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Annual Book, Jacket, and Journal Show to open March 31
LAWRENCE — The University Press of Kansas invites the public to consider the process that goes into crafting the look of a book with the Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show. Described by one designer as an “arcane subject,” how a book jacket is created and...
Hall Family Foundation endows Hall Center directorship
LAWRENCE — A $500,000 gift from the Hall Family Foundation will endow the directorship of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. This permanently endowed fund will provide support for salary, travel and advancement of the directorship. ...
KU to host 2014 Big 12 MBA Case Competition this week
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will host MBA students from nine conference universities for the eighth-annual Big 12 Case Competition this weekend at the Kansas Union. ...
Flapjacks for Philanthropy to benefit Heartland Community Health Center
LAWRENCE — An area nonprofit organization that provides health care for about 10,000 underserved people in the Lawrence area is the beneficiary of an annual pancake-feed fundraiser at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
Students invited to showcase research at Innovation Fair
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students are invited to share their entrepreneurial ideas and translational research – and compete for $4,500 in prize money – at the second annual Innovation Fair at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. ...
Film with KU ties to screen throughout the country this spring
LAWRENCE – "The Sublime and Beautiful," a feature film shot in and around the University of Kansas and drawing from the talents of the university’s students and alumni, will screen at a series of film festivals throughout the country this spring. ...
'Good morning KU' to air 100th episode
LAWRENCE — "Good Morning KU," the university’s daily information and entertainment television program, will celebrate its 100th episode Wednesday, March 26. The live show airs on KUJH-TV Mondays through Fridays when classes are in session. It is produced under the auspices of the William Allen White School of Journalism and...
Overland Park junior Ryan Limbocker wins Goldwater Scholarship
LAWRENCE — Ryan Limbocker, University of Kansas junior from Overland Park, has been awarded a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The awards are the nation’s premier undergraduate award to honor academically gifted students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Three additional KU juniors were recognized with an Honorable Mention. ...
Journalism school to host 'Conflict Zone' traveling exhibit of military, civilian photojournalism
LAWRENCE—The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications invites the public to view "The Conflict Zone," a traveling photography exhibit featuring images from frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan. The exhibit, which depicts the reality of the human experience in war zones through the work of more than 30...
KU names new School of the Arts leader
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has selected an experienced administrator with multidisciplinary perspective to serve as the next associate dean for the School of the Arts at the University of Kansas. ...
Researchers developing model to prevent human trafficking, modern-day slavery
LAWRENCE — The success of Oscar-winning film “12 Years a Slave” has brought wide attention to the pre-Civil War memoir of Solomon Northup, a freeborn man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., and sold into slavery for 12 years in Louisiana. ...
Engineering team heading to Europe for innovation challenge finals
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas School of Engineering students are headed to Europe later this month for the finals of an international competition sponsored by Henkel AG & Co. ...
Medical device first product developed from KU’s TAC-Cell technology
LAWRENCE – One outcome of research at the University of Kansas is the potential for discoveries that become products. Over the years, KU researchers have produced numerous inventions – including pharmaceuticals and software – that benefit people while having an economic effect. ...
Professor works to align services for children of prisoners
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor has found that children of prisoners and the social service organizations that provide services to them don’t necessarily agree on what needs are most important. She hopes to help improve services for youths across the country. ...
Middle East expert to discuss implications of regional unrest
LAWRENCE – An Israeli former senior official on Arab affairs will discuss current and future implications of turbulence in the Middle East during the 2014 Diplomat’s Forum lecture this week at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Chancellor to be interviewed in Women's Leadership Lecture
LAWRENCE— Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will be interviewed by Deanell Reece Tacha, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law at Pepperdine University, at the 2014 Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women’s Leadership Lecture. The evening is sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities. ...
Four candidates for vice provost for diversity and equity to visit
LAWRENCE — The search committee for the position of vice provost for diversity and equity at the University of Kansas has named four finalists for the post. Over the next two weeks, each candidate will give a public presentation and take questions from KU faculty, staff and other members of...
University announces new orientation assistants, coordinators
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office of First-Year Experience has announced 17 new orientation assistants and two orientation coordinators for the 2014-2015 year. Orientation assistants are students whose job is to make the transition to KU a positive and engaged experience. These OAs will guide first-year students and their...
$1M gift will benefit students in finance scholars program
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas alumnus Jerry Jennett and his wife, Kay, of Valdosta, Ga., have made a $1 million gift to establish the Jerry and Kay Jennett Finance Scholars Program in the School of Business. The gift will provide scholarship support for students in the school’s existing Finance Scholars...
Cindy Hensley McCain to talk leadership, volunteerism
LAWRENCE —The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas announces an upcoming program with Cindy Hensley McCain. McCain will speak about her experiences as chair of Hensley & Company, her extensive work with a number of major charitable organizations and share some stories from the campaign trail. The...
Media advisory: Change of KU spokesperson
LAWRENCE — Jill Jess, director of news and media relations, is leaving the university. Her last day will be Friday, March 21. ...
University mourns death of longtime employee Harold Pace
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Jay Phillips, director of Facilities Services, issued the following statements regarding the death of longtime employee Harold Pace. ...
KU professor to receive prestigious public affairs research award
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Administration professor will receive one of the most prestigious awards from the American Society for Public Administration for her career contributions to the field. ...
Economist to present Nobel-winning research at KU
LAWRENCE — Alvin Roth won a 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics for his ability to design practical markets for services we don't like to put prices on. From essential demands like kidney donation to the less palatable dwarf tossing, Roth has analyzed and devised systems that allow necessary markets to...
Social welfare dean retiring; interim dean announced
LAWRENCE — Mary Ellen Kondrat, who joined the University of Kansas as dean of the School of Social Welfare in 2006, will step down June 1 after eight years leading the school. ...
Architecture dean to step down after spring 2015 semester
LAWRENCE — John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, Design & Planning for the past 20 years, has announced he plans to step down from his post at the end of the spring 2015 semester. ...
University mourns death of Professor Samira Sayeh
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Caroline Jewers, chair of the Department of French and Italian, released the following statements regarding the death of Samira Sayeh, associate professor of French and Francophone studies. ...
Four projects awarded through Proof of Concept Fund
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas continues to move innovations from the laboratory to the marketplace. As part of this effort, four KU research projects that are near the commercialization stage have been awarded $50,000 each through the university’s Proof of Concept Fund. ...
Nasty nanoinjectors pose a new target for antibiotic research
LAWRENCE — If you’ve ever suffered the misery of food poisoning from a bacterium like Shigella or Salmonella, then your cells have been on the receiving end of “nanoinjectors” — microscopic spikes made from proteins through which pathogens secrete effector proteins into human host cells, causing infection. ...
Researcher finds linking students in synchronous, online discussions boosts engagement, quality of contributions
LAWRENCE — Adults may bemoan young people’s reliance on social media, but a University of Kansas professor is showing that when used in an educational context it can help foster young students’ public voice and increase the quantity and quality of their class participation, all while getting them to consider questions...