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BTBC at KU to launch Entrepreneur Education Series
LAWRENCE – The Bioscience and Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas (BTBC at KU) is set to launch the BTBC Entrepreneur Education Series, a series of Friday workshops for entrepreneurs and those considering starting their own companies, starting Jan. 20. ...
Telemedicine delivers health care to patients statewide
Twenty years ago, a patient in Garden City or Salina might have faced hours of travel to Wichita for specialized medical care — or perhaps an even longer commute to Kansas City. ...
Training to save lives
It’s the nightmare scenario for grain workers: You’re working inside the grain bin when you’re suddenly engulfed by grain. You try to escape, but the grain acts like quicksand, making it impossible to pull yourself out — and difficult for anyone else to lift you out without specialized training. ...
New biography explores civil rights legacy of King's mentor Benjamin Mays
Randal Jelks...
KU professor to give keynote address at governor's MLK Day celebration
Derrick Darby...
Professor issues reports supporting savings to help kids reach college
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor has issued the first of four reports outlining the role savings accounts play in college success and urging lawmakers to support creations of such accounts for children early in their lives. ...
Media advisory: KU librarian can speak on collection of radical political literature
LAWRENCE - Politics have been a breeding ground for radical literature since the country was founded. No matter the political ideology, pamphlets, newsletters, books websites and nowdays, blogs, have espoused the merits of one’s political ideas while decrying others. The University of Kansas has the nation’s largest collection of both...
$2.5 million gift commitment largest ever for School of Education
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas alumnus and his wife have made a $2.5 million commitment to establish an endowed scholarship program for KU’s School of Education. ...
Law professor investigates rise of corporate social responsibility in China
KU School of Law associate professor Virginia Harper Ho...
First detailed geologic map of Saline County now available
LAWRENCE — A new full-color geologic map of Saline County showing broad river valleys dissecting hilly terrain is available from the Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas. ...
KU anthropologists help re-wrap Amazonian mummy
Photo from the National University of San Martin Regional Museum...
KU team proposes programs to help stem Haiti's brain drain
Photo by C.B. Clairborne...
KPR will offer live broadcast of governor's State of the State address
LAWRENCE – Changes to the state tax code and reworking the school funding formula are likely top priorities when Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State address, and KPR will air it live. ...
MEDIA ADVISORY: KU professors available to speak about Boeing and the Wichita economy
Donna Ginther...
Kansas Geological Survey to measure water levels in western Kansas
LAWRENCE — In early January, crews from the Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas will be in western Kansas measuring groundwater levels as part of a program to track changes in the depth-to-water in the region’s aquifers over time. ...
Financial meltdowns drive interest in business ethics, professor says
Richard T. De George...
KU researchers work to create safer, smarter dashboards
LAWRENCE — “Keep your eyes on the road” has always been the most important rule of driving. ...
KU names inaugural honorary degree recipients
LAWRENCE – A former Senate leader, the current Ford Motor Company CEO, a former FDIC chairwoman and a noted choral composer are the University of Kansas’ first four honorary degree recipients. ...
KU researchers at atom smasher help to collect breakthrough Higgs boson data
LAWRENCE — Momentous progress in the hunt for the Higgs boson, sometimes dubbed the “God particle,” depended in part on work from physicists from the University of Kansas. ...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Top expert on distracted driving available to speak about NTSB's proposed cell phone ban
LAWRENCE — Paul Atchley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, conducts pioneering research into issues of vision and attention related to driving. ...
Law students win 13 appeals cases for defendants who didn't receive fair trials
LAWRENCE – Everyone has the right to a fair trial, but when the legal system slips up, not all is lost. ...