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KU film student premieres short at Honduran festival
Hispano Durón, an international PhD student in Film and Media Studies, recently screened his new short film “El Lugar de la Cruz” at the II El Heraldo Short Film Festival in Honduras. ...
Researcher looks at the enduring impact of land use on an ecosystem
LAWRENCE — Land use by past generations of humans imprints a legacy on the landscape, even decades after an ecosystem may appear to have recovered. ...
KU to screen cult classic horror film shot on campus
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Department of Film and Media Studies will host a screening of Herk Harvey’s cult classic film “Carnival of Souls.”...
Classics professor elected to board of American Academy
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas professor of classics Anthony Corbeill has been elected to the board of trustees of the American Academy in Rome, a leading center for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. ...
The art of the jack-o-lantern
LAWRENCE – It isn’t so unusual to see “knife-wielding zombies” in Marvin Hall. Usually they’re just sleep-deprived architecture and design students intent on finishing their projects before deadline. ...
Professor creates course, publishes research to help educators fight 'terroristic bullying,' troublesome behaviors
LAWRENCE — October is National Anti-bullying Month. While educators across the country are working on ways to fight the problem, a University of Kansas professor is working to train future teachers and those already in schools to curb bullying. ...
Aerospace student's design earns second place at international competition
LAWRENCE — A 2013 University of Kansas School of Engineering graduate earned international acclaim for his performance in a prestigious aerospace design competition. ...
KU researcher honored as namesake of ancient insect-eating mammal
LAWRENCE — Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Denver Museum of Nature & Science recently have published a description of a fossilized 50-million-year-old insect-eating mammal, about the size of a shrew or small hedgehog, naming it Nyctitherium krishtalkai after Leonard Krishtalka, director of the Biodiversity Institute at the...
Med school No. 2 in production of family doctors
The University of Kansas School of Medicine ranks No. 2 in a study of medical schools' production of graduates who go into family medicine. ...
DNA signaling, repair topic of annual lecture series
LAWRENCE — DNA signaling and repair will be the topics of the sixth biennial Richard L. Schowen Lectures in Bioorganic Chemistry next month. ...
University announces New Self Graduate Fellows
LAWRENCE — Six doctoral students have been selected to receive the University of Kansas prestigious Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship as they begin the 2013-2014 academic year. The 30 current Self Graduate Fellows are among 146 students who have benefited from the fellowship since it was established. ...
Local economic development project makes KU a 'Community-Connected Campus' award finalist
LAWRENCE — A coalition of economic development partners, led by the University of Kansas, came together to launch the state’s largest business incubator system: the Bioscience & Technology Business Center (BTBC). That partnership is about to get an opportunity to showcase its success in a national spotlight. ...
Student wins state disability advocacy award
LAWRENCE — Amanda Thompson, a University of Kansas senior from Lincoln who is majoring in speech-language-hearing, has won the 2013 Michael Lechner Advocacy Award from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. The annual award recognizes a Kansan with a disability who has effectively advocated for changes in his or her...
CDR students investigate glucose-monitoring car for Bayer, Sprint
LAWRENCE — This fall, students enrolled in ADS 560, an advanced design studio course at the Center for Design Research (CDR), will investigate the integration of Bayer HealthCare’s blood-glucose monitoring technology with the on-board computer system of an automobile. Wireless technology from Sprint would enable data to be exchanged between...
Shutdown is over, but polarizing parties live on, KU scholar says
LAWRENCE — Sixteen days probably never seemed so long to the politicians sparring and federal employees furloughed by the U.S. government shutdown this month. ...
Pulitzer Prize winner to present Richard W. Gunn Lecture
LAWRENCE — Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and Washington Post columnist Michael Dirda will present the Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture, “A Literary Life: Twenty-Five Years at the Washington Post Book World,” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union....
Guth will not return to classroom this year
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Associate Professor David Guth, who was put on indefinite administrative leave Sept. 20 after posting comments on his personal Twitter account that caused disruptions in the university’s learning environment, will not return to classroom duties this year, the university announced today. ...
Colorado poets will give reading Nov. 7
LAWRENCE — Matthew Cooperman, poetry editor for the Colorado Review, and Aby Kaupang, author of "Little 'g' God Grows Tired of Me" (2013), will give a reading Nov. 7 at the University of Kansas. ...
Author: Understanding tradition key to political, legal relationships with ever-changing China
LAWRENCE — The idea of transparency is central to Western law and policy. Lawmakers and politicians regularly tout the importance of being clear in why and how laws are made, and in what specific behavior those laws require or prohibit. Things are somewhat different, however, in one of the largest and...
Media advisory update: KU delaying campus flyovers planned for Oct. 23
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Marketing Communications has delayed plans for Lawrence campus flyovers on Wednesday, Oct. 23. ...
Studio 804 begins construction on Marvin Hall Forum
LAWRENCE — While many University of Kansas students were relaxing over fall break, those enrolled in Studio 804 were hard at work demolishing the Builder’s Yard, a large steel and concrete structure behind Marvin Hall. ...
Scholars to probe water quantity, quality issues at law symposium
LAWRENCE – Leading scholars and thinkers on water law and environmental law will address the critical issues facing water quantity and quality at the 2013 Kansas Law Review Symposium, “Waters of the United States: Adapting Law for Degradation and Drought.”...
KPR wraps up fall membership drive with $244,000 in pledges
LAWRENCE — Kansas Public Radio’s fall membership drive came up just short of its goal. ...
Residence halls to sponsor annual Halloween event
LAWRENCE — Daisy Hill will be the site of Halloween in the Halls, in which Lawrence children may trick-or-treat in the residence halls. The event will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, in the University of Kansas residence halls at 15th and Iowa streets. Children must be accompanied by...
Professor's new book examines deep roots of opposition to female rulers
LAWRENCE — She hasn’t officially thrown her name in the ring yet, but political commentators are already musing that “Clinton fatigue” may hurt Hillary Clinton’s chances of being elected president in 2016. ...
Graduate researcher honored for wireless communication paper
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researcher Ehsan Hosseini has been selected as the winner of the Best Graduate Student Paper Award at this week’s International Telemetering Conference (ITC) . He will receive a $1,000 monetary award and recognition at the ITC opening ceremony for his research on synchronizing bursts of...
Fall 2013 Langston Hughes Professor to lecture on Afro-Cuban literature
LAWRENCE – Matthew Pettway, the fall 2013 Langston Hughes Visiting Professor, will present “Race, Religion and Ritual: Afro-Cuban Poets in the Age of Revolution” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will...
KU to host national experts in teacher accountability at Instructional Sensitivity Conference
LAWRENCE —National experts in educational leadership, policy and assessment will gather in Lawrence Nov. 13-15 to discuss a critical topic in the areas of school accountability and teacher evaluation at the 2013 Instructional Sensitivity Conference (ISC), hosted by the University of Kansas’ Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI). ...
Link between media literacy, smoking views?
LAWRENCE — The known risks of smoking and other types of tobacco usage have yet to dissuade all youth from picking up the habit. ...
Military graduate degree offerings expanded with new concentration
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas, consistently recognized as a military-friendly university, is now among a select few universities nationwide to provide Army officers specialized graduate level education in more than one world region. ...