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Steel bridge team advances to nationals
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Engineering steel bridge team earned a spot at the national competition thanks to a strong showing at the American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Continent Conference regional conference April 4-6. The Jayhawks placed third overall in the 12-team field to earn their spot...
Andover student named university’s 17th Truman Scholar
LAWRENCE — Hannah Sitz, a University of Kansas student from Andover planning a career in the nonprofit sector, has been named a 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholar. Sitz is the 17th KU student since 1981 to be named a Truman Scholar and the only 2013 recipient from the state of...
Public invited to test KU student-designed automobile concepts
LAWRENCE – For the past few months, University of Kansas students at the Center for Design Research have partnered with Ford Motor Company on a project to eliminate something most people use every day: the automobile gearshift. ...
Former NSF sustainability director to speak at KU Energy Conference
LAWRENCE — The challenges posed by the changing dynamics in the energy industry will be among the highlights of the third annual University of Kansas Energy Conference, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25 at the Oread Hotel, 1200 Oread Ave. ...
Recreation Advisory Board launches bicycle rental program
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Recreation Advisory Board, along with Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, will launch the new Bike Rental Program on Thursday, April 11. ...
Hall Center’s 2013-2014 Sias Graduate Fellows announced
LAWRENCE — Josh Nygren, a doctoral candidate in history from Marinette, Wis., and Stephanie Krehbiel, a doctoral candidate in American studies from Lawrence, have been selected as the recipients of the Richard and Jeannette Sias Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities for 2013-14. The two winners will each spend a semester...
University Daily Kansan named 'Best in the Nation' for third consecutive year
LAWRENCE — For the third consecutive year, the University Daily Kansan’s advertising staff was named “Best the Nation” by the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers Inc. The ad staff was in San Diego last week at the CNBAM Convention. ...
$1.5 million clinical trial will test book reading to treat language impairment
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to conduct a clinical trial of book reading to help kindergarten children with Specific Language Impairment learn words. ...
CTE to offer teaching workshop for faculty, staff, GTAs
LAWRENCE — The Center for Teaching Excellence has organized a workshop with education expert Pat Hutchings, "Improving Student Learning: The Power (and Limits) of Evidence," which will be 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. April 18 in the Kansas Union's Alderson Auditorium. ...
Engineering's Flapjacks for Philanthropy set for April 20
LAWRENCE — A Lawrence-area nonprofit organization that helps children in the foster care system is the beneficiary of an annual breakfast fundraiser at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
Professor receives Hall Center's first Scholars on Site award
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities has announced that Beverly Mack, University of Kansas professor of African and African-American studies, received its 2013 Scholars on Site award. ...
New staffer joins the Dynamic Learning Maps project
LAWRENCE — The Dynamic Learning Maps project at the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE), a research center within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas, has added a new associate director, Meagan Karvonen, a longtime researcher in the field of alternate assessments. Beginning this spring...
Book examines how climate change affects indigenous people
LAWRENCE — Climate change’s effects are starting to be felt around the world, and indigenous populations are in many cases among the first to have their ways of life disrupted. Yet these populations are often powerless, both politically and economically, to convince those with the ability to do something about it...
Media advisory: Researcher available to talk about career, legacy of Margaret Thatcher
LAWRENCE — Victor Bailey, Charles W. Battey Distinguished Professor of Modern British History and director of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, is available to discuss the death of Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher, Great Britain’s first, and thus far only, female prime minister, died Monday morning after...
Department of Architecture announces new leader
LAWRENCE — John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, has announced that Paola Sanguinetti, associate professor, will become the Department of Architecture’s new chair. ...
Banquet to honor outstanding women at KU
LAWRENCE – The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at the University of Kansas will host its annual Women’s Recognition Banquet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in the Kansas Union ballroom. The induction of six new members of the KU Women’s Hall of Fame will highlight a...
Langston Hughes visiting professor to present lecture on civil rights movement
LAWRENCE — David G. Holmes, the spring 2013 Langston Hughes Visiting Professor, will present “Occupy This: Political Representation, Prophetic Voices, Popular Culture and the Contested Rhetorical Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. The lecture is free...
University Dance Company brings performance and classes to Salina
LAWRENCE – Movement drives the University Dance Company of the University of Kansas. This month the company’s movement will take it all the way to Salina. ...
KU researcher to focus on the impact of film festivals
LAWRENCE -- For the casual moviegoer, attending a film festival is a chance to check out the latest indie flicks and perhaps catch a glimpse of a favorite actor or director. ...
Microsoft researcher to speak at next Idea Cafe
LAWRENCE — The Commons continues its programming for Data & Democracy with an Idea Café, led by Nancy Baym, principal researcher at Microsoft Research New England and former associate professor of communication studies at KU. ...
Engineering students prepare concrete canoe for regional contest
LAWRENCE — A new ingredient is proving to make it much smoother sailing this year for University of Kansas School Engineering students participating in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) concrete canoe competition. ...
Lied Center leader to retire
LAWRENCE – Tim Van Leer, executive director of the Lied Center of Kansas, today announced that he will retire at the end of 2013. ...
KU steel bridge team prepares for engineering endeavor
LAWRENCE — A team of six University of Kansas School of Engineering students is putting the finishing touches on its entry for the 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) steel bridge competition, set for April 4-6 on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Ill. ...
Researchers examine prevalence, challenges of cyberbullying
LAWRENCE — As long as there have been classrooms, there have been bullies, and teachers have been expected to recognize and stop such behavior. However, the role of teachers in preventing cyberbullying, a means of bullying through electronic devices, is a difficult question to address. In fact, a recent University...
Students selected to attend Clinton Global Initiative University
LAWRENCE — Two students from the University of Kansas have been selected to attend the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative University at Washington University in St. Louis. The sixth annual CGI U meeting will be April 5-7. Both students are members of the University Honors Program. ...
Annual crime figures reflect Public Safety Office's commitment to curb fake ID use
LAWRENCE – Increased efforts to curb use of fake IDs and a change in the way drunken-driving cases were counted led to a rise in offenses reported to the KU Public Safety Office, according to data released today.Public Safety handled 818 criminal offenses in 2012 and participated in a multiagency,...
John Hadl to chair Audio-Reader Golf Classic
LAWRENCE — Renowned University of Kansas and professional football player John Hadl will show his support for Audio-Reader by chairing the fourth annual Audio-Reader Golf Classic for the second year. The tournament will take place May 20 at Alvamar Country Club. ...
Researchers seek to promote positive development in Latino youths
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas professors have landed a grant to address common health concerns and promote positive youth development among urban Latino youth. ...
KU Army ROTC to host 19th annual Ranger Buddy Competition
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Army ROTC Cadets will be among 300 students from across the United States challenging them to find out just how physically and mentally strong they can be. ...
Undergraduate students to present research at Capitol
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students from the Lawrence campus and KU Medical Center will join their peers from other Kansas Board of Regents public four-year universities in Topeka for the first annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...