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Chancellor comments on governor's budget
University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little’s comments on the governor’s budget:...
Researcher correlates awareness of racism to knowledge of U.S. history
LAWRENCE — A new investigation by researchers at the University of Kansas suggests that differences in how ethnic groups see racism could be due to differences in awareness about the severity of racism over the course of U.S. history. ...
The Commons announces artist in residence as part of Data & Democracy theme
LAWRENCE — Emilio Chapela Pérez will visit the University of Kansas from Jan. 22 to Jan. 25 as the artist in residence at The Commons in conjunction with programming for the academic year, based on the theme Data & Democracy. ...
Audio-Reader receives $10,000 grant from Rice Foundation
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network, a reading and information service for the blind and print-disabled, has received a $10,000 grant from the Ethel and Raymond F. Rice Foundation. The grant will help fund Braille program guides, closed circuit radios and outreach expenses for the organization. ...
Research links family's role in reducing childhood obesity
LAWRENCE — Despite recent data showing that childhood obesity in the U.S. has begun to drop, overweight and obese kids and teens remain a personal and public health hazard. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2-19 are obese — that’s...
New home and news pages unveiled today
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas home page at KU.edu, along with select second-level navigational and informational pages, has a new look today as part of KU's ongoing transition to a new, Drupal-based content management system. KU Today and KU News pages also were converted to the CMS template and...
KU names assistant vice provost for undergraduate studies
LAWRENCE – Lucy Sankey Russell has been appointed assistant vice provost for undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas. Russell comes to KU from the University of Virginia, where she has served as director of the Center for Undergraduate Excellence since 2007. ...
Microbes in soil pose global-warming challenge
LAWRENCE — A grim hazard of climate change is that “positive feedbacks” will augment the warming induced by human activities. ...
KU announces certified public manager program graduates for 2012
TOPEKA – The KU Public Management Center has announced the 2012 graduates of the Kansas Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. The graduation ceremony was Nov. 16, 2012, in the House Chambers at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. The 72 students, who began their course in January, represented local, county,...
Researcher talks texting, driving on NBC
LAWRENCE — Paul Atchley, professor and chair of undergraduate studies in the University of Kansas Department of Psychology, appeared in a news segment on "Rock Center with Brian Williams" on Jan. 10 on NBC to discuss the dangers of texting while driving. ...
KU gerontology research behind guidelines for health care providers
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas research on communication and aging is the basis of several guidelines in a new manual developed by the Gerontological Society of America for health care providers who frequently interact with older patients. ...
KPR to broadcast Gov. Brownback's State of the State address
LAWRENCE – Ways to address a budget shortfall and state tax policy are likely to be the top priorities when Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State address, and KPR will bring it to you live. ...
Study: Focus on vocabulary can boost students' reading
LAWRENCE — There’s an old saying in education that first you learn to read, then you read to learn. A University of Kansas professor has authored a study highlighting the importance of focusing instruction early in a child’s life on vocabulary and understanding what is read, not only on aspects...
Students to premiere 9/11 work at Carnegie Hall
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble will make the trip of a lifetime when the group performs for the first time at the renowned Carnegie Hall on March 26. The KU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Paul Popiel, director of bands, will present the world premiere of a work...
Massive universe mapping could unlock 'dark energy' secrets
LAWRENCE — A researcher at the University of Kansas is playing an important role in BigBOSS, a huge new plan to grasp why the expansion of the universe is accelerating rather than slowing down. This mystery of physics is due to little-understood “dark energy,” which has been calculated to make...
Professor: Don't expect sweeping gun reform after Newtown shootings
LAWRENCE — The Dec. 14 massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary was the second-deadliest school shooting in American history. ...
Media advisory: Professor can speak about post-traumatic stress, journalists
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KU launches graduate distance learning program for working engineers
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Prisinzano appointed chair of School of Pharmacy's Department of Medicinal Chemistry
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KU researcher looks to better understand tau protein's role in Alzheimer's disease
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Dust Bowl chronicle to be 2013-14 Common Book
LAWRENCE – Pulitzer Prize winning author Timothy Egan's history of the Dust Bowl, "The Worst Hard Time," has been announced as KU's 2013-14 KU Common Book by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. ...