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University of Kansas drives $7.8 billion economic impact in Kansas, study shows
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Public tour planned at KU medicinal garden Saturday
From left are Kim Scherman, Eudora, KU senior in English and journalism and mass communications; Katie Fankhauser, Topeka, KU junior in environmental studies; and Allyson Prue, Lawrence, a Haskell Indian Nations University junior in environmental science, work at KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden. ...
Kansas Geological Survey honors outstanding students
LAWRENCE—Five University of Kansas students received outstanding achievement awards from the Kansas Geological Survey, based on KU's West Campus. ...
Music students to return to sister city Eutin for summer music exchange
LAWRENCE — A group of University of Kansas School of Music students will return to Lawrence's sister city, Eutin, Germany, to continue the successful music exchange developed between the two cities. ...
KU research on distracted driving, wireless automobile devices to be featured at tech conference
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KU author pens book on school program with 'Unmistakable Impact'
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas-developed program that matches teachers with coaches to improve education is making an "unmistakable impact," as is the new book that makes instructional coaching available to entire schools. ...
Estate gift establishes scholarship for KU students studying in Germany
LAWRENCE — A $1.7 million estate gift from two late Topeka psychiatrists has established a study abroad scholarship for University of Kansas students to study in Germany. The Drs. Dean T. and Elisabeth Collins Scholarship will annually provide full support for KU students to study longer-term — a semester or...
Media advisory: KU Libraries collection includes many rare Ray Bradbury works, interviews
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Libraries holds a large amount of items both by and about world-renowned science fiction author Ray Bradbury, who died June 6 at the age of 91. Library staff and faculty members are available to speak with media working on feature retrospective stories about Bradbury's work...
Research discovery: Near-complete set of templates for protein complexes exists today
LAWRENCE — Visualize trying to finish a jigsaw puzzle where each individual piece keeps changing shape. If that sounds like an impossible task, imagine the vexing job scientists have faced in computer modeling of interactions between tens of thousands of proteins that are fundamental to biology. ...
Kansas high school students begin Journey to J.D. at KU law school camp
LAWRENCE – Sixteen high school students from across the state of Kansas are getting a taste of law school and careers in the legal profession this week during the third annual Journey to J.D. at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Recent MPA graduate selected as 2012 Presidential Management Fellow
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Summer school for teachers includes course on app creation
LAWRENCE — A small group of high school educators from northeast Kansas will be at the University of Kansas School of Engineering in June for a hands-on introduction to the world of cutting-edge app development and programming for Android tablets. ...
MEDIA ADVISORY: KU faculty available to comment on Ray Bradbury's career
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KU historian touts benefits of foods indigenous to Americas
Devon Abbott Mihesuah...
Outstanding theatre students honored at banquet
LAWRENCE — Graduating doctoral students Chandra Owenby Hopkins and Boone J. Hopkins received the top awards given by the Department of Theatre during the annual Stage Supper, which was May 4 on the Crafton-Preyer Theatre Stage. ...
Project to digitize ancient fossils could clarify influence of climate change
Bruce Lieberman...
Spencer adds rich variety of rare European books from 16th through 19th centuries
LAWRENCE – A gift of 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century rare books from Eliot S. Berkley to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas will offer scholars new insights into the period in such diverse topics as religion, philosophy, military and political history, geography, biography, social...
Steeples Award honors three faculty members for their service to Kansans
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Peruvian mummy focuses attention on death, memory in the Amazon
Photo from the National University of San Martin Regional Museum ...
Twenty KU students chosen for University Scholars program
LAWRENCE — Twenty University of Kansas sophomores from a variety of disciplines were selected earlier this spring to become the next generation of University Scholars. ...
Education professors study how college leaders manage 'financial tsunami'
Rick Ginsberg...
KU Libraries to host discussion on preserving family history
LAWRENCE — Before you toss that old family portrait or stack of letters, remember that it might be history. The University of Kansas Libraries will present "Preserving Family History," a discussion explaining the importance of family keepsakes and how to preserve them, on Saturday, June 2, in Watson Library. ...
College names political science professor Budig Teaching Professor for 2012-2013
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KU 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 55th annual honors banquet April 24 at the KU Adams Alumni Center. ...