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Hall Family Foundation will provide $25 million for new health education building
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — A $25 million lead gift from the Hall Family Foundation is a catalyst for the University of Kansas Medical Center to move forward on plans to construct a $75 million health education building in Kansas City, Kansas. ...
Audio-Reader Network announces new development director
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network, a reading and information service for the blind and print-disabled, will have a new development director effective June 8. Feloniz Lovato-Winston will step into the position, currently held by Brenda Berg Dyck, who will leave Audio-Reader in early June. ...
Political science department honors top students
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Political Science Department honored its top students at their Recognition Ceremony, with awards and induction into Pi Sigma Alpha last month at the Adams Alumni Center. ...
Severity, not frequency, of abuse may predict children’s mental health
LAWRENCE — How severely children are abused, rather than how frequently, appears to predict which children will suffer serious mental health outcomes, according to the first study from one of the most in-depth analyses of the mental health of foster children ever undertaken. ...
Keywords hold vocabulary together in memory
LAWRENCE — Much like key players in social networks, University of Kansas scientists have found evidence that there are keywords in word networks that hold together groups of words in our memory. ...
Eleven Olathe teachers set to receive master’s degree in history
LAWRENCE — For the past four year years, Olathe Public Schools and University of Kansas Department of History have partnered in a $814,000 U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grant. ...
Nominations sought for Proud to Be a Jayhawk funding recipients
LAWRENCE — The Office of Public Affairs at the University of Kansas is seeking project requests for the proceeds of the Proud To Be A Jayhawk tailgating fundraiser. ...
Design wins Best School at National Student Show
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Design was named Best School at the 10th annual National Student Show earlier this month. It is the third year in a row the department has won the show’s top academic award. ...
Media advisory: Experts available to discuss Brazil in advance of World Cup
LAWRENCE — As the world turns to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, University of Kansas faculty are available to speak to the media about their expertise in Brazil. KU experts can discuss Brazil’s tourism promotion, environmental changes, race relations and economy. ...
Spencer museum receives major art donation by internationally renowned light artist James Turrell
LAWRENCE — As the Spencer Museum of Art’s celebrated exhibition “James Turrell: Gard Blue” draws to a close, the art museum has announced that collectors Mark and Lauren Booth have donated a significant work of art by Turrell, an internationally renowned light artist. ...
142nd Commencement to take place Sunday, May 18
LAWRENCE — More than 4,000 graduates are expected to take part in the traditional walk through the Memorial Campanile and down the Hill at the University of Kansas during the 142nd annual Commencement on Sunday, May 18, at Memorial Stadium. ...
English professor named acting vice provost for faculty development
LAWRENCE — Marta Caminero-Santangelo, professor of English, has been named acting vice provost for faculty development at the University of Kansas, effective Monday, May 19. Caminero-Santangelo will serve in the place of Mary Lee Hummert, who will take on the role of interim vice chancellor for research while a national...
Researcher: Vast loss of marine mollusk habitat may come with climate change
LAWRENCE — Half the marine mollusk species in a new study are projected to lose a big slice of their North Atlantic habitat to global climate change in this century, according to a researcher at the University of Kansas. ...
Author studies women as political counsel in Medieval advice texts
LAWRENCE — Political prognosticators expect women candidates in a number of states to play prominent roles in U.S. gubernatorial elections this fall. And Hillary Clinton is currently in strong position to be the first woman to secure a major party's nomination for president in 2016. ...
KU, Haskell students present research at diversity symposium
LAWRENCE — Student research related to biological and behavioral sciences was presented last month at the 14th annual University of Kansas- Haskell Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...
KU to commission first female combat arms officer since lifting of ban
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Army ROTC will commission its first female Field Artillery officer this spring following Pentagon orders in 2013 to open combat-arms branches to women across all military services. ...
Author offers insights into man behind ‘Wicked’ and ‘Godspell’
LAWRENCE — The Broadway composer who turned the story of the “Wizard of Oz” on its head in the megahit musical “Wicked” is the focus of a new book from a University of Kansas professor. ...
Dissertations awarded Argersinger Prizes
LAWRENCE — Two doctoral graduates will be presented with the 2014 Marnie and Bill Argersinger Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertations at the annual Doctoral Hooding Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, in the Lied Center. ...
KU honors Employees of the Year
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas recognized its Employees of the Year and presented the 2013-2014 Team Award on May 7 in the Kansas Union. Chancellor Bernadette Gray Little and Jeffrey S. Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, were present at the luncheon to...
KU seniors honor high school teachers with Wolfe Family Teaching Awards
LAWRENCE — Even though it’s been several years since University of Kansas seniors have set foot in high school teachers’ classrooms, the influence of many of those educators is not forgotten. ...
Business school launches part-time Master of Accounting program
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will begin offering a Working Professional Master of Accounting program at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park this fall. ...
Louise Byrd Graduate Educators announced
LAWRENCE — Eva Horn, professor in the Department of Special Education and investigator for the Lifespan Institute for Developmental Disabilities, and Victor Frost, Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, are the 2014 recipients of the Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award. The award...
Media advisory: KU experts available to speak about Brown v. Board 60th anniversary
LAWRENCE — Several University of Kansas faculty members are available to speak with media about the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that effectively ended school segregation in the United States. The faculty members can comment about the ruling, its legacy in American education,...
Professor studies connection between evolutionary biology, economic success
LAWRENCE — With the emergence in the past three decades of fields such as behavioral genetics, scientists and economists have examined ways to transfer ideas about how organisms succeed biologically or reproductively – known as fitness – to achieve economic success – and the reverse. ...
KU awards three Wounded Warrior Scholarships
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas’ Office of Graduate Military Programs has announced three students have received the University’s Wounded Warrior Scholarship for the 2014-2015 academic year. Additionally, KU is honored to announce the Bill and Shanthi Eckert Wounded Disabled Veteran Scholarship, which directly contributes to a specific Wounded Warrior...
Fulbright Scholar to present talk on tissue engineering
LAWRENCE — A leading scientist from one of the world’s largest and most famous groups in tissue engineering will offer insight on the use of green and environmentally friendly technologies for biomaterials processing during a lecture today at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
KU announces new leadership in University Honors Program
LAWRENCE – Jonathan Earle, director of the University Honors Program, has been named dean of the Honors College at Louisiana State University. The appointment is effective Aug. 15. ...
Public Safety Office announces 2013 crime statistics
LAWRENCE — Crime at the University of Kansas declined in 2013 by 18 percent, KU’s Public Safety Office advised today with the release of its annual crime statistics. ...
Student’s project helps paralyzed uncle, wins honor
LAWRENCE — A stroke in 2002 left Henry Evans a quadriplegic and unable to speak, but his mind was untouched. His nephew, Henry Clever, a senior in the University of Kansas School of Engineering in mechanical engineering, developed a groundbreaking device to help his uncle master his biggest challenges –...
Professor helps Kenyan community develop dictionary to preserve Ekegusii language
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas anthropology researcher has helped community members in western Kenya develop the first dictionary of their local Ekegusii language. ...