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KU, Haskell students present at diversity-based science conference
LAWRENCE — Thirteen University of Kansas and 17 Haskell Indian Nations University students attended the 2013 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science conference earlier this month in San Antonio. ...
Blame won't help solve economic inequality, say KU researchers in new article
LAWRENCE — What makes the difference between being a have and a have-not in America? ...
KU Honors Program nominates four students for Rhodes, Marshall scholarships
LAWRENCE — A committee coordinated by the University of Kansas Honors Program has selected four outstanding students to compete for prestigious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, which provide for study in the United Kingdom. ...
Department of Design students win regional awards
LAWRENCE — Last month the Kansas City chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts announced its annual A9 Awards. Department of Design students won 23 out of the 31 the student awards, including the 2013 AIGA Kansas City Scholarship and two Juror’s Choice awards. ...
KU team earns grant to extend leading-edge work at Large Hadron Collider
LAWRENCE — When Philip Baringer was just a graduate assistant working at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, his job consisted mostly of lugging around cables and wiring equipment. But he was keen to take a larger role in the experimental particle physics he was witnessing close up. ...
New book analyzes how nonprofits, activists have affected African politics
LAWRENCE — It wasn’t a seamless transition when Nigeria, following decades of military coups, held a democratic presidential election in 1999. ...
KU to host conference on adaptation of literature to film
LAWRENCE — Big Screens, Small Screens: Size Matters (In Adaptation) is the theme of the upcoming conference of the Literature/Film Association. Events will take place Thursday, Oct. 10, through Saturday, Oct. 12, at the University of Kansas. ...
Political theorist to present 2013 Vickers Memorial Lecture
LAWRENCE — David Azerrad, research fellow and associate director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at the Heritage Foundation, will present “The Contested American Dream: Reflections on Opportunity, Prosperity and Income Inequality” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Lied Center. ...
Legal Services for Students director honored
LAWRENCE — Jo Hardesty, director of Legal Services for Students, was awarded the Elizabeth Berg Streeter Award at the National Legal Aid & Defender Association Student Legal Services Section Annual Conference this summer in Las Vegas. ...
KU partners with UMKC, Rockhurst on MBA alliance
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Less than 5 percent of the world’s business schools are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, but three of them call the Kansas City area home. ...
Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Awards go to faculty at KU, Kansas State, Wichita State
LAWRENCE – Four faculty members at three universities in Kansas have been named recipients of the state's most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence: the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards. The four will be recognized Wednesday, Oct. 30, during a ceremony at the Lied Center of Kansas. ...
Media advisory: Particle physicist who helped discover the Higgs boson available for comments regarding today’s Nobel Prize announcement
WHO: Alice Bean, professor of physics and astronomy, 785-842-4117 (mobile phone), abean@ku.edu...
Professor: Health care fight reflects role of federalism in disputes
LAWRENCE — When the United States was in its infancy and the Articles of Confederation — a precursor to the Constitution — were drafted, the founding fathers likely had no idea how that might contribute to the polarized nation we live in today. Richard E. Levy, J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor of...
Social welfare researchers win grant to improve foster care
LAWRENCE — While some children who enter foster care have experienced some form of trauma, there currently is not a system for caregivers to identify such trauma and determine how to help them. University of Kansas researchers have won a $2.5 million grant to develop a system to help screen foster children...
New director announced for University Press of Kansas
LAWRENCE — Charles Myers has been named director for the University Press of Kansas, succeeding Fred Woodward, director of UPK from November 1981 to September 2013. ...
Students take top honors for Homecoming spirit
LAWRENCE —The 101st Homecoming at the University of Kansas concluded Oct. 5 after a week that included events for KU students and the Lawrence community. ...
Accessibility Executive Advisory Council to host accessibility forum
LAWRENCE — The Accessibility Executive Advisory Council at the University of Kansas will host its first-ever public forum on accessibility and disability issues Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Kansas Union. ...
2013 ExCEL Award winners announced at Homecoming game
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas seniors received the 23rd annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Awards during halftime of the KU-Texas Tech homecoming football game Oct. 5 in Memorial Stadium. ...
KU Endowment elects two new trustees
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas alumni Scott Coons, of Lawrence; and Brad Korell, of Austin, Texas, were elected trustees of KU Endowment at today’s annual meeting of the association’s Board of Trustees. ...
Student finalist in international design competition
LAWRENCE — The Arc Tap, a faucet designed by University of Kansas student Leslie Montes, Houston, is among the finalists for an international design competition, the James Dyson Award. The contest is intended to inspire college students studying industrial design and engineering to create an innovative product that solves a...
Nobel Prize winner to give talk on personalized medicine
LAWRENCE — Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover will deliver the 13th Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lectures on Monday, Oct. 7, at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. ...
KU receives $4.4M federal grant to design safer chemical manufacturing processes
LAWRENCE – Manmade chemicals are everywhere: in the clothes we wear, the cars we drive and nearly everything we use in daily life. Many of those chemicals, however, are derived from dwindling fossil-based sources and through processes that can be harmful to the environment. ...
Nelson Mandela to receive 10th anniversary Dole Leadership Prize
LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas is pleased to honor Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, as the 2013 Dole Leadership Prize recipient. Mandela’s great-grandson, Luvuyo Mandela, will accept the award at an event 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. The $25,000...
Event to honor distinguished Vietnam POW, CLAS alumnus
LAWRENCE — The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will honor one of its 2013-2014 Distinguished Alumni in a reception and panel discussion at the University of Kansas Dole Institute of Politics. ...
Shakespearean verse: 'A 400-year-old rap'?
LAWRENCE — Stumbling over "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"? ...
Journalism professor to share PTSD research with State Department
LAWRENCE — Post-traumatic stress disorder is not only a struggle for those who fight in wars, but the journalists who cover them. University of Kansas journalism professor Barbara Barnett’s work in improving understanding of the condition, as well as her involvement in efforts to bring media and the military to...
Leading scholar on race to discuss Obama presidency
LAWRENCE – The significance of race, civil rights, urban history and politics in the career of President Barack Obama will be discussed by a leading author and scholar of such topics in a lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
Former ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina to speak at KU
LAWRENCE — The first U.S. ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina will give a series of talks Oct. 9-10 at the University of Kansas as part of a series of events organized by the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies. ...
Researcher undertakes largest-ever survey of Brazil’s stingless bees
LAWRENCE — The fate of stingless bees in Brazil is so important that University of Kansas researcher Chris Brown risked life and limb to survey the vital pollinators in the state of Rondônia, which borders Bolivia in the southwestern Amazon. ...
KU to host conference on Kansas fiscal policy
LAWRENCE — When Kansas lawmakers restructured the state’s tax code in 2012, the changes were dramatic enough that many observers began referring to it as a fiscal experiment. ...