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New translation of Ovid’s ‘Heroides’ offers insight into ‘ancient fan fiction’
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Statements from Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger Regarding the Big 12 Conference
Retirement eligibility could cause significant science teacher shortage, KU report says
href="http://www.kuscied.org/">Center for Science EducationLAWRENCE — Everyone from industry leaders to the President has called for the United States to produce more graduates in sciences, technology, math and engineering — the so-called STEM disciplines. To accomplish that goal, the country must first produce more science and math teachers, and a new...
KU researchers improve effectiveness of Early Head Start
— Kansas Early Head Start home visitors in Wyandotte County, Manhattan, Clay Center, Hays and Dodge City saw significant improvement in children’s language development when they used a Web-based “intelligent advisor” system developed at the University of Kansas Juniper Garden’s Children’s Project, a research group working in the Kansas City,...
KU Center for Applied Economics releases report on Kansas property taxes
href="http://www.business.ku.edu/research/applied_economics/">Center for Applied EconomicsLAWRENCE — The KU Center for Applied Economics has released a new report on the property tax rates of Kansas cities. ...
KU Libraries team up with gridiron Jayhawks for 'Touchdown Challenge'
href="http://www.lib.ku.edu/touchdown/pledge">Touchdown ChallengeLAWRENCE — University of Kansas Libraries have teamed up with KU Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger and Head Football Coach Turner Gill to launch a fundraising campaign to support KU Libraries. ...
KU adopts automated payment technology for clinical research studies
Participants in research studies, including medical clinical trials and other projects involving human subjects, typically receive payment for their time and trouble. That means handing out cash or lots of checks for small amounts of money. It also means keeping track of personal information for audit and tax purposes. ...
Student Senate to unveil plaque to celebrate completion of Underground expansion
Representatives from Student Senate will unveil the official plaque to be displayed in the recently expanded Wescoe Underground on Sept. 1 at 4:15 p.m. The event is open to media and the public. ...
KU among first to develop journalism course on covering traumatic events
University of Kansas School of Journalism is taking a step not often seen in journalism schools around the country by implementing a course specifically designed to educate journalism students on how to cover the traumatic and violent events often encountered in their potential future line of work. ...
Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute receives donation to deliver grain engulfment rescue training
(third from left), director of the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, accepts a $90,000 gift from representatives of the Kansas grain industry to purchase equipment for grain engulfment rescue training. ...
Search engine data a useful predictor of stock returns, KU study shows
by a team of researchers at the KU School of Business demonstrates that online ticker searches can predict abnormal stock returns and trading volumes during the subsequent week. ...
$1 million gift honors KU Medical Center leader
M.D., executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center and executive dean of the KU School of Medicine...
KU announces spring 2011 honor roll
More than 4,400 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2011 semester. ...
41 KU students completing summer research projects
Forty-one students at the University of Kansas are returning to campus this fall having spent the summer working on an undergraduate research project. ...
Student scientist uncovers ancient link between plants and fungi in Antarctica
href="https://eeb.ku.edu/">Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyLAWRENCE — One might think that a doctoral student absorbed in the physiology of ancient plants would lead a ho-hum existence locked away in some dusty, dim room with books of fossilized leaf photos. ...
KU announces seventh Kemper Fellowship winner of 2011
recipients:2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 20072006 | 2005 | 2004 | 20032002 | 2001| 2000 | 19991998 | 1997 | 1996 ...
Governor praises University of Kansas for savings on pharmacy expansion
Gov. Sam Brownback lauded University of Kansas officials today as the university released $4.5 million in bonding authority back to the state after the School of Pharmacy expansion project finished close to 10 percent under budget. ...
Program available to KU staff seeking career advancement
href="http://www.kupmc.org/programs/ela">Emerging Leaders AcademyLAWRENCE — Staff at the University of Kansas and from other public sector organizations who want to advance in their careers are invited to develop their skills in a program that begins in September. ...
KU to hold film screening, discussion with man wrongly convicted of murder
href="http://www.journalism.ku.edu">School of JournalismLAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will host a screening of a documentary and panel discussion with Darryl Hunt, a man who spent 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. “The Trials of Darryl Hunt” screening and discussion with Hunt and seminal players in...
KU develops writing tool to help Kansas students, teachers in virtual environment
A new writing tool developed at the University of Kansas can take students step-by-step through the writing process and allow teachers to evaluate and score student writing as well as provide valuable feedback, all in a virtual environment. ...
Preserving the Garden of Eden a soul-searching business for KU artist
early 1900s, at age 64, S.P. Dinsmoor began construction of his Cabin Home and Garden of Eden using ladders and makeshift scaffolding. Conservators with the Kohler Foundation of Wisconsin used a power hoist to work on the taller portions of Dinsmoor's art. (Photo credit: Erika Nelson: Friends of S.P. Dinsmoor's...
Dole Institute announces programming schedule for 2011 fall semester
href="http://www.doleinstitute.org">Dole InstituteLAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas today announced the programming schedule for the fall 2011 semester, including the series, “The Fall of the Soviet Union: 20 Years Later.” All events are located at the Dole Institute and are free and open to the...
Chancellor surprises another 2011 Kemper Fellowship winner
Study of extraterrestrial life at KU is rare undergraduate opportunity
Few universities can claim to offer study in extra-terrestrial life with a course taught by an astronaut. Count the University of Kansas among those that can. ...
First KU Campus Art Walk hopes to provide creative view of campus
href="http://www.ku.edu/artwalk">Art WalkLAWRENCE — If you’re looking for a relaxing and creative end to your week, the KU campus might be just the right place to visit. ...
Creator of 'frozen' fountain sculpture wins award for another campus artwork
Matthew Dominic Farley's "SnoWaffle" sculpture on west campus has been named as one of the 47 best public art projects of 2011 by the Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network...
KU lands $12 million grant to help Job Corps educators better prepare youth
A $12.5 million award to the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning will help the nation’s largest federal training program for skilled and semi-skilled workers better prepare young people for jobs in the construction and health care industries. ...
Media advisory: Islamic law expert available to discuss post-Gadhafi Libya
href="http://www.hallcenter.ku.edu/~hallcenter/cgi-bin/index.php/calendar/event/raj-bhala-understanding-islamic-law">Hall CenterWHAT: Raj Bhala, Rice Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law, is available to discuss Islamic law in the wake of the toppling of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in Libya and the Arab spring. ...
Chancellor, dean of Pharmacy offer condolences on death of student Sara Schebler
University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and School of Pharmacy Dean Ken Audus issued the following statements regarding the death of student Sara E. Schebler. Gray-Little: “On behalf of the entire University of Kansas community, I offer the deepest sympathies on the death of...
Researcher finds shifting domestic roles for men who lost jobs in current recession
The acute economic downturn that began in 2008 sometimes is called the “mancession” to reflect its harsher impact on men than women. As recently as last November, 10.4 percent of adult men were unemployed as compared to 8 percent of adult women. ...
KU to host Conference on Identity and Community after Cold War Era
href="http://www.crees.ku.edu">KU Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian StudiesLAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is hosting a conference Aug. 25-27 investigating the great changes in concepts of identity and community after the end of the Cold War. The conference, which will be held in the Kansas Union, is being organized...