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Joint Council of Distinguished Professors hosting academic freedom panels
LAWRENCE — The Joint Council of Kansas Distinguished Professors is hosting an afternoon of presentations and discussion on the important topic of academic freedom and responsibility in the era of social media. The public event is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Alderson Auditorium in the...
Alumnus makes $25 million gift commitment for KU
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas alumnus is so appreciative of his education that he has made a $25 million gift commitment to benefit the university. ...
Grant to help promote course redesign in humanities
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Director Dan Bernstein and Associate Director Andrea Greenhoot have received a $215,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation to promote course redesign in the humanities. ...
Original edition of Darwin’s masterwork translated into Chinese
LAWRENCE — A new Mandarin translation of Charles Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" is flying off bookstore shelves in China. The book previously was unavailable in that country except as translated from its sixth edition, which specialists today view as flawed. ...
Steel bridge team prepares for regional event
LAWRENCE — Armed with new materials, deeper knowledge and solid engineering principles, expectations are high for a team of students from the University of Kansas School of Engineering as it prepares for an upcoming regional competition. ...
Novelist explores social issues of Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age
LAWRENCE — Popular television dramas "Downton Abbey" and "Boardwalk Empire" explore the cultural changes centered around the Jazz Age and Roaring Twenties...
Workshop set for guidance in undergraduate writing, research
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of English will offer a public workshop Wednesday, April 23, on undergraduate writing and research. ...
KU announces Lawrence faculty sabbaticals for 2014-15
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved sabbatical leave for the following individuals at the University of Kansas:...
Filmmaker focuses on volunteers who answer suicide hotline
LAWRENCE – When University of Kansas filmmaker Bob Hurst set out to make a film about suicide, he didn’t want to follow in the path of other recent documentaries that appealed to the public’s morbid fascination with the subject. ...
Architecture student receives AAUW Fellowship
LAWRENCE — Sharmin Kader, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Architecture, was recently awarded an International Fellowship by the American Association of University Women. The $20,000 grant will support her research activities at KU for one year. ...
University mourns Wojciech Lesnikowski, Distinguished Professor of Architecture
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, Design & Planning, released the following statements regarding the death of Wojciech Lesnikowski, the Don Hatch Distinguished Professor of Architecture. ...
Advisory: Event set for fifth anniversary for Johnson County Education Research Triangle
WHAT: The Johnson County Education Research Triangle was a one-eighth cent sales tax passed by Johnson County voters in November 2008 with the goal to create economic stimulus and a higher quality of life through new facilities for research and additional academic degree opportunities. The vote was the first time...
Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access to host March for a Voice
LAWRENCE — As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) will host the inaugural March for a Voice event at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, on the lawn in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The purpose of the event is to spread awareness about...
Party at the Pavilion to feature music tied to KU Common Book
LAWRENCE — Potter Lake and Marvin Grove will be filled with the sounds of the Dirty Thirties as part of the final celebration for the 2013-14 KU Common Book, "The Worst Hard Time." ...
Student Employee of the Year announced
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has honored its Student Employee of the Year for the 2013-14 academic year. ...
Shakespeare on immigration: Professor examines political themes in Bard's plays
LAWRENCE — Today’s immigration policy debate has confounded Congress and state leaders for decades and seems to be more divisive than ever before. Perhaps for some perspective and insight, why not turn to a great voice from the past? A great unifier — like William Shakespeare? ...
Sports Illustrated writer to participate in 2014 Budig Writing Professor event
LAWRENCE — Scott Reinardy, associate professor at the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, will host the 2014 Budig Writing Professor event at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Clarkson Gallery of Stauffer-Flint Hall. "Inside the Writer’s Room: A Conversation with Sports Illustrated’s...
Center announces 2014 Sustainability Leadership Awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability will present the 2014 Sustainability Leadership Awards on Tuesday, April 22, as part of KU's Earth Day festivities. The event will take place at 3 p.m. on the Dance Pavilion by Potter Lake and is open to the public. ...
Students win statewide math competition
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas undergraduate students took first and second place in the team competition as well as individual awards at the ninth Kansas Collegiate Math Competition, which was March 29 at Emporia State University. The competition is part of the yearly meeting of the Kansas section of the...
Assistant professors in the humanities win book publication awards
LAWRENCE – Erik Scott, assistant professor of history, has won the 2014 Vice Chancellor for Research Book Publication Award for his upcoming publication, “Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora in the Soviet Union,” to be published by Oxford University Press. The annual award is administered by the Hall Center for the...
Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to anthropology professor
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas professor who studies Chinese Inner Asia as an area of linguistic and social convergence was named a 2014 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. ...
KPR wraps up spring membership drive with more than $275,000 in pledges (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s spring membership drive ended Friday with a flourish of classical music. ...
Chancellor announces 2014 faculty promotions, tenure
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved promotion and the award of tenure where indicated for 67 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 58 individuals at the University of Kansas Medical Center. ...
Study will help counties cope with deficient bridges
LAWRENCE — Deteriorated or outdated bridges along the less-traveled back roads of Kansas are a budget dilemma for county leaders throughout the state. ...
Lecturer to speak on future of higher education
LAWRENCE — David Krakauer, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, will deliver a lecture titled “The Future of the University” at 8 p.m. today, April 17, at The Commons. Krakauer will then participate in a panel discussion that poses the challenge Dare to Design the University of the Future. ...
Concrete canoe team picks up steam for regional competition
LAWRENCE — The choppy waters and stiff breeze that persist at Lone Star Lake, 10 miles southwest of the University of Kansas campus, aren’t a typical laboratory setting. But for this year’s concrete canoe team at the School of Engineering, there’s no better place for research. ...
Faculty experts, resources available for coverage of Shakespeare's 450th birthday
LAWRENCE — Wednesday, April 23, will mark the 450th anniversary of the date scholars commonly attribute to William Shakespeare’s birth. ...
Study: Many states not meeting plans to reduce restrictions for students in special education classes
LAWRENCE — Many states are not meeting their goals to improve access to general education settings for students with disabilities as required by federal law, a new report co-authored by a University of Kansas professor shows. The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Education Act, known as IDEA, requires states to...
Architecture lecturer wins illustration award
LAWRENCE — A drawing by Anne Patterson, Department of Architecture lecturer, has been granted an award of excellence by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators. ...