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KU film student premieres short at Honduran festival
than a decade, Duron has been an active filmmaker and film teacher in Honduras, his home country, and now in the United States. In recognition of his career as an artist and scholar, Durón was honored as an invited guest speaker during the festival. As a guest speaker, Durón highlighted...
Pawlicki to retire from Continuing Education
Fred Pawlicki, executive director of Continuing Education at the University of Kansas since May 2006, will retire Jan. 17. He has worked at KU for more than 21 years. ...
Researcher looks at the enduring impact of land use on an ecosystem
use by past generations of humans imprints a legacy on the landscape, even decades after an ecosystem may appear to have recovered. ...
KU to screen cult classic horror film shot on campus
The University of Kansas Department of Film and Media Studies will host a screening of Herk Harvey’s cult classic film “Carnival of Souls.”...
Classics professor elected to board of American Academy
Aerospace student's design earns second place at international competition
A 2013 University of Kansas School of Engineering graduate earned international acclaim for his performance in a prestigious aerospace design competition. ...
The art of the jack-o-lantern
It isn’t so unusual to see “knife-wielding zombies” in Marvin Hall. Usually they’re just sleep-deprived architecture and design students intent on finishing their projects before deadline. ...
Professor creates course, publishes research to help educators fight 'terroristic bullying,' troublesome behaviors
October is National Anti-bullying Month. While educators across the country are working on ways to fight the problem, a University of Kansas professor is working to train future teachers and those already in schools to curb bullying. ...
Med school No. 2 in production of family doctors
of Kansas School of Medicine ranks No. 2 in a study of medical schools' production of graduates who go into family medicine. ...
KU researcher honored as namesake of ancient insect-eating mammal
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Denver Museum of Nature & Science recently have published a description of a fossilized 50-million-year-old insect-eating mammal, about the size of a shrew or small hedgehog, naming it Nyctitherium krishtalkai after Leonard Krishtalka, director of the Biodiversity Institute at the University of...
University announces New Self Graduate Fellows
Six doctoral students have been selected to receive the University of Kansas prestigious Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship as they begin the 2013-2014 academic year. The 30 current Self Graduate Fellows are among 146 students who have benefited from the fellowship since it was established. ...
DNA signaling, repair topic of annual lecture series
DNA signaling and repair will be the topics of the sixth biennial Richard L. Schowen Lectures in Bioorganic Chemistry next month. ...
Shutdown is over, but polarizing parties live on, KU scholar says
Sixteen days probably never seemed so long to the politicians sparring and federal employees furloughed by the U.S. government shutdown this month. ...
CDR students investigate glucose-monitoring car for Bayer, Sprint
This fall, students enrolled in ADS 560, an advanced design studio course at the Center for Design Research (CDR), will investigate the integration of Bayer HealthCare’s blood-glucose monitoring technology with the on-board computer system of an automobile. Wireless technology from Sprint would enable data to be exchanged between the car...
Local economic development project makes KU a 'Community-Connected Campus' award finalist
A coalition of economic development partners, led by the University of Kansas, came together to launch the state’s largest business incubator system: the Bioscience & Technology Business Center (BTBC). That partnership is about to get an opportunity to showcase its success in a national spotlight. ...
Student wins state disability advocacy award
vice president of AbleHawks and Allies, a student group that raises awareness of accessibility needs and other disability issues. Last spring, she worked with KU Student Senate and other campus organizations to stage a disability awareness event that informed people about the experience wheelchair users have entering Strong Hall through...
Guth will not return to classroom this year
University of Kansas Associate Professor David Guth, who was put on indefinite administrative leave Sept. 20 after posting comments on his personal Twitter account that caused disruptions in the university’s learning environment, will not return to classroom duties this year, the university announced today. ...
Colorado poets will give reading Nov. 7
Matthew Cooperman, poetry editor for the Colorado Review, and Aby Kaupang, author of "Little 'g' God Grows Tired of Me" (2013), will give a reading Nov. 7 at the University of Kansas. ...
Pulitzer Prize winner to present Richard W. Gunn Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and Washington Post columnist Michael Dirda will present the Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture, “A Literary Life: Twenty-Five Years at the Washington Post Book World,” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union....
Media advisory update: KU delaying campus flyovers planned for Oct. 23
The University of Kansas Marketing Communications has delayed plans for Lawrence campus flyovers on Wednesday, Oct. 23. ...
Author: Understanding tradition key to political, legal relationships with ever-changing China
Head, Robert W. Wagstaff Distinguished Professor of Law at KU, and Xing Lijuan, assistant professor of law at the City University of Hong Kong, wrote “Legal Transparency in Dynastic China: The Legalist-Confucianist Debate and Good Governance in Chinese Tradition.” While the book explores the notion of transparency in China from about...
Professor's new book examines deep roots of opposition to female rulers
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Graduate researcher honored for wireless communication paper
University announces summer 2013 graduates
The names of more than 1,100 graduates of the University of Kansas this summer — representing 55 Kansas counties, 44 other states and the District of Columbia, and 27 other countries — have been announced by the University Registrar. ...
Residence halls to sponsor annual Halloween event
Daisy Hill will be the site of Halloween in the Halls, in which Lawrence children may trick-or-treat in the residence halls. The event will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, in the University of Kansas residence halls at 15th and Iowa streets. Children must be accompanied by an adult...
Studio 804 begins construction on Marvin Hall Forum
While many University of Kansas students were relaxing over fall break, those enrolled in Studio 804 were hard at work demolishing the Builder’s Yard, a large steel and concrete structure behind Marvin Hall. ...
KPR wraps up fall membership drive with $244,000 in pledges
Kansas Public Radio’s fall membership drive came up just short of its goal. ...
Scholars to probe water quantity, quality issues at law symposium
Leading scholars and thinkers on water law and environmental law will address the critical issues facing water quantity and quality at the 2013 Kansas Law Review Symposium, “Waters of the United States: Adapting Law for Degradation and Drought.”...
KU to host national experts in teacher accountability at Instructional Sensitivity Conference
than 20 presenters from across the country and one from Germany, the conference is made possible in part by support from edCount LLC, Iowa Testing Programs, Measured Progress and Renaissance Learning. ...
Link between media literacy, smoking views?
The known risks of smoking and other types of tobacco usage have yet to dissuade all youth from picking up the habit. ...