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Media advisory: Finance professor to testify before U.S. Senate banking committee
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas finance professor Bob DeYoung will speak today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protections. ...
Study: Interracial marriages involving Asian-Americans still can leave racial barriers
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher says the high rate of interracial marriages among Asian-Americans should not simply be interpreted as a litmus test of assimilation for the minority group. ...
KU coordinates Fulbright orientation program
LAWRENCE — Twenty-five Fulbright international students are attending this year’s English Refinement for Graduate Studies Program for Fulbright Grantees at the University of Kansas to help them acclimate to academic life and American culture before they begin their graduate studies. The students arrived June 30. ...
Researcher gauges species' evolutionary lag time in face of an altered climate
LAWRENCE — Either change or disappear. ...
University adds new major in human sexuality
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas has introduced a new major in human sexuality for undergraduate students, the first of its kind in the state. ...
KU community invited to visit with representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community will have a chance to discuss international trade, culture, government affairs and related topics with a representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
Audio-Reader announcer Art Hadley honored
LAWRENCE — Art Hadley, longtime producer, engineer and announcer for the University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network, was recently recognized for his outstanding contributions to the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS) at an awards ceremony during the IAAIS conference last month in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ...
CDR team presents research to Sprint executives
LAWRENCE — The sky is the limit in terms of using wireless technology in different applications, according to a team of 10 Center for Design Research students from the University of Kansas. They were invited in May by Sprint’s representatives to present new concepts for utilizing Sprint Velocity– a comprehensive...
Media advisory: KU experts available to discuss immigration issues
LAWRENCE — The recent surge of 52,000 women and children from Central America crossing the U.S. border with Mexico has overwhelmed U.S. immigration officials in the region. President Barack Obama on Tuesday has asked Congress to approve nearly $4 billion in emergency funding. Several University of Kansas faculty members are...
Professor finds intellectuals play important role in Mexico’s public sphere
LAWRENCE – Compared with the United States, the influence of intellectuals in Mexico’s social and political spheres has been extraordinary, although the danger of using that power has come with threats to position, freedom and life. ...
School of Education opens application window for undergraduate students entering professional programs
LAWRENCE — Each year the University of Kansas School of Education faculty and staff invite hundreds of pre-education students to complete the application process for admission to their individual professional programs. Pre-education students who entered as freshmen in fall 2013 have had almost a full academic year to decide which...
Edwards Campus broadens degree, certificate programs
OVERLAND PARK — Early-career professionals seeking advanced degrees or certifications have five new opportunities for higher education at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus beginning this fall. ...
KU expands accelerated master's programs with new track in classics
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas continues to expand opportunities for students to complete advanced studies with the addition of an accelerated master’s degree program in classics. ...
Media advisory: KU news director announced
LAWRENCE — Erinn Barcomb-Peterson is the new director of news and media relations at the University of Kansas, effective today. She succeeds David Martin, who had been in the role on an interim basis. ...
Women’s leadership program welcomes international, in-state students to KU
Editor's note: Geographic regions updated in August 2021. ...
'Travel with Rick Steves' comes to KPR2
LAWRENCE – KPR2 has added a new, hourlong travel show to its weekly lineup, "Travel with Rick Steves." A lively mix of guest interviews and listener calls, "Travel with Rick Steves" goes beyond the Europe that Steves is famous for, with shows covering travel and cultures across every continent. ...
Professorship honors former law faculty member
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas School of Law alumnus Art Piculell of Portland, Oregon, and his late wife, Dee, have made a $500,000 gift to establish a professorship honoring the late Professor Earl B. Shurtz, who taught at KU Law from 1955 to 1977. ...
KU establishes agreement with Ghanaian university
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has signed a memorandum of understanding for cultural, educational and scientific cooperation with a Ghanaian university, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale Campus. ...
‘Lifemapper’ shows where Earth’s organisms live today and might go tomorrow
LAWRENCE — Scientists in the field have collected voucher specimens since the 19th century. Today, most sit in research institutions around the world “dried, mounted, pickled, preserved, frozen and stuffed,” according to the creators of Lifemapper, an online species-distribution tool created at the University of Kansas. ...
Professor aiding Kazakhstan in switching native language to Latin alphabet
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas professor is helping a Central Asian country increase its economic development potential and better integrate with new technology by mapping a Latin-based writing system for the country’s native language. ...
KU receives third consecutive national fundraising award
LAWRENCE — For the third year in a row, the University of Kansas has been nationally recognized for the effectiveness and professionalism of its fundraising programs. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) chose KU among a select group of universities receiving a 2014 Educational Fundraising Award. ...
Media advisory: KU law expert can discuss Supreme Court's ruling in Hobby Lobby case
LAWRENCE — Rick Levy, the J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Kansas School of Law, is available to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court ruling in Sebelius v Hobby Lobby Stores. The case addresses the question of whether Hobby Lobby Stores can be required to provide...
Study links major depression to higher risk of death among older U.S. adults
LAWRENCE — U.S. adults 50 and older who suffer from major depression face a 43 percent increase in the risk of death, especially cardiovascular disease or cancer, according to a study involving a University of Kansas researcher published recently in the Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences by Oxford University Press. ...
KU partners with PLTW to support biomedical science education
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas joined Project Lead The Way (PLTW) as an affiliate partner to support the growth of PLTW Biomedical Science programs in the state. KU joins nearly 50 other colleges, universities and research institutions that offer teacher training, student recognition opportunities and additional support for PLTW...
New company using KU-backed software to match children, families
LAWRENCE — A new startup company is working to match children with foster families, with some assistance from the University of Kansas. ...
Information technology project wins award from Knight Foundation
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have won a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to help build a safer, more secure Internet. ...
KU names three new University Distinguished Professors
LAWRENCE — A captivating opera singer, a groundbreaking geoarchaeologist and a renowned ecologist have been awarded the University of Kansas’ most prestigious faculty honor. ...
Book on female Nigerian scholar points to long tradition of educating women
LAWRENCE — An African studies professor at the University of Kansas has spent her career studying the work of a 19th century female scholar who was a passionate activist for women’s education in a region of the world that is now searching for hundreds of missing schoolgirls. ...
Outstanding humanities graduate students receive Hall Center research awards
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center for the Humanities has recognized several outstanding humanities graduate students with dissertation research and writing awards. The awards are part of the Center’s significant level of support for graduate research. ...
Researchers detail possibilities for DNA fingerprinting in anthropology, treating diseases
LAWRENCE — Just as when the use of fingerprints and DNA revolutionized our ability to identify individuals, the examination of genetic markers at a population level has profoundly affected the field of anthropology. ...