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University of Kansas announces 2025-2026 graduates
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KU to celebrate Franz Liszt's 200th birthday with Sept. 11-13 festival
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KU to host tenth anniversary commemoration of Sept. 11, 2001
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will mark the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 with a series of events, including a presentation by a 9/11 survivor. ...
Bioscience company Gyrasol becomes sixth tenant at BTBC at KU Main Facility
LAWRENCE — The Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas (BTBC at KU) Main Facility has secured its sixth tenant. ...
Thousands of early Kansas photos now available in KU Libraries' digital image repository
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Internationally known architectural designer to speak in Lawrence
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students and community members have the opportunity to learn about architectural design by an internationally known expert. ...
Statements from Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger Regarding the Big 12 Conference
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little:...
Retirement eligibility could cause significant science teacher shortage, KU report says
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KU researchers improve effectiveness of Early Head Start
LAWRENCE — Kansas Early Head Start home visitors in Wyandotte County, Manhattan, Clay Center, Hays and Dodge City saw significant improvement in children’s language development when they used a Web-based “intelligent advisor” system developed at the University of Kansas Juniper Garden’s Children’s Project, a research group working in the...
KU Center for Applied Economics releases report on Kansas property taxes
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KU Libraries team up with gridiron Jayhawks for 'Touchdown Challenge'
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KU adopts automated payment technology for clinical research studies
LAWRENCE — Participants in research studies, including medical clinical trials and other projects involving human subjects, typically receive payment for their time and trouble. That means handing out cash or lots of checks for small amounts of money. It also means keeping track of personal information for audit and...
Student Senate to unveil plaque to celebrate completion of Underground expansion
LAWRENCE — Representatives from Student Senate will unveil the official plaque to be displayed in the recently expanded Wescoe Underground on Sept. 1 at 4:15 p.m. The event is open to media and the public. ...
KU among first to develop journalism course on covering traumatic events
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Journalism is taking a step not often seen in journalism schools around the country by implementing a course specifically designed to educate journalism students on how to cover the traumatic and violent events often encountered in their potential future line of work. ...
Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute receives donation to deliver grain engulfment rescue training
Glenn Pribbenow (third from left), director of the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, accepts a $90,000 gift from representatives of the Kansas grain industry to purchase equipment for grain engulfment rescue training. ...
$1 million gift honors KU Medical Center leader
Barbara Atkinson, M.D., executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center and executive dean of the KU School of Medicine...
Search engine data a useful predictor of stock returns, KU study shows
New research by a team of researchers at the KU School of Business demonstrates that online ticker searches can predict abnormal stock returns and trading volumes during the subsequent week. ...
Governor praises University of Kansas for savings on pharmacy expansion
LAWRENCE — Gov. Sam Brownback lauded University of Kansas officials today as the university released $4.5 million in bonding authority back to the state after the School of Pharmacy expansion project finished close to 10 percent under budget. ...
Student scientist uncovers ancient link between plants and fungi in Antarctica
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41 KU students completing summer research projects
LAWRENCE — Forty-one students at the University of Kansas are returning to campus this fall having spent the summer working on an undergraduate research project. ...
KU to hold film screening, discussion with man wrongly convicted of murder
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KU develops writing tool to help Kansas students, teachers in virtual environment
LAWRENCE — A new writing tool developed at the University of Kansas can take students step-by-step through the writing process and allow teachers to evaluate and score student writing as well as provide valuable feedback, all in a virtual environment. ...
Preserving the Garden of Eden a soul-searching business for KU artist
In the early 1900s, at age 64, S.P. Dinsmoor began construction of his Cabin Home and Garden of Eden using ladders and makeshift scaffolding. Conservators with the Kohler Foundation of Wisconsin used a power hoist to work on the taller portions of Dinsmoor's art. (Photo credit: Erika Nelson: Friends of...
Dole Institute announces programming schedule for 2011 fall semester
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Chancellor surprises another 2011 Kemper Fellowship winner
Study of extraterrestrial life at KU is rare undergraduate opportunity
LAWRENCE — Few universities can claim to offer study in extra-terrestrial life with a course taught by an astronaut. Count the University of Kansas among those that can. ...
First KU Campus Art Walk hopes to provide creative view of campus
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KU lands $12 million grant to help Job Corps educators better prepare youth
LAWRENCE — A $12.5 million award to the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning will help the nation’s largest federal training program for skilled and semi-skilled workers better prepare young people for jobs in the construction and health care industries. ...