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KU announces March employees of the month
The University of Kansas has announced its employees of the month for March 2013. They are as follows:University Unclassified Staff EmployeeWho: Jeff SeverinStart date: March 2004Current title: Director, KU Center for Sustainability ...
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KPR spring drive surpasses $300,000 in pledges
days of on-air fundraising, Kansas Public Radio ended its spring membership drive with $305,306 in pledges. At 8:26 a.m., Monday, April 29, pledges from KPR listener-members pushed total donations past $300,000, the goal set to end the spring drive. ...
KU historic district earns national recognition
The University of Kansas Historic District is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the National Park Service has announced. The district comprises the heart of the Lawrence Campus and was added to the Register of Historic Kansas Places in February. The only campus historic district in Kansas,...
CETE to host Dynamic Learning Maps conference
The Center for Education Testing and Evaluation (CETE) at the University of Kansas will host the first Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Explore and Learn Conference on July 24-25. ...
Engineering will honor three for lifetime contributions
Three men with extremely successful but vastly different career paths will be recognized next month by the institution that helped set the foundation for their achievements. Harold Finch, Tom Jones and Jim Remsberg will receive the University of Kansas School of Engineering’s highest honor, the Distinguished Engineering Service Award. The...
KUMC researcher wins Baxendale Commercialization Award
Lisa Stehno-Bittel, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in the University of Kansas School of Health Professions, is the 2013 recipient of KU’s Jim Baxendale Commercialization Award, to be presented Tuesday, April 30, in conjunction with the KU Center for Technology Commercialization Innovation Fair,...
KU announces winners of statewide math competition
More than 100 third- through 12th-grade students from schools in Hays, Kansas City, Lawrence, Leawood, Manhattan, Olathe, Overland Park, Topeka and Wichita tackled problem solving and critical thinking at the Mathematics Competition April 6 at the University of Kansas. ...
For some sea animals, biodiversity peaks at Earth’s mid-latitudes, not the equator
years, most biologists have taught that more numerous and varied species inhabit regions around the Earth’s equator than any other latitude — and, that from this zenith, biodiversity plummets steadily all the way to the North and South poles. ...
Education researchers select six schools to launch national inclusion initiative
Researchers at the University of Kansas have selected six schools from across the country to serve as models of inclusive education for KU’s five-year, $24.5 million K-eighth grade national education initiative called SWIFT (School-wide Integrated Framework for Transformation) funded by U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs in...
Undergraduates to showcase research at annual symposium
More than 90 undergraduates at the University of Kansas will present research at the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Kansas Union. ...
Facebook users who post more personal, less political seen as more humorous
Want to seem funnier on Facebook? Be more personal, less political. ...
KU honors outstanding graduate students
More than 40 outstanding graduate students at the University of Kansas were recognized at the annual Graduate Student Awards Ceremony, Tuesday, April 23, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Awards were presented by Vice Chancellor Steve Warren and Dean of Graduate Studies Thomas Heilke. ...
Researcher examining effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid
new approach to recognizing and helping individuals experiencing mental health distress is steadily gaining in use and popularity worldwide. A University of Kansas researcher is leading efforts to determine the effectiveness of the program, known as Mental Health First Aid. ...
Jayhawk Motorsports will offer public preview of Formula racecars
The University of Kansas School of Engineering Formula racecar team is putting the finishing touches on two vehicles and setting lofty goals for this year’s international competitions. Members of Jayhawk Motorsports hope to duplicate the success of the 2012 team – the first in school history to earn a first...
KU to host open studio, exhibit for exceptional student art
Visual art students competing for scholarships will exhibit their works in a show starting Sunday, April 28, at the University of Kansas. ...
Rec center hosting Leave Your Mark mural contest
Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center is now accepting submissions for Leave Your Mark, a mural design contest. ...
School to celebrate 100 years of architectural education
University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design and Planning will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of its architecture program this weekend. ...
Pharmacy professor earns national recognition
Janelle Ruisinger, clinical associate professor and community pharmacy residency director at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, has received the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management Distinguished Achievement Award in Pharmacy Practice. She accepted the award at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) annual meeting March 1-4 in Los...
Media advisory: New media expert available to speak on crowd sourcing in Boston attacks aftermath
Seo, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Kansas, is available to speak about social media, new media, crowd sourcing and how they played a role in the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent search for suspects. ...
2013 Dole Lecture to honor President Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower, a personal hero of Bob Dole, will be the subject of the annual Dole Lecture, titled “Ike’s Legacy.”...
Hall Family Foundation donates $2.7 million for Hall Center for the Humanities
A $2.7 million gift from the Hall Family Foundation will provide lasting support for the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. The gift includes $500,000 to establish a distinguished professorship in the collaborative humanities, $1 million to create a postdoctoral fellowship in the digital humanities and...
Scholar on pentecostal Christianity to speak at religious studies reception
The University of Kansas Department of Religious Studies has invited one of the foremost scholars on Pentecostal Christianity and charismatic Christian movements in Africa to speak at its annual awards reception and lecture next week. ...
Law Enforcement Training Center announces spring graduates
Sam Cline, warden at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, congratulated 53 new law enforcement officers during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on March 22. ...
Chancellor approves promotion, tenure for faculty
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved promotion and the award of tenure where indicated for 65 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 56 individuals at the University of Kansas Medical Center. ...
Final faculty research-sharing session set for today
The format of these sessions is inspired by Pecha Kucha, which features short, slide-based talks that introduce audiences to a topic. Each installment will feature six faculty members, speaking for six minutes each. Audience members are encouraged to connect with the speakers (and each other) during breaks. The sessions are...
New technique can detect structure of promising semiconductor material MoS2
In 2010, the discoverers of graphene — a revolutionary material made of a carbon “monolayer” just one atom thick — snagged the Nobel Prize in physics. An extremely efficient conductor of heat and electricity, graphene could be manufactured with nothing more extraordinary than scotch tape and a pencil. ...
Researcher looks at morality issues related to school lunches
lunches offer a break in the day from tests and lessons, a chance to eat a slice of rectangular pizza in a compartmentalized tray or even a source of stress over who would sit with whom. Chances are morality isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when considering school...
Design wins Best School at National Student Show
The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design, and Planning’s Department of Design was named Best School at the Ninth National Student Show, which was Saturday, April 13. It is the second year in a row the department has won the show’s top academic award. ...