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KU researchers highlight how $80.6 billion in federal spending supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities nationwide
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KU conference to explore future of agriculture from international perspective
Lawyers, policymakers and scientists will explore the future of agriculture from an international perspective at a scholarly roundtable hosted by the Center for International Trade and Agriculture at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Media advisory: Criminal law professor available to discuss Supreme Court ruling in GPS tracking case
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KU announces state's first journalism doctoral program
The Kansas Board of Regents has approved the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications’ request to begin a doctoral program starting in fall 2012, making it the first mass communications doctoral program in the state of Kansas. ...
Panel on state legislative issues to feature state lawmakers, KU faculty
Lawmakers, University of Kansas faculty and a veteran journalist will take part in a public panel discussion focused on top issues in the 2012 session of the Kansas Legislature. ...
Colorado third state to join KU-developed system for career assessment
Another state has joined a collaborative effort to develop a new assessment for determining students' career readiness, the Center for Education Testing and Evaluation at the University of Kansas announced today. ...
Film festival at The Commons features talk by filmmaker, KU alumnus Carl Deal
Filmmaker Carl Deal will speak at The Commons on Jan. 29 as a part of the Urban Palimpsest Destruction and Renewal Film Festival, which features his 2008 documentary, "Trouble the Water." ...
Future City Competition to showcase middle schoolers' engineering skills
Hundreds of middle school students will converge on the University of Kansas campus this week to showcase their versions of small-scale, environmentally friendly towns of tomorrow and compete for a trip to Washington, D.C. ...
KU law, business students assist with free tax preparations
Law and business students from the University of Kansas are offering free tax services for those who qualify from Feb. 13 through April 16. ...
Ligand signs lease for last remaining space at BTBC Main Facility
There’s no room left at the inn. Or in this case, the incubator. ...
Knight Commission leader will join discussion of athletics, academics at KU
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Chancellor to speak in Washington at university-based company startups conference
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little of the University of Kansas will deliver a keynote presentation Thursday at the sixth annual University Startups Conference in Washington, D.C. The three-day conference is organized by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer, with the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health as federal...
Researchers refine a powerful laser microscope for biomedical use
Researchers from the University of Kansas are building a smaller, cheaper and more flexible fiber-laser microscope that could revolutionize biomedical and clinical work. ...
Dynamic maps key to improving assessments for students with disabilities
University of Kansas has made progress in developing a new generation of assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The $22 million grant, the largest in KU history, was given to the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of...
New biography explores civil rights legacy of King's mentor Benjamin Mays
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BTBC at KU to launch Entrepreneur Education Series
The Bioscience and Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas (BTBC at KU) is set to launch the BTBC Entrepreneur Education Series, a series of Friday workshops for entrepreneurs and those considering starting their own companies, starting Jan. 20. ...
Training to save lives
firefighters and grain workers for this potentially deadly situation, the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute at the University of Kansas is providing grain engulfment rescue training in communities across Kansas. The daylong course combines classroom instruction with training on a 35-foot trailer that includes a grain bin, grain hopper...
Telemedicine delivers health care to patients statewide
ago, a patient in Garden City or Salina might have faced hours of travel to Wichita for specialized medical care — or perhaps an even longer commute to Kansas City. ...
Professor issues reports supporting savings to help kids reach college
A University of Kansas professor has issued the first of four reports outlining the role savings accounts play in college success and urging lawmakers to support creations of such accounts for children early in their lives. ...
KU professor to give keynote address at governor's MLK Day celebration
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Media advisory: KU librarian can speak on collection of radical political literature
Politics have been a breeding ground for radical literature since the country was founded. No matter the political ideology, pamphlets, newsletters, books websites and nowdays, blogs, have espoused the merits of one’s political ideas while decrying others. The University of Kansas has the nation’s largest collection of both right- and...
Study shows HIV-exposed children at high risk of language delay
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$2.5 million gift commitment largest ever for School of Education
A University of Kansas alumnus and his wife have made a $2.5 million commitment to establish an endowed scholarship program for KU’s School of Education. ...
Law professor investigates rise of corporate social responsibility in China
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KU anthropologists help re-wrap Amazonian mummy
the National University of San Martin Regional Museum...