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Rhetoric scholar to speak at KU Wednesday
LAWRENCE – Scholar Anis Bawarshi will examine the connection between rhetorical genre studies and public discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict in a Wednesday night lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
Office of Institutional Opportunity & Access to host Diversity Ball Pit
LAWRENCE — Diversity and inclusion are integral to the University of Kansas’ mission and the Jayhawk community. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces August graduates
YODER — Shawnee County Sheriff Herman T. Jones congratulated 47 new law enforcement officers during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on Aug. 2. ...
Good Neighbor program volunteers to inform students
LAWRENCE — A group of University of Kansas students will hit the pavement Friday to educate their classmates on how to be good citizens of Lawrence. ...
Media advisory: Professor can comment on Obama tour to promote college affordability
LAWRENCE — William Elliott III, associate professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas and nationally regarded expert on educational outcomes associated with different financial aid approaches, is available to speak with media about college affordability as it relates to President Barack Obama's bus tour to discuss making higher education more...
KU’s Formula car team racing in first European competition
LAWRENCE — Jayhawk Motorsports is gearing up to go global. ...
Offices open for new, returning students this weekend
LAWRENCE — Several key University of Kansas departments will be open Saturday, Aug. 24, to help new and returning students and their families prepare for the Monday’s first day of fall classes. ...
Students invited to attend Part-Time Job Fair on Aug. 26
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center at the University of Kansas will host a Part-Time Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, in the Kansas Union fourth-floor lobby. KU students who want to work part-time during the school year will have the opportunity to visit with...
Inventor donates $2 million to university
LAWRENCE — As the inventor of Superflab, a medical device used in radiology clinics across the country, Gene Feaster made a lasting improvement in the field of health care. As a University of Kansas alumnus who has made a $2 million gift to establish a professorship and two scholarships, he...
Rock Chalk Roadshow set to visit with students from 65 counties
LAWRENCE — The annual Rock Chalk Roadshow is set to visit with students from 156 schools in 65 counties across Kansas. ...
Honors students to participate in annual walk up the Hill
Professor examining potential laws to regulate de-extinction
LAWRENCE — Science has a way of catching up with fantasy. While movies like “Jurassic Park” brought dinosaurs back to life, few imagined that the day might come when extinct creatures could be revived. But the possibility of such revival is not only real, it’s getting closer all the time. ...
Mathematics professor named fellow of IFAC
LAWRENCE — Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics and courtesy professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been elected a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control. The IFAC Fellow award is given to persons who have made outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of interest of IFAC. ...
Visiting researcher to present 'The Cancer Epigenome'
LAWRENCE – The University Of Kansas Department Of Molecular Biosciences welcomes Dr. Peter A. Jones to present “The Cancer Epigenome” at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. ...
Faculty, staff invited to A Taste of KU Dining
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas faculty and staff are invited to attend a free KU Faculty and Staff Appreciation Event, A Taste of KU Dining. The event will be from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, in The Underground, Wescoe Hall. ...
Media expert available to discuss Al Jazeera America
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Professor of Journalism Emeritus Malcolm Gibson is available to speak about the launch of Al Jazeera America. The Qatar-based news organization bought Current TV and re-launched the network as its American affiliate today. ...
'Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri' examines retaliatory effects of Border War
LAWRENCE — History books are filled with the gruesome and grandiose details of epic Civil War battles such as Gettysburg, Antietam and Chancellorsville. ...
Provost announces 2013-2014 Staff Fellows
Annual teaching awards, grants to be presented at Teaching Summit
LAWRENCE — Two prestigious teaching awards and three grants for the development of teaching initiatives will be presented during the annual KU Teaching Summit, co-hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence, the Office of the Provost and the University of Kansas Medical Center. ...
KPR wins 15th Station of the Year award
LAWRENCE — KPR’s trophy case is getting awfully crowded. ...
$1.7M granted for unique communication measure of people with severe disabilities
LAWRENCE — A team of researchers led by University of Kansas scientists Nancy Brady and Kandace Fleming, collaborating with Connie Kasari of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Training, has been funded to continue the development of the Communications Complexity Scale (CCS). The CCS is a unique measure for...
KU breakthrough has implications for climate change, oil
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas geologists have synthesized the mineral dolomite at a low temperature without the aid of microorganisms — a feat that scientists have been trying to accomplish for almost a century. ...
University mourns death of employee Tim Thomasson
Researchers developing model anti-bullying policy for Kansas schools
LAWRENCE — Although Kansas law requires schools to have an anti-bullying policy, schools may struggle to translate this legal obligation into effective policies and practices to prevent and intervene with this pervasive problem. A team of University of Kansas researchers has been awarded a contract to develop a model anti-bullying policy that...
Drivers reminded of move-in traffic Aug. 23 around Daisy Hill
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas employees and the Lawrence community should anticipate heavy traffic around 15th and Iowa streets Friday, Aug. 23, for the primary move-in day for student housing residents. Traffic around Daisy Hill is expected to be heaviest from about 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The most congested...
Discussion groups, visit by Timothy Egan highlights of fall KU Common Book activities
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas students, faculty, staff and community members will develop a greater understanding of the Dust Bowl, its effects on the region and its continued relevance in the 21st century through several opportunities connected to the 2013-14 KU Common Book, “The Worst Hard Time.” The Common Book...
2013 Homecoming Parade moves to downtown Lawrence
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Homecoming Parade will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, on Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. Colorful floats depicting this year’s theme, “Jayhawks Around the World,” will travel north down Massachusetts, along with the Spirit Squad and the Marching Jayhawks. ...
Researcher says newer teachers most likely to be engaged at work
LAWRENCE – Conventional wisdom says experienced teachers are often the best teachers, right? ...
Research boosts understanding of nano-carbon in photodetectors
LAWRENCE — As modern electronic devices get ever smaller, the age of silicon transistors is going by the wayside. Tomorrow’s electronics — such as photovoltaic panels, transparent conductors, capacitors, transistors and photodetectors — are likely to be based in state-of-the-art nano-carbon materials, such as single walled carbon nanotubes, fullerene and graphene derivatives. ...