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Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to anthropology professor
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas professor who studies Chinese Inner Asia as an area of linguistic and social convergence was named a 2014 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. ...
Chancellor announces 2014 faculty promotions, tenure
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved promotion and the award of tenure where indicated for 67 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 58 individuals at the University of Kansas Medical Center. ...
KPR wraps up spring membership drive with more than $275,000 in pledges (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s spring membership drive ended Friday with a flourish of classical music. ...
Concrete canoe team picks up steam for regional competition
LAWRENCE — The choppy waters and stiff breeze that persist at Lone Star Lake, 10 miles southwest of the University of Kansas campus, aren’t a typical laboratory setting. But for this year’s concrete canoe team at the School of Engineering, there’s no better place for research. ...
Faculty experts, resources available for coverage of Shakespeare's 450th birthday
LAWRENCE — Wednesday, April 23, will mark the 450th anniversary of the date scholars commonly attribute to William Shakespeare’s birth. ...
Lecturer to speak on future of higher education
LAWRENCE — David Krakauer, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, will deliver a lecture titled “The Future of the University” at 8 p.m. today, April 17, at The Commons. Krakauer will then participate in a panel discussion that poses the challenge Dare to Design the University of the Future. ...
Study: Many states not meeting plans to reduce restrictions for students in special education classes
LAWRENCE — Many states are not meeting their goals to improve access to general education settings for students with disabilities as required by federal law, a new report co-authored by a University of Kansas professor shows. The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Education Act, known as IDEA, requires states to...
Media advisory: Information on obtaining credentials for Bob Dole visit April 22
LAWRENCE — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole will visit the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas on Tuesday, April 22. There will be a public open house starting at approximately 11 a.m. and ending at noon in Hansen Hall. ...
Architecture lecturer wins illustration award
LAWRENCE — A drawing by Anne Patterson, Department of Architecture lecturer, has been granted an award of excellence by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators. ...
Professor leading study on connection between student journalism, civic activity
LAWRENCE — While anecdotal evidence supports a link between journalism and civic activity, a University of Kansas professor is leading a study to determine whether that is in fact the case among high school journalists and to determine how civically active students who take part in school media plan to...
Water Vision Meeting planned at University of Kansas
LAWRENCE — At the Governor’s Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas last October, Gov. Sam Brownback issued a call to action for a vision that ensures Kansas water priorities are met, both now and in the future. ...
Research to play major role in women’s empowerment initiative
LAWRENCE — Mayor Sly James, Kansas City, Mo., announced last month the new WE Women’s Empowerment initiative to get more women into leadership roles, whether it’s on city boards, task forces and commissions or in business settings. ...
Professor examines father figures in literature as mediators of cultural boundaries
LAWRENCE —Politicians often talk about the importance of “securing our borders.” ...
Using strong lasers, investigators observe frenzy of electrons in a new material
LAWRENCE — A research team at the University of Kansas has used high-powered lasers to track the speed and movement of electrons inside an innovative material that is just one atom thick. Their findings are published in the current issue of ACS Nano, a peer-reviewed journal focused on nanoscience. ...
International area studies centers to present peace, conflict educator workshop
LAWRENCE — International area studies centers will present an interdisciplinary educator workshop April 26 titled Children of Conflict, Children of Peace, at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park . This event is free and open to educators, students and interested members of the public. ...
Mini College registration open for rediscovering the student experience
LAWRENCE – Summer camp isn’t just for the kids. The University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites adults interested in lifelong learning to register for Mini College 2014, which will be June 2-5. ...
KU scholars see value in preserving Africa’s endangered languages
LAWRENCE – Much has been made of Africa’s endangered and threatened animals – uniquely beautiful creatures such as the Black rhino, Western lowland gorilla and African elephant – but what of the continent’s endangered languages? ...
Researchers pioneer telemedicine training for rural parents of children with autism
LAWRENCE — In 2004 University of Kansas researchers Linda Heitzman-Powell and Jay Buzhardt had the bold idea of training parents of children with autism to use an intervention based on the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA) to help them increase their children’s independent skills and reduce problem behaviors. ...
‘Pipedreams’ to feature concert recorded at KU
LAWRENCE – “Pipedreams,” Kansas Public Radio’s weekly show featuring the best in pipe organ performance, will feature a show recorded at KU’s Bales Organ Recital Hall. ...
Researcher’s computing testing could help identify toxic compounds
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas School of Engineering are working on a new way to identify in advance whether a chemical could be toxic. Jun “Luke” Huan, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, uses an advanced computational method to analyze vast volumes of data on...
Annual Backus lecturer to speak on historical memory in Poland
LAWRENCE — Neal Pease will be the featured speaker of the spring 2014 Oswald P. Backus Memorial Lecture. The lecture, titled “Not a Stone Upon a Stone: The Demolition of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw,” will be 7 p.m. Monday, April 14, in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union. ...
Grain elevators led double life in shaping modern architecture
LAWRENCE – They dot the skyline of countless small towns throughout the Midwest, hulking cement towers often visible for miles. New research from a University of Kansas professor shows that grain elevators, those unassuming, utilitarian icons of the Midwest, have done far more than store grain. They have shaped the...
Professor researching how English teachers are educated
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas education professor is co-authoring the first study in nearly 20 years of how America’s English teachers are educated. The study will gauge how institutions across the country prepare English teachers, when and how they address certain topics, where in the university the programs fall...
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole to visit April 22
LAWRENCE — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole will visit the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas on Tuesday, April 22. ...
Professor wins NSF award for software development
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor has received one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards for junior faculty members. ...
Hall Center to host symposium on 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
LAWRENCE— The Hall Center for the Humanities will host “Inequality in the Post-Civil Rights Era: A KU Symposium Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.” The symposium, which takes place Thursday, April 17, will feature two panels and a keynote lecture by Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia...
Campaign raises more than $11,000 for new plantings on campus
LAWRENCE — The Campus Tree Advisory Board at the University of Kansas has more than doubled its spring fundraising goal of $5,000 for Replant Mount Oread, bringing in more than $11,000 during a one-month campaign. The campaign is an effort to involve the campus community in planting trees on the...
Researchers form consortium, launch lecture series on aggression, substance abuse
LAWRENCE — For the most part, researchers have treated violent aggression and substance abuse as two separate conditions. ...
KU Law partners with India’s top law schools
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law recently added four prominent Indian law schools to its growing list of international partners. The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research in Hyderabad, the Government Law College in Mumbai, the Jindal Global Law School near New Delhi and the Indian...