
LAWRENCE — Alumni of the Daisy Hill residence halls at the University of Kansas may recall crabapple trees blooming each spring behind Hashinger and Lewis halls. But today, very few trees remain along that stretch of Irving Hill Road. ...
School of Business names 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business is set to honor its 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, Tim Barton, entrepreneur and founder of Freightquote.com, and Roshann Parris, president and CEO of Parris Communications. ...
Event to celebrate work of Nobel Prize-winning poet
LAWRENCE — An event featuring poetry, dance and live music will celebrate the life and work of Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Soyinka, Nigerian playwright and poet. “African Literature in Rhythmic Cadence: Wole Soyinka @ 80” will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the Hawks Nest at the Kansas...
Dole Institute announces WWII letters online exhibition
LAWRENCE — 2015 marks 70 years since Bob Dole’s injuries on a battlefield in Italy and the end of World War II as well as a decade since the release of the former senator’s 2005 memoir, “One Soldier’s Story.” The Robert J. Dole Archive & Special Collections, part of the...
KU honors 20 women for achievements, service, careers
LAWRENCE — Twenty women with ties to the University of Kansas were honored April 7 during the 2015 Women’s Recognition Banquet hosted by the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. ...
Center hosts training to improve quality of interpreted home visits
LAWRENCE — The Center for Public Partnerships & Research (CPPR) at the University of Kansas recently hosted a daylong training workshop for home visitors and the interpreters who assist them in serving families who speak a language other than English. The workshop was a collaborative effort between CPPR’s Interpreter Training...
University Theatre's Mozart opera to feature KU Symphony Orchestra
LAWRENCE — Recounting a single day of madness, “The Marriage of Figaro” follows the misadventures of two palace servants on their wedding day, who find themselves thwarted at every turn by the philandering count. The University of Kansas School of Music and University Theatre partner on this comedic opera featuring...
Study examines why people stop donating to college athletics
LAWRENCE — As lawmakers and others debate whether and how college athletes should be paid and coaches’ salaries and facilities arms races come into focus, fundraising is drawing renewed interest. Yet no one seems to be considering one source of athletic funding: Donors who no longer make contributions. ...