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New translation of Ovid’s ‘Heroides’ offers insight into ‘ancient fan fiction’
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KU announces 2012 Chancellor's Student Awards
The University of Kansas has honored 10 students with 2012 Chancellor’s Student Awards as part of the 140th Commencement. ...
Six faculty members to be honored at Commencement for outstanding teaching
Six faculty members will be honored at Commencement for outstanding work in the classroom during the 2011-12 academic year with distinguished teaching awards. ...
Study: Athletics don't affect how students view their school's prestige
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Five researchers honored at University Scholarly Achievement Awards ceremony
Gray-Little with the University Scholarly Achievement Awards winners. ...
Dissertations awarded Argersinger Prizes
Two doctoral graduates will be presented with the 2012 Marnie and Bill Argersinger Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertations at the annual Doctoral Hooding Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, in the Lied Center. ...
Study: Kids in positive sports climate better adjusted, show less depression
It’s only natural that when kids are part of a positive, caring sports environment, they can have more fun. But a new study by a University of Kansas professor shows that a positive sporting environment can predict their psychological well-being and help them deal with a range of good and...
Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Prather wins top alumni award from alma mater
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KU study sheds new light on influence of vice presidential nominees in elections
Mitt Romney’s campaign advisers may want to read a new study at the University of Kansas on how vice presidential candidates influence presidential voting. ...
KU honors employees for years of service
the University of Kansas 2012 Team Award was the team from Speech, Language and Hearing that hosts the annual Sertoma-Schiefelbusch Clinic Communication Camp. ...
Kansas oil production up, gas production continues decline in 2011
production increased about 2.5 percent between the end of 2010 and the end of 2011, from approximately 40.5 million barrels to 41.5 million barrels. Over the same period natural gas production in the state was down 6.6 percent, from about 333.2 billion cubic feet (bcf) in 2010 to 311.6 bcf...
Former Kansas governor, insurance leader earn law school's Distinguished Alumni Award
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Study: Teen mothers' writing offers clues on reaching 'at risk' students
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KU educational center unveils world's largest learning map
to the human genome project for education, the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium, led by the University of Kansas’ Center for Education Testing and Evaluation, has unveiled the world’s largest learning map, a structure of student learning that includes more than 3,000 skills students should master by high school...
University mourns death of student Peter 'Skip' Skahan
University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little issued the following statement regarding the death of student Peter "Skip" Allen Skahan. “On behalf of the entire University of Kansas community, I offer the deepest sympathies on the death of Peter Skahan. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones at this...
Counterterrorism expert says democracy in Central Asia lost in translation
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KPR wraps up spring membership drive with more than $290,000 in pledges
Through a week of ups and downs, KPR listener-members helped bring the spring membership drive to an end with a near-record amount of pledges. ...
Donors commit $612 million toward $1.2 billion goal for Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas
on four years of record private giving, KU Endowment has publicly launched Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas, a $1.2 billion fundraising campaign to support the aspirations of the University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Hospital. ...
KU researcher and student train Peruvian medical professionals in caring for people with spinal cord injury
University of Kansas researcher Glen W. White and University Honors Program student Sam Ho visited Lima, Perú, in March to teach medical rehabilitation professionals how to better care for patients with spinal cord injury. ...
IBM, KU to empower researchers with world-class supercomputing
The University of Kansas will partner with Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp. to help advance supercomputing at KU, the school announced today. ...
New program teaches youngsters nitty-gritty of nanoscale, energy
Sometimes things are so small, they’re quite hard to envision — especially for kids. For instance, nanotechnology deals with objects sized between one and one thousand billionths of a meter. ...
Former State Sen. David Wysong named Advancement Board chair
left are Mary Birch, former Sen. David Wysong and Cheryl Jernigan. ...
Three Jayhawks win American Association of University Women fellowships
href="https://www.aauw.org/">American Association of University WomenLAWRENCE – A University of Kansas postdoctoral researcher, an assistant professor and a graduate student have each been awarded a fellowship by the American Association of University Women. ...
Snyder Book Collecting Contest winners honored
href="http://www.libraries.ku.edu">KU LibrariesLAWRENCE — The winners of the 56th Snyder Book Collecting Contest at the University of Kansas were honored at a reception April 19. Dean Lorraine J. Haricombe presented the awards to the students, and James Gunn, KU English professor emeritus and noted science fiction author, delivered a keynote address. ...
Guest lecturer to discuss impact of Langston Hughes in China
An author and professor from China best known for his research on English poetry, African-American literature and literary translation has been invited by the University of Kansas for a lecture about Langston Hughes. ...