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New digital tool provides satellite monitoring of crop health across US
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GSA analyst to speak on federal careers
LAWRENCE — Erin Swain, management and program analyst with the U.S. General Services Administration, will speak at the Federal Careers for Young Professionals presentation from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Dole Institute of Politics. ...
Couple make $4 million gift commitment to KU
LAWRENCE — Kansas City area civic leaders Tom and Judy Bowser have made a $4 million gift commitment to the University of Kansas. ...
iPad research promising for children with cortical visual impairment
Moxie is working with Muriel Saunders, an assistant research professor at KU's Life Span Institute. ...
KU flu clinics for students and employees
LAWRENCE — Flu season has arrived with the cooler weather, and Student Health Services will once again offer flu vaccinations, the most reliable way to ward off the flu. ...
KU awarded grant to boost arts education achievement standards
Christopher M. Johnson...
School of Education to release tools to help schools with universal instruction
LAWRENCE — The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at the University of Kansas will release tools to help Kansas schools in their transition to using universal educational content standards, known as the Common Core, as the basis for instruction. ...
KU architecture students win competition on waiting room design
LAWRENCE — For patients and their families, a visit to the hospital can entail waiting outside the intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency room — and the wait isn’t always pleasant. ...
Exhibit will highlight NYC in African-American literature
LAWRENCE — On Thursday, Oct. 6, The Project on the History of Black Writing at the University of Kansas will present selections from its 100 Novels project that highlight the significance of “place” for African-American writers. ...
Scientist to present 'Genes from the Fountain of Youth' for Higuchi lecture
Cynthia Kenyon...
Kansas Public Health Association honors two KU-Wichita medical faculty
Elizabeth Ablah and Suzanne Hawley...
KU Endowment elects new trustees
The KU Endowment Board of Trustees elected two new trustees at its 120th annual meeting, held Sept. 30. ...
KU Endowment provides $112 million to KU
KU Endowment distributed $112.3 million in direct financial support to the University of Kansas in fiscal year 2011, which ended June 30. ...
Professor earns American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' highest honor
LAWRENCE — Valentino J. Stella, University Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). ...
Award-winning filmmaker presenting documentary 'Genocide Revealed'
LAWRENCE — The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies announces the Ukrainian Studies 2011 Palij Lecture by Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaker Yurij Luhovy and a viewing of his documentary, “Genocide Revealed.” The event will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. A...
Public Service Career Fair set for Oct. 25
LAWRENCE — The Public Service Career Fair will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. ...
Tiny glass beads help detect cancer earlier
LAWRENCE — In architecture, a whispering gallery is an arch or vault that projects sound so that a person at one end can hear someone else whispering from the other side. ...
KU meeting state's need for more engineers
The University of Kansas School of Engineering made significant gains in undergraduate enrollment this fall as part of an ongoing effort to meet Kansas’ workforce needs. ...
KU School of Pharmacy once again sets enrollment record
For the second straight year, the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy has reached a record-high enrollment as part of its work to meet the serious need for pharmacists in Kansas. ...
National Poetry Series to publish book by University of Kansas librarian
LAWRENCE — Julianne Buchsbaum, a humanities librarian and scholar at the University of Kansas, has been selected as one of five winners in the National Poetry Series 2011 Open Competition. ...
KU Libraries to host homecoming brunch Oct. 1
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Libraries will celebrate Homecoming with the fifth annual KU Libraries Homecoming Brunch. The event will feature a continental breakfast and tours of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. ...
Researchers in Kansas and China partner to document Silk Road languages online
LAWRENCE — With today’s technology, linguistic anthropologists at the University of Kansas and Qinghai Nationalities University in China are collaborating in real time to document endangered languages in western China. ...
KU acting to reverse enrollment decline
LAWRENCE – Improvements already under way in how the University of Kansas recruits and retains students will increase both the academic success and overall size of the university’s student body, KU leaders say. ...
KU, economic development leaders unveil Bioscience & Technology Business Center at KU Medical Center
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KU legal scholar tapped by Canadian government for insight in genetics policy
Andrew Torrance...
Chancellor attends White House event to announce NSF initiative
(EDITOR'S NOTE: A photo of this event is available through the Associated Press)...
KPR reporter to participate in NPR News-Kaiser Health News project
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Chancellors Club honors tax professor, liver researcher for faculty awards
LAWRENCE — Whether revving up University of Kansas students’ interest in tax accounting or researching methods to repair damaged livers, the 2011 Chancellors Club researcher and professor are making a positive impact at KU. ...
Final report of ADA task force now available
LAWRENCE — The final report of KU’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) task force has been posted online. The recommendations of the review are intended to position KU to become a more inclusive and accessible campus community. ...