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Professor represents women in engineering at international workshop
LAWRENCE — Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics and courtesy professor of electrical engineering and computer science, attended the roundtable UNESCO/IGU Workshop on Women in Africa and the Arab States at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris earlier this month as a representative of IEEE Women in Engineering. ...
KU announces Certified Public Manager Program graduates
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced graduates of the Kansas Certified Public Manager program. The graduation ceremony took place last month in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Topeka. ...
Grant will help American Indian children with speech-language impairment
LAWRENCE — When a child’s ability to develop speech or language skills is impaired, early action is critical. Whether due to hearing loss, cerebral palsy, autism or syndromes such as Down syndrome, such a child needs extra help to gain the language ability needed for education and socialization in childhood. ...
Two students win Fulbright Hays awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is the only institution in the state to receive Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Awards. ...
Professor's book outlines how communities can reform education
LAWRENCE — In the nation’s public schools, some students are marginalized based on disabilities or differences, real or perceived. A University of Kansas professor has co-edited and contributed to a new book that explores how students, teachers, parents and community members can recognize the intersections of equity and ability to...
Two faculty members win National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas professors, Iris Smith Fischer, English, and Arienne Dwyer, anthropology, have won National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships to pursue their research next year. KU faculty members have won 21 NEH Fellowships since 1998. Smith Fischer received a grant for “Charles Peirce and the Role of...
Architecture student wins Award of Excellence
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Department of Architecture student Aydin Tabrizi won an Award of Excellence for his research at the Construction Information Technology Alliance conference, which took place last month in Dublin, Ireland. ...
Watkins Memorial Student Health Center hires new director
LAWRENCE – Watkins Memorial Student Health Center at the University of Kansas completed its search for a new director with the hire of Dr. Douglas Dechairo. ...
KU moves up in national research ranking, though ongoing federal cuts pose challenges
LAWRENCE – The annual National Science Foundation (NSF) survey of federally funded university research expenditures placed the University of Kansas 38th last year among national public research universities. This was up one place from 2011 and up 17 places since 1996. ...
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation makes $1M gift to renovate recital hall
LAWRENCE — The Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation, of Kansas City, Mo., has made a $1 million leadership gift to renovate Swarthout Recital Hall at the University of Kansas. Since 1957, Swarthout has served as the primary recital venue for generations of KU music students. After nearly 60 years of heavy...
KU 'big data' research center names first corporate partner
LAWRENCE — The newest research center at the University of Kansas School of Business has established its founding corporate partnership. DST Systems, a leading provider of information processing and software services and products to companies around the world, has agreed to a three-year partnership with the Center for Business Analytics...
Public censure
Marios Sophocleous, formerly a senior scientist in the Kansas Geological Survey, has been found to have engaged in scholarly misconduct, relating to plagiarism and self-plagiarism of text in the following scholarly works:...
Roberts named dean of Graduate Studies
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas has named Michael C. Roberts, founding director of the university’s top-ranked clinical child psychology program, to be the new dean of Graduate Studies. ...
University accepting applications for Proof of Concept Fund
LAWRENCE —The University of Kansas is now accepting applications for the Proof of Concept Fund, which provides funding to KU technologies that are near the commercialization stage and have the potential to become marketplace solutions in the near future. ...
Research sheds light onto the debut of insect life on Earth
LAWRENCE — “Insects dominate our world,” according to University of Kansas researcher Michael Engel. Thus, anything scientists can learn about the evolution of insects leads to a better grasp of how biology in general has changed over time. ...
Visual art professor named Woodyard award winner
LAWRENCE — Visual Art Professor Jon Havener is the 2013 recipient of the George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award. The award presentation will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union. ...
Professor's novel 'The Center of Everything' selected as KU Common Book
LAWRENCE — “The Center of Everything,” the highly regarded first novel by Laura Moriarty, assistant professor of English at the University of Kansas, has been named the 2014-15 KU Common Book by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. ...
University mourns student Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana
LAWRENCE – Investigators from the Lawrence Police Department believe a body found Monday is that of University of Kansas student Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana, who was reported missing Saturday. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and other university officials issued the following statements:...
Media advisory: International trade expert available to speak about WTO deal to help poor countries
LAWRENCE — Raj Bhala, associate dean for International and Comparative Law and Rice Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law, is available to speak with media about the recent World Trade Organization agreement on international trade and poor countries. Bhala, an expert in international trade law, has...
Degree recipient to attend engineering ceremony for coursework completed before WWII
LAWRENCE — Sixty-six students will be recognized for earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas School of Engineering at the school’s 2013 fall recognition ceremony Saturday, Dec. 14, at Murphy Hall. A 67th degree will be formally awarded that day to a student who first arrived on campus...
KU student honored by Academy of Healthcare Architecture
LAWRENCE – The Academy of Healthcare Architecture and the STERIS Corporation have named Sharmin Kader its Arthur Tuttle, Jr. Graduate Fellow in Health Facility Planning and Design. The Academy is part of the American Institute of Architecture. ...
Panel discussion at The Commons will address free speech
LAWRENCE — The Commons, the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and the Office of the Provost will host a dialogue titled "Data & Democracy: What is Free Speech in the Age of Social Media?" at 7 p.m. March 25, 2014, in The Commons, Spooner Hall. ...
Conservation assessment begins on KU Natural History Museum exhibit
LAWRENCE – The first of three phases to evaluate the historic Panorama exhibit at the KU Natural History Museum will begin with the arrival of a conservator and research team Tuesday, Dec. 10. ...
New doctoral fellowships to reward outstanding scholars
LAWRENCE – New graduate fellowships will help recruit and support doctoral students at the University of Kansas, a key goal of KU’s Bold Aspirations strategic plan. ...
Professor examines effects of school board makeup on student performance
LAWRENCE — School boards are one of the foundations of the American educational system, yet little research exists on their effects on student performance. A University of Kansas professor has published a study showing that when a school board’s sociological makeup includes both strong internal and external ties, those relationships can...
Media Advisory: Expert on vision and attention in transportation available to speak about Metro-North derailment
LAWRENCE — Paul Atchley, professor of psychology at University of Kansas, is available to speak with reporters about the recent, fatal Metro-North derailment in New York City. Atchley is a world-renowned expert on issues of vision and attention related to transportation. He currently leads a multidisciplinary research team dealing with...
Researcher helps to reinvent the high court of organism names
LAWRENCE — Ever since Carl Linnaeus founded the system for naming biological organisms in the 18th century — called binomial nomenclature, for the two Latin words used to describe species (e.g., Homo sapiens) — there have been causes for controversy among biologists, taxonomists and others who have named 1.5 million living things...
KPR's Big Band Christmas set for Dec. 14
LAWRENCE – Get out the mistletoe and your dancing shoes. Kansas Public Radio is welcoming the holiday season with its fifth annual Big Band Christmas concert. ...
Professor Blake Peterson elected AAAS Fellow
LAWRENCE — Blake Peterson, University of Kansas Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, has been named a 2013 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. Fellows are nominated and selected by their peers for distinguished achievements that advance science or its...
Law professor writes brief for indigenous nations in lawsuit on climate change
LAWRENCE — Climate change has negatively affected people around the world, but it has hit native and indigenous populations especially hard, driving them from their homes, altering their ways of life and threatening their survival. A University of Kansas law professor has submitted an amicus brief to one of the...