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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 294th Basic Training Class
Twenty-four new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on June 10 at a ceremony held in the KLETC Integrity Auditorium. ...
Study shows program improves teaching skills, students' word problem-solving
Students learning to solve math word problems can struggle to combine mathematical and language skills. For English language learners, the fastest-growing minority in U.S. schools, that challenge can be even greater as they attempt to learn math concepts in a second language. A new study from the University of Kansas...
Project to help KU build African linguistic expertise
A grant from the National Science Foundation will permit a University of Kansas professor to work with Congolese refugees in the Kansas City area on a project he hopes will elucidate certain Bantu language features while bolstering KU’s status as a hub for both African and linguistic studies. ...
Kansas Geological Survey receives grant to study critical minerals mining potential in region
The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kansas has been awarded $1.5 million for a two-year project to study the feasibility of recovering minerals critical to advanced and defense manufacturing as well as the clean energy industry from coal deposits, associated rock layers and legacy mining wastes found...
KU community mourns death of theatre & dance administrative associate Kim Bohmann
The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Kim Bohmann, an administrative associate for the Department of Theatre & Dance. Bohmann, 62, died June 3. ...
Visual communication design students awarded American Advertising Federation of Kansas City Foundation Scholarships
Four University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design students in the Visual Communication Design program have been awarded 2022 American Advertising Federation of Kansas City (AAF-KC) Foundation Scholarships. ...
AAI announces recipients of Arts & Humanities Grant
The Achievement & Assessment Institute has announced the recipients of this year’s Arts & Humanities Grant. ...
KU Law students make 2022 honor roll for pro bono service
Forty-nine University of Kansas School of Law students contributed 2,721 hours of free legal services over the past year. ...
Research reveals veterans often favor more restrictive gun control legislation than civilians
Opinion remains divided regarding how guns should factor into American society, especially those weapons designed for military warfare. ...
University of Kansas begins 'Hawks & Highways' summer events in Dodge City
The University of Kansas Alumni Association and Kansas Athletics are planning “Hawks & Highways” gatherings this summer in several Kansas communities, beginning in Dodge City. ...
Nine Jayhawks receive Undergraduate Research Awards for summer
This summer, nine University of Kansas students will receive an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
Dean of KU Libraries accepts job at Colby College
Kevin Smith, dean of KU Libraries since 2016, has been named the next director of Libraries at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He will begin his new appointment Aug. 1. ...
Study recommends how to prevent 'weaponizing' Title IX to cover up sexual assault
When a sexual assault survivor tells their story to a journalist, they may have any number of reasons for doing so, but almost certainly not because that reporter would be required to pass the information on to university administrators. Yet Title IX, the landmark gender equality in higher education legislation,...
University of Kansas announces partnership with Central Bank
The University of Kansas has selected Central Bank of the Midwest as its community banking partner, effective Aug. 1. ...
KU hosting Public Digital Humanities Institute for scholars across the country
This week, the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) at the University of Kansas is hosting 24 scholars and community partners from across the country to participate in a program designed to strengthen collaborative projects in the public and digital humanities. The Public Digital Humanities Institute (PDHI), funded...
Volunteers needed for Hawk Week Sexual Violence Prevention Program
The University of Kansas Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center (SAPEC) needs the assistance of dedicated faculty, staff and graduate students to train incoming students to be active bystanders against sexual violence through the Jayhawks Give a Flock bystander intervention program. ...
KU research award recipients working toward deeper understanding of Alzheimer's disease, fighting viral infections
Three projects — one investigating synaptic degeneration caused by Alzheimer’s disease and two addressing the prevention and treatment of two viruses — were selected to receive the 2022 J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research award at the University of Kansas. Researchers from the Department of Molecular Biosciences will conduct the...
KU Kudos: Read about recent faculty, staff achievements
It's time to celebrate Jayhawk colleagues' achievements: KU News Service accepted submissions and combed websites, social media and newsletters for recent external honors and awards for current faculty and staff at the Lawrence, Edwards and Medical Center campuses and affiliates. Have something to share? Submit by July 12 for the...
Scholars weave complex tale of urban American Indian experience
Kent Blansett challenges Americans to not think of American Indians as frozen relics of a pre-industrial past or exclusively as residents of rural reservations. Opening their eyes to the diversity of Indian Country is one of the many reasons he’s excited about the new book he co-edited, “Indian Cities: Histories...
KU junior earns Astronaut Scholarship
A University of Kansas student entering his final year of undergraduate study has earned a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. ...
Study finds conversion messages effective in reaching vaccine-hesitant populations
Health communicators, medical professionals, politicians and even average citizens have struggled with ways to convince those hesitant about COVID-19 vaccines to get inoculated. New research from the University of Kansas shows that conversion messages, or two-sided narrative messages describing someone who was reluctant to be vaccinated but changed their mind,...
KU Engineering tests new environmentally friendly refrigerant at Watson Library
When researchers at the University of Kansas wanted to test a new, environmentally friendly “chiller system” for large buildings, they didn’t have to go far — they chose Watson Library on the KU Lawrence campus. ...
Study photographically identifies characteristics that make proficient basketball scorers
Anyone who’s ever shot a basketball has heard a coach or well-meaning bystander give them tips like “bend your knees,” “tuck your elbow in” or “release the ball as high as possible.” A new series of studies from the University of Kansas examined which of those commonly implemented coaching cues...
KU Student Affairs announces leadership appointments
The University of Kansas Office of Student Affairs has appointed Jordan Brandt and Nikita Haynie to leadership positions. Brandt is the new director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), while Haynie takes over as the director of the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. ...
KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announces new initiates
The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 91 new members...
Hall Center for the Humanities announces awards, fellowships for 2022-23
The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas has announced the recipients of fellowships and grants awarded for 2022-2023. ...
Dole Institute to debut new exhibition featuring story of MIA soldier's wife
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will debut a new original exhibition, “Missing, Then Action: An Army Wife Speaks Out,” in the Elizabeth Dole Gallery and Reading Room on June 14, with a public program planned June 16. ...
Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute set to fight mental, physical stressors
From May 26-29, first responders across the state of Kansas, representing multiple fire and emergency service agencies, will participate in a four-day mental and physical health, wellness and resilience training workshop. ...
School of Business to hold sixth annual Summer Venture in Business
The University of Kansas School of Business will host two sessions of its sixth annual Summer Venture in Business program for high school students from June 5-7 and from July 8-10. ...
KU units work together to assist Ukrainian students, scholars
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, units across the University of Kansas have come together to support Ukrainian students on the Lawrence campus and assist students and scholars displaced by the war. ...