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Architecture lecturer, student take expertise to Kenya
LAWRENCE — Frank Zilm, the Department of Architecture’s Chester Dean Lecturer, and Vincent Cunigan, Homewood, Ill., recently put their health care design expertise to work in Bomet, Kenya. ...
Engineering students travel to India to assess study abroad opportunities
LAWRENCE — An expanded study abroad opportunity could soon be available to engineering students at the University of Kansas. As part of their capstone experience, seniors in the SELF Engineering Leadership Fellows Program will travel in August to four cities in India where they will visit several universities in hopes of...
Architecture lecturer awarded AAUW Fellowship
LAWRENCE — Farhana Ferdous, a lecturer and research fellow in the Department of Architecture, was recently awarded a one-year International Fellowship by the American Association of University Women. The $30,000 grant will support her research activities at the University of Kansas for one year. ...
Prisinzano selected to lead NIH Study Section
LAWRENCE — The National Institute of Health’s Center for Scientific Review has appointed Thomas Prisinzano, chair of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the School of Pharmacy, chairperson of the Drug Discovery for the Nervous System Study Section. ...
Edwards Campus adds two degrees in growing fields
OVERLAND PARK — As the economy pulls out of a recession, the University of Kansas Edwards Campus is adding complementary degree programs in environmental assessment and exercise science, in response to new Kansas City-area job opportunities in those fields. ...
Four KU chemistry professors named 2013 ACS Fellows
LAWRENCE — Four University of Kansas professors have been chosen as fellows by the world’s largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society. ...
KU announces June employees of the month
LAWRENCE —The University of Kansas has bestowed Employee of the Month honors for June 2013. They are as follows:...
Alumna's $2M gift commitment to create professorship in School of Education
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas alumna has made a $2 million gift commitment to establish the first counseling psychology professorship at KU. This will be the second-largest gift in the history of the School of Education. ...
Screening tools identify students with social, behavioral challenges
LAWRENCE — Teachers are trained to identify students who struggle academically. But it’s not always as easy to identify those who may struggle socially or behaviorally. A University of Kansas researcher is developing systems to support schools in implementing screening tools to look for students who might benefit from additional support...
Autism researchers get $1.2M to test iPad app to help children with social communication
School of Journalism hires news veteran to oversee student media operations
LAWRENCE — The School of Journalism has hired award-winning news veteran Brett Akagi to manage its student media operations, including KUJH-TV and the University Daily Kansan. Akagi owns his own media company and most recently was the assistant news director at KSHB-TV in Kansas City. ...
Transit service changes effective Aug. 1
LAWRENCE — City of Lawrence and University of Kansas bus systems will implement their annual service changes on Thursday, Aug. 1. Service changes are intended to improve access to the city and campus, adjust service frequency and make the best use of resources available. ...
Fifty-four Kansas counties receive funding for Text4baby mobile service
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Early Childhood Advisory Council and Kansas Project LAUNCH have awarded $40,000 in mini-grants to communities to promote technology designed to provide mothers quick access to essential health information. Communities will use the funding to develop public awareness strategies to increase enrollment in Text4baby, a free mobile...
Young scientist discovers new bird species in Peru's 'cloud forests'
LAWRENCE — A graduate student at the University of Kansas is the lead author on a recently published description of a new bird species, the Junin Tapaculo, found in the remote Andes Mountains of central Peru. ...
KU plans annual Teaching Summit
LAWRENCE — Innovations in Teaching and Learning will be the theme of annual Teaching Summit at the University of Kansas, which will be Thursday, Aug. 22, in Budig and Wescoe halls. ...
KU researchers search for link between mammoth bones, early hunters
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas have been digging for clues that would tie the remains of a 15,500-year-old mammoth discovered in west-central Kansas with prehistoric human artifacts found nearby. ...
Estate gift from KU alumnus, spouse enhances scholarship support for journalism students
LAWRENCE — A $1.36 million gift from the estate of the late University of Kansas alumnus John P. Kaiser and his wife, Mary Kaiser, will provide scholarship support for KU journalism students. The gift will enhance the John P. Kaiser Journalism Scholarship Fund, which the Kaisers established in 2005 with...
North Dakota joins alternate assessment system consortium
LAWRENCE — North Dakota becomes the 17th state to join the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium (DLM), a multistate initiative developing an instructionally embedded, instructionally relevant, computer-based assessment designed to help students learn. ...
Professor argues judicial oversight needed for fines leveled by SEC
LAWRENCE — Since the financial crisis of 2008, attempts to penalize and curb activity that caused the crash have drawn criticism for being too arbitrary and leaving the sentencing to an ineffective agency. Also under scrutiny are regulations that may disproportionately affect small banks and agencies more than larger, repeat offenders. ...
KPR puts the chill on hot weather with 'Christmas in July' programming
LAWRENCE — The thermometer might say summer, but the classical music will be frosty when Kansas Public Radio chills the airwaves with “Christmas in July.”...
Education dean named to accreditation council
LAWRENCE — Rick Ginsberg, dean of the School of Education, has been named to the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation board of directors. The organization is dedicated to improving teacher preparation through evidence-based accreditation. ...
International scholars, teachers visiting KU to expand English skills
LAWRENCE — Brazilian English teachers and Fulbright graduate students are on campus this summer to expand their English skills and learn about higher education and American culture. ...
Math department announces award winners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas mathematics department recognized its undergraduate and graduate students and faculty for outstanding academic and teaching achievements at its 56th annual honors banquet earlier this spring at the KU Adams Alumni Center. ...
Researcher proposes scientific measures to boost higher education donations
LAWRENCE — People regularly develop lifelong, sentimental connections to their alma maters, and it’s no secret that colleges and universities rely on those feelings to garner financial support from alumni for everything from scholarships to new athletic uniforms. A University of Kansas professor has published research stating that most universities...
Proposal touts savings accounts to ease student debt crisis
LAWRENCE — William Elliott III, assistant professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas, released a report that addresses the student debt crisis by establishing savings accounts for all American children at birth. Elliott, director of the Assets and Education Initiative at KU, based his suggestion on research he...
Two visual art students win national award for jewelry design
LAWRENCE — Two graduate students in the University of Kansas School of the Arts have won major national scholarships for jewelry design. Only 11 students nationwide received awards from the organization. ...
KU announces May 2013 employees of the month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has bestowed Employee of the Month honors for May 2013. They are as follows:...
KU announces student Fulbright award winners
LAWRENCE — Five University of Kansas students received prestigious Fulbright awards for research, study or English teaching as an assistant abroad for the 2013-14 academic year. ...
Late KUMC dean, husband leave $10M estate gift for scholarships, libraries
LAWRENCE — A $10 million estate gift from Stata Norton Ringle and David Ringle will create scholarships for students in the University of Kansas Medical Center’s School of Health Professions and provide support for libraries at the medical center and on KU’s Lawrence campus. ...
Researchers author book chapter on revitalizing Native American languages
LAWRENCE — Around the world, more people are learning to speak English every year. While that may make international communication easier, it has also largely come with the cost of loss of other languages. Linguists have predicted that, without intervention, as many as 90 percent of the nearly 200 native North...