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Using FDA addiction science, researcher asks: Do salty, high-fat foods act like drugs?
University of Kansas researcher Tera Fazzino is investigating whether “hyperpalatable” foods marketed to Americans — foods formulated with artificially high amounts of fat, salt and carbohydrates — have traits commonly associated with addictive substances. She recently earned a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to test the idea using experimental practices standard in the field of regulatory research.
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Mon, 05/13/2024
Spencer Museum, Charlotte Street announce Rocket Grants 2024 call for artists
Rocket Grants fund artists in the Lawrence and Kansas City area who are creating exceptional, under-the-radar and artist-centered projects in public spaces. The Spencer Museum will offer an information session at 6 p.m. May 23. Applications are due June 24.
Fri, 05/10/2024
KU announces promotion and tenure for 149 faculty and researchers
Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 64 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 85 individuals at the KU Medical Center campuses.
Fri, 05/10/2024
Professor of journalism serves as juror for Pulitzer Prize
Patricia Weems Gaston, Lacy C. Haynes Professor of Journalism, served as a juror for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prize is regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievement and musical composition.
Fri, 05/10/2024
China’s ‘puzzling’ sanctions approach decoded using new data
Jack Zhang, assistant professor of political science, introduces both a new dataset on sanctions involving China and a research framework for expanding knowledge about non-Western economic sanctions more generally.
Thu, 05/09/2024
KU student DaNae Estabine honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named the 2024-2025 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. DaNae Estabine, junior in psychology from Olathe, is KU's fellow, nominated by Chancellor Douglas A. Girod.
Thu, 05/09/2024
KU researcher part of national survey to study how youths take part in labor market
A KU researcher will be part of a partnership to establish the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2027, the latest effort from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics to understand how youths take part in the labor market and how that affects their lives and livelihood.
Thu, 05/09/2024
KU announces 2024 Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards
The Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of two annual awards recognizing undergraduate research mentors who make a difference in the lives of their students at KU. Cindy Berrie, professor in chemistry, and Laura Kirk, associate teaching professor in theatre and film, are the 2024 honorees.
Thu, 05/09/2024
School of Education & Human Sciences to honor 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
The School of Education & Human Sciences will honor two of its alumni with one of its top awards this spring. Scot Pollard and the late Matt Enyart will be recognized with the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award at the school’s spring convocation ceremony.
Wed, 05/08/2024
KU expert to speak in French-British film series
Colin Roust, associate professor of musicology, is heading to London to introduce the screening of a film scored by the 20th century French composer about whom Roust wrote the first, definitive biography, “Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics.”
Wed, 05/08/2024
University plans summer makeover for Potter Lake
This summer, Potter Lake is getting a makeover for its 113th birthday. A major project will begin in May to dredge the lake, rebuild portions of the original edge wall, and improve the spillway and sediment basin. Part of the work will be to collect turtles, frogs and reptiles and relocate them to a pond in KU’s West District.
Wed, 05/08/2024
Students Parnian Arafi and senior Kaitlyn Sy receive Courtwright Awards
Two KU students who earned spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Awards have also been honored with Courtwright Awards for Undergraduate Research Excellence through KU’s Center for Undergraduate Research. Parnian Arafi is a junior in biochemistry. Kaitlyn Sy is a senior in biotechnology.
Wed, 05/08/2024
2024 KU seniors honor high school teachers with Wolfe Teaching Excellence Awards
Three outstanding high school teachers from Lyndon and Shawnee, Kansas, and from Webster Grove, Missouri, will be recognized with the Wolfe Teaching Excellence Award this spring. KU seniors submit the nominations.
Tue, 05/07/2024
Educational research should pinpoint anti-Black aggressions to build better policy, scholar argues
A KU scholar has published an article that argues educational research should instead study antiblack aggressions as scholars originally intended and use the approach to build more equitable policy at the individual and institutional levels.
Tue, 05/07/2024
Spencer Museum announces 2024 Brosseau Creativity Award recipients
The awards honor innovative and risk-taking creative work in the categories of writing and diverse media from KU undergraduate students in any area of study. The winners are Laryn Anne Elliott-Langford and Matthew Kurniawan. Alice Lubin-Meyer received an honorable mention.
Tue, 05/07/2024
KU Libraries honor student employees at Dean’s Award luncheon
Leaders at the University of Kansas Libraries recognized the essential contributions of student workers and highlighted outstanding student employees and ambassadors at a May 2 banquet. Student honorees included Nicholas Schemper, Hailey LaPlant, Margaret Baechle and Zoe Camarin.
Mon, 05/06/2024
Accountability standards based on rules of democracy needed in times of rising political violence, scholar argues
Populism, violence and democratic backsliding are all reasons to establish accountability standards for government administrators and public administration scholars, a KU professor writes in new work for the journal Public Administration Review.
Fri, 05/03/2024
Self Graduate Fellowship to present research in Europe
The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship at KU will travel to Europe for the inaugural Self Graduate Fellowship International Seminar from May 14 to 23, where 23 doctoral students will present their work. Jayhawks abroad are invited to attend the event.
Fri, 05/03/2024
University of Kansas receives top-five 'Military Friendly School' ranking
The University of Kansas ranks fifth nationally among Tier 1 research institutions in the annual “Military Friendly Schools” survey. The ranking reflects KU’s long-standing commitment to serving veterans and other military-affiliated students.
Fri, 05/03/2024
Black-Cheslik family provides $1 million gift to support Department of History professorship
Julie Cheslik and her husband, Paul M. Black, provided a $1 million gift through KU Endowment to establish the John P. Black Professorship in History. It was named for their son, a 2022 KU graduate, and provides the opportunity for more students to be taught by top scholars in the field.
Fri, 05/03/2024
Religious demographic change shifts support toward Christian nationalism, study finds
In a new study, a KU professor of political science examines the rise in Christian nationalism. “This paper reveals that a big part of what’s driving support for Christian nationalism is in fact this fear and anxiety over religious demographic change and not specifically about racial demographic change.”
Thu, 05/02/2024
KU recognizes 14 students with 2024 University Awards
The University Awards, among the most prestigious awards presented at KU, were established to recognize students who embody service excellence, dedication or whose academic achievements are stellar.
Thu, 05/02/2024
KUIA awards 31 grants for research and collaboration abroad
KU International Affairs has awarded more than $58,000 in travel grants to 23 KU faculty members and eight graduate students to support research and collaboration abroad.
Wed, 05/01/2024
Information for news media covering University of Kansas Class of 2024 Commencement
The University of Kansas invites news media to cover the university’s Commencement ceremony May 12 for the Class of 2024. News media photographers will need KU credentials to shoot from the photo pen on the Campanile plaza and to get inside the stadium.
Wed, 05/01/2024
Contemplating eco-catastrophe through Spanish science fiction lens
The “deep, existential malaise” stemming from fear of impending ecological catastrophe has permeated science fiction around the globe, a KU professor writes in a new journal article.
Wed, 05/01/2024
KU announces new 2024-2025 Self Memorial Scholars
Twenty-two students have been selected to receive the KU Madison and Lila Self Memorial Scholarship for the 2024-2025 academic year. The merit-based scholarship is awarded to outstanding seniors from KU who will be transitioning into their first year of a graduate degree program at the university in fall 2024.
Wed, 05/01/2024
KU grounds crew taking a new, more strategic and sustainable approach to landscaping
The Lawrence campus aesthetic plays a key role in recruiting, and the KU landscaping team works to create a beautiful and welcoming environment for students, employees and visitors.
Tue, 04/30/2024
University community mourns death of Morris Faiman
The University of Kansas community is mourning Morris “Morrie” Faiman, longtime faculty member, who died April 23. He was 91. Faiman joined KU’s Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology in 1965.
Tue, 04/30/2024
Researchers parse oddity of distantly related bats in Solomon Islands that appear identical
A study of body size in leaf-nosed bats of the Solomon Islands that involved evolutionary biologists from the University of Kansas — who collected specimens, conducted genetic analysis and co-wrote research in the journal Evolution — reveals surprising genetic diversity among nearly indistinguishable species on different islands.
Tue, 04/30/2024
University announces spring 2024 Employees of the Month
The university has honored KU Lawrence employees for outstanding service for the months of January, February and March.
Tue, 04/30/2024
Seven students receive Kansas Biological Survey Student Research Awards for 2024
The Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research has awarded $7,500 in funding this spring for student research to be conducted this year. Seven students will receive assistance through the research center’s 2024 Student Research Awards.