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Music theorist finds chord’s ‘third nature’ in composition suppressed during Soviet era
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Rock Chalk Revue nearing $1M mark in United Way donations
LAWRENCE — This year organizers of Rock Chalk Revue, the compilation of five 20-minute student variety shows, anticipate reaching a $1 million fundraising milestone for the United Way of Douglas County since 1983. ...
KU professors' book examines fight for African-American secondary schooling
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Professor finds team unity can detract from students' social networks
LAWRENCE — It has long been assumed that a university’s athletic teams help bring students together, form new bonds and make them feel a part of the community. A new study by a University of Kansas professor shows, however, that students’ team identity can actually detract from the quality of...
Navy admiral honored as distinguished MBA alumnus
Neeli Bendapudi, dean of the University of Kansas School of Business, and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich. ...
Harvard law professor to deliver human rights lecture Feb. 16
LAWRENCE — Henry Steiner, a well-known champion of human rights at Harvard Law School, will deliver the fifth annual International Law Students Association Human Rights Lecture, “Muslims in Europe: Multiculturalism, Cultural Clash, Human Rights,” on Thursday, Feb. 16 at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Joint discussion to focus on role of athletics at the university level
LAWRENCE – The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Ecumenical Campus Ministries will host their second discussion, titled “The Media and Big-Time College Athletics: The View from the Sports Desk,” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. The...
Chancellor: KU appreciates continued federal support for university research
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little...
Hutchinson News, Arkansas City Traveler win Marvin News Enterprise Awards
LAWRENCE — The Hutchinson News and The Arkansas City Traveler are the winners of the 2011 Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award. ...
Omega-3 fatty acid on trial: Study to evaluate long-term effects on intelligence, behavior
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers John Colombo and Susan Carlson have been awarded $2.5 million for the next five years of a 10-year, double-blind randomized controlled trial to determine whether prenatal nutritional supplementation with the omega-3 fatty acid DHA benefits children’s intelligence and school readiness. ...
State Department brings Middle Eastern women to KU for leadership training
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Media advisory: KU chancellor to speak at Fort Leavenworth Black History Month event
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little...
Law school to host debate about affirmative action in university admissions
Ron Sullivan...
Professor to explore antievolution controversies in Hall Center lecture
Jeff Moran...
New Student Design Center opens in Kansas Union
LAWRENCE — KU Student Senate, working with KU Memorial Unions, has launched a Student Design Center. Graphic design students have been employed to provide graphic design services to registered University of Kansas student clubs and organizations. The Student Senate and Coca-Cola have joined in funding SDC. ...
Groundwater level decline continues across western, central Kansas
LAWRENCE—Average groundwater levels throughout western and central Kansas dropped more in the past year than they had annually since 1996, according to preliminary data compiled by the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas. ...
Researchers generate musical call of 165-million-year-old katydid
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher and scientists from China and the United Kingdom have again played what may be the world’s oldest love song. ...
Law professor argues Congress, not courts, biggest factor in gun rights
LAWRENCE — Every presidential election year, certain hot-button issues come to the forefront. This year is no different with discussions of abortion, taxes and gun control. A University of Kansas law professor has authored an article arguing that in the case of Americans’ right to keep and bear arms as...
KU Biodiesel Initiative to host forum at National Biodiesel Conference
LAWRENCE – A multidisciplinary group of researchers and students from the University of Kansas will have a prominent role at the nation’s largest biodiesel conference. ...
Media advisory: KU expert available to speak on national call to improve science, math education
LAWRENCE — Steven Case, co-director of the UKanTeach program at the University of Kansas, is available to speak with media about the National Math and Science Initiative’s call for the United States to invigorate the way it teaches science, technology, engineering and math — the so-called STEM subjects. ...
Governor to speak at KU on 'Ending Human Trafficking'
LAWRENCE – Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will speak on “Ending Human Trafficking” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Kansas Union Ballroom at the University of Kansas. ...
KU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society announces initiates
LAWRENCE — More than 90 University of Kansas students were initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the end of the fall semester. ...
KU launches site dedicated to political news for students
LAWRENCE — Today’s college students have grown up in a digital age, collecting their news online, but at the same time growing disillusioned with politics and the system. A new media project led by a University of Kansas professor will provide political news content designed to engage students in both...