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KU researchers highlight how $80.6 billion in federal spending supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities nationwide
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KU launches graduate distance learning program for working engineers
The University of Kansas is offering a new graduate distance learning program to meet the needs of working engineers and industry across the Kansas City metro. ...
KU scholar discusses origins of doomsday myth
They've built underground bunkers, stockpiled food and collected tools and weapons in preparation for doomsday. ...
Prisinzano appointed chair of School of Pharmacy's Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Thomas Prisinzano, professor of medicinal chemistry, has been named the new chair of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy Department of Medicinal Chemistry, effective Dec. 18. ...
KU researcher looks to better understand tau protein's role in Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease, the devastating condition that leads to dementia and eventual death, has long baffled researchers with its complexity. One hallmark of the disease involves a deformed protein called tau that spreads from brain cell to brain cell. ...
Dust Bowl chronicle to be 2013-14 Common Book
Pulitzer Prize winning author Timothy Egan's history of the Dust Bowl, "The Worst Hard Time," has been announced as KU's 2013-14 KU Common Book by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. ...
KU engineering students to present at Grundfos Challenge finals in Denmark
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Partnership works to help at-risk youth
A partnership between Kansas Children's Service League, a private nonprofit social service agency, and University of Kansas researchers has shown that restorative justice helps at-risk youth reach their educational potential while reducing problem behavior. ...
Kansas Masonic Foundation makes $1 million gift to address emotional aspects of cancer care
Kan. — Anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer knows that the disease can raise challenging emotional issues for both patients and caregivers. A gift from the Kansas Masonic Foundation will help to address those needs. The foundation has made a $1 million gift to establish the Midwest Cancer Alliance...
University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy to give inaugural lecture
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Olathe auditor named KU director of internal audit
John Curran, city auditor for Olathe, has been named the new director of the Office of Internal Audit at the University of Kansas, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced today. ...
Open House at KU to highlight new experiential opportunities and first-year experiences
The KU Core, the new undergraduate curriculum for all University of Kansas students, encourages students to participate in experiential learning to fulfill one of the 12 required units. In anticipation of increased interest and participation in experiential learning, KU has established the Collaborative for Experiential Learning. ...
Research aims to boost algae-to-biofuel production in multidisciplinary effort
humanity’s greatest undertaking today is the creation of new, sustainable energy sources to replace fossil fuels. Promising, but challenging, energy solutions include biodiesel and other liquid transportation fuels that can be produced from the lipids contained in algae. ...
KU Mini College is heading to Phoenix
The University of Kansas is taking its popular adult education retreat on the road to sunny Phoenix this February. Mini College invites all KU alumni and non-alumni alike to take part in the smartest trip you’ll ever take at its Winter Mini College on Feb. 1 and 2. ...
Juggling study ties stress levels to competitive learning environment
Learning a new skill can be stressful enough on its own. Research by a University of Kansas doctoral student has shown that learning a new skill — juggling, in this case — in an ego-driven, non-nurturing environment can elevate physiological stress levels that can be dangerous to health and emotional...
Distinguished professor to bring wealth of knowledge in environmental history to KU
An environmental historian who studies the ways technological advancements in agriculture and industry have affected the evolution of human and nonhuman populations will become the Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Distinguished Professor of United States History at the University of Kansas in spring 2013. ...
Couple make gift commitment to create scholarship for KU's School of Social Welfare
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KU joins global consortium offering wireless access for traveling scholars
To support domestic and international outreach and collaboration as part of its Bold Aspirations strategic initiative, the University of Kansas has partnered with eduroam, a secure, worldwide roaming Internet access service developed for the international research and education communities. ...
Mobile devices become lifelines for potential dropouts
high school students with emotional and behavioral problems, the stakes couldn’t be much higher: With dropout rates higher than 50 percent, members of this group who leave school before graduation often endure lives fraught with poverty, unemployment, high rates of incarceration and substance abuse. ...
Study to examine what Garden City's cultural success can teach educators
Schools bring communities together. And when a community undergoes demographic and cultural changes due to immigration, nowhere is that change more evident than the local centers of education. ...
KU art historian makes lead gift for Spencer Museum of Art
Marilyn Stokstad, a renowned University of Kansas distinguished professor emerita of art history, art historian and former art museum director, has made a lead gift to create an endowed directorship at KU's Spencer Museum of Art. ...
KU study shows family's wealth can predict math achievement scores
Lower levels of wealth in a family may mean lower math scores for their children. ...
Business school unveils Working Professional MBA program
Kansas City professionals looking to advance their careers have an option tailored specifically to their needs as the University of Kansas School of Business announces its new Working Professional MBA program. ...
KU anthropologist featured on National Geographic special
John Hoopes, University of Kansas anthropologist and Maya scholar, will be featured in a National Geographic Channel special, "Maya Underworld: The Real Doomsday," premiering at 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3. ...
KPR offers special programming for holidays
KPR in December is full of gifts for listeners: special programs that celebrate the festive holiday season: ...
Researcher points to Sun as likely source of eighth-century 'Charlemagne event'
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Task force issues first annual progress report on ADA compliance
Since July 2011, the University of Kansas has completed 21 of the 49 recommendations outlined by KU's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) task force. The significant progress is detailed in the task force's first annual progress report to Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeff Vitter. ...
'Banish the Blues' lecture at Topeka library to offer strategies for depression
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Book explores lowrider cars' cultural rumble
Lowriders prowl close to the ground. Their fenders and spoke chrome wheel rims glint. Their custom paint jobs are meant to impress, with metal-leaf lettering, elaborate pin striping and sometimes murals. But most importantly, these custom cars boast hydraulic suspension. ...