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Tue, 10/02/2012

KU Osher Institute, Ottawa University announce partnership

executive director of KU Continuing Education, said, "Ottawa University is a well-respected academic institution, and we are excited to welcome them as an Osher partner. Not only will they will help fulfill the mission of the Osher Foundation to provide lifelong learning opportunities, but these courses also fulfill our outreach...

Tue, 10/02/2012

Urban planning faculty member awarded Fitch Mid-Career Grant

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Mon, 10/01/2012

Chemistry faculty member receives $1.38 million NIH grant for HIV vaccine research

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Mon, 10/01/2012

Applications to KU law school jump 19 percent

Bucking national trends, the University of Kansas School of Law saw a 19 percent increase in applicants for the entering class of 2012 and enrolled a class whose academic credentials held steady despite a challenging legal market. ...

Mon, 10/01/2012

KU sponsoring Oct. 18 Kansas Economic Policy Conference

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Mon, 10/01/2012

NPR best-selling author Sarah Vowell to speak in Humanities Lecture Series

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Fri, 09/28/2012

Dole Institute Archive announces 2012 research fellow

The Robert J. Dole Institute Archive and Special Collections at the University of Kansas will host its 2012 Research Fellow, Prakash Kumar, from today until Oct. 4. Kumar is researching the science of genetically modified crops, globalization and civil society resistance in India. ...

Fri, 09/28/2012

University mourns death of retired faculty member Betty Hart

Fri, 09/28/2012

Researcher's new book about borders aims for a wide audience

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Thu, 09/27/2012

KU's freshman class grows while setting academic, diversity records

The incoming freshmen at the University of Kansas have the highest collective ACT score in the school's history, are the most diverse in the school's history and reverse a decline in freshman enrollment dating back to 2009. ...

Thu, 09/27/2012

Study: Welfare system works against some reaching educational goals

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Thu, 09/27/2012

Project on the History of Black Writing receives grant for poetry institute

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Thu, 09/27/2012

Lecture to address ethics, courtesy, honesty in careers

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Thu, 09/27/2012

Grant will help professor develop battery to aid home energy use

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Wed, 09/26/2012

KU researchers uncover economic value of customer satisfaction

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Wed, 09/26/2012

Second Campus Art Walk to expand creative view of KU

href="http://www.ku.edu/artwalk">Campus Art WalkLAWRENCE — Those looking for a relaxing and creative end to the week may want to pay the University of Kansas campus a visit.Several university partners are collaborating to host the second annual KU Campus Art Walk from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. The Campus...

Wed, 09/26/2012

Particle astrophysics research by KU faculty member supported by Keck Foundation Grant

A grant provided by the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles will help support a University of Kansas research group that is part of a multiuniversity team pioneering tools for detecting and analyzing cosmic rays – particles that may unlock the secrets of our universe. ...

Wed, 09/26/2012

Prominent African-American studies researcher to give annual Tuttle lecture

href="http://americanstudies.ku.edu/">Department of American StudiesLAWRENCE — A leading historian of the African-American experience in the American West will give the annual Bill Tuttle Distinguished Lecture in American Studies at the University of Kansas. ...

Wed, 09/26/2012

Research yields promising breakthrough in solar cells based on nanocarbon

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Tue, 09/25/2012

Research points the way to an Internet more resilient to attacks and disasters

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Tue, 09/25/2012

KU professor writes book about balancing professorship, motherhood

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Tue, 09/25/2012

Local government management topic of presentation on Edwards campus

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Mon, 09/24/2012

Renowned Princeton chemist to deliver 2012 Smissman Lectures

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Mon, 09/24/2012

Go-Kart giveaway to build awareness for hybrid technologies

The University of Kansas School of Engineering is offering an opportunity for one Kansas high school to get an exhilarating, hands-on learning experience. ...

Fri, 09/21/2012

ThinkPad designer to present Hallmark Design Symposium

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Thu, 09/20/2012

Watkins Memorial Health Center to be closed Friday morning

Thu, 09/20/2012

Public tour planned at KU medicinal garden Saturday

The public is invited to the annual fall tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. ...

Thu, 09/20/2012

Political journalist Eleanor Clift to return to Dole Institute

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Thu, 09/20/2012

Supply-side economics founder to discuss public policy at KU

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Wed, 09/19/2012

KU announces new Self Graduate Fellows

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