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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. ...
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. ...
KU graduate programs post big gains in U.S. News rankings
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas graduate programs posted big gains in the 2015 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”...
University to unveil comprehensive 2014–2024 Campus Master Plan
LAWRENCE — After a year of planning and engagement with the campus and Lawrence communities, the University of Kansas is ready to unveil a 10-year vision for the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. The 2014–2024 KU Campus Master Plan will be presented to the Kansas Board of Regents and to the...
Experts to discuss intersection of free speech, social media
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will host a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in The Commons at Spooner Hall to address “Data & Democracy: What is Free Speech in the Age of Social Media?” This event is hosted by The Commons, the William Allen White School...
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...
Engineering student selected for prestigious D.C. internship
LAWRENCE — An inside look at the policy and politics of complex technological issues and a search for real-world solutions to the water challenges of tomorrow are the focus of a prestigious internship awarded to a Shawnee senior from the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
Professor rescues classic, controversial poem on Achilles' childhood
LAWRENCE — “Bring back the story” reads the first line of a University of Kansas professor’s English translation of “Achilleid,” a Latin poem by the Roman poet Statius that presents the childhood of the Greek hero Achilles. ...
MBA program unveils graduate certificates
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas MBA program is introducing a series of new graduate certificates this fall, offering eight areas of in-depth specialization and a business foundations certificate. ...
Students advance to national finals in transactional law competition
LAWRENCE – A team of University of Kansas School of Law students will compete in the finals of the National Transactional LawMeet next month after winning at the Chicago regional round. ...
Media advisory: KU law, political science professors can speak about Kansas Supreme Court school finance ruling
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas law and political science professors are available to speak with media about the Kansas Supreme Court’s long-anticipated ruling in a closely watched school finance case. ...
Schuelerkongress to welcome Kansas school contestants
LAWRENCE – Some 360 high school students of German from 12 Kansas high schools will flock to the annual Schuelerkongress at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at the University of Kansas. ...
Prominant historian of Christianity to speak about wealth and the church
LAWRENCE — Peter Brown, Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor Emeritus of History, Princeton University, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the Lied Center Pavilion, located just east of the main entrance. His lecture, "Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making...
Researcher traces 'surveillance state' beginnings to World War I
LAWRENCE — When Edward Snowden in 2013 leaked thousands of classified documents about the reach of the National Security Agency’s surveillance efforts, it touched off a major political debate about privacy and how much access government should have to civilian communication records, such as email and cellphone data. ...
Law professor: More than 1 million rapes unreported in official U.S. crime statistics
LAWRENCE — More than 1 million rape cases have gone undocumented across the United States during the past two decades, according to research by a University of Kansas law professor. The chronic under-reporting happened during what was widely considered a “great decline” in violent crime. ...
Fulbright Scholarship brings East Timorese to KU Urban Planning
LAWRENCE — Profirio Fernandes Xavier recently embarked on the journey of a lifetime. It’s taken him over 9,000 miles from the small country of East Timor to Marvin Hall, courtesy of the Fulbright Scholar Program. ...
KU partners with Institute of International Education to increase study abroad participation
LAWRENCE — Already recognized as a national leader in study abroad, the University of Kansas has set a goal to significantly increase undergraduate participation in study abroad from 22.8 percent to 30 percent over the next five years. As part of that effort, KU is one of 156 charter members...
Research will boost knowledge of melting Antarctic glaciers and sea-level rise
LAWRENCE — Sea-level rise is likely to be among the harshest consequences of global climate change. Higher oceans would spell catastrophe for coastal habitats and hundreds of millions of people around the world. ...
Second KU duo qualifies for National Debate Tournament
LAWRENCE — A second University of Kansas team has qualified for the National Debate Tournament. Addison Schile, a sophomore from Topeka, and Nick Khatri, a junior from Edina, Minn., qualified for the National Debate Tournament through a tournament hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma from Feb. 28 to...
KU names 2014 Men of Merit
LAWRENCE — Fifteen students, staff and faculty have been selected as University of Kansas Men of Merit, recognized for positively defining masculinity through challenging norms, taking action and leading by example while making contributions to the university and/or the community. ...
Museum's Panorama work begins this month
LAWRENCE — Beginning Monday, March 10, visitors to the KU Natural History Museum will see a research team conducting a major evaluation of the historic Panorama of North American plants and animals. ...
In wake of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, KU tribal law conference to explore Indian Child Welfare Act
LAWRENCE – Legal experts and tribal government officials will grapple with the implications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision implicating the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) at the University of Kansas School of Law’s 18th annual Tribal Law & Government Conference this week in Lawrence. ...
Students stuff it in Repack competition
LAWRENCE — Four teams from the departments of Design and Architecture recently spent a weekend participating in the 48Hour Repack competition. They had just 48 hours to come up with a better way to create prototype packaging for one of four breakfast requisites: coffee creamer, bacon, eggs, or that sticky...
Celebrate March Madness at Brackfest
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Just in time to celebrate March Madness, the second annual Brackfest is scheduled for Monday, March 17, at the Overland Park Convention Center. Proceeds will benefit concussion injury initiatives at The University of Kansas Hospital and KU Medical Center. ...
KPR plans concert for 20th anniversary of 'Trail Mix'
LAWRENCE – To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and 20 years of folk music on KPR’s "Trail Mix," you’re invited to a special double-bill concert featuring singer-songwriter Ashley Davis and fiddler Liz Carroll. ...
Researchers complete map to highlight endangered traditional Afghanistan water systems
LAWRENCE — You could consider this University of Kansas multidisciplinary research team the modern day “Monuments Men (and Women).”...
Nominations sought for honorary degree
LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas awards honorary degrees to exceptional persons of notable intellectual, scholarly, professional, or creative achievement, or service to humanity. A candidate’s qualifications must be deeply grounded in a career of scholarship, research, creative activity, service to humanity, or other profession consistent with the academic endeavors...
MBA students to present social entrepreneurship solutions
LAWRENCE — After six months of research and analysis, University of Kansas MBA students will present their business solutions to their Kansas Impact Project clients Thursday, March 6. ...