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Wheat State Tour returns with trip to historic Nicodemus
LAWRENCE — KU’s Wheat State Tour is back. Twenty-five University of Kansas faculty and staff will take a weekend journey across Kansas to explore the state’s history, economy, culture and geography. ...
Second dean candidate for KU School of Music to present Nov. 9
LAWRENCE — Kevin Sanders will be the second dean candidate to present his plans for the University of Kansas School of Music. ...
University to host Tribal Sovereignty Speaker Series in November
LAWRENCE — The KU Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging will host a Tribal Sovereignty Speaker Series over the month of November in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. ...
Kansas Public Radio launches KPR’s Community Spotlight
LAWRENCE – This fall, Kansas Public Radio is offering a new program to help spread the word about local community organizations. KPR’s Community Spotlight will give these organizations an opportunity to spread awareness using KPR’s airwaves each month. They will also have a small feature on-air, in KPR’s monthly e-newsletter...
KU to host inaugural First-Generation Student Conference
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will join institutions across the country by participating in the National First-Generation College Celebration (FGCC) on Nov. 8. ...
KU School of Music dean candidates to present visions for school
LAWRENCE — Three candidates will hold public presentations in a bid to become the next dean of the School of Music at the University of Kansas. ...
Graduate students to compete in 3-minute thesis competition
LAWRENCE — Entrepreneurs often have an “elevator pitch,” a concise speech to explain their business in 30-60 seconds. Research can be more complicated, so a group of University of Kansas graduate students will get a full 180 seconds to explain their projects in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition this...
KU announces ExCEL Award winners, concludes 111th Homecoming
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas students were named winners of the 2023 Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership (ExCEL) Awards, presented by Konica Minolta. Libby Frost of WaKeeney and Thanh Tan Nguyen of Phu Yen, Vietnam, were recognized during the KU-Oklahoma football game Oct. 28 in David Booth Kansas...
Kristen Baum will lead Monarch Watch
LAWRENCE — Monarch Watch, an international program at the University of Kansas dedicated to the conservation and study of monarch butterflies, has a new director. Kristen Baum, well known for her work on monarchs and pollinators, began this week as director of Monarch Watch and as a senior scientist at...
Distinguished professor lecture to highlight pay, promotion and grants in academia
LAWRENCE — Her work has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Economist, the New York Times and more. She’s testified before Congress and consulted on equity and diversity issues in science funding with organizations like the National Academies of Sciences, the National Institutes of Health and the...
‘Infamous’ woman physician at center of criminalizing abortion profiled in new biography
Registration now open for CPPR's Alternative Futures for Kansas: A Civic Imagination Workshop
LAWRENCE — The Center for Public Partnerships & Research at the University of Kansas is hosting the Alternative Futures for Kansas: A Civic Imagination Workshop on Nov. 15. This in-person workshop is open to the public, and its featured speaker is Jake Dunagan, Governance Futures Lab director at the Institute...
KU aerospace engineering students earn international design awards
LAWRENCE — Aerospace engineering students from the University of Kansas collected three awards in two major international design competitions, adding to the school’s record number of such honors. ...
Final dean candidate for School of Engineering to present Nov. 2
LAWRENCE — Atul Kelkar, the fourth and final candidate for the University of Kansas School of Engineering dean position, will give a public presentation on his vision for the school. ...
KU Endowment board elects 6 new trustees
LAWRENCE — At the KU Endowment Board of Trustees’ Annual Meeting on Oct. 27, six new trustees were elected: Stephonn Alcorn of New York City; William W. Humphrey III (Trey) of Mission Hills; Schalie A. Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri; Allison Long of Lawrence; Winifred Pinet (Win) of Plymouth, Michigan;...
Author details how Czechs overlaid politics onto Mozart
LAWRENCE – Even though Mozart lived mostly in Vienna and only visited Prague four times, German- and Czech-speaking residents of Prague have fought over his legacy ever since, trying to make it support their nationalistic beliefs. ...
Paper shows story of legal heroes solving crisis of 1929 stock market crash was a myth
LAWRENCE — Origin stories are powerful. From the Book of Genesis to Peter Parker’s fateful encounter with a radioactive spider, people draw a special kind of meaning and identity from these “founding” narratives. In the world of corporate finance, the birth of mandatory disclosure looms especially large: In the years...
Environmental activist Aileen Mioko Smith to give talks in Lawrence
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies will host environmental activist and writer Aileen Mioko Smith for a series of private and public events next week, including a film screening and artist talk. ...
Business advantages of customers using 'personal fabrication' in 3D printing revealed in new study
Audio-Reader launches new programming to make regional nonprofit news reporting accessible to individuals with disabilities
LAWRENCE — Audio-Reader Network, an audio information service based at the University of Kansas that makes print and online materials accessible to individuals with disabilities, has launched multiple hours of new content with a focus on nonprofit news reporting across Kansas and Missouri. The expanded programming offers individuals with visual...
Third dean candidate for School of Engineering to present Oct. 31
LAWRENCE — Caroline Schauer will be the third candidate for the University of Kansas School of Engineering dean position to give a public presentation on her vision for the school. ...
KU Law to host inaugural Well-Being Summit
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law will host a summit with national experts in the field of well-being within the legal profession, both as a resource for KU Law students to learn self-care early on and for the broader legal community. The inaugural Well-Being Summit will take...
Military aircraft to fly over campus Friday, Saturday in advance of football game
LAWRENCE – Military jets will fly over campus Friday and again Saturday in advance of this weekend’s University of Kansas Homecoming football game against Oklahoma. ...
University Dance Company to present 2023 Fall Concert
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Department of Theatre & Dance faculty members, along with a regional guest choreographer, will present work in ballet, hip-hop and modern/contemporary dance styles at the University Dance Company Fall Concert next month. Performances will be 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3-4 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 5. ...