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Three students to compete for Udall Scholarships
Three students at the University of Kansas are nominees for Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, which recognize students who demonstrate leadership, public service and commitment in the fields of tribal public policy, Native health care or the environment. ...
Two KU Engineering graduate students claim top honors at international radar conference
Two University of Kansas School of Engineering students have received international recognition for their research on radar systems. ...
Missouri scientist to discuss overdose crisis, need to improve addiction treatment systems, policies
Longtime disinvestment in health and social supports, roadblocks to treatment, historical trauma and the addition of fentanyl to the drug supply have combined to put Black communities at great risk for drug overdoses and deaths. In St. Louis, Black residents have the highest rates of drug-involved deaths of any demographic...
University Theatre set to perform 'H.M.S. Pinafore,' a comic class clash
Love doesn’t conform; it gets salty, particularly in "H.M.S. Pinafore," also known as "The Lass That Loved a Sailor," where W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan use satire to poke fun at the British class system through the lens of a love story. ...
School of Business hosts second KU Professional Selling Program / King’s Hawaiian Sales Competition
Students from across the country participated in the second KU Professional Selling Program / King’s Hawaiian Sales Competition, which took place April 8-9 at Capitol Federal Hall. ...
Jayhawks shine at 2022 Capitol Graduate Research Summit
Three University of Kansas students received honors during the 19th annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka at the end of March. Rohit Singh, Jacob Hodge and Lauren Johnson were each recognized for their outstanding research and presentations at an event that brings together the top graduate student researchers in...
Sexual Assault Awareness Month underway at KU
The Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center (SAPEC) at the University of Kansas broadens its reach every April as it hosts programs for Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a national campaign that raises awareness and offers education about sexual assault. ...
Autonomous vehicles could prove to be future model for delivery services, study finds
The notion of self-driving vehicles is currently met with equal parts wonder and alarm. But a new study reveals how the pros may outweigh the cons as a business strategy. ...
Faculty, instructor programming available for 'Disability Visibility,' the 2022-23 KU Common Book
KU Libraries, the Hall Center for the Humanities and University of Kansas Academic Success will launch programming for the 2022-23 Common Book at Red Hot Reading on April 15 at The Commons. This program for the book “Disability Visibility,” by Alice Wong, will be followed by a series of workshops...
KU junior named as Newman Civic Fellow
A University of Kansas junior has been named as a Newman Civic Fellow, an award that recognizes student leaders who demonstrated an investment in their community through service, research and advocacy. ...
Exhibition highlights collaborative research across art, physics, math
An exhibition opening April 20 presents collaborative research across visual art, mathematics, physics, music and dance at the University of Kansas. “Collective Entanglements,” organized by the Spencer Museum of Art’s Integrated Arts Research Initiative (IARI), explores work by IARI research fellows Agnieszka Międlar, associate professor of mathematics; Daniel Tapia Takaki,...
Two KU juniors to compete for Astronaut Scholarships
Two outstanding University of Kansas undergraduates, recently named 2022 Goldwater Scholars, are representing KU in the Astronaut Scholarship program. ...
International Jayhawk Festival will celebrate KU’s global community April 19
Connect with the diverse global community at the University of Kansas and discover an abundance of international opportunities at the sixth annual International Jayhawk Festival, which will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. April 19 at the Burge Union. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 291st Basic Training Class
Twenty-four new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on April 8 at a ceremony held in the KLETC Integrity Auditorium. ...
NSF award fuels quest to understand what makes voting-rights advocacy groups thrive
With voting rights being challenged across the nation, a University of Kansas scholar is examining what today's voting rights advocacy groups can learn from a political organization that has traveled down that road before. ...
Seats available for Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative Symposium
Limited seats are available for the in-person Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative Symposium, the culmination of activities over the past year from the Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative. ...
Evening of stories, performances will offer support for Ukraine
Featuring personal stories, poetry, theatre performance and music, several University of Kansas partners will host a night in support of Ukrainians on April 18. ...
Theatre for social change: The legacy of George Tabori
George Tabori, whose own father died at Auschwitz, did not believe the Holocaust was too serious a subject to treat with humor. Rather, he used absurdity and dark comedy to discomfit and bring about an ethical-witness relationship between the audience and the unthinkable. ...
Multidisciplinary team of KU graduate students chosen as finalist in HUD competition
The need for affordable housing has never been greater. Already a growing problem in many U.S. cities for over a decade, the price spikes and supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the housing crisis to both metropolitan and rural areas across the country. ...
International legal scholar to discuss post-conflict federalism at KU lecture
International legal scholar Jens Woelk will discuss post-conflict federalism during the Casad Comparative Law Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Researchers publish most thorough study yet of 'smart,' spitting archerfishes
Archerfishes are the anti-aircraft gunners of the aquatic world. The fishes are famed for their amazing ability to shoot down land-based insects midflight with highly accurate streams of water they project from their mouths. ...
School of Engineering bestows 3 with Distinguished Engineering Service Award
Three alumni from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will receive the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 5. ...
KU mathematics researcher receives NSF CAREER award
Agnieszka Międlar, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas, has received the National Science Foundation award for the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER). ...
KU project to aid young women with autism in mapping health resources in community
Transitioning to life after high school is a monumental time in young people’s lives, as they move on to college, enter the workforce, leave home and begin adult life. But for young people with autism, that time can be especially fraught, as supports and programs in place to support them...
Spencer Museum announces Sydney Pursel as new curator for public practice
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has announced the hiring of Sydney Pursel as the institution’s first curator for public practice. This new position will focus on ways to include community voices in the Spencer Museum’s exhibitions and programs along with shaping the direction of the...
KFRTI expands reach in western Kansas with annual fire school partnership, new remote hire
— When Kelly McCoy, director of Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute (KFRTI), was hired in July 2020, the Fire Service Training Commission (FSTC) charged him with increasing training opportunities for volunteer firefighters in western Kansas. McCoy and his colleagues were up to the task. ...
KU, Haskell scholars to present research projects at annual symposium
Research on the spread of fungal infections, effectiveness of teletherapy, use of microfluidics for diagnostics, communication strategies of bacteria, and effects of social behavior and stress on brain signaling will be among student work presented at the 22nd annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Student Research Symposium. ...
In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe/Sacred Red Rock Project receives $5 million Mellon Foundation Monuments Project Grant
The Mellon Foundation has announced a grant to the In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe/Sacred Red Rock Project for the return of a 28-ton red Siouxan quartzite boulder located for the past 93 years in Robinson Park, Lawrence, to the Kaw Nation. ...
Two language departments in the College to merge
This July, the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Languages & Literatures and the Department of German Studies at the University of Kansas will merge and become the Department of Slavic, German & Eurasian Studies. The merged department in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will host a joint Bachelor...
Toni Morrison novels get at root cause of health care disparities, professor writes
While some people have lately sought to remove Toni Morrison’s 1970 novel “The Bluest Eye” from high school curricula, a University of Kansas researcher argues that part of its value is the way it informs modern readers about longstanding gendered and racial health disparities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...