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2023 international travel grants open for faculty, graduate students
LAWRENCE — KU International Affairs is accepting proposals and applications for travel grants that support faculty and graduate student research and collaboration abroad. ...
KU Libraries now accepting applications for Sprints Week 2023
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries want to help faculty members discover services and resources available to enrich teaching and research and are offering financial support to selected participants. Applications are now open for Sprints Week 2023, a program that offers faculty and academic staff the opportunity to team...
Effect of workplace sound level on physiological well-being revealed in new study
LAWRENCE — The sound made by a refrigerator is just 50 A-weighted decibels. A ringing telephone generates 70 dBA, a leaf blower 110 dBA and a jet engine 150 dBA. ...
‘Love and Information,’ a kaleidoscope of quick encounters, searches for meaning in collaborative production
LAWRENCE — Audiences at the University Theatre’s spring season opener will witness a unique performance from within the University of Kansas Department of Theatre & Dance with a script that’s been transformed by students. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces spring 2023 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Spring 2023 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series. ...
Spring 2023 KU Architecture Lecture Series opens Feb. 3
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Spring 2023 Architecture Lecture Series. ...
Just one quality conversation with a friend boosts daily well-being, study shows
LAWRENCE — Conversing with a friend just once during the day to catch up, joke around or tell them you’re thinking of them can increase your happiness and lower your stress level by day’s end. ...
Study shows students felt more engaged by augmented reality but learned less than those viewing video
New program to match STEM undergraduates, faculty mentors to increase diversity, mitigate effects of pandemic
KU School of Business earns extension of prestigious AACSB accreditation
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business has maintained its global accreditation in business and accounting for another five years with AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. ...
Researcher helps build center for avian-influenza pandemic preparedness with NSF award
Performance artist, poet, writer Gabrielle Civil to present at KU
LAWRENCE — Supported by the Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture, performance artist Gabrielle Civil will visit the University of Kansas on Feb. 13. While at KU, Civil will perform her latest work, “The Déjà Vu,” at 6 p.m. in the Forum in Marvin Hall. The performance is free and open...
KU nominates 5 undergraduates for 2023 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships
LAWRENCE — Five University of Kansas students who have been actively involved in undergraduate research during their university careers are competing for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, regarded as the premier undergraduate award to encourage excellence in science, engineering and mathematics. ...
KU leading project to aid students who internalized anxious feelings from pandemic
LAWRENCE —The University of Kansas has secured grant funding to conduct a project to look for students with internalizing behaviors who have anxious feelings that may negatively affect their education, and to help teachers implement new strategies to attend to those feelings while re-engaging in school. ...
KU Legal Aid Clinic, partners to host criminal record expungement clinic
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law’s Legal Aid Clinic will host a Clean Slate Criminal Record Expungement Clinic this spring in partnership with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office and the Lawrence Public Library. The clinic will take place in person from noon to 2:30 p.m. Feb. ...
Virtual visit with 'Disability Visibility' editor heralds upcoming Common Book events
LAWRENCE — A virtual visit from Alice Wong, disability rights activist and editor, will usher in several remaining activities surrounding the University of Kansas’ 10th Common Book, “Disability Visibility: First-person Stories from the Twenty-First Century.”...
Dole Institute announces spring semester programs
LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced the continuation of its 20th programming year with a new slate of events for the spring semester. These programs are part of the Dole Institute’s 20th anniversary and in honor of the late Senator...
Law Journal Symposium to explore the barriers formerly incarcerated people face for successful reentry
LAWRENCE – The United States continues to have one of the highest recidivism rates in the world. How can formerly incarcerated people successfully reenter society when so many barriers have been put in place against them? ...
New immersive learning program will explore the culture, environment and diversity of Kansas
KU Engineering announces new department chair
LAWRENCE — Caroline Bennett, professor of civil, environmental & architectural engineering, has been named chair of the University of Kansas Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering. She will assume her duties July 1. ...
New model effectively predicts consumers’ retail shopping mobility during a pandemic
LAWRENCE — COVID-19 forced people to contend with travel bans, stay-at-home orders and closure of nonessential businesses. A new study in the Journal of Business Research reveals how this significant event affected consumer mobility and shopping habits. And the results are hardly what one might predict. ...
KU Cofrin Logan Center to host public lecture on vaping, teen health
LAWRENCE — Do you have questions about vaping? Want to know more about the health effects of electronic cigarettes? Confused by terms like cart, Vuse, mod or Puff Bar? ...
Educate & Act Series resumes in spring 2023 with new topics around civic engagement, democracy
LAWRENCE — The Educate & Act series, led by The Commons, the Center for Service Learning and the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity, will host four virtual events in spring 2023 for University of Kansas students, staff and faculty. This series offers opportunities to learn more about...
KU Debate competes in 3 tournaments to kick off spring 2023
LAWRENCE — The KU debate team kicked off spring 2023 with successful performances at three different tournaments over the weekend. The team of Mickey McMahon, a senior from Leawood, and Michael Scott, a senior from Glenview, Illinois, took third place at an exclusive round robin for the top seven teams...
52-million-year-old fossils from high Arctic show near-primates were cool with colder climate
Study shows pandemic put duties of employers on those directing own in-home care without added resources
LAWRENCE — As the U.S. population ages, the number of people receiving long-term services and supports in their own home has grown, including the use of self-directed care. Self-directed care enables long-term care recipients to hire and manage their own workers, rather than using a home care agency. The COVID-19...