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SpaceUp Kansas Set for April 29
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas student organizations are helping craft a new style of conference that will delve into a variety of space exploration topics. ...
Hall Family Foundation makes $790K gift for KU's Hall Center for the Humanities
LAWRENCE — A $790,000 gift from the Hall Family Foundation will provide $430,000 for renovations to the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas and $360,000 toward meeting a National Endowment for the Humanities matching challenge grant. ...
Panel discussion on higher education to honor alumnus' civic contributions
Robert Kipp...
KU professor: Latino immigration stories shape U.S. imagination in Gatekeeper era
Marta Caminero-Santangelo, English professor and department chairman, meets with a group of undergraduate honors students. Photo by David McKinney...
KU ranked among nation's most environmentally responsible schools
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible universities, according to The Princeton Review. ...
KU center releases new instructional tools for use in Kansas schools
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KU football legend to chair Audio-Reader's third annual Golf Classic
LAWRENCE — Legendary University of Kansas and professional football player John Hadl will show his support for KU Audio-Reader by participating in the third annual Audio-Reader Golf Classic. ...
KU Earth Day event to include rain barrel benefit auction
LAWRENCE– This year’s University of Kansas Earth Day celebration, Our Campus, Our Community, Our Environment, will include panel discussions, live performances and an opportunity for community members to help reduce stormwater runoff while supporting environmental initiatives at KU. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be...
Three KU research projects to be featured at entrepreneurship symposium
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas researchers have earned three of 31 presentation slots at one of the nation’s most exclusive venture capital events. ...
Professor to receive Scripps award as national journalism teacher of the year
Doug Ward...
KU researchers find further evidence of disturbed immune system in autism
LAWRENCE—A University of Kansas Medical Center study found significantly lower levels of several cytokines, the immune system’s messengers and regulators, in the plasma of children with autism disorder (AD) compared to that of unrelated healthy siblings from other families who had members with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The study was...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects 12th annual symposium
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Engineering, business schools collaborate for Students in Free Enterprise
LAWRENCE — A group of University of Kansas School of Engineering and School of Business students has revived a campus organization that strives to give its members “a head for business and a heart for the world.” Twenty-two students from the two schools are involved in Students in Free Enterprise. ...
Gift for $5M to advance energy and environment research at KU
LAWRENCE — Chesapeake Energy Corporation, based in Oklahoma City, has pledged a $5 million gift to fund an interactive high-tech auditorium to anchor the new $28 million Energy and Environment Center at the University of Kansas. The center, a future addition to Lindley Hall, will create a unique team approach...
KU School of Music announces spring Opera Gala performances
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Music has announced spring dates for the 2012 KU Opera Gala. ...
KU spring concerts to feature work of renowned choreographer
University Dance Company members. Photograph by Becca Dreyfus. ...
KU professor: Decline in young adult voters not democracy's death knell
Jay P. Childers...
University mourns longtime employee Jim Busse
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Bala Subramaniam, director of the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, issued the following statements on the death of employee James E. Busse: ...
KU climbs in annual national ranking for federally funded research
LAWRENCE — Federally funded research at the University of Kansas increased in 2010 to a record $147.6 million. That figure ranked KU 41st among national public research universities, according to an annual survey released recently by the National Science Foundation. ...
'Notes from No Man's Land' selected as KU Common Book for 2012-2013 academic year
LAWRENCE – “Notes from No Man’s Land,” a 2009 collection of essays by writer Eula Biss, has been named the KU Common Book for the 2012-2013 academic year, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced today. ...
KU receives grant for Jayhawk Buddy System
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has received a $10,000 grant from The Foundation for Alcohol Research’s Great Plays program to support KU’s Jayhawk Buddy System. Similar funds could be available for a second and third year of the program, subject to the availability of funds and the Foundation’s review...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center to host dedication ceremony for driver training facility
YODER — The Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center will name its new driver training facility in honor of Robert J. Senecal, dean emeritus at the University of Kansas, at a dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 20, on the KLETC campus. ...
Distractions, quick thinking lead to conservative thoughts, research finds
LAWRENCE — Could knocking back a few beers influence a person’s views on property rights or the role of government in production and trade? ...