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New translation of Ovid’s ‘Heroides’ offers insight into ‘ancient fan fiction’
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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. ...
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. ...
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...
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). ...
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. ...
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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Researchers in Kansas and China partner to document Silk Road languages online
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 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. ...
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 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. ...
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 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. ...
KU, economic development leaders unveil Bioscience & Technology Business Center at KU Medical Center
href="http://btbcku.com">BTBC at KUMCKANSAS CITY, KAN. — Officials from the University of Kansas and various economic development groups today unveiled the Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center (BTBC at KUMC), a business incubator specifically designed to spur entrepreneurship and commercialization of KU research. ...
KU legal scholar tapped by Canadian government for insight in genetics policy
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Chancellor attends White House event to announce NSF initiative
invitation of First Lady Michelle Obama, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little attended a White House event Monday afternoon announcing a new National Science Foundation effort to provide greater work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers. ...
KPR reporter to participate in NPR News-Kaiser Health News project
href="http://www.kansaspublicradio.org/index.php">KPRLAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson has been selected as one of 24 public media reporters from across the country to participate in an NPR News-Kaiser Health News reporting project: “Health Care in the States.” The 15-month partnership is an initiative by the news organizations to expand and deepen...
Chancellors Club honors tax professor, liver researcher for faculty awards
Whether revving up University of Kansas students’ interest in tax accounting or researching methods to repair damaged livers, the 2011 Chancellors Club researcher and professor are making a positive impact at KU. ...
Final report of ADA task force now available
The final report of KU’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) task force has been posted online. The recommendations of the review are intended to position KU to become a more inclusive and accessible campus community. ...
Inaugural Tiberti Lecture to feature CEO's perspectives on ethics, success
Murli Tolaney is well aware of potential ethical pitfalls that lie in wait for engineers in the workforce. As former CEO of one of the world’s leading water and wastewater engineering firms, he encountered his share of situations that challenged his professional principles. Tolaney will provide insight on taking the...