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Compound in plastics can worsen migraines
Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center have shown that a compound frequently found in plastics, Bisphenol A (BPA), can worsen migraine headache-related symptoms. The findings suggest that migraine sufferers might be able to reduce the frequency and severity of their headaches by changing their diets. ...
Edwards Campus adds educational technology degree
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas is adding a master’s degree in educational technology at its Edwards Campus in Overland Park to serve the need of state and local businesses and industries to expand workforce online learning programs. ...
Finance professor to lead global conference on housing crisis
LAWRENCE — As the global economy moves past the Great Recession, scholars and policymakers are taking time to reflect on the housing crisis in hopes of avoiding another meltdown. ...
Journalism senior wins $5,000 in national sportswriting competition
LAWRENCE — Michael Vernon, a University of Kansas journalism senior from Houston, has been named a winner of the prestigious 2013 Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship, a national award for excellence in sports writing at the college level. ...
Shutz Award recipient to lecture on studio environment
LAWRENCE — Jeremy Shellhorn, University of Kansas associate professor of visual communications and recipient of this year’s Byron T. Shutz Award for Excellence in Teaching, will give a presentation next week on the unique educational opportunities that exist in a studio environment. ...
Audio-Reader honors longtime volunteers
LAWRENCE — Kansas Audio-Reader volunteers, staff and listeners gathered last month to celebrate 42 years of service. The Halloween-themed event took place at Maceli’s and drew nearly 200 people, some of whom came in costume. ...
Novelist Aminatta Forna to speak on writing through war, memory and identity
LAWRENCE — Novelist Aminatta Forna will discuss her newly released novel, "The Hired Man," at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the Hall Center for the Humanities Conference Hall. The event is free and open to the public, and a reception and book signing will follow. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Center announces October graduates
YODER – Hutchinson Community College President Ed Berger congratulated 47 new law enforcement officers during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Oct. 4. ...
Dance concerts will feature Israeli choreographer’s work
LAWRENCE — The University Dance Company fall concerts Nov. 21-22 will honor the legacy of a founding faculty member of the University of Kansas Department of Dance. ...
Kansan.com wins six Online Pacemaker Awards in seven years (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE — The University Daily Kansan’s online news site, Kansan.com, has once again been recognized as one of the best in the country. It recently received the 2013 Online Pacemaker Award, the Associated Collegiate Press’ highest honor, making this the sixth time the publication has won the award in seven...
Marine Corps to celebrate 238th birthday at Dole Institute
LAWRENCE — A cake-cutting ceremony celebrating the 238th birthday of United States Marine Corps will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at the Dole Institute of Politics. ...
KU to host Engineers Without Borders regional conference
LAWRENCE — More than 150 engineering professionals and students are expected at the University of Kansas School of Engineering for the annual Engineers Without Borders Midwest Regional Conference, set for Friday, Nov. 8, to Sunday, Nov. 10, at Eaton Hall. ...
Study shows Great Recession hit young people especially hard, limiting ability to save for future
LAWRENCE — Many households lost money, savings and net wealth during the Great Recession, but the effects didn’t stop with households; balance sheets. The final effects of the recession are lingering for many young people as well. A professor at the University of Kansas has authored a study showing that young people...
Lecturer launches financial ethics training series
LAWRENCE — To some observers, “financial ethics” is a contradiction in terms. Or even worse, a myth. ...
Film talks, speakers among International Education Week events
LAWRENCE — Offices across the University of Kansas have planned events in observance of International Education Week for the week of Nov. 11- 15. Initiated in 2000 by the U.S. departments of State and Education, International Education Week is dedicated to celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. ...
KU welcomed into National Academy of Inventors
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has been named a member of the National Academy of Inventors, officials recently announced. ...
Lawrence campus phone outage planned Nov. 9-10 (Opens in new window)
There will be a total Lawrence campus phone outage beginning Nov. 9 at 10 p.m. until Nov. 10 at 4 a.m. This outage only affects traditional and VoIP phone lines on the main Lawrence campus (KUMC, Parsons, Edwards, KLETC are not affected); no part of KU computer or wireless networks...
Jacobs leader to examine ethics with students
LAWRENCE — Ethics in engineering will be the focus of a November lecture presented at the University of Kansas School of Engineering by the leader of one of the world’s largest technical professional and construction services firms. ...
Four candidates for dean of graduate studies to meet with KU community
Thursday, Nov. 7, 4 p.m., Big 12 Room, Kansas Union...
KU to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week through lens of social entrepreneurs
LAWRENCE — Each November since 2008, Global Entrepreneurship Week has been celebrated internationally to encourage and inspire innovation. ...
KU to host conference on interdisciplinary aging research
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas professor Dennis Domer is often cited among the leading historic preservationists in his field. ...
Journalist, historian to speak in part of multiyear event commemorating World War I
LAWRENCE — Sir Max Hastings, author of 12 books on military history, including "Inferno: The World at War 1939-45," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Lied Center Pavilion on “Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War.” The event is free and open to the public. A reception...
Speaker series to link student debt, poor financial outcomes in later life
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and Assets and Education Initiative will present "Rethinking the American Dream: Education, Student Debt and Asset Building" from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. The event is the second in a series on connections...
Fifth annual campus run will honor veterans
LAWRENCE — Calling it “A Run to Remember,” the University of Kansas Collegiate Veterans Association will host its fifth annual Veterans Day Run on Nov. 10. ...
Reception honors students, mentors in NIH science programs
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office for Diversity in Science Training hosted its seventh annual Fall Reception, which honors students and faculty mentors at KU and Haskell Indian Nations University participating in 2013-2014 programs funded by the National Institutes of Health to encourage underserved students to pursue careers in...
Researchers: Promoting self-determination increases opportunities for students with disabilities
LAWRENCE — When young people finish high school the societal expectation is that they’ll continue their education, find employment and become productive members of society. When it comes to students with disabilities, researchers at the University of Kansas have found that focusing on self-determination while they are in school can...
High school competitors to share secret agent devices at engineering contest
LAWRENCE — Hundreds of high school students from around Kansas and the Kansas City metro area are scheduled to compete Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the University of Kansas School of Engineering High School Design Competition. ...
Study shows that parenting improves with coaching via cell phone
LAWRENCE — In the first randomized trial of the effects of cell phone use, University of Kansas and Notre Dame researchers found that when parenting coaches texted and called mothers who had participated in a home-based parenting program, they were much more likely than the other mothers in the study...
GM North America president to speak Nov. 6
LAWRENCE — A top executive with General Motors Co. will speak with University of Kansas students about product and career development at the School of Engineering early next month. ...
Distinguished Professor to deliver lecture on universal properties of random data
LAWRENCE — David Nualart, the Black-Babcock Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics, will deliver his Distinguished Professor Lecture at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. His lecture, “The Roughness of the Random,” will take place in the Bruckmiller Room of the Adams Alumni Center. ...