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KU announces July employees of the month
The University of Kansas has bestowed Employee of the Month honors for July 2013. Winners are as follows:...
Digitized collection data to give scientists new tools for research
From bumblebees to blister beetles, the world-class University of Kansas entomology collection numbers 5 million insects pinned in drawers, each one with a tiny printed or handwritten label. ...
Professor's article traces technological changes to the law office
If not for Herman Melville, most of us probably would have no idea what a scrivener is. And if not for the advance of technology, Bartleby and his colleagues might still have similar jobs today. ...
Rhetoric scholar to speak at KU Wednesday
Scholar Anis Bawarshi will examine the connection between rhetorical genre studies and public discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict in a Wednesday night lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
Office of Institutional Opportunity & Access to host Diversity Ball Pit
Diversity and inclusion are integral to the University of Kansas’ mission and the Jayhawk community. ...
MBA program rolls out new full-time tracks
Students entering the full-time Master of Business Administration program this fall will choose between two new tracks: finance and marketing supply chain management. ...
Transit service from downtown to Memorial Stadium set for game days
The city of Lawrence invites University of Kansas football fans to park in downtown Lawrence for free and catch a ride to and from Memorial Stadium this football season. Downtown to Memorial Stadium service will be available for all seven home-game Saturdays. Fans can enjoy downtown restaurants and shops before...
Law school selects Dean’s Fellows to mentor incoming class
law students at the University of Kansas have been selected as Dean’s Fellows for 2013-14. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces August graduates
officers were members of the 224th basic training class at the center. Located one mile west and one mile south of Yoder, near Hutchinson, the center is a division of University of Kansas Continuing Education. ...
Offices open for new, returning students this weekend
Several key University of Kansas departments will be open Saturday, Aug. 24, to help new and returning students and their families prepare for the Monday’s first day of fall classes. ...
Good Neighbor program volunteers to inform students
A group of University of Kansas students will hit the pavement Friday to educate their classmates on how to be good citizens of Lawrence. ...
Media advisory: Professor can comment on Obama tour to promote college affordability
Elliott III, associate professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas and nationally regarded expert on educational outcomes associated with different financial aid approaches, is available to speak with media about college affordability as it relates to President Barack Obama's bus tour to discuss making higher education more affordable. ...
KU’s Formula car team racing in first European competition
Jayhawk Motorsports is gearing up to go global. ...
Students invited to attend Part-Time Job Fair on Aug. 26
The University Career Center at the University of Kansas will host a Part-Time Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, in the Kansas Union fourth-floor lobby. KU students who want to work part-time during the school year will have the opportunity to visit with KU employers...
Inventor donates $2 million to university
As the inventor of Superflab, a medical device used in radiology clinics across the country, Gene Feaster made a lasting improvement in the field of health care. As a University of Kansas alumnus who has made a $2 million gift to establish a professorship and two scholarships, he also has...
Rock Chalk Roadshow set to visit with students from 65 counties
The annual Rock Chalk Roadshow is set to visit with students from 156 schools in 65 counties across Kansas. ...
Honors students to participate in annual walk up the Hill
Mathematics professor named fellow of IFAC
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics and courtesy professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been elected a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control. The IFAC Fellow award is given to persons who have made outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of interest of IFAC. The certificate...
Professor examining potential laws to regulate de-extinction
Science has a way of catching up with fantasy. While movies like “Jurassic Park” brought dinosaurs back to life, few imagined that the day might come when extinct creatures could be revived. But the possibility of such revival is not only real, it’s getting closer all the time. A University...
Media expert available to discuss Al Jazeera America
University of Kansas Professor of Journalism Emeritus Malcolm Gibson is available to speak about the launch of Al Jazeera America. The Qatar-based news organization bought Current TV and re-launched the network as its American affiliate today. ...
'Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri' examines retaliatory effects of Border War
History books are filled with the gruesome and grandiose details of epic Civil War battles such as Gettysburg, Antietam and Chancellorsville. ...
Provost announces 2013-2014 Staff Fellows
Annual teaching awards, grants to be presented at Teaching Summit
prestigious teaching awards and three grants for the development of teaching initiatives will be presented during the annual KU Teaching Summit, co-hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence, the Office of the Provost and the University of Kansas Medical Center. ...
KPR wins 15th Station of the Year award
KPR’s trophy case is getting awfully crowded. ...
Visiting researcher to present 'The Cancer Epigenome'
The University Of Kansas Department Of Molecular Biosciences welcomes Dr. Peter A. Jones to present “The Cancer Epigenome” at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. ...
KU breakthrough has implications for climate change, oil
University of Kansas geologists have synthesized the mineral dolomite at a low temperature without the aid of microorganisms — a feat that scientists have been trying to accomplish for almost a century. ...
$1.7M granted for unique communication measure of people with severe disabilities
A team of researchers led by University of Kansas scientists Nancy Brady and Kandace Fleming, collaborating with Connie Kasari of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Training, has been funded to continue the development of the Communications Complexity Scale (CCS). The CCS is a unique measure for researchers and...
Drivers reminded of move-in traffic Aug. 23 around Daisy Hill
University of Kansas employees and the Lawrence community should anticipate heavy traffic around 15th and Iowa streets Friday, Aug. 23, for the primary move-in day for student housing residents. Traffic around Daisy Hill is expected to be heaviest from about 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The most congested intersections are...