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Dissertations awarded Argersinger Prizes
LAWRENCE — Two doctoral graduates will be presented with the 2014 Marnie and Bill Argersinger Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertations at the annual Doctoral Hooding Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, in the Lied Center. ...
KU to commission first female combat arms officer since lifting of ban
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Army ROTC will commission its first female Field Artillery officer this spring following Pentagon orders in 2013 to open combat-arms branches to women across all military services. ...
KU, Haskell students present research at diversity symposium
LAWRENCE — Student research related to biological and behavioral sciences was presented last month at the 14th annual University of Kansas- Haskell Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...
Author offers insights into man behind ‘Wicked’ and ‘Godspell’
LAWRENCE — The Broadway composer who turned the story of the “Wizard of Oz” on its head in the megahit musical “Wicked” is the focus of a new book from a University of Kansas professor. ...
Professor studies connection between evolutionary biology, economic success
LAWRENCE — With the emergence in the past three decades of fields such as behavioral genetics, scientists and economists have examined ways to transfer ideas about how organisms succeed biologically or reproductively – known as fitness – to achieve economic success – and the reverse. ...
KU honors Employees of the Year
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas recognized its Employees of the Year and presented the 2013-2014 Team Award on May 7 in the Kansas Union. Chancellor Bernadette Gray Little and Jeffrey S. Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, were present at the luncheon to...
Louise Byrd Graduate Educators announced
LAWRENCE — Eva Horn, professor in the Department of Special Education and investigator for the Lifespan Institute for Developmental Disabilities, and Victor Frost, Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, are the 2014 recipients of the Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award. The award...
KU seniors honor high school teachers with Wolfe Family Teaching Awards
LAWRENCE — Even though it’s been several years since University of Kansas seniors have set foot in high school teachers’ classrooms, the influence of many of those educators is not forgotten. ...
Business school launches part-time Master of Accounting program
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will begin offering a Working Professional Master of Accounting program at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park this fall. ...
Media advisory: KU experts available to speak about Brown v. Board 60th anniversary
LAWRENCE — Several University of Kansas faculty members are available to speak with media about the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that effectively ended school segregation in the United States. The faculty members can comment about the ruling, its legacy in American education,...
Fulbright Scholar to present talk on tissue engineering
LAWRENCE — A leading scientist from one of the world’s largest and most famous groups in tissue engineering will offer insight on the use of green and environmentally friendly technologies for biomaterials processing during a lecture today at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
KU announces new leadership in University Honors Program
LAWRENCE – Jonathan Earle, director of the University Honors Program, has been named dean of the Honors College at Louisiana State University. The appointment is effective Aug. 15. ...
Public Safety Office announces 2013 crime statistics
LAWRENCE — Crime at the University of Kansas declined in 2013 by 18 percent, KU’s Public Safety Office advised today with the release of its annual crime statistics. ...
KU awards three Wounded Warrior Scholarships
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas’ Office of Graduate Military Programs has announced three students have received the University’s Wounded Warrior Scholarship for the 2014-2015 academic year. Additionally, KU is honored to announce the Bill and Shanthi Eckert Wounded Disabled Veteran Scholarship, which directly contributes to a specific Wounded Warrior...
Student’s project helps paralyzed uncle, wins honor
LAWRENCE — A stroke in 2002 left Henry Evans a quadriplegic and unable to speak, but his mind was untouched. His nephew, Henry Clever, a senior in the University of Kansas School of Engineering in mechanical engineering, developed a groundbreaking device to help his uncle master his biggest challenges –...
Professor helps Kenyan community develop dictionary to preserve Ekegusii language
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas anthropology researcher has helped community members in western Kenya develop the first dictionary of their local Ekegusii language. ...
Natural History Museum welcomes new bee colony to exhibit
LAWRENCE — The KU Natural History Museum will welcome a new bee colony to its bee tree and observation hive on the sixth floor of Dyche Hall on Friday, May 9. ...
Thousands of World War I era art pieces gifted to Spencer Museum of Art
LAWRENCE – One of the richest collections of World War I era art in the country can now be found at the University of Kansas’ Spencer Art Museum through Professor Eric G. Carlson’s gift of more than 3,000 pieces. ...
Social media, 'forced crowdsourcing' have given fans unprecedented power in decisions to fire coaches
LAWRENCE — As the case of disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling so vividly illustrated, once evidence falls into the clutches of social media, the resulting downfall can be nearly instantaneous. A University of Kansas professor has examined how fans and the world at large now have the ability...
Donald K. Alderson Memorial Award and Rusty Leffel Concerned Student awards announced
LAWRENCE — Four graduating seniors will walk down the hill with an extra spring in their step this year, knowing that they have dedicated the last four years to leaving the University of Kansas campus a better place for future Jayhawks. Addison Keegan-Harris, Tyler Childress, Anahita Khanlari and Tyler Wright...
Architecture students completing fifth design-build project at KU Field Station
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas third-year architecture students are wrapping up the program’s fifth design-build project at the KU Field Station. The structure, a timber canopy supported by rammed-earth walls, extends over a sunny patio at the Field Station’s Armitage Education Center, a space used by many KU groups and...
Scholarship honors ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ star
LAWRENCE — A recent visit with students in the University of Kansas Department of Theatre inspired alumnus Jon Eicholtz and his wife, actress Barbara Eden, of Beverly Hills, California, to make a $300,000 gift to provide an undergraduate scholarship for students who plan to be professional actors. ...
Research points way to 'holy grail' therapy for autoimmune diseases
LAWRENCE — Scientists at the University of Kansas are working toward a potential breakthrough therapy for a host of autoimmune diseases. Long a goal of immunology, the approach targets only the handful of dangerous "self-reactive" T cells that can harm the body and leaves alone the vast majority of T...
Hall Center announces Humanities Lecture Series speakers for 2014-2015
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center for the Humanities has announced the speakers for its 2014-2015 Humanities Lecture Series. The series will include Katherine Boo, John Symons, Amy Wilentz, Anna Deavere Smith, Natasha Trethewey and James Oakes. The lectures are free, open to the public and begin at 7:30 p.m. on...
School of Engineering will honor two for distinguished careers
LAWRENCE — Two people with a long history of outstanding contributions to the University of Kansas School of Engineering will receive the school’s highest honor today, May 8. ...
Researcher weighs contributing factors to inequality in K.C. schools
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor has co-authored a study showing that differences between school districts in greater Kansas City, often attributed to race, have been shaped by factors such as parents’ education and affluence, helping sustain disadvantage in some districts and deepen school inequality. ...
KU to recognize retirees at luncheon
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will honor retiring faculty and unclassified staff members with a lunch at noon May 22 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will recognize the employees during the lunch. ...
Study examines disadvantages for rural districts at recruiting high-quality teachers
LAWRENCE — Rural school districts are at a distinct disadvantage in being able to attract high-quality teachers out of college compared with suburban and urban districts, according to recent study funded by the Spencer Foundation and released online in The American Review of Public Administration. ...
Student leader honored as Newman Civic Fellow
LAWRENCE – Ashlie Koehn, a junior from Burns at the University of Kansas, was recently named the KU Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact. Koehn joins 196 student leaders across the country who have demonstrated an investment in their community to be Newman Civic Fellows. Through service, research, and advocacy,...
Professor: Free-trade agreement hampered by lack of transparency
LAWRENCE — The Trans-Pacific Partnership has the potential to be the most economically and politically significant free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region, but it is being hindered by a nontransparent drafting process and perceptions of favoring American corporate interests over poverty alleviation, according to a new article by a...