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Controversial internal control audits improve operational efficiency for small firms, study finds
The November collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX serves as a lesson of what happens when a corporation avoids internal audits of its own financial operations. ...
Couple establishes professorship in support of Monarch Watch with $1.4M gift, encourages others to support the cause
With a desire to find more time for writing and experiments, Orley “Chip” Taylor, University of Kansas professor emeritus of ecology & evolutionary biology, says it’s time to step aside — but not before making sure Monarch Watch, the program he founded in 1992, is well-positioned for the future. Chip...
KLETC announces launch of Kansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program
The Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) serves as the facilitator of the new voluntary Kansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (KLEAP), launched statewide Dec. 1. Since 1968, KLETC has served as the headquarters for all law enforcement training in Kansas and is a unit of the University of Kansas. This...
Michael Krueger’s art offers a moment of humor, hope
of Kansas professor of visual art will take his show on the road again to Paraguay for an exhibition that opens Dec. 4 at a new contemporary gallery in that nation’s capital, Asunción. It is the outgrowth, Krueger said, of an exchange program from 1996 that brought the acclaimed Paraguayan...
Biography gives leading 20th-century Black writer Margaret Walker her due
After her poem “For My People” propelled Margaret Walker to fame in 1937, while she was in her early 20s, she was considered a peer by nearly every important African American writer and thinker of the mid-20th century, from Langston Hughes to John Hope Franklin. ...
KU names executive dean of College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The University of Kansas has selected Arash Mafi to be executive dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Mafi currently serves as the interim dean at the University of New Mexico, a position he has held since July 2021. His appointment as executive dean of the College is...
Dole Institute honors Bob Dole on the first anniversary of his death
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will mark the first anniversary of U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s death with an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 5, featuring music and reflection, as well as the debut of a newly renovated permanent exhibition case. ...
More than 600 attend KU's Carnival of Chemistry
The University of Kansas Department of Chemistry recently hosted the annual Carnival of Chemistry, a free celebration with activities geared toward students in kindergarten through eighth grade. This was the first in-person Carnival of Chemistry since 2019. ...
School of Social Welfare launches Master of Social Work partnership with Kansas State University Salina
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare will begin offering a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at the Kansas State University Salina campus. ...
University honors fall Employees of the Month
The University of Kansas recently has announced the August, September and October 2022 Employees of the Month. These staff members have made outstanding contributions to the Lawrence campus community. ...
NIH funds trial giving AI-powered digital tools to clinicians treating teens for anorexia
Called a “pandemic within a pandemic,” the prevalence of anorexia nervosa (AN) among young people has spiked during COVID-19. According to research, in-patient interventions are effective for up to 75% of adolescents with AN. However, about 30% of these teens relapse following recovery in the “post-acute treatment window” as they...
Kansas Geological Survey scientist emeritus receives Water Legacy Award
Donald Whittemore, scientist emeritus at the Kansas Geological Survey whose groundbreaking work toward understanding and addressing a wide range of water resources issues in Kansas has touched every corner of the state, is the recipient of the Water Legacy Award presented by the Kansas Water Office. ...
KU Engineering student receives prestigious Boren Award
A University of Kansas junior from Overland Park has been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship for $25,000 to study at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, in 2023. ...
Petroleum engineering professor wins international ‘Breakthrough Research of the Year’ award
A University of Kansas researcher has been honored with one of the energy industry’s most prestigious awards. ...
‘Everybody’ opens at KU Theatre Dec. 2, promising audience participation, dark comedy
A play opening soon at the University of Kansas explores a topic that’s become ever more relevant in recent years: death. “Everybody,” a production of the University Theatre within the Department of Theatre & Dance, offers opportunity for community members to mourn, laugh at and reflect on the show’s absurdity...
2023 Engaged Leaders Series will feature scientist, author Beronda Montgomery
The University of Kansas Libraries and The Commons will host the 2023 Engaged Leaders Series, a lecture program featuring Beronda Montgomery, scholar and author of “Lessons From Plants.”...
KU lands grant to train more Kansas teachers working with ESOL students
will work with English language learner students in their careers, yet many do not have TESOL endorsement. Project PEACE will help Kansas teachers learn skills and strategies to provide evidence-based supports and ways to engage students in curriculum. ...
School of Music announces performance dates for Vespers, Jazz Vespers
The University of Kansas School of Music has announced the return of two beloved annual Vespers programs for the 2022 holiday season. ...
KU welcomes Ukrainian scholars following fundraising efforts
Shortly after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the University of Kansas began working on several initiatives to support academic peers in Ukraine. One such endeavor, led by the Department of Slavic, German & Eurasian Studies, sought funding to support graduate students and faculty whose education and work were...
With next-generation space telescope, researchers glimpse first evidence of photochemistry on exoplanet
Findings from an international team of astrophysicists using NASA’s recently deployed James Webb Space Telescope give new detail to exoplanet WASP-39b, a “hot Saturn” orbiting a star roughly 700 light years from Earth. The higher-resolution JWST data reveals the first indication of a photochemical byproduct — a chemical reaction accelerated...
Biology faculty members honored by Class of 2023 with HOPE Awards for teaching
The University of Kansas senior class has honored two faculty members who teach undergraduate biology with 2022 HOPE Awards — to Honor an Outstanding Progressive Educator. ...
Partisan alignment of CEOs and US president increases biased optimism in corporate disclosures
With essentially a 50/50 split in both the House and Senate, the country’s political leanings remain equally divided. But for many business leaders, key decisions are based primarily on who is occupying the White House. ...
KU joins PeerJ’s 3-year membership program
The University of Kansas Libraries entered a membership program with science publisher PeerJ that allows KU researchers to publish their work at no cost. ...
Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida to receive William Allen White Foundation National Citation
Kevin Merida, executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, has been selected to receive the 2023 William Allen White Foundation National Citation. The award, which recognizes individuals for outstanding journalistic service, comes from a vote of the trustees of the William Allen White Foundation, which is named in honor of...
KU alumni to be inducted into inaugural class of Kansas Photojournalism Hall of Fame
Three of the 12 members being inducted this weekend in the inaugural class of the Kansas Press Association’s Kansas Photojournalism Hall of Fame are alumni of the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications. ...
KU student Aurora Turner named 2023 National Veterans Leadership Foundation Fellow
The National Veterans Leadership Foundation recently announced a University of Kansas student as one of 16 students from across the country to serve as a 2023 Foundation Fellow. ...
Dole Institute announces panelists for 2022 Post-Election Conference
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced panelists for its 2022 Post-Election Conference. ...
KU geography student receives prestigious doctoral dissertation award
University of Kansas geography doctoral candidate Carolisa Watson has received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award. ...
KU Libraries to host panel, musical jam session highlighting Jayhawks centering disability in their work
KU Libraries will host a panel discussion and musical jam session Nov. 30 with University of Kansas staff, faculty and students who center disability in their departments and classrooms in conjunction with the 2022-23 KU Common Book, “Disability Visibility.”...
'The Law for Falling Bodies: A Queer Print Media Exhibition' aims to challenge perceptions
Don’t expect an ordinary art opening Friday, Nov. 18, when “The Law for Falling Bodies: A Queer Print Media Exhibition” debuts at Kansas City’s Charlotte Street Foundation. ...