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Nominations sought for Campus Art Walk
A kickoff event, "Dialogue: The Natural History Museum, Intellectual Cornerstone of KU," will be presented by Professor Ted Johnson from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 3 at Dyche Hall's front lawn. ...
Public assistive technology expo set for Sept. 12-13
LAWRENCE — A KU Life Span Institute research group, Assistive Technology for Kansans (ATK), will host a free public assistive technology expo from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Kansas Expocentre, Topeka. ...
Workshop to focus on forming a KU water research community
LAWRENCE — Water is on everyone’s mind this summer, with mounting evidence of dwindling aquifers, extended drought and receding ice sheets. Water is also on the minds of more than 100 University of Kansas faculty and staff members, who will gather this week to define and discuss opportunities for new collaborative...
University of Kansas moves up in U.S. News rankings
LAWRENCE – In the midst of efforts to ensure more students succeed and graduate, the University of Kansas moved up in U.S. News and World Report rankings released today. ...
Donors provide record $174.2 million for KU
LAWRENCE — In a sixth consecutive year of record fundraising success, University of Kansas alumni and friends contributed $174.2 million in philanthropic support during fiscal year 2013, which ended June 30. This surpassed last year’s total of $156.5 million by 11 percent. ...
KU acquires research office building on St. Andrews Drive
LAWRENCE – The creation of the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas earlier this year also created the need for something in short supply on campus: office space. ...
Media advisory: Constitution Day speaker to discuss 'Whistleblowers, Reporter Surveillance and the First Amendment'
LAWRENCE – A prominent media lawyer from Washington, D.C., will discuss “Whistleblowers, Reporter Surveillance and the First Amendment” on Constitution Day, Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Researcher suggests enzyme crucial to embryonic development
LAWRENCE — Scientists have long recognized retinoic acid – a compound the body produces by metabolizing vitamin A – as crucial to embryonic development. Either too much or too little retinoic acid during gestation can lead to a number of severe postnatal complications and diseases. Consequently, much research has been done...
Conference to address South American regionalism
LAWRENCE — Experts on business, international relations and environmental issues in South America will converge at the University of Kansas for a conference, MERCOSUR and Latin American Regionalism: Land, Business, Environment, and Politics. ...
Volunteer Fair for students set for Sept. 11
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center and the Center for Community Outreach at the University of Kansas, along with the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, are co-sponsoring a Volunteer Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in the Kansas Union fourth-floor lobby. ...
KU to test emergency notification system
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas will test several facets of its multi-tiered emergency notification system at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10. ...
Geological Survey receives grant to preserve drilling record, rock samples
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kansas has received a $46,000 grant to preserve at-risk drilling records and rock cuttings that hold valuable information about oil and gas deposits in Kansas and clues to the Earth’s geologic history. ...
Business professors honored at 2013 Academy of Management annual meeting
LAWRENCE — Two researchers at the University of Kansas School of Business earned top honors this month at the Academy of Management annual meeting. Assistant professors Minyoung Kim and Kristie Rogers won best paper awards for their individual research. ...
Reception will welcome new faculty to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas has hired 29 new faculty members for the 2013-2014 academic year. All faculty and staff are invited to welcome the new faculty at a reception Wednesday, Sept. 25. ...
Book touts 'Latina advantage' in congressional campaigns
LAWRENCE — Who is more likely to succeed in politics: a white woman or a Latina? ...
Volunteers sought for Rock Chalk Recycle program
LAWRENCE – The classic image of volunteers “getting their hands dirty” will take on a new look at Kansas Athletics events this fall. Starting with the University of Kansas football season opener Saturday, Sept. 7, volunteers with the new Rock Chalk Recycle program will help patrons sort their game day trash. ...
KU names Proud to Be a Jayhawk tailgate beneficiaries
LAWRENCE — The Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic for the School of Law and The Big Event will benefit from the 2013 Proud To Be A Jayhawk tailgating fundraiser. The KU football season kicks off Saturday, Sept. 7, when the Jayhawks take on the University of South Dakota at Memorial Stadium. ...
Osher Institute announces fall schedule for Topeka, N.E. Kansas
LAWRENCE — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas will offer eight courses at four sites in Topeka, including Brewster Place Retirement Community, Washburn University, McCrite Plaza Retirement Community and its new partner, Aldersgate Village. ...
English professor awarded career achievement award
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas has awarded the 2013 Career Achievement Teaching Award to a professor in the Department of English. The $1,000 award honors a retired faculty member in the College who has a distinguished career through excellence in teaching. ...
Researcher looks at comet as potential trigger of 'Big Freeze'
LAWRENCE — Scientists have long speculated about the cause of the Younger Dryas, a sudden cold period that befell Earth as it emerged from the last Ice Age between about 12,800 and 11,500 years ago. Sometimes, this millennium-long temperature glitch is called the “Big Freeze.”...
Fortune 100 CEO to give Sutton ethics lecture
LAWRENCE — Roger W. Ferguson Jr. will present “Ethics and the Financial Services Industry” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus. The 2013 Walter S. Sutton Lecture is free and open to the public. ...
International human rights lawyer to kick off Humanities Lecture Series
LAWRENCE — Arsalan Iftikhar, author of “Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. His lecture, "The Role of Islam in Post 9/11 America," is the first installment of the Hall Center for the Humanities'...
KU’s Osher Institute, Kansas State University announce fall courses
LAWRENCE — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas in partnership with Kansas State University and Meadowlark Hills will offer six courses in Manhattan this fall and a special discount for alumni association members. Most courses are offered off campus at locations chosen for ease of parking...
KU’s Osher Institute, Hutchinson Community College announce fall courses
LAWRENCE — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas in partnership with Hutchinson Community College will offer four courses and two special events this fall and a special discount for alumni association members. Courses are held as three two-hour sessions, generally for three consecutive weeks. ...
KU's Osher Institute, Ottawa University announce fall programming
LAWRENCE — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas in partnership with Ottawa University will offer two courses on the OU campus this fall and a special discount for alumni association members. ...
Researcher studies use of Twitter images in Mideast conflicts
LAWRENCE — People use Twitter to share pictures of everything from their breakfasts to their children and pets. Not surprisingly, the extremely popular social media outlet has also been picked up as a way to share images in an ages-old way: as propaganda during armed conflict. A University of Kansas...
Graduate Dean Thomas Heilke leaving KU for new position in Canada
LAWRENCE – Thomas Heilke, dean of graduate studies and professor of political science at the University of Kansas, has been named associate dean of the College of Graduate Studies and inaugural director of the Residential Graduate College at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus. The appointment is effective Jan. ...
Dole Institute announces 10th anniversary, fall 2013 lineup
LAWRENCE — This summer marked the 10th anniversary of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics dedication at the University of Kansas. The Dole Institute will commemorate this milestone throughout the 2013-2014 school year with a special 10th anniversary program series relating directly to former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole and...
Research center publishes new edition of disability language guidelines
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas disability research center has published the eighth edition of “Guidelines: How to Write and Report About People with Disabilities,” a nationally known publication. The recommendations for disability terminology are based on a survey of national disability organizations. ...
KU to host international symposium on ice sheet sensing technology
LAWRENCE – As the world’s glaciers and polar ice sheets continue to vanish, advanced technology for the study of this global change – and the resulting rise in sea level – is more important and more sophisticated than ever before. The multi-partner Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS),...