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Media Advisory: KU researcher can discuss U.S. response to Ebola outbreak
LAWRENCE — President Barack Obama's announcement Tuesday of a major increase in the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa included a commitment of 3,000 troops, plus material to build field hospitals, additional health care workers and other supplies. ...
KU to honor 69 seniors from 8 southwest Kansas county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 1, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 132 seniors from Harvey, Reno county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 12 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 1, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 130 seniors from Douglas, Jefferson county high schools
Since 1971, the Kansas Honors Program has recognized over 125,000 scholars who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of occupational plans or higher-education goals. Each year, the KU Alumni Association and its volunteers host 36 programs that reach all 105...
Human rights advocate to explain child refugee crisis along U.S.-Mexico border
LAWRENCE – Noted attorney, author and human rights advocate Jennifer Harbury will discuss the roots of U.S. foreign and immigration policies concerning the recent influx of children and families from Central America during a lecture set for Wednesday, Sept. 24. ...
Professor examines convergence of languages, cultures in Chinese Inner Asia
LAWRENCE — When Arienne Dwyer identified an area in Chinese Inner Asia as a language convergence zone some 19 years ago, she discovered that the grammars of unrelated languages had grown to resemble one another. Moreover, when some speakers of these diverse languages come together in song contests, they would...
University host of panel Thursday on sexual assault
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has invited the University of Kansas community to a panel discussion Thursday, Sept. 18, to continue the conversation on how to work together as a community to confront sexual assault. The discussion will be 4:30-6 p.m. in The Commons. The panelists will be Jeffrey S. ...
Russian program receives Department of State grant
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) has been awarded a major grant from the U.S. Department of State as part of the U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program. ...
Alumni Association to honor two recipients of Fred Ellsworth Medallion
LAWRENCE — The 2014 recipients of the Fred Ellsworth Medallion for extraordinary service to the University of Kansas are Jay Howard of Austin, Texas, and Margaret Shirk of Lawrence. The KU Alumni Association will honor them Friday, Sept. 19, during the fall meeting of the national Board of Directors. ...
KU joins national alliance to help low-income students graduate
WASHINGTON – The University of Kansas is a founding member of the University Innovation Alliance, a group of 11 major public research institutions dedicated to helping more low-income and first-generation students successfully earn their degrees. ...
360 Architecture supports Forum project with $25,000 gift
LAWRENCE — As a part of 360 Architecture’s ongoing efforts to support design education, the Kansas City, Missouri-based firm and KU Endowment announced earlier this month that the firm has made a donation of $25,000 to the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning. ...
Visual Art graduate students open semester with exhibition
LAWRENCE – Visual art graduate students will exhibit their works in a two-part show starting Saturday, Sept. 21, at the University of Kansas. Part I will be on display Sept. 21 through Oct. 3 and Part II following from Oct. 5-17. The exhibitions are free, and the public is welcome. ...
Engineering faculty studying security of cloud computing
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have received a multimillion-dollar Department of Defense grant designed to build user trust and confidence in the security of cloud computing and to develop techniques that ensure projects run as predicted, without interference. ...
Law professor to argue before Supreme Court on water dispute
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas law professor has authored a study and will argue before the Supreme Court on a water rights case via a method that can be thought of as a more civil version of civil war. ...
KU to honor 71 seniors from Marion, McPherson, Rice county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 14 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 24, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 103 seniors from Leavenworth County high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from six Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 24, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 237 seniors from Sedgwick county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 12 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Sept. 22, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Dole Archive expands digital content on political leaders, topics
LAWRENCE — In conjunction with the 2015 National History Day theme, Leadership and Legacy in History, the Robert J. Dole Archive and Special Collections at the Dole Institute of Politics has released new online modules featuring primary source documents from their collections. ...
KU to test emergency alert systems Sept. 17
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will test its emergency text message and public address systems at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. ...
Investigative journalist Katherine Boo to discuss life in Indian slums
LAWRENCE — Katherine Boo, staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. Her lecture, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity," is the first...
Reception to welcome new faculty to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas has hired 32 new faculty members for the 2014-2015 academic year. All faculty and staff are invited to welcome the group at a reception Wednesday, Sept. 17. ...
Honors program seeks top sophomores for scholars programs
LAWRENCE — In spring 2014, Anh Le was named a member of the 33rd class of University Scholars at the University of Kansas. Twenty sophomores are selected for the program each year based on their academic achievement and involvement. ...
14 graduate research consultants infuse projects into undergraduate coursework
LAWRENCE — Fourteen University of Kansas Graduate Research Consultants will pair with faculty members this fall in a wide variety of fields to challenge undergraduate students to further develop their research skills through classroom-based projects. ...
Midwest groundwater experts to convene for annual conference
LAWRENCE — The health and future of vital Midwestern groundwater resources will be the focus of the 59th annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, which will be Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Holiday Inn in Lawrence. ...
KU to honor 38 seniors from Sumner county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from seven Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 17, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Thirty high schools to participate in KU Band Day
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Music will stage the 67th Annual KU Band Day on Saturday, Sept. 20. Thirty high school bands from Kansas and Missouri will participate in the event. ...
Media advisory: Experts available to discuss Scottish independence referendum
LAWRENCE — Pollsters suggest a close vote when voters in Scotland decide Sept. 18 whether to secede from the United Kingdom. ...
Law school selects 2014-15 Dean's Fellows to mentor incoming class
LAWRENCE — Nine students at the University of Kansas School of Law have been chosen as Dean’s Fellows for the 2014-15 academic year. ...
Exhibition to honor late architecture professor
LAWRENCE — A retrospective exhibit of the work of Wojciech Lesnikowski, former professor in the School of Architecture, Design & Planning, and his students will open Sept. 20 in the Galloway Room, 305 Marvin Hall. It will run through Oct. 6. ...