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East European foreign policy adviser to speak on democracy, Russia
LAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will host Ivan Vejvoda of The German Marshall Fund of the United States in a program titled “East European Democracy & Russian Re-emergence.” The program will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2. It is free and...
Rock art provides unique window into early human, animal life in Saudi Arabia
LAWRENCE — As she examines the human-animal relationship dating back thousands of years, Sandra Olsen's research received a boost from an unexpected source: Rock art in rural, remote parts of the Arabian Peninsula. ...
University Theatre to stage concentration camp production
LAWRENCE — As funny as it is dangerously political, “The Last Cyclist” captures the absurdity of life under the Nazis as well as the resilient spirit of the artists who originally constructed this production inside the Terezin concentration camp. The play will open Dec. 6 at University Theatre. ...
Texas company licenses KU diabetes treatment technology
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas and Reata Pharmaceuticals of Irving, Texas, have completed a major licensing agreement for a portfolio of drug technologies invented by Brian Blagg, professor of medicinal chemistry, and Rick Dobrowsky, professor of pharmacology and toxicology. ...
KU senior travels to St. Louis as finalist for Rhodes scholarship
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas senior Leigh Loving, Mendota Heights, Minnesota, is traveling to St. Louis today as a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes scholarship. Loving’s invitation to the St. Louis region marks the fourth year in a row with at least one KU student selected as a Rhodes scholarship...
New Global Scholars selected
LAWRENCE — Fifteen sophomores at the University of Kansas have been selected as Global Scholars. The program, coordinated by Dena Register, director of faculty programs for International Programs, recognizes and encourages undergraduate students who have an interest in global studies and a strong academic record. ...
Scholars available to discuss protests over 43 missing students in Mexico
LAWRENCE – Scholars at the University of Kansas are available to provide insight into the disappearance of 43 college students in Mexico and the outbreak of protests that have followed. ...
Tribes can serve as laboratories in fight against climate change
LAWRENCE — Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote that states had the opportunity to serve as laboratories, testing new ideas and policies in the American federalist system. A University of Kansas law professor has authored a study arguing that American Tribal Governments are in a unique position to serve as...
Reception planned for former Applied English Center director
LAWRENCE — Longtime Applied English Center staff member and director Mark Algren has left the University of Kansas to continue his work boosting international education. ...
KU announces Kansas Certified Public Manager Program graduates for 2014
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced the 2014 graduates of the Kansas Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. The graduation ceremony will take place Friday, Nov. 21, in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Topeka. ...
Disabilities leader to receive 2014 Dole Leadership Prize
LAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced that it will honor John Kemp of The Viscardi Center with the 2014 Dole Leadership Prize. The prize will be awarded at an interview-style program to take place at the Dole Institute at 4 p.m. Sunday,...
Topeka Public Schools teams with KU researchers to secure $1.8M education award
TOPEKA — As part of an initiative to enhance and strengthen programs that integrate the arts into elementary- and middle-school curricula, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement has granted a four-year, $1.8 million award to a collaborative project that teams Topeka Public Schools with two University...
Media advisory: Experts can comment on allegations of social media misuse in political campaigns
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas faculty members are available to speak with media about reports questioning the possibility of violation of campaign laws through use of social media. On Monday, CNN and other media outlets reported that the Republican party and outside groups set up Twitter accounts in a way...
Georgia O’Keeffe, other artists inspired by New Mexico subject of exhibition, book
LAWRENCE – Georgia O’Keeffe may be New Mexico’s iconic artist, but a new exhibition and book curated by a University of Kansas professor show that her works were not the first, or only art, to draw inspiration from the region. ...
Visual art students wrap up commissioned public sculpture project
LAWRENCE – For the past four semesters, more than 50 visual art students, faculty and staff have been working on a commissioned work for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The sculpture, “An Abounding Asset: A Diligent Reserve,” became a permanent display Nov. 15 as the Reserve celebrates its...
Architecture lecturer receives lifetime achievement award
LAWRENCE — Department of Architecture Lecturer Frank Zilm has been awarded the American College of Healthcare Architects’ Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014. The ACHA’s Hamilton Medal is the highest honor it can bestow. It is conferred by the organization’s Board of Regents in recognition of a significant body of work...
Dole Institute to host Richard Norton Smith on new biography
LAWRENCE – The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will welcome back former Dole Institute director, historian and author Richard Norton Smith, who will discuss his new biography, “On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller.”...
Study: Historically black colleges, universities support journalism accreditation
LAWRENCE — Historically black colleges and universities overwhelmingly support the idea of accreditation for their journalism and mass communication programs, even though meeting the standards can place significant financial and human strain upon them, a study from the University of Kansas School of Journalism shows. ...
KU, K-State field stations key sites in 30-year NSF project
Monitoring towers equipped with environmental sensors are being installed this fall at KU, and K-State field sites are expected to be drawing provisional data by spring 2015. ...
CERN scientists to participate in arts/sciences roundup
LAWRENCE — International scientists and artists, including representatives from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), will come together this week at the University of Kansas to discuss how their disciplines stimulate and inspire one another. The roundtable, Excavating the Universe: Physics Interacts with the Arts, will take place from...
Architecture alumnus and futurist to speak
LAWRENCE — One of Forbes magazine's Next-Gen Innovators for 2014, Jordan Brandt, will present “Teaching Our Machines to Design and Make Things” at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at The Forum at Marvin Hall. ...
Authority on U.S.-Russian relations to visit
LAWRENCE — Victoria Zhuravleva will present “Russia and the United States: Images of Each Other in the Ukrainian Crisis” at noon Tuesday, Nov. 18, in 318 Bailey Hall. The talk is one of the KU Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) weekly Brownbag lecture series. Zhuravleva is...
Solar energy company seeks job applicants
LAWRENCE — Oakland-based Sungevity Inc. is coming to Kansas City and is looking for qualified candidates interested in green careers to fill positions at the company’s new sales and service center, slated to open January 2015. Sungevity has partnered with The University of Kansas (KU) Career Services Alliance and selected...
KU to host Big 12 universities water workshop
LAWRENCE – Water use – and abuse – has emerged in recent years as a major challenge in Kansas, affecting all aspects of life in the state. It is a focus for multidisciplinary research at the University of Kansas and is the subject of a statewide policy initiative, the 50-Year...
GIS Day to explore innovations in mapping technology
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will host an event Wednesday, Nov. 19, that is part of a worldwide celebration that showcases recent developments and practical applications in geographic information systems, or GIS. ...
NSF grant to research how children learn an indigenous language in Mexico
LAWRENCE – To better understand how children acquire languages, a University of Kansas professor is visiting remote Mexican villages to study toddlers who are learning to speak a fading indigenous language. ...
Project seeks to discover aspects of early Jewish childhood
LAWRENCE — Childhood in the West today is often determined by age. However, in Roman and Jewish antiquity a family's social status likely influenced whether a young boy or girl spent time going to school and playing with other children at all or if they would be required to start...
Research reveals the real cause of death for some starburst galaxies
LAWRENCE — Like hedonistic rock stars that live by the “better to burn out than to fade away” credo, certain galaxies flame out in a blaze of glory. Astronomers have struggled to grasp why these young “starburst” galaxies — ones that are very rapidly forming new stars from cold molecular...
Architecture professor wins Aga Khan Fellowship
LAWRENCE — Farhan Karim, assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Kansas, has received a research fellowship from the Aga Khan Foundation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During the spring semester he will be at MIT continuing his research on the influence of European and...