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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. ...
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.”...
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...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...