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Alumna's $2M gift commitment to create professorship in School of Education
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas alumna has made a $2 million gift commitment to establish the first counseling psychology professorship at KU. This will be the second-largest gift in the history of the School of Education. ...
Screening tools identify students with social, behavioral challenges
LAWRENCE — Teachers are trained to identify students who struggle academically. But it’s not always as easy to identify those who may struggle socially or behaviorally. A University of Kansas researcher is developing systems to support schools in implementing screening tools to look for students who might benefit from additional support...
School of Journalism hires news veteran to oversee student media operations
LAWRENCE — The School of Journalism has hired award-winning news veteran Brett Akagi to manage its student media operations, including KUJH-TV and the University Daily Kansan. Akagi owns his own media company and most recently was the assistant news director at KSHB-TV in Kansas City. ...
Transit service changes effective Aug. 1
LAWRENCE — City of Lawrence and University of Kansas bus systems will implement their annual service changes on Thursday, Aug. 1. Service changes are intended to improve access to the city and campus, adjust service frequency and make the best use of resources available. ...
Autism researchers get $1.2M to test iPad app to help children with social communication
Fifty-four Kansas counties receive funding for Text4baby mobile service
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Early Childhood Advisory Council and Kansas Project LAUNCH have awarded $40,000 in mini-grants to communities to promote technology designed to provide mothers quick access to essential health information. Communities will use the funding to develop public awareness strategies to increase enrollment in Text4baby, a free mobile...
KU plans annual Teaching Summit
LAWRENCE — Innovations in Teaching and Learning will be the theme of annual Teaching Summit at the University of Kansas, which will be Thursday, Aug. 22, in Budig and Wescoe halls. ...
KU researchers search for link between mammoth bones, early hunters
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas have been digging for clues that would tie the remains of a 15,500-year-old mammoth discovered in west-central Kansas with prehistoric human artifacts found nearby. ...
Young scientist discovers new bird species in Peru's 'cloud forests'
LAWRENCE — A graduate student at the University of Kansas is the lead author on a recently published description of a new bird species, the Junin Tapaculo, found in the remote Andes Mountains of central Peru. ...
Estate gift from KU alumnus, spouse enhances scholarship support for journalism students
LAWRENCE — A $1.36 million gift from the estate of the late University of Kansas alumnus John P. Kaiser and his wife, Mary Kaiser, will provide scholarship support for KU journalism students. The gift will enhance the John P. Kaiser Journalism Scholarship Fund, which the Kaisers established in 2005 with...
North Dakota joins alternate assessment system consortium
LAWRENCE — North Dakota becomes the 17th state to join the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium (DLM), a multistate initiative developing an instructionally embedded, instructionally relevant, computer-based assessment designed to help students learn. ...
Professor argues judicial oversight needed for fines leveled by SEC
LAWRENCE — Since the financial crisis of 2008, attempts to penalize and curb activity that caused the crash have drawn criticism for being too arbitrary and leaving the sentencing to an ineffective agency. Also under scrutiny are regulations that may disproportionately affect small banks and agencies more than larger, repeat offenders. ...
KPR puts the chill on hot weather with 'Christmas in July' programming
LAWRENCE — The thermometer might say summer, but the classical music will be frosty when Kansas Public Radio chills the airwaves with “Christmas in July.”...
Education dean named to accreditation council
LAWRENCE — Rick Ginsberg, dean of the School of Education, has been named to the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation board of directors. The organization is dedicated to improving teacher preparation through evidence-based accreditation. ...
Researcher proposes scientific measures to boost higher education donations
LAWRENCE — People regularly develop lifelong, sentimental connections to their alma maters, and it’s no secret that colleges and universities rely on those feelings to garner financial support from alumni for everything from scholarships to new athletic uniforms. A University of Kansas professor has published research stating that most universities...
International scholars, teachers visiting KU to expand English skills
LAWRENCE — Brazilian English teachers and Fulbright graduate students are on campus this summer to expand their English skills and learn about higher education and American culture. ...
Math department announces award winners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas mathematics department recognized its undergraduate and graduate students and faculty for outstanding academic and teaching achievements at its 56th annual honors banquet earlier this spring at the KU Adams Alumni Center. ...
Proposal touts savings accounts to ease student debt crisis
LAWRENCE — William Elliott III, assistant professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas, released a report that addresses the student debt crisis by establishing savings accounts for all American children at birth. Elliott, director of the Assets and Education Initiative at KU, based his suggestion on research he...
Two visual art students win national award for jewelry design
LAWRENCE — Two graduate students in the University of Kansas School of the Arts have won major national scholarships for jewelry design. Only 11 students nationwide received awards from the organization. ...
KU announces student Fulbright award winners
LAWRENCE — Five University of Kansas students received prestigious Fulbright awards for research, study or English teaching as an assistant abroad for the 2013-14 academic year. ...
Late KUMC dean, husband leave $10M estate gift for scholarships, libraries
LAWRENCE — A $10 million estate gift from Stata Norton Ringle and David Ringle will create scholarships for students in the University of Kansas Medical Center’s School of Health Professions and provide support for libraries at the medical center and on KU’s Lawrence campus. ...
KU announces May 2013 employees of the month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has bestowed Employee of the Month honors for May 2013. They are as follows:...
DNA sequencing helps pinpoint new bird species in midst of Asian metropolis
LAWRENCE — Scientists discover precious few new bird species each year — perhaps just a few. So it’s remarkable that bird researchers at the University of Kansas helped discover a bird new to science near Phnom Penh, the densely populated capital of Cambodia. They’ve dubbed it the Cambodian Tailorbird, but it...
Researchers author book chapter on revitalizing Native American languages
LAWRENCE — Around the world, more people are learning to speak English every year. While that may make international communication easier, it has also largely come with the cost of loss of other languages. Linguists have predicted that, without intervention, as many as 90 percent of the nearly 200 native North...
Tooth is 'smoking gun' evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex was hunter, killer
LAWRENCE — Tyrannosaurus rex has long been popular with kids and moviemakers as the most notorious, vicious killing machine to roam the planet during the age of the dinosaurs. ...
Graduates' Bagging Buddy assists workers with disabilities
LAWRENCE — A new device created by two recent graduates from the University of Kansas School of Engineering is leading to increased satisfaction and productivity for a group of workers at a Lawrence nonprofit organization that provides job opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. ...
History professor wins Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities has announced the winner of the 2013 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award. Jacob Dorman, assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas, won the award for his book, "Chosen People: The Rise of Black Israelite Religions," published by Oxford University Press...
Event will celebrate Bob Dole's 90th birthday
LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute at the University of Kansas will host a celebration in honor of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s 90th birthday. The public can stop by between noon to 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 22, for cake, signing a birthday card and family-friendly activities. The event...
Alumna makes $1 million gift commitment for KU
LAWRENCE — Honoring her late husband’s wishes, University of Kansas alumna Barbara Werbe Meek, of Baton Rouge, La., has made a $1 million gift commitment to provide unrestricted support for KU. ...
KU poetry institute invites public to events
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas institute focused on black poetry is hosting public events that will examine the relationship between poetry and culture, both locally and broadly. ...