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Second KU duo qualifies for National Debate Tournament
LAWRENCE — A second University of Kansas team has qualified for the National Debate Tournament. Addison Schile, a sophomore from Topeka, and Nick Khatri, a junior from Edina, Minn., qualified for the National Debate Tournament through a tournament hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma from Feb. 28 to...
KU names 2014 Men of Merit
LAWRENCE — Fifteen students, staff and faculty have been selected as University of Kansas Men of Merit, recognized for positively defining masculinity through challenging norms, taking action and leading by example while making contributions to the university and/or the community. ...
Museum's Panorama work begins this month
LAWRENCE — Beginning Monday, March 10, visitors to the KU Natural History Museum will see a research team conducting a major evaluation of the historic Panorama of North American plants and animals. ...
In wake of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, KU tribal law conference to explore Indian Child Welfare Act
LAWRENCE – Legal experts and tribal government officials will grapple with the implications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision implicating the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) at the University of Kansas School of Law’s 18th annual Tribal Law & Government Conference this week in Lawrence. ...
Nominations sought for honorary degree
LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas awards honorary degrees to exceptional persons of notable intellectual, scholarly, professional, or creative achievement, or service to humanity. A candidate’s qualifications must be deeply grounded in a career of scholarship, research, creative activity, service to humanity, or other profession consistent with the academic endeavors...
Celebrate March Madness at Brackfest
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Just in time to celebrate March Madness, the second annual Brackfest is scheduled for Monday, March 17, at the Overland Park Convention Center. Proceeds will benefit concussion injury initiatives at The University of Kansas Hospital and KU Medical Center. ...
KPR plans concert for 20th anniversary of 'Trail Mix'
LAWRENCE – To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and 20 years of folk music on KPR’s "Trail Mix," you’re invited to a special double-bill concert featuring singer-songwriter Ashley Davis and fiddler Liz Carroll. ...
Researchers complete map to highlight endangered traditional Afghanistan water systems
LAWRENCE — You could consider this University of Kansas multidisciplinary research team the modern day “Monuments Men (and Women).”...
MBA students to present social entrepreneurship solutions
LAWRENCE — After six months of research and analysis, University of Kansas MBA students will present their business solutions to their Kansas Impact Project clients Thursday, March 6. ...
Replant Mount Oread launches two-week fundraising campaign with $5,000 goal
"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now." ...
Law school ranks 20th for grads making partner at nation’s largest law firms
“Employers recognize that KU Law graduates are well-prepared and possess an impressive work ethic,” said Stephen Mazza, dean of the law school. “The fact that our students pay one of the lowest tuitions among all schools in this ranking underscores the incredible value of a KU Law education.”...
Research looks at farmers’ decision-making amid challenging conditions in Kansas
LAWRENCE — The future of agriculture in Kansas could be daunting as global climate change and resource depletion stemming from industrial farming take hold over coming decades. ...
Business, engineering team to attend Collegiate Wind Competition
LAWRENCE — An interdisciplinary team of students from the University of Kansas schools of Business and Engineering is working to revolutionize the wind turbine as they prepare for a prestigious national competition this spring. KU is one of 10 colleges in the nation selected for the inaugural Collegiate Wind Competition,...
Baseball superstars fail at image repair following steroid use
LAWRENCE — The arrival of spring training and a new baseball season always brings hope for fans, but in the last decade it has brought talk of steroids, suspensions and apologies from superstars for using banned substances. A University of Kansas professor and master’s student have published a study examining...
Lawyer continuing art-recovery legacy of the ‘Monuments Men’ to speak at Edwards Campus
OVERLAND PARK – While the “Monuments Men” took the first crucial steps in recovering cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis, the fight to return artworks to the victims and their families goes on nearly 70 years after the end of World War II. ...
Media advisory: K.C.-area youths to participate in leadership program
What: Jomella Watson-Thompson, University of Kansas assistant professor of applied behavioral science and associate director of the Work Group for Community Health and Development, is leading a daylong training, Lead Up: A Youth Leadership and College Prep Program, for youths grades 8 to 12 from the Kansas City metro along...
Groundbreaking KU dance performance to show in NYC
LAWRENCE – An innovative University of Kansas performance that intertwines contemporary dance with video art is headed to New York City in March. ...
Kansas Geological Survey honors outstanding employee
LAWRENCE — A groundwater data specialist at the Kansas Geological Survey received the first annual KGS Outstanding Support Staff Recognition Award. The KGS is based at the University of Kansas. ...
Pocket library project works to make books and art accessible
LAWRENCE — In an effort to bring books and art from walled-in institutions to sidewalks, the University of Kansas is working with the local community to build a community network of libraries that are about the size of birdhouses. ...
Acoustics lecturer earns Lifetime Achievement Award
LAWRENCE — Earlier this month the National Association of Systems Contractors announced that Robert Coffeen, acoustics lecturer for the Department of Architecture, has won its annual Per Haugen Lifetime Achievement Award. ...
Media Advisory: Author of book on militarization of U.S. police forces, victim of home raid to speak at KU
CONTACT: Mark Kind, 913-406-7113, acskulaw@gmail.com, American Constitution Society Chapter President, University of Kansas School of Law Chapter...
Dole Institute’s new series highlights development, future of drones
LAWRENCE —The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will launch the new Innovations Series this spring with the inaugural program being a two-part event on unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones. The Innovations Series will be an ongoing series at the Dole Institute that investigates the...
Timmermann elected AAAS council delegate
LAWRENCE — Barbara Timmermann, distinguished professor at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy Department of Medicinal Chemistry, has been elected to serve as a council delegate for the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Timmermann will serve a three-year term. ...
English department to host ‘visual poet’ for lecture to feature ‘needles and pens’
LAWRENCE — Poets can use more than just the pen. Maria Damon’s most recent tool of choice is weaving and needlepoint. ...
Renowned expert in infectious diseases returns to KU as newest Foundation Professor
LAWRENCE — After earning his doctorate from the University of Kansas in 1989, William Picking left Lawrence to begin an outstanding career in research and academics. He returned to Lawrence in 1999 to serve 10 years on the faculty before becoming chair of microbiology and genetics at Oklahoma State University. ...
Race factor in investigatory police stops erodes trust in law enforcement, study finds
LAWRENCE — “Driving While Black” is not a crime, but a University of Kansas research team has found that race plays a major role in determining whom officers pull over for investigatory vehicle stops. ...
Professor of Hindi and modern Indian studies to give lecture
LAWRENCE — Philip Lutgendorf, professor of Hindi and modern Indian studies at the University of Iowa, will give a lecture for the Department of Religious Studies. His talk, "The Clue in the Lake: Tulsidas and the Sufis of Avadh," will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in 108...
Annual security conference to focus on the role of Turkey in global affairs
LAWRENCE — Experts and scholars from around the country will come to the University of Kansas next month to discuss Turkey and its potential to be a game changer in global politics. The University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies and the Center for Global and...
Hall Center offers practical insights on careers in 'applied humanities'
LAWRENCE – Leaders from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, the National Archives, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mid-America Arts Alliance and...
Research: Natural fungal products could offer potential Alzheimer’s therapy
LAWRENCE — A team of researchers at the University of Kansas, including T. Chris Gamblin, associate professor of molecular biosciences, and Berl Oakley, Irving S. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology, has shown that some fungal natural products can inhibit buildup of tau — a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease...