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Tue, 07/03/2012

Media advisory: KU physicists with CERN available to comment on Higgs boson news

WHO: Alice Bean, professor of physics and astronomy, +41 77 464 1104) Graham Wilson, associate professor of physics and astronomy, 785-550-0613...

Mon, 07/02/2012

Jayhawk Motorsports wins international Formula car competition

LAWRENCE — A group with a long history of sustained excellence at the University of Kansas School of Engineering reached new heights at a recent international design and racing competition. ...

Mon, 07/02/2012

Dole Institute to host History Day project on desegregation of military

LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute Archive and Special Collections at the University of Kansas will host the History Day exhibit "Executive Order 9981: Truman's Revolution for Equality for Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces" until Aug. 31. Created by Topeka Collegiate student Erica Self, the exhibit focuses...

Tue, 06/26/2012

KU launches RedTire program to help rural businesses

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Tue, 06/26/2012

KU School of Business to sponsor post-crisis banking conference in Amsterdam

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will have a prominent role at an international conference on the new realities of global finance. ...

Mon, 06/25/2012

Professor studies 'gospel of good health' in women's mass magazines

Crystal Lumpkins...

Mon, 06/25/2012

$1 million gift establishes physiology chair at KU Medical Center

Paul Cheney...

Mon, 06/25/2012

School of Pharmacy names new associate dean for academic affairs

Brian Barnes...

Thu, 06/21/2012

KU professor honored for work with wastewater treatment that yields alternative fuel source

Belinda Sturm...

Thu, 06/21/2012

New supplier contracts estimated to save over $800,000 per year for KU

Thu, 06/21/2012

Chemistry professor awarded NSF CAREER award to fund protein research

David Weis...

Wed, 06/20/2012

KU senior receives 2012 Campanile Award

Sarafina Kankam...

Wed, 06/20/2012

Students receive more than $29,000 from College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas honored outstanding students this spring with more than $29,000 in awards and scholarships. The 18 undergraduate and graduate students received amounts ranging from $500 to $2,760. ...

Wed, 06/20/2012

Researcher aims to shed light on epileptic seizures and oxidative stress in the brain

LAWRENCE — More than 3 million Americans live with epilepsy, the chronic neurological disorder that brings on recurrent seizures. One of the most overlooked but damaging aspects of epileptic seizures is oxidative stress to cells in the brain. ...

Wed, 06/20/2012

New KU admission standards approved

LAWRENCE – New admission standards for the University of Kansas designed to encourage student achievement and increase the number of students who graduate from the university were approved by the Kansas Board of Regents today. ...

Wed, 06/20/2012

Young musicians around the world to gather at KU for study, performances

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Tue, 06/19/2012

KU names three new University Distinguished Professors

Mon, 06/18/2012

New KU center to focus on health disparities in underserved populations

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Mon, 06/18/2012

KU professor's study calls for establishing savings accounts for all kids

LAWRENCE — Children who own a savings account early in life are much more likely to have greater financial assets and positive financial habits when they grow older than those who don't. A University of Kansas professor has authored an article urging policy makers to establish early life accounts for...

Fri, 06/15/2012

Media advisory: KU expert available to discuss White House proposal to block deportation of younger immigrants

LAWRENCE — A Latino literature expert at the University of Kansas is available to respond to today's news that the Obama administration will block deportations of some young immigrants. ...

Fri, 06/15/2012

Audio-Reader accepting donations of records, CDs, equipment for annual sale

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network, a reading and information service for the blind and print-disabled, is accepting donations of gently used vinyl records, CDs, audio equipment, musical instruments and DVDs for For Your Ears Only, their annual sale of all things audio. ...

Tue, 06/12/2012

Music students to return to sister city Eutin for summer music exchange

LAWRENCE — A group of University of Kansas School of Music students will return to Lawrence's sister city, Eutin, Germany, to continue the successful music exchange developed between the two cities. ...

Tue, 06/12/2012

Kansas Geological Survey honors outstanding students

LAWRENCE—Five University of Kansas students received outstanding achievement awards from the Kansas Geological Survey, based on KU's West Campus. ...

Tue, 06/12/2012

Public tour planned at KU medicinal garden Saturday

From left are Kim Scherman, Eudora, KU senior in English and journalism and mass communications; Katie Fankhauser, Topeka, KU junior in environmental studies; and Allyson Prue, Lawrence, a Haskell Indian Nations University junior in environmental science, work at KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden. ...

Mon, 06/11/2012

KU research on distracted driving, wireless automobile devices to be featured at tech conference

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Fri, 06/08/2012

Science on Tap discussion to focus on technology and the brain

Paul Atchley...

Fri, 06/08/2012

KU author pens book on school program with 'Unmistakable Impact'

LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas-developed program that matches teachers with coaches to improve education is making an "unmistakable impact," as is the new book that makes instructional coaching available to entire schools. ...

Fri, 06/08/2012

KU geologist wins top honor

Paul Enos...

Thu, 06/07/2012

Research discovery: Near-complete set of templates for protein complexes exists today

LAWRENCE — Visualize trying to finish a jigsaw puzzle where each individual piece keeps changing shape. If that sounds like an impossible task, imagine the vexing job scientists have faced in computer modeling of interactions between tens of thousands of proteins that are fundamental to biology. ...

Thu, 06/07/2012

Estate gift establishes scholarship for KU students studying in Germany

LAWRENCE — A $1.7 million estate gift from two late Topeka psychiatrists has established a study abroad scholarship for University of Kansas students to study in Germany. The Drs. Dean T. and Elisabeth Collins Scholarship will annually provide full support for KU students to study longer-term — a semester or...

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