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Education researchers select six schools to launch national inclusion initiative
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas have selected six schools from across the country to serve as models of inclusive education for KU’s five-year, $24.5 million K-eighth grade national education initiative called SWIFT (School-wide Integrated Framework for Transformation) funded by U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education...
Undergraduates to showcase research at annual symposium
LAWRENCE — More than 90 undergraduates at the University of Kansas will present research at the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Kansas Union. ...
Facebook users who post more personal, less political seen as more humorous
LAWRENCE — Want to seem funnier on Facebook? Be more personal, less political. ...
KU honors outstanding graduate students
LAWRENCE — More than 40 outstanding graduate students at the University of Kansas were recognized at the annual Graduate Student Awards Ceremony, Tuesday, April 23, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Awards were presented by Vice Chancellor Steve Warren and Dean of Graduate Studies Thomas Heilke. ...
Researcher examining effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid
LAWRENCE — A new approach to recognizing and helping individuals experiencing mental health distress is steadily gaining in use and popularity worldwide. A University of Kansas researcher is leading efforts to determine the effectiveness of the program, known as Mental Health First Aid. ...
Jayhawk Motorsports will offer public preview of Formula racecars
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Engineering Formula racecar team is putting the finishing touches on two vehicles and setting lofty goals for this year’s international competitions. Members of Jayhawk Motorsports hope to duplicate the success of the 2012 team – the first in school history to earn...
KU to host open studio, exhibit for exceptional student art
LAWRENCE — Visual art students competing for scholarships will exhibit their works in a show starting Sunday, April 28, at the University of Kansas. ...
Rec center hosting Leave Your Mark mural contest
LAWRENCE — Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center is now accepting submissions for Leave Your Mark, a mural design contest. ...
School to celebrate 100 years of architectural education
LAWRENCE —The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design and Planning will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of its architecture program this weekend. ...
Hall Family Foundation donates $2.7 million for Hall Center for the Humanities
LAWRENCE — A $2.7 million gift from the Hall Family Foundation will provide lasting support for the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. The gift includes $500,000 to establish a distinguished professorship in the collaborative humanities, $1 million to create a postdoctoral fellowship in the digital...
Scholar on pentecostal Christianity to speak at religious studies reception
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Religious Studies has invited one of the foremost scholars on Pentecostal Christianity and charismatic Christian movements in Africa to speak at its annual awards reception and lecture next week. ...
Pharmacy professor earns national recognition
LAWRENCE — Janelle Ruisinger, clinical associate professor and community pharmacy residency director at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, has received the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management Distinguished Achievement Award in Pharmacy Practice. She accepted the award at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) annual meeting March 1-4...
Media advisory: New media expert available to speak on crowd sourcing in Boston attacks aftermath
LAWRENCE — Hyunjin Seo, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Kansas, is available to speak about social media, new media, crowd sourcing and how they played a role in the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent search for suspects. ...
2013 Dole Lecture to honor President Eisenhower
LAWRENCE — Dwight D. Eisenhower, a personal hero of Bob Dole, will be the subject of the annual Dole Lecture, titled “Ike’s Legacy.”...
Law Enforcement Training Center announces spring graduates
YODER – Sam Cline, warden at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, congratulated 53 new law enforcement officers during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on March 22. ...
Chancellor approves promotion, tenure for faculty
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved promotion and the award of tenure where indicated for 65 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 56 individuals at the University of Kansas Medical Center. ...
New technique can detect structure of promising semiconductor material MoS2
LAWRENCE — In 2010, the discoverers of graphene — a revolutionary material made of a carbon “monolayer” just one atom thick — snagged the Nobel Prize in physics. An extremely efficient conductor of heat and electricity, graphene could be manufactured with nothing more extraordinary than scotch tape and a pencil. ...
KU announces Student Employee of the Year
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas held a ceremony to recognize students and award the Student Employee of the Year for the 2012-13 academic year. ...
Design wins Best School at National Student Show
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design, and Planning’s Department of Design was named Best School at the Ninth National Student Show, which was Saturday, April 13. It is the second year in a row the department has won the show’s top academic award. ...
Researcher looks at morality issues related to school lunches
LAWRENCE — School lunches offer a break in the day from tests and lessons, a chance to eat a slice of rectangular pizza in a compartmentalized tray or even a source of stress over who would sit with whom. Chances are morality isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when...
Trying to save more? Consolidate your bank accounts, researcher says
LAWRENCE — We all know we should save some money for a rainy day. Of course, that’s easier said than done when you really, really want that new iPhone. Or that new designer jacket. Or both. ...
University mourns former employee Kelly Stratton
Alumni couple donate major gift for student center at KU
LAWRENCE — Students at the University of Kansas will benefit from a new center to be built on Naismith Drive, thanks to a leadership gift from KU alumni Paul and Katherine DeBruce, of Mission Hills. ...
Speaker will address reversing climate change
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has invited a prominent environmental researcher and author to make a presentation as part of 2013 Earth Day activities on campus. David Orr will present “Finding the Political Will to Reverse Climate Change” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the KU Memorial Union. ...
Engineering graduate student's drive to help others earn national award
LAWRENCE — When Jodi Gentry first heard about Engineers Without Borders, a light bulb went off. It was early in 2007 at a luncheon in Kansas City to celebrate National Engineers Week that featured a presentation from the Kansas City Engineers Without Borders Chapter. Gentry, then a master’s student in...
President Obama visit canceled
Hall Center to host international humanities conference
LAWRENCE — “Humanities, Publics, and the State,” the 2013 annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, will take place April 25-27at the University of Kansas. The Hall Center for the Humanities will host this prestigious conference, formerly held in locations ranging from Berkeley, Calif., to Oxford to...
KU students, alumni earn National Science Foundation Fellowships
LAWRENCE — Thirteen students and alumni from the University of Kansas have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for 2013-14. ...