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New model effectively predicts consumers’ retail shopping mobility during a pandemic
COVID-19 forced people to contend with travel bans, stay-at-home orders and closure of nonessential businesses. A new study in the Journal of Business Research reveals how this significant event affected consumer mobility and shopping habits. And the results are hardly what one might predict. ...
KU Cofrin Logan Center to host public lecture on vaping, teen health
Do you have questions about vaping? Want to know more about the health effects of electronic cigarettes? Confused by terms like cart, Vuse, mod or Puff Bar? ...
Educate & Act Series resumes in spring 2023 with new topics around civic engagement, democracy
The Educate & Act series, led by The Commons, the Center for Service Learning and the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity, will host four virtual events in spring 2023 for University of Kansas students, staff and faculty. This series offers opportunities to learn more about individual issues...
KU scholars strive to advance racial equity through newly funded projects
Promoting health equity through culturally competent pharmacy care, dismantling anti-Black linguistic racism, documenting the unique contributions of diverse composers and celebrating living Indigenous cultures while repairing relationships with Native communities are among the goals of four projects selected for the 2022 KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards. ...
52-million-year-old fossils from high Arctic show near-primates were cool with colder climate
Two sister species of near-primate, called “primatomorphans,” dating back about 52 million years have been identified by researchers at the University of Kansas as the oldest to have dwelled north of the Arctic Circle. The findings appear today in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE. ...
Study shows pandemic put duties of employers on those directing own in-home care without added resources
As the U.S. population ages, the number of people receiving long-term services and supports in their own home has grown, including the use of self-directed care. Self-directed care enables long-term care recipients to hire and manage their own workers, rather than using a home care agency. The COVID-19 pandemic increased...
KU Center for Environmental Policy to host conversation with EPA Region 7 Office
Join the KU Center for Environmental Policy, part of the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas, for a moderated conversation on climate change and environmental justice with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Jan. 30 at...
KU Law student wins grant, plans on serving Salina community
A third-year student at the University of Kansas School of Law will receive a grant from the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation. Lindsay McQuinn is a recipient of the foundation’s Rural Law Practice Grant. ...
Karrie Shogren named distinguished professor
University of Kansas faculty member Karrie Shogren advises foreign government ministers, presents in countries around the globe and contributes her knowledge to Kansas in presentations across the state. She is a leading scholarly figure in nearly every aspect of researching children with developmental disabilities and of self-determination among people with...
School of Business online MBA program moves into top 10 of U.S. News & World Report rankings
The University of Kansas School of Business online MBA program improved nine spots to seventh overall in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released today. ...
Spotlight on Care to feature ‘Liberate Your Research’ workshop series with scholar, author Nadine Naber
In its eighth semester, the Spotlight on Care series at the University of Kansas will begin with a three-part workshop, led by Nadine Naber, University of Illinois-Chicago professor of gender & women’s studies and global Asian studies. ...
University announces November, December 2022 Employees of the Month
The University of Kansas recently announced the November and December 2022 Employees of the Month. These staff members have made outstanding contributions to the Lawrence and Edwards campus communities. ...
KU disinformation and democracy series resumes in spring 2023
The University of Kansas collaborative series that centers misinformation, disinformation and the wellness of democracy will continue in the spring 2023 semester. ...
Experts in ecosystem resilience, ground-penetrating radar and social systems receive KU research achievement awards
University of Kansas researchers increasing understanding of child welfare, geology and ecology have received this year’s Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award and the KU Research Staff & Postdoctoral Achievement Awards. ...
The New York Times digital access expanded for KU community
The University of Kansas community now has an additional reason to bookmark NYTimes.com beyond a daily attempt at Wordle. Anyone with a KU email address can access The New York Times for free. Site access was expanded through negotiations by KU Libraries and made possible through funding from KU Student...
KU team partners with Indigenous community to bring positive sport environment to coaches, kids
University of Kansas researchers have conducted and published extensive research studies on how evidence-based positive sport environments help athletes learn from mistakes, stay with sports and experience more positive development. Now, those researchers have collaborated with an Indigenous community sporting program to understand how the program can be effective with...
KU Innovation Park hires David Sprenger as executive vice president of business development
KU Innovation Park has announced the addition of David Sprenger to staff as the executive vice president of business development. Sprenger, previously residing in Denver, started at the beginning of January. ...
Origin and significance of English Reformation revealed in new book
What began as a political disagreement between Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII turned into a seismic cultural and theological shift known as the English Reformation. But how this term was eventually coined – and how the event’s true origins have been renovated — is explored in a new book. ...
KU School of Music to host Prairie Winds Festival
Nearly 100 music students from across the region will descend onto the University of Kansas Lawrence campus next month for the Prairie Winds Festival, hosted by the School of Music. ...
Best-selling author, poet Ross Gay to give 2023 Kenneth Spencer Lecture
After two years of virtual events, the 2023 Kenneth Spencer Lecture returns to downtown Lawrence this February. The Commons, which hosts the event annually, will welcome poet, essayist, professor and New York Times best-selling author Ross Gay as the 2023 speaker. The event will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. ...
Study shows SMART Recovery holds potential to help LGBTQ population with alcohol, substance use
People looking for help in reducing their alcohol and other substance use often turn to 12-step programs. But while research shows that LGBTQ individuals are more likely to struggle with substance use issues than their peers, they also often face barriers to engaging in traditional treatment programs. A trial by...
Authors put Langston Hughes in a family context
A century after he first rose to prominence as a poet, fiction writer, playwright, autobiographer and satirist, Langston Hughes continues to attract attention from scholars seeking to shed new light on his life and work. In this spirit, the editors of the new book “Langston Hughes in Context” (Cambridge University...
Using fungi, researchers convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry
Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key components for making pharmaceuticals. ...
KU names new executive director of Center for Technology Commercialization
Cliff Michaels will become the new executive director of the KU Center for Technology Commercialization, which assists University of Kansas researchers across all campuses in commercializing their discoveries. He will begin his position Jan. 17. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 303rd Basic Training Class
Twenty-two new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Jan. 13 in a ceremony held in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Grant to expand research that supports Kansans with disabilities and their families
Building on more than 50 years of federal funding, a University of Kansas research center focused on intellectual and developmental disabilities has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant to expand its work that supports Kansans with disabilities and their families. ...
Costs vs. benefits of COVID-19 lockdowns and mask mandates revealed in new research
Beginning in 2020, most state governors ordered lockdowns and mask mandates to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. But a new study examines how the value of these actions also came with costs. ...
Retired KU pharmacy professor establishes $1.6M scholarship fund
Gary Grunewald, who spent 50 years on the faculty of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, is making a $1.6 million contribution to establish a scholarship fund for pharmacy students at KU. The endowed scholarship will fund two full-tuition scholarships each year for students in the school. ...
Kansas coalition to take step toward development of regional hydrogen hub
A coalition of Kansas public entities and private partners will apply for federal funding that could make Kansas a regional hub in the emerging hydrogen economy. ...
'Improbable Probabilities' tells unlikely story of education scholar Yong Zhao's journey from poverty to international acclaim
It is improbable that a child born in a remote village in 1960s China to a family of illiterate parents whose main concern in life was to find the next meal would grow up to become an internationally known scholar and educational leader. Yet, just as unlikely as that idea...