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Author follows Japanese bells under sea, around world in new book
Where does the triangular relationship among dragons, bells and water come from, and how has it been portrayed and explained through the centuries? Sherry Fowler, professor in the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the University of Kansas, explores those questions in “Buddhist Bells and Dragons: Under and Over Water, In and Out of Japan.”
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Thu, 05/08/2025
Expanded mini tests from KU assessment center will offer Kansas teachers more flexibility
Assessment & Technology Solutions (ATS), a center within KU’s Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI), has expanded its Kite Suite mini tests — giving Kansas teachers more tools and students more support in the classroom.
Wed, 05/07/2025
KU announces new 2025-2026 Self Memorial Scholars
Twenty students have been selected to receive the merit-based University of Kansas Madison and Lila Self Memorial Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year, awarded to outstanding Jayhawks who will be transitioning into their first year of a master’s or doctoral program at KU.
Wed, 05/07/2025
Spencer Museum announces KU Common Work of Art for 2025-2026
The Spencer Museum of Art has announced “Haunted by the Ghosts of Our Own Making” by Hollis Sigler as the KU Common Work of Art for the 2025-2026 academic year. The painting complements the KU Reads book, “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet” by John Green.
Wed, 05/07/2025
KU faculty honored as 2025 Kemper Fellows for Teaching Excellence
Five KU faculty members were honored with the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence award, recognizing their commitment and contributions to teaching excellence on KU Lawrence’s campus during the spring 2025 semester.
Wed, 05/07/2025
Study finds giving pre-service social studies educators practice in teaching difficult topics boosts confidence
Four pre-service teachers designed and delivered a lesson on "Night," Elie Wiesel's seminal Holocaust survival memoir, in a University of Kansas study. The lesson, performed in a mixed-reality simulator, found the teachers did not have instruction on teaching difficult topics, but their confidence in teaching difficult material improved.
Tue, 05/06/2025
School of Education & Human Sciences to honor 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient
The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences will honor alumnus Jason Booker, deputy athletics director for external affairs at Kansas Athletics, with one of its top awards this spring.
Tue, 05/06/2025
Profit motivation of social media companies may compel them to inject bias and create polarization, study finds
Social media companies thrive on the subtle influencing of users’ behavior. “It is of interest to social media companies to nudge users in such a way that their engagement level increases, but as a result, echo chambers are created and the level of polarization increases,” said Debabrata Dey, a professor of business at the University of Kansas.
Tue, 05/06/2025
Students recognized for contributions to KU Libraries
A pair of student employees who do vital work maintaining physical and digital collections and two KU Libraries Student Ambassadors were honored among their peers and supervisors at the annual Dean’s Award for Student Employee Excellence (DASEE) luncheon May 1 in Watson Library.
Tue, 05/06/2025
Carillonneurs Congress will ring in week of summer events on the Hill
The University of Kansas' historic Campanile will serve as the setting for a gathering of the the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America this summer, offering the community an opportunity to enjoy a series of free public carillon concerts.
Tue, 05/06/2025
KU Engineering students win Traffic Bowl Competition
The KU-Institute of Transportation Engineers (KU-ITE) traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, in April to compete in the 2025 Missouri Valley District Institute of Transportation Engineers (MOVITE) Traffic Bowl Competition, where they took home first place.
Mon, 05/05/2025
Faculty, staff and students encouraged to volunteer for 2025 Hawk Week sexual violence prevention training program
Jayhawks Give A Flock is an evidence-based program that empowers students to prevent sexual violence through bystander intervention and to take an active role in creating an exceptional learning community.
Thu, 05/01/2025
David Dietz named University of Kansas dean of pharmacy
The University of Kansas has selected David Dietz as the next dean of the School of Pharmacy. Dietz is currently a faculty member and associate dean of research strategy at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. He will begin his new role Aug. 1.
Thu, 05/01/2025
KU students honored with Tradition of Excellence Award
Ten University of Kansas students received the 2025 Tradition of Excellence Award for their leadership on the Lawrence campus. The award is presented annually by the KU Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Network.
Wed, 04/30/2025
Winners crowned among group of moving collections in Snyder Book Contest
The University of Kansas Libraries honored eight student finalists and awarded cash prizes at the 67th annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest during a reception April 24 at Watson Library. Charles Johnson, a senior from Lawrence, won first place in the undergraduate division, and Nicholas Hoekstra, a doctoral student in special education from Comstock Park, Michigan, won first place in the graduate division.
Wed, 04/30/2025
KU graduate student completes prestigious fellowship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Amrit Gautam, a KU graduate student in the physics doctoral program, was among just 62 doctoral students nationwide selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellowship. Gautam spent the fellowship conducting his thesis research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
Wed, 04/30/2025
KU RocketStars take top honors at First Nations Launch International Rocket Competition
The KU RocketStars, a team of Indigenous STEM scholars from the University of Kansas and members of the KU American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) chapter, won two awards at the 16th Annual First Nations Launch (FNL) High-Powered Rocketry Competition, hosted by NASA’s Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.
Tue, 04/29/2025
KU undergraduate team secures third place in national intelligence competition
A team of three University of Kansas undergraduate students has earned a third-place finish in the national collegiate Moonshot Labs Analyst Jam with IC Centers for Academic Excellence (MAJIC) Competition, surpassing numerous teams, including many composed of graduate students.
Tue, 04/29/2025
Professional autism training program and director move to KU, with potential to meet autism screening needs nationwide
GAIN, a nationally recognized professional development program that aims to improve the accuracy, quality and accessibility of autism diagnoses for families, is now based at the University of Kansas and has the potential to expand autism screening in schools, mental health clinics and other settings.
Tue, 04/29/2025
Airlines can improve travel efficiency and resilience by incorporating passenger-level data, study finds
Mazhar Arikan, associate professor of business at the University of Kansas, explores how airlines that incorporate passenger-level data along with flight-level data could make modest adjustments in passenger itineraries that result in major travel improvements without significantly deteriorating efficiency.
Tue, 04/29/2025
Study finds engagement journalism training reduced 'horse race' political coverage, boosted more substantive content
A study co-led by the Universty of Kansas found that news outlets that took part in Democracy SOS engagement journalism training reduced the amount of false-binary "horse race" coverage of elections that focused solely who was winning, instead producing more substantive content. Researchers argue the training could help generate content for a less polarized, more engaged populace.
Tue, 04/29/2025
Spencer Museum announces 2025 Brosseau Creativity Award recipients
The Spencer Museum of Art recognized five University of Kansas undergraduate students for their outstanding creative work with the 2025 Brosseau Creativity Awards.
Mon, 04/28/2025
KU announces new 2025-2029 Self Graduate Fellows
Twenty doctoral students have been selected to receive the University of Kansas’ prestigious Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is the largest cohort in the program's history. The total value of the four-year doctoral fellowship exceeds $225,000.
Mon, 04/28/2025
KU Center for Community Health & Development chosen to partner with Kauffman Foundation to improve economic mobility
The Life Span Institute's center will serve as third-party evaluator to support the Kauffman Foundation's Collective Impact Initiative and will provide a wide variety of educational and action support for staff and coalition partners.
Mon, 04/28/2025
50 years afloat: How the KU Concrete Canoe program turned cement into legacy
From its first 300-pound prototype to this year’s handcrafted masterpiece, the Jayhawks’ Concrete Canoe team celebrates a half-century of innovation, resilience and unforgettable fun.
Mon, 04/28/2025
Information for news media covering University of Kansas Class of 2025 Commencement
News media photographers will need KU credentials to shoot from the photo pen on the Campanile plaza and to get inside the stadium. News organization credentials alone will not suffice. To receive KU credentials, email Erinn Barcomb-Peterson by 5 p.m. May 5.
Fri, 04/25/2025
Office of Faculty Affairs to host second annual KU Faculty Development Academies Week
The Office of Faculty Affairs welcomes all KU Lawrence and Edwards faculty to participate in the second annual KU Faculty Development Academies Week, which takes place May 19-23.
Fri, 04/25/2025
KUIA awards 34 grants for research and collaboration abroad
Thirty-four scholars from KU will embark on global adventure through travel grants from KU International Affairs. Their projects will take them to 23 countries and range from forging global ties to unraveling mysteries of culture, health and history.
Thu, 04/24/2025
KU economist Donna Ginther named member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The National Research Council lists it as a highly prestigious award, and faculty membership is a metric for KU’s membership in the Association of American Universities.
Thu, 04/24/2025
Study of ‘spatial synchrony’ using long-term data exposes ecological trends and could boost conservation, farming
New research from the University of Kansas in Ecology Letters reveals study of spatial synchrony over a long enough timescale leads to better testing of ideas, improved statistical results and new conceptual realms for understanding ecology, conserving species and farming more profitably.
Thu, 04/24/2025
Three KU students named to prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Three University of Kansas students were recently named to the highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The distinction provides three years of financial support with an annual stipend of $37,000 and a cost of education allowance of $16,000 to the institution.