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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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Residence halls to open doors to trick-or-treaters
Daisy Hill residence halls will offer Lawrence trick-or-treaters the annual “Halloween in the Halls,” including a kid-friendly haunted house and carnival, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23. ...
Intellectual disabilities research center wins $7 million grant
The Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center has been awarded a five-year, $7 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. ...
Sculpture by KU graduate named among best in North America
A sculpture created by a 2011 University of Kansas graduate is considered among the best contemporary student works in North America, according to the International Sculpture Center. ...
KU engineering professor researching gel to hinder spread of HIV
An assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is working with a team of researchers to develop new treatments to prevent the spread of HIV to women. Sarah Kieweg, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, recently received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to...
Couple make $4 million gift commitment to KU
Kansas City area civic leaders Tom and Judy Bowser have made a $4 million gift commitment to the University of Kansas. ...
GSA analyst to speak on federal careers
Erin Swain, management and program analyst with the U.S. General Services Administration, will speak at the Federal Careers for Young Professionals presentation from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Dole Institute of Politics. ...
iPad research promising for children with cortical visual impairment
working with Muriel Saunders, an assistant research professor at KU's Life Span Institute. ...
KU flu clinics for students and employees
Flu season has arrived with the cooler weather, and Student Health Services will once again offer flu vaccinations, the most reliable way to ward off the flu. ...
School of Education to release tools to help schools with universal instruction
The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at the University of Kansas will release tools to help Kansas schools in their transition to using universal educational content standards, known as the Common Core, as the basis for instruction. ...
KU architecture students win competition on waiting room design
For patients and their families, a visit to the hospital can entail waiting outside the intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency room — and the wait isn’t always pleasant. ...
Exhibit will highlight NYC in African-American literature
On Thursday, Oct. 6, The Project on the History of Black Writing at the University of Kansas will present selections from its 100 Novels project that highlight the significance of “place” for African-American writers. ...
Scientist to present 'Genes from the Fountain of Youth' for Higuchi lecture
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Kansas Public Health Association honors two KU-Wichita medical faculty
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KU Endowment elects new trustees
Endowment Board of Trustees elected two new trustees at its 120th annual meeting, held Sept. 30. ...
KU Endowment provides $112 million to KU
distributed $112.3 million in direct financial support to the University of Kansas in fiscal year 2011, which ended June 30. ...
Professor earns American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' highest honor
Valentino J. Stella, University Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). ...
Award-winning filmmaker presenting documentary 'Genocide Revealed'
The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies announces the Ukrainian Studies 2011 Palij Lecture by Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaker Yurij Luhovy and a viewing of his documentary, “Genocide Revealed.” The event will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. A question-and-answer session...
Public Service Career Fair set for Oct. 25
The Public Service Career Fair will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. ...
Tiny glass beads help detect cancer earlier
In architecture, a whispering gallery is an arch or vault that projects sound so that a person at one end can hear someone else whispering from the other side. ...
College surprises linguistics professor with Budig teaching award
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KU meeting state's need for more engineers
of Kansas School of Engineering made significant gains in undergraduate enrollment this fall as part of an ongoing effort to meet Kansas’ workforce needs. ...
KU School of Pharmacy once again sets enrollment record
second straight year, the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy has reached a record-high enrollment as part of its work to meet the serious need for pharmacists in Kansas. ...
National Poetry Series to publish book by University of Kansas librarian
Julianne Buchsbaum, a humanities librarian and scholar at the University of Kansas, has been selected as one of five winners in the National Poetry Series 2011 Open Competition. ...
KU Libraries to host homecoming brunch Oct. 1
University of Kansas Libraries will celebrate Homecoming with the fifth annual KU Libraries Homecoming Brunch. The event will feature a continental breakfast and tours of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. ...
Researchers in Kansas and China partner to document Silk Road languages online
href="http://iaia.ittc.ku.edu">The Interactive Inner Asia websiteLAWRENCE — With today’s technology, linguistic anthropologists at the University of Kansas and Qinghai Nationalities University in China are collaborating in real time to document endangered languages in western China. ...
KU acting to reverse enrollment decline
Improvements already under way in how the University of Kansas recruits and retains students will increase both the academic success and overall size of the university’s student body, KU leaders say. ...