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KU recognizes 13 students with 2025 University Awards
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KU honors employees for years of service
Recognized with the University of Kansas 2012 Team Award was the team from Speech, Language and Hearing that hosts the annual Sertoma-Schiefelbusch Clinic Communication Camp. ...
Kansas oil production up, gas production continues decline in 2011
LAWRENCE—Oil production in Kansas rose and natural gas production dropped in 2011 as crude oil prices remained high and gas prices fell, according to estimates from the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas. ...
Former Kansas governor, insurance leader earn law school's Distinguished Alumni Award
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Study: Teen mothers' writing offers clues on reaching 'at risk' students
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KU educational center unveils world's largest learning map
LAWRENCE — Likened to the human genome project for education, the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium, led by the University of Kansas’ Center for Education Testing and Evaluation, has unveiled the world’s largest learning map, a structure of student learning that includes more than 3,000 skills students should master by...
University mourns death of student Peter 'Skip' Skahan
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little issued the following statement regarding the death of student Peter "Skip" Allen Skahan. “On behalf of the entire University of Kansas community, I offer the deepest sympathies on the death of Peter Skahan. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones...
Counterterrorism expert says democracy in Central Asia lost in translation
Mariya Y. Omelicheva...
KPR wraps up spring membership drive with more than $290,000 in pledges
LAWRENCE – Through a week of ups and downs, KPR listener-members helped bring the spring membership drive to an end with a near-record amount of pledges. ...
Donors commit $612 million toward $1.2 billion goal for Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas
LAWRENCE —Building on four years of record private giving, KU Endowment has publicly launched Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas, a $1.2 billion fundraising campaign to support the aspirations of the University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Hospital. ...
KU researcher and student train Peruvian medical professionals in caring for people with spinal cord injury
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas researcher Glen W. White and University Honors Program student Sam Ho visited Lima, Perú, in March to teach medical rehabilitation professionals how to better care for patients with spinal cord injury. ...
IBM, KU to empower researchers with world-class supercomputing
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will partner with Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp. to help advance supercomputing at KU, the school announced today. ...
New program teaches youngsters nitty-gritty of nanoscale, energy
LAWRENCE — Sometimes things are so small, they’re quite hard to envision — especially for kids. For instance, nanotechnology deals with objects sized between one and one thousand billionths of a meter. ...
Guest lecturer to discuss impact of Langston Hughes in China
LAWRENCE — An author and professor from China best known for his research on English poetry, African-American literature and literary translation has been invited by the University of Kansas for a lecture about Langston Hughes. ...
Three Jayhawks win American Association of University Women fellowships
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Former State Sen. David Wysong named Advancement Board chair
Pictured from left are Mary Birch, former Sen. David Wysong and Cheryl Jernigan. ...
Journalism school hosting D.C. event on covering, coping with PTSD
LAWRENCE — When the military goes to war, journalists follow. While the two groups have different roles to play, they do share common ground: Their experiences in combat zones can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. ...
KU School of Business, Deloitte Foundation to host audit symposium
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Business will partner with the Deloitte Foundation to host the 21st biennial Auditing Symposium from April 26 to April 28 at the Oread. ...
Corporate political donations do not boost stock performance, KU professor says
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Forty-five students named to KU chapter of Mortar Board
LAWRENCE — Forty-five University of Kansas students have been initiated into Mortar Board, a senior honor society. ...
Study: Military providing example of becoming sustainable without politics
Simran Sethi...
KU to test public address system, external speaker array
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will broadcast a test of the emergency public address system, including a demonstration of an external speaker array, at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24. ...
Researchers find time in wild boosts creativity, insight and problem solving
LAWRENCE — There’s new evidence that our minds thrive away from it all. ...
KU to honor outstanding graduate students April 24
LAWRENCE — More than 25 outstanding graduate students at the University of Kansas will be recognized at the annual Graduate Student Awards Ceremony, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Awards will be presented by Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter and Dean of Graduate...