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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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'Banish the Blues' lecture at Topeka library to offer strategies for depression
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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. ...
Researchers design system to improve reporting, service at youth psych centers
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Third candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum
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KU Field Station's new Roth Trailhead wins two design awards
A new trailhead structure, built earlier this year at the KU Field Station by University of Kansas architecture students, has won two design awards from the American Institute of Architects. ...
Design professor invited to explore Garmin structure
In many companies and universities, "industrial design" and "engineering" are treated as separate disciplines, with little or no overlap. ...
KPR opens swinging holiday season with fourth annual Big Band Christmas
Get out the mistletoe and your dancing shoes. Kansas Public Radio is welcoming the holiday season with its fourth annual Big Band Christmas concert. ...
Political insiders to discuss 2012 results in Dole Institute Post-Election Conference
Prominent political practitioners, including strategists, journalists and pollsters, will analyze the 2012 election results at the Post-Election Conference, sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The event will take place from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, and 8:30 a.m. ...
School of Music announces 88th annual Holiday Vespers concerts
The University of Kansas School of Music will present the 88th annual Holiday Vespers concerts and pre-Vespers organ and brass concerts next month. ...
KU professor to lead effort to improve social welfare doctoral programs
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New fund to support commercialization of KU research
The University of Kansas has announced a new fund to support KU research projects that are near the commercialization stage and have the potential to become marketplace solutions in the near future. ...
KU partnering in initiative to improve undergraduate STEM instruction
href="http://www.cte.ku.edu">Center for Teaching ExcellenceLAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is part of a new collaborative initiative to improve undergraduate teaching and learning, especially in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. ...
Researchers land more than $5M to help families affected by substance abuse
When substance abuse necessitates the separation of children from families, the process of reuniting them while addressing the substance abuse issues is never easy. Researchers at the University of Kansas have partnered with the states of Oklahoma and Iowa on a series of grants totaling $5.75 million to evaluate...
Students win awards at national biomedical research conference for minority scientists
University of Kansas faculty, students and staff attended the 2012 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) last week in San Jose, Calif. There was a delegation of seven students, three faculty and four staff from KU attending the annual conference. ...
Second candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum
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Four professors honored with prestigious Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships
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Researchers land grant to design new, improved games for young learners
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KU Libraries launches online exhibit of Kansas African-American photography
photograph of an unidentified bridesmaid helping an unidentified bride adjust her veil. Three other women are partially visible in the background of the image. The groom's last name has been identified as "Johnson." ...
KU design students collaborate on Belfast reconciliation project
This past summer four recent graduates from the University of Kansas Department of Design worked with the Genesis+Art Studio to use art to promote social justice and reconciliation within the East Belfast community in Northern Ireland. ...
Research shows texting is a compulsion for young adults, if not quite an addiction
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Candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum
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Museum announces talk with Wichita-based sculptor on 'Future Bus'
Wichita-based sculptor Randy Regier will participate in a public discussion at the Spencer Museum at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. In conversation with curator Kate Meyer, the artist will talk about his sculpture, "Impending Future Bus," as well as the complex and highly sensitive questions it raises. ...
New faculty mentoring award honors longtime KU journalism professor
Brill, Mark Mears and Timothy Bengtson. ...
Eleventh annual GIS Day @ KU to explore mapping, data
The University of Kansas will host the 11th annual GIS Day @ KU on Wednesday, Nov. 14, part of an international celebration that recognizes practical applications and technological innovations in geographic information systems, commonly known as GIS. ...