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Center for Montessori Research director is lead editor on first-of-its-kind Montessori education publication
LAWRENCE — Angela Murray, director of University of Kansas Achievement & Assessment Institute’s Center for Montessori Research (CMR), is an anthology editor of the upcoming Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education, a comprehensive guide to Montessori education that serves as an authoritative and accessible resource tracing Montessori education from its historical...
KU to test emergency alert system on Lawrence campus March 7
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will conduct an all-systems test of its emergency alert systems for the Lawrence campus at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7. The test will include the Lawrence campus emergency public address system, tornado sirens, text message alerts and email alerts. ...
Legal Services for Students offering tax filing assistance
LAWRENCE — Legal Services for Students, an office at the University of Kansas that offers legal assistance, advice and education to students on wide variety of issues, will offer free tax filing assistance this spring through a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance grant from the Internal Revenue Service. ...
Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity invites KU community to opening of Pregnant & Parenting Resource Pantry
LAWRENCE — The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity has announced that its Pregnant & Parenting Resource Pantry Premiere will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 6 in Suite 1040 of the Burge Union. ...
Project to document positives of LGBTQ+ student relationships, boost campus supports
LAWRENCE — There is a tendency among both researchers and service providers to focus on the negatives when it comes to LGBTQ+ relationships: the unique challenges and stresses individuals face from society, families, peers and others. But a new University of Kansas research project is working with LGBTQ+ college students...
KU students to present at Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol
LAWRENCE — Undergraduate researchers from the University of Kansas Lawrence and Medical Center campuses will present their research projects March 1 as part of Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. ...
KU Police Department releases 2022 crime data for Lawrence campus
LAWRENCE — Reported crimes were up at the University of Kansas Lawrence campus, according to statistics released today by the KU Police Department. ...
Elizabeth MacGonagle honored with 2022 Woodyard International Educator Award
LAWRENCE — Elizabeth MacGonagle, associate professor of history and African & African-American studies at the University of Kansas, is the recipient of the 2022 George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award. ...
KU Law students offer assistance with free tax preparation
LAWRENCE – Do you know if you’re eligible for free tax preparation services? ...
Bestselling author to discuss the ‘dark history and troubling present of eugenics’
LAWRENCE — A scientist, broadcaster and bestselling author who focuses on the complicated, interwoven history of genetics and race will give a public seminar at the University of Kansas in early March. ...
KU Autism Conference to feature wide range of sessions for professionals, scientists, families
LAWRENCE — Researchers, students, professionals, educators, families and advocates are invited to Autism Across the Life Span, an annual conference presented by the Kansas Center for Autism Research & Training (K-CART) at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute. ...
Kansas African Studies Center announces series on public health, well-being
LAWRENCE — The Kansas African Studies Center (KASC) has announced the schedule for the 2023 Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium Series, which continues the 2022-2023 academic year theme of “Public Health and Well-being in Global Africa.” It features presentations from researchers across the health professions, including biomedicine, health humanities and psychology. ...
University of Kansas, KU Alumni Association open Jayhawk Welcome Center and renovated Adams Alumni Center
KU announces online data analytics undergraduate program for fall 2023
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas is launching a new concentration in applied data analytics in its Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program in the School of Professional Studies. It will be offered online through the University of Kansas Edwards Campus beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, giving students...
Researchers plan center to track mammal pathogens in the wild to warn of coming pandemics
KU debate team wins Mid America Championship debate tournament
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas debaters Ethan Harris, sophomore from Lawrence, and Will Soper, junior from Bucyrus, won the Mid America Championship debate tournament hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma. The pair went undefeated over 10 rounds of debates Feb. 17-19 to win the championship. ...
Policymaker, cybersecurity expert to give 2023 KU Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture
LAWRENCE — R. David Edelman, an American policymaker and academic who currently directs the Project on Technology, the Economy, and National Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture at the University of Kansas. Edelman is one of the...
Fourth KU Libraries dean candidate to present Feb. 23
LAWRENCE — The fourth candidate for the University of Kansas Libraries dean position will give a public presentation at 3 p.m. Feb. 23 in Watson Library in Watson 3 West Event Space. ...
'Transparency for thee, not for me': Study shows SEC mounting secrecy about whistleblower program
Ecocritic ponders links between race, environmental crisis in new works
LAWRENCE — For Paul Outka, associate professor of English at the University of Kansas, the “slow-motion meteor strike” of environmental degradation and the accompanying “sense of looming, but not fully arrived, apocalypse … that unites us all is an ever-increasing precarity” have demanded his scholarly attention. ...
Labor economics expert available to discuss how end of SNAP emergency allotments will affect families
LAWRENCE — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps offset the costs for families who face food insecurity. It’s one of the most frequently accessed public programs, aiding more than 41 million people each month. ...