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Forum on April 19 part of national Campus Day of Action for Immigration Reform
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will host a panel discussion and question-and-answer session on immigration issues as part of the national Campus Day of Action for Immigration Reform. ...
KU advances to 39th in annual survey of federally funded research
LAWRENCE — Federally funded research at the University of Kansas increased in 2011 to a record $162.7 million. That figure ranked KU 39th among national public research universities, according to an annual survey produced by the National Science Foundation. ...
World Health Organization reconfirms KU research group as collaborating center
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas’ Work Group for Community Health and Development has been redesignated as an official World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health and Development for another four years. ...
Former lawmaker Bob Inglis to discuss climate change
LAWRENCE — Former Congressman Bob Inglis, executive director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative (E&EI), will discuss climate change, environmental policy and energy at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas for the event “The Environment & Energy: The Role of Free Enterprise and the Government” at...
Four researchers named recipients of University Scholarly Achievement Awards
LAWRENCE – Four University of Kansas faculty members have been named winners of the University Scholarly Achievement Award, which recognizes mid-career scholars who have made significant scholarly or research contributions to their fields. ...
KU Theatre to present Puccini's opera 'La Boheme'
LAWRENCE — "La Boheme," composed by Giacomo Puccini with a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, will be staged in a joint production between the University of Kansas’ University Theatre and the School of Music, and features the KU Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of David Neely. Performances will...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects for 13th annual symposium
LAWRENCE — Research relating to cancer, genetics, medicinal plants and social relationships will be among student research presented at the 13th annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...
KU School of Business to honor distinguished alumni
LAWRENCE — Roger Davis and Chris Lynch are recipients of the University of Kansas School of Business 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award. ...
Founder of The Land Institute to speak at Commencement
LAWRENCE – Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute and advocate for sustainable agriculture, will be the featured speaker at the University of Kansas’ 141st Commencement, which will be May 19. ...
Architecture student’s team wins $50,000 urban design competition
LAWRENCE — A team of five students that included KU Department of Architecture student Lauren Leigh Brown has won the Urban Land Institute’s Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. Brown is a fifth-year student in architecture from Hermitage, Mo. She will split the $50,000 prize with her teammates. ...
President Obama to visit KU on April 19
LAWRENCE — President of the United States Barack Obama will visit the University of Kansas on April 19 for an event, officials announced today. ...
Researchers to host 'food utopias' workshop
LAWRENCE — Through an Interdisciplinary Seed Grant from The Commons, several University of Kansas researchers will host a public food utopias workshop at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 20, at Spooner Hall. Convened by Paul Stock, assistant professor of sociology and environmental studies, the team leading this workshop aims to create...
Free screening planned for energy documentary 'Switch'
LAWRENCE — A documentary that explores a variety of energy issues – including what it will take to transition from fossil fuels to more sustainable sources – will be shown free on the University of Kansas campus. ...
Second annual Replant Mount Oread event to add trees near Fraser
LAWRENCE — The second annual Replant Mount Oread event will take place Thursday, April 18, at Fraser Hall at the University of Kansas. ...
KU Global Scholars to present research
LAWRENCE — The first University of Kansas Global Scholars cohort will present their research at the Global Scholars Symposium on April 20. The daylong symposium, coordinated by the Office of International Programs, will showcase the seniors’ research on topics ranging from developmental disabilities in Kansas and Peru to herbal remedies...
Hall Center announces one-year faculty seminars
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities has announced the addition of two new one-year seminars to its regular lineup of interdisciplinary seminars. "Facing Genocide and Its Aftermath" will be co-directed by Rebecca Rovit, assistant professor of theatre, and Margaret Pearce, assistant professor of geography; and "Reimagining the City"...
KU to bring African culture to campus with film festival
LAWRENCE — The Kansas African Studies Center will host the University of Kansas' second-annual Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF) on campus next week. ...
Steel bridge team advances to nationals
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Engineering steel bridge team earned a spot at the national competition thanks to a strong showing at the American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Continent Conference regional conference April 4-6. The Jayhawks placed third overall in the 12-team field to earn their spot...
Andover student named university’s 17th Truman Scholar
LAWRENCE — Hannah Sitz, a University of Kansas student from Andover planning a career in the nonprofit sector, has been named a 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholar. Sitz is the 17th KU student since 1981 to be named a Truman Scholar and the only 2013 recipient from the state of...
Public invited to test KU student-designed automobile concepts
LAWRENCE – For the past few months, University of Kansas students at the Center for Design Research have partnered with Ford Motor Company on a project to eliminate something most people use every day: the automobile gearshift. ...
Former NSF sustainability director to speak at KU Energy Conference
LAWRENCE — The challenges posed by the changing dynamics in the energy industry will be among the highlights of the third annual University of Kansas Energy Conference, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25 at the Oread Hotel, 1200 Oread Ave. ...
Professor’s book refutes basis of classic psychology text
LAWRENCE — In 1912 eugenicist and psychologist Henry Herbert Goddard published his highly influential book, "The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness." While the book is now seen as pseudoscience, Goddard’s chronicle of a family with two hereditary lines, one presented as a cavalcade of outstanding citizens...
Recreation Advisory Board launches bicycle rental program
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Recreation Advisory Board, along with Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, will launch the new Bike Rental Program on Thursday, April 11. ...
Hall Center’s 2013-2014 Sias Graduate Fellows announced
LAWRENCE — Josh Nygren, a doctoral candidate in history from Marinette, Wis., and Stephanie Krehbiel, a doctoral candidate in American studies from Lawrence, have been selected as the recipients of the Richard and Jeannette Sias Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities for 2013-14. The two winners will each spend a semester...
University Daily Kansan named 'Best in the Nation' for third consecutive year
LAWRENCE — For the third consecutive year, the University Daily Kansan’s advertising staff was named “Best the Nation” by the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers Inc. The ad staff was in San Diego last week at the CNBAM Convention. ...
$1.5 million clinical trial will test book reading to treat language impairment
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to conduct a clinical trial of book reading to help kindergarten children with Specific Language Impairment learn words. ...
Book examines how climate change affects indigenous people
LAWRENCE — Climate change’s effects are starting to be felt around the world, and indigenous populations are in many cases among the first to have their ways of life disrupted. Yet these populations are often powerless, both politically and economically, to convince those with the ability to do something about it...
Engineering's Flapjacks for Philanthropy set for April 20
LAWRENCE — A Lawrence-area nonprofit organization that helps children in the foster care system is the beneficiary of an annual breakfast fundraiser at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
Professor receives Hall Center's first Scholars on Site award
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities has announced that Beverly Mack, University of Kansas professor of African and African-American studies, received its 2013 Scholars on Site award. ...
New staffer joins the Dynamic Learning Maps project
LAWRENCE — The Dynamic Learning Maps project at the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE), a research center within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas, has added a new associate director, Meagan Karvonen, a longtime researcher in the field of alternate assessments. Beginning this spring...