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New digital tool provides satellite monitoring of crop health across US
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Inaugural Tiberti Lecture to feature CEO's perspectives on ethics, success
LAWRENCE — Murli Tolaney is well aware of potential ethical pitfalls that lie in wait for engineers in the workforce. As former CEO of one of the world’s leading water and wastewater engineering firms, he encountered his share of situations that challenged his professional principles. Tolaney will provide insight on...
Alternative Breaks, Center for Community Outreach host first annual Story Slam
LAWRENCE — Alternative Breaks and the Center for Community Outreach are hosting the first annual Story Slam on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The event will be followed by a reception with food and drink in the Big XII room. ...
KU lands grant to help improve education for learners with deaf-blindness
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Play TOWN Ball! KU professor uses game to teach pre-Civil War history
LAWRENCE — Before Americans played baseball, they played Town Ball. Abraham Lincoln played it, and today pockets of Town Ball leagues dot the U.S. map. ...
Ten KU seniors named finalists for 21st annual Ex.C.E.L. Awards
LAWRENCE — Ten finalists have been selected for the 21st annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Awards at the University of Kansas. ...
Four students awarded 2010-11 Chancellor's Writing Prize
LAWRENCE — For a third year, KU students will be awarded cash prizes for excellence in academic writing. The prize acknowledges the importance of consultation from faculty and the KU Writing Center and promotes writing across KU’s curriculum. ...
2011 KU Women of Distinction calendar honors students, faculty, staff
LAWRENCE — The 2011-12 University of Kansas Women of Distinction calendar is honoring 25 women students, faculty and staff for outstanding achievements. ...
New York Times columnist, author to present 2011 Anderson Chandler Lecture
LAWRENCE — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times chief mergers and acquisitions reporter, co-host of CNBC’s Squawk Box and author of “Too Big to Fail,” will present “The Global Economy: What’s Next?” as the School of Business 2011 Anderson Chandler Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. ...
KU Center for Sustainability to shed new light on campus energy savings
OVERLAND PARK — The KU Center for Sustainability has joined forces with Energy Solutions Professionals (ESP), an Overland Park-based energy service company, to replace inefficient light bulbs on campus with new compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). ...
KU researchers: With more choice, friends are more similar — but no closer
LAWRENCE — People prefer to make friends with others who share their beliefs, values, and interests. The more choice people have, the more their friends are alike, according to University of Kansas researchers. ...
KU’s Partnership for the Arts series presents Opera/Vocal Outreach project
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Music and Reach Out Kansas, Inc., are pleased to present the 2011-12 Kansas Partnership for the Arts, a series featuring numerous performances by renowned faculty, students and international guest artists. Included in this new series is the Opera/Vocal Outreach initiative, a program...
KU to develop multimedia training for educators of kids with disabilities
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Collection gift broadens Latin American collections at KU Libraries
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KU names new senior recruitment and outreach coordinator based out of Garden City
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Scientists probe mystery of phototropism while training young researchers
LAWRENCE — Plunk a houseplant near a window, and often that plant will bend eagerly toward the light to soak up as much energy as possible. Phototropism is the name of this process, and you can see it in organisms ranging from algae to sunflowers. ...
KU's Partnership for the Arts program introduces 'West Side Story' lecture series
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Music and Reach Out Kansas, Inc., are pleased to present the 2011-12 Kansas Partnership for the Arts, a series featuring numerous performances by renowned faculty, students and international guest artists. Included in this program is “The Creation of West Side Story,” a...
KU researchers find enriched infant formulas benefit brain and heart
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas scientists have found new evidence that infant formulas fortified with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) are good for developing brains and hearts. ...
KU Law School ranks in top 20 nationally for hands-on learning opportunities
Students in the School of Law's Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic interact with doctors at the KU Med Center, where the clinic has an office in the Department of Family Medicine. Photo by Steve Puppe. ...
Researchers find early savings accounts help low-income kids reach college
LAWRENCE — Anyone who has saved for a college education, whether for a child or for themselves, can attest it’s not easy to put money away. A team of researchers from the University of Kansas and colleagues have shown that when savings accounts are started for children of low-income families...
Renowned history professor to discuss Hitler, Stalin at Backus Lecture at KU
LAWRENCE — The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at KU has announced that prominent author Dr. Timothy Snyder, a professor of history at Yale University, will present this year’s Backus Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union. ...
KU joins peer institutions in promoting university-based economic development
The University of Kansas has a great story to tell about innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as the positive outcomes of the university’s efforts in technology commercialization, industry collaborations and job creation. ...
$61 million fundraising milestone met for The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Capitol Federal Foundation Chairman John C. Dicus...
KU-developed school reform program shows inclusion can boost performance
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Media Advisory: U.S. District Court to host naturalization ceremony at Dole Institute
WHAT: The University of Kansas and the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics welcomes the U.S. District Court and approximately 100 prospective new citizens from many different nations, and their families, to the Dole Institute of Politics for a naturalization ceremony on Friday, September 16, 2011 at 10 a.m. ...
World War II historian, Nazi expert to kick off Hall Center lecture series
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Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation announces upgrades to Kansas educational assessment tests
LAWRENCE — The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at the University of Kansas, in partnership with the Kansas State Department of Education, has announced changes to the Kansas Interim Assessments for the 2011-12 school year. ...