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KU announces January employees of the month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the January 2015 Employees of the Month. They are as follows:...
KU honors 25 high school seniors from Marshall, Washington counties
LAWRENCE - Students from eight Kansas high schools were honored Feb. 12 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. A total of 25 seniors from high schools in Marshall and Washington counties were recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at dinner and program...
KU honors 48 high school seniors from Linn and Miami counties
LAWRENCE — Students from six Kansas high schools were honored Feb. 11 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU honors 54 high school seniors from five Central Kansas counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 12 Kansas high schools were honored Feb. 11 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 77 high school seniors from Cherokee and Crawford counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools were honored Feb. 16 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU honors 25 high school seniors from Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell and Republic counties
LAWRENCE — Students from nine Kansas high schools were honored Feb. 16 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Media advisory: Expert available to discuss marijuana legalization in Alaska
LAWRENCE — Today, Alaska became the third U.S. state to decriminalize recreational use of marijuana. The law comes into effect following a 2014 vote in which state citizens approved legalizing use and cultivation of up to six plants at home for adults in the state, along with the right to...
Federal security, defense agencies increasingly in cross hairs of political fights, KU experts say
LAWRENCE — Congress could potentially shut down the U.S. Department of Homeland Security if it doesn't resolve a budget fight over President Obama's immigration policies. ...
KU to honor 35 high school seniors from Jackson and Nemaha counties
LAWRENCE — Students from seven Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Feb. 25, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 36 high school seniors from Atchison, Brown and Doniphan counties
LAWRENCE — Students from eight Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Feb. 25, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Hall Center launches Applied Humanities Boot Camp
LAWRENCE — A pioneering initiative designed to assist University of Kansas graduate students in the humanities, arts and social sciences pursue careers outside of the professoriate will take place May 18-22 when the Hall Center for the Humanities unveils its first-ever Applied Humanities Boot Camp. ...
From eyesore to landmark: Irving Hill bridge project scheduled for summer 2015
LAWRENCE — This summer, an ordinary construction project comes with an extraordinary end product. A potential landmark for the University of Kansas campus and city of Lawrence will result through an upgrade to enhance safety and convenience for hundreds of students living in Daisy Hill residence halls. ...
Final candidate for Architecture, Design & Planning dean to give presentation Wednesday
LAWRENCE — The fourth and final candidate for dean of the School of Architecture, Design & Planning at the University of Kansas will give a public presentation 1-2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, at The Forum in Marvin Hall with a reception immediately following. ...
KU seeks nominations for 2015 Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Awards
LAWRENCE — Nominations will be accepted through April 1 for the 2015 Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards. The awards – one in each of four broad areas of study – are the highest honor given for Kansas Board of Regents university faculty accomplishments in research, scholarship and creative activity. ...
Application deadline March 1 for educational opportunity scholarship
LAWRENCE — Qualifying University of Kansas students have until Sunday, March 1, to submit applications for the 2015 Jerry Bailey Educational Opportunity Scholarship. The award is part of the Achievement & Assessment Institute’s (AAI) Center for Educational Opportunity Programs (CEOP) and was established to support underrepresented and first-generation students with...
Project explores black writers with Kansas connections
LAWRENCE — Just as Langston Hughes talked of his childhood in Lawrence influencing his artistic life, poet Kevin Young can claim a similar geographic lens through which his contemporary poetry flows. ...
Professor casts doubt on one of history’s greatest cross-dressing memoirs
LAWRENCE – One of the oldest firsthand accounts of a cross-dresser should be reclassified from historical memoir to fantasy, a University of Kansas professor argues. ...
KU Debate qualifies for national tournament
LAWRENCE — The KU Debate team of senior Jyleesa Hampton, Overland Park, and first-year student Quaram Robinson, Round Rock, Texas, has been recognized as a first-round, at-large qualifier for the National Debate Tournament, which will take place at the University of Iowa on April 3-6. A national committee selects the...
Former poet laureate to visit as part of Hall Center series
LAWRENCE — Notable poet Natasha Trethewey will speak and read from her works at 7:30 p.m. March 3 in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Her presentation, "Poetry and History: An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-2014) Natasha Trethewey,” is part of the Hall Center for the Humanities' 2014-2015 Humanities...
Dole Institute introduces new afternoon series
LAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced the launch of its new Director’s Series. Programs are selected based on diverse political topics that are of particular interest to the institute’s director. ...
KU among top 5 universities for 2014-15 Fulbright Scholars
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is among the top universities in the nation – and the top in the Big 12 – for 2014-15 Fulbright Scholars, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. ...
Dole Institute Archives series highlights Topeka, Dole connections
LAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics’ Robert J. Dole Archive and Special Collections is partnering with the KU and Washburn alumni associations to present “Your Story, His Story, the Legacy: Snapshots in Time from the Dole Archives.” Dole Institute senior archivist Audrey Coleman will interview Judge Sam Crow and...
University announces McNair Scholars
LAWRENCE — Selected from a field of more than 40 applicants, the TRIO McNair Scholars Program’s 2015 research cohort assembles 17 high-achieving University of Kansas undergraduate students who aspire to join America’s next generation of university professors and researchers. ...
Symposium to explore Criminal Justice Act's implications 50 years after passage
LAWRENCE – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Criminal Justice Act, a federal judge and scholars from across the country will explore issues surrounding access to the nation’s courts during a University of Kansas School of Law symposium this week. ...
Ford Motor Co. sponsors new KU industrial design scholarship
LAWRENCE — In recent years, the Center for Design Research at the University of Kansas has established itself as a unique location where students can utilize their classroom instruction to do real-world design projects for major corporate clients. ...
Hall Center announces 2015-2016 research and creative work fellows
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center has announced its Humanities Research Fellows and Creative Work Fellow for the 2015-2016 academic year. Elizabeth MacGonagle, Santa Arias, Jessica Gerschultz and Gregory Cushman were selected as Research Fellows. Megan Kaminski was awarded a Creative Work Fellowship. ...
University Theatre students to stage 'A Raisin in the Sun'
LAWRENCE— Touted by The New York Times as the “play that changed American theatre forever,” “A Raisin in the Sun” still resonates today as it questions identity, justice and the American Dream. Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” opens Feb. 27 at the University of Kansas University Theatre. ...
Law professor's book explores role of international development bank
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas law professor has authored a book that thoroughly examines the operations of the Asian Development Bank, both to help people understand how the institution works and to help consider how the institution that invests billions of dollars every year in developing Asian and Pacific...