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‘Move-in Day' moving, adding a day to Hawk Week
LAWRENCE — “Move-in Day” represents a big change for new University of Kansas students, and in August it will be a change for the Lawrence campus as well. Incoming students living in student housing will move into their residence and scholarship halls Thursday, Aug. 21, which is one day earlier...
Aerospace team logs honor in International Engine Design Competition
LAWRENCE — A design to improve the flight capabilities of a high-altitude military surveillance vehicle earned a group of University of Kansas School of Engineering students recognition in an international aircraft design competition. ...
Artist to visit for 'Very Nervous System'
LAWRENCE — Toronto-based installation artist David Rokeby will be in residence at The Commons from Monday, April 28, through Thursday, May 1, in conjunction with Data & Democracy, the programming theme for the year. Rokeby will install a portion of "Very Nervous System," which converts the gesture and motion of...
Undergraduate Research Symposium to celebrate outstanding research, mentoring
LAWRENCE — The 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in the Kansas Union. ...
Study finds early U.S. compulsory schooling laws benefited minorities
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher has found early U.S. compulsory schooling laws produced hidden gains in school attendance and educational attainment among minority students. ...
Shifting narratives may slow healing process for domestic violence survivors
LAWRENCE – Across the country, domestic violence shelters provide a safe harbor for women and children fleeing terrifying predicaments and abusive relationships. However, research at the University of Kansas shows that survivors’ overall recoveries may be impeded when they are forced to "box" themselves into certain narratives in order to...
Researcher connects integration in postrevolutionary Mexico to U.S. civil rights movement
LAWRENCE — The key figures who helped to integrate America's public schools in the American West all had one major theme in common. ...
Joint Council of Distinguished Professors hosting academic freedom panels
LAWRENCE — The Joint Council of Kansas Distinguished Professors is hosting an afternoon of presentations and discussion on the important topic of academic freedom and responsibility in the era of social media. The public event is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Alderson Auditorium in the...
Alumnus makes $25 million gift commitment for KU
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas alumnus is so appreciative of his education that he has made a $25 million gift commitment to benefit the university. ...
Business school honors Capitol Federal, Hallmark CEOs as distinguished alumni
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business is set to honor its 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, Don Hall Jr., president and CEO of Hallmark Cards, and John Dicus, chairman, president and CEO of Capitol Federal Savings Bank. ...
Student Special Advocate will assist those struggling to succeed
LAWRENCE — The first goal of Bold Aspirations, the University of Kansas’ five-year strategic plan, focuses on undergraduate student success in the classroom and beyond. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has highlighted the importance of this goal and the KU community's shared responsibility for implementing its strategies. A new position in Undergraduate...
Steel bridge team prepares for regional event
LAWRENCE — Armed with new materials, deeper knowledge and solid engineering principles, expectations are high for a team of students from the University of Kansas School of Engineering as it prepares for an upcoming regional competition. ...
Grant to help promote course redesign in humanities
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Director Dan Bernstein and Associate Director Andrea Greenhoot have received a $215,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation to promote course redesign in the humanities. ...
Original edition of Darwin’s masterwork translated into Chinese
LAWRENCE — A new Mandarin translation of Charles Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" is flying off bookstore shelves in China. The book previously was unavailable in that country except as translated from its sixth edition, which specialists today view as flawed. ...
Novelist explores social issues of Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age
LAWRENCE — Popular television dramas "Downton Abbey" and "Boardwalk Empire" explore the cultural changes centered around the Jazz Age and Roaring Twenties...
Workshop set for guidance in undergraduate writing, research
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of English will offer a public workshop Wednesday, April 23, on undergraduate writing and research. ...
Filmmaker focuses on volunteers who answer suicide hotline
LAWRENCE – When University of Kansas filmmaker Bob Hurst set out to make a film about suicide, he didn’t want to follow in the path of other recent documentaries that appealed to the public’s morbid fascination with the subject. ...
Architecture student receives AAUW Fellowship
LAWRENCE — Sharmin Kader, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Architecture, was recently awarded an International Fellowship by the American Association of University Women. The $20,000 grant will support her research activities at KU for one year. ...
KU announces Lawrence faculty sabbaticals for 2014-15
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved sabbatical leave for the following individuals at the University of Kansas:...
Center announces 2014 Sustainability Leadership Awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability will present the 2014 Sustainability Leadership Awards on Tuesday, April 22, as part of KU's Earth Day festivities. The event will take place at 3 p.m. on the Dance Pavilion by Potter Lake and is open to the public. ...
Sports Illustrated writer to participate in 2014 Budig Writing Professor event
LAWRENCE — Scott Reinardy, associate professor at the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, will host the 2014 Budig Writing Professor event at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Clarkson Gallery of Stauffer-Flint Hall. "Inside the Writer’s Room: A Conversation with Sports Illustrated’s...
Shakespeare on immigration: Professor examines political themes in Bard's plays
LAWRENCE — Today’s immigration policy debate has confounded Congress and state leaders for decades and seems to be more divisive than ever before. Perhaps for some perspective and insight, why not turn to a great voice from the past? A great unifier — like William Shakespeare? ...
Students win statewide math competition
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas undergraduate students took first and second place in the team competition as well as individual awards at the ninth Kansas Collegiate Math Competition, which was March 29 at Emporia State University. The competition is part of the yearly meeting of the Kansas section of the...
Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access to host March for a Voice
LAWRENCE — As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) will host the inaugural March for a Voice event at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, on the lawn in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The purpose of the event is to spread awareness about...
University mourns Wojciech Lesnikowski, Distinguished Professor of Architecture
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, Design & Planning, released the following statements regarding the death of Wojciech Lesnikowski, the Don Hatch Distinguished Professor of Architecture. ...
Advisory: Event set for fifth anniversary for Johnson County Education Research Triangle
WHAT: The Johnson County Education Research Triangle was a one-eighth cent sales tax passed by Johnson County voters in November 2008 with the goal to create economic stimulus and a higher quality of life through new facilities for research and additional academic degree opportunities. The vote was the first time...
Party at the Pavilion to feature music tied to KU Common Book
LAWRENCE — Potter Lake and Marvin Grove will be filled with the sounds of the Dirty Thirties as part of the final celebration for the 2013-14 KU Common Book, "The Worst Hard Time." ...
Student Employee of the Year announced
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has honored its Student Employee of the Year for the 2013-14 academic year. ...
Assistant professors in the humanities win book publication awards
LAWRENCE – Erik Scott, assistant professor of history, has won the 2014 Vice Chancellor for Research Book Publication Award for his upcoming publication, “Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora in the Soviet Union,” to be published by Oxford University Press. The annual award is administered by the Hall Center for the...
Study will help counties cope with deficient bridges
LAWRENCE — Deteriorated or outdated bridges along the less-traveled back roads of Kansas are a budget dilemma for county leaders throughout the state. ...