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Tue, 11/20/2012

Political insiders to discuss 2012 results in Dole Institute Post-Election Conference

LAWRENCE — 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...

Tue, 11/20/2012

KU awarded grant for DARPA Robotics Challenge

Dongkyu Choi...

Tue, 11/20/2012

Design professor receives 2012 H.O.P.E. Award

Phillip Hofstra...

Tue, 11/20/2012

School of Music announces 88th annual Holiday Vespers concerts

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Music will present the 88th annual Holiday Vespers concerts and pre-Vespers organ and brass concerts next month. ...

Tue, 11/20/2012

KU professor to lead effort to improve social welfare doctoral programs

Chris Petr...

Mon, 11/19/2012

New fund to support commercialization of KU research

LAWRENCE – 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. ...

Mon, 11/19/2012

KU partnering in initiative to improve undergraduate STEM instruction

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Mon, 11/19/2012

Photographer, Guggenheim Fellow Terry Evans to speak at KU

Terry Evans...

Fri, 11/16/2012

Researchers land more than $5M to help families affected by substance abuse

LAWRENCE — 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...

Fri, 11/16/2012

Four professors honored with prestigious Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships

Philip Barnard...

Fri, 11/16/2012

Second candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum

Amr Elnashai...

Fri, 11/16/2012

Students win awards at national biomedical research conference for minority scientists

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Thu, 11/15/2012

Researchers land grant to design new, improved games for young learners

James Basham...

Thu, 11/15/2012

Survey scientist named Geological Society of America Fellow

Greg Ludvigson...

Wed, 11/14/2012

KU Libraries launches online exhibit of Kansas African-American photography

A black-and-white 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." ...

Wed, 11/14/2012

KU design students collaborate on Belfast reconciliation project

LAWRENCE — 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. ...

Wed, 11/14/2012

Professor offers solutions to spur energy development on tribal land

Elizabeth Ann Kronk...

Tue, 11/13/2012

Research shows texting is a compulsion for young adults, if not quite an addiction

Paul Atchley...

Tue, 11/13/2012

Market research pioneer named Chancellor's Lecturer

Sir Robert Worcester...

Tue, 11/13/2012

Candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum

Michael Branicky...

Tue, 11/13/2012

Museum announces talk with Wichita-based sculptor on 'Future Bus'

'Impending Future Bus'...

Mon, 11/12/2012

New faculty mentoring award honors longtime KU journalism professor

Dean Ann Brill, Mark Mears and Timothy Bengtson. ...

Fri, 11/09/2012

Eleventh annual GIS Day @ KU to explore mapping, data

LAWRENCE — 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. ...

Fri, 11/09/2012

Panel discussion to discuss amateurism, saving big-time college athletics

Angela Lumpkin...

Fri, 11/09/2012

Faculty named to American Mathematical Society initial class of fellows

Judy Roitman...

Fri, 11/09/2012

KU announces 2012 Woodyard Award winner

Erik Herron...

Thu, 11/08/2012

KU architecture graduate program moves up in national rankings

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Architecture's masters of architecture program is ranked 14th out of the 99 universities offering graduate degrees in architecture, up three places from last year, according to a leading national survey of architecture firms. ...

Thu, 11/08/2012

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences to present diploma to Navajo code talker

Chester Nez...

Thu, 11/08/2012

KU Endowment receives LEED certification for its K.C. office building

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — KU Endowment's office building in Kansas City, Kan., has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. ...

Thu, 11/08/2012

Mortar Board to honor outstanding faculty, staff

LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas honor society will recognize five faculty and staff members as outstanding educators during an upcoming exhibition basketball game. ...

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