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Wed, 01/25/2023

KU Center for Environmental Policy to host conversation with EPA Region 7 Office

LAWRENCE — Join the KU Center for Environmental Policy, part of the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas, for a moderated conversation on climate change and environmental justice with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Jan. ...

Wed, 01/25/2023

KU Law student wins grant, plans on serving Salina community

LAWRENCE – A third-year student at the University of Kansas School of Law will receive a grant from the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation. Lindsay McQuinn is a recipient of the foundation’s Rural Law Practice Grant. ...

Tue, 01/24/2023

Karrie Shogren named distinguished professor

LAWRENCE – University of Kansas faculty member Karrie Shogren advises foreign government ministers, presents in countries around the globe and contributes her knowledge to Kansas in presentations across the state. She is a leading scholarly figure in nearly every aspect of researching children with developmental disabilities and of self-determination among...

Tue, 01/24/2023

School of Business online MBA program moves into top 10 of U.S. News & World Report rankings

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business online MBA program improved nine spots to seventh overall in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released today. ...

Tue, 01/24/2023

Spotlight on Care to feature ‘Liberate Your Research’ workshop series with scholar, author Nadine Naber

LAWRENCE — In its eighth semester, the Spotlight on Care series at the University of Kansas will begin with a three-part workshop, led by Nadine Naber, University of Illinois-Chicago professor of gender & women’s studies and global Asian studies. ...

Tue, 01/24/2023

University announces November, December 2022 Employees of the Month

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas recently announced the November and December 2022 Employees of the Month. These staff members have made outstanding contributions to the Lawrence and Edwards campus communities. ...

Mon, 01/23/2023

KU disinformation and democracy series resumes in spring 2023

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas collaborative series that centers misinformation, disinformation and the wellness of democracy will continue in the spring 2023 semester. ...

Fri, 01/20/2023

Experts in ecosystem resilience, ground-penetrating radar and social systems receive KU research achievement awards

Fri, 01/20/2023

The New York Times digital access expanded for KU community

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community now has an additional reason to bookmark NYTimes.com beyond a daily attempt at Wordle. Anyone with a KU email address can access The New York Times for free. Site access was expanded through negotiations by KU Libraries and made possible through funding from...

Thu, 01/19/2023

KU team partners with Indigenous community to bring positive sport environment to coaches, kids

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have conducted and published extensive research studies on how evidence-based positive sport environments help athletes learn from mistakes, stay with sports and experience more positive development. Now, those researchers have collaborated with an Indigenous community sporting program to understand how the program can be...

Thu, 01/19/2023

KU Innovation Park hires David Sprenger as executive vice president of business development

LAWRENCE — KU Innovation Park has announced the addition of David Sprenger to staff as the executive vice president of business development. Sprenger, previously residing in Denver, started at the beginning of January. ...

Thu, 01/19/2023

Origin and significance of English Reformation revealed in new book

Thu, 01/19/2023

KU School of Music to host Prairie Winds Festival

LAWRENCE — Nearly 100 music students from across the region will descend onto the University of Kansas Lawrence campus next month for the Prairie Winds Festival, hosted by the School of Music. ...

Wed, 01/18/2023

Best-selling author, poet Ross Gay to give 2023 Kenneth Spencer Lecture

Feb. 16 update: This event has been postponed due to illness. ...

Tue, 01/17/2023

Study shows SMART Recovery holds potential to help LGBTQ population with alcohol, substance use

LAWRENCE — People looking for help in reducing their alcohol and other substance use often turn to 12-step programs. But while research shows that LGBTQ individuals are more likely to struggle with substance use issues than their peers, they also often face barriers to engaging in traditional treatment programs. A...

Tue, 01/17/2023

Authors put Langston Hughes in a family context

LAWRENCE – A century after he first rose to prominence as a poet, fiction writer, playwright, autobiographer and satirist, Langston Hughes continues to attract attention from scholars seeking to shed new light on his life and work. In this spirit, the editors of the new book “Langston Hughes in Context”...

Tue, 01/17/2023

Using fungi, researchers convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry

LAWRENCE — Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key components for making pharmaceuticals. ...

Tue, 01/17/2023

KU names new executive director of Center for Technology Commercialization

LAWRENCE — Cliff Michaels will become the new executive director of the KU Center for Technology Commercialization, which assists University of Kansas researchers across all campuses in commercializing their discoveries. He will begin his position Jan. 17. ...

Tue, 01/17/2023

Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 303rd Basic Training Class

Fri, 01/13/2023

Grant to expand research that supports Kansans with disabilities and their families

LAWRENCE — Building on more than 50 years of federal funding, a University of Kansas research center focused on intellectual and developmental disabilities has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant to expand its work that supports Kansans with disabilities and their families. ...

Thu, 01/12/2023

Costs vs. benefits of COVID-19 lockdowns and mask mandates revealed in new research

LAWRENCE — Beginning in 2020, most state governors ordered lockdowns and mask mandates to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. But a new study examines how the value of these actions also came with costs. ...

Thu, 01/12/2023

Retired KU pharmacy professor establishes $1.6M scholarship fund

LAWRENCE – Gary Grunewald, who spent 50 years on the faculty of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, is making a $1.6 million contribution to establish a scholarship fund for pharmacy students at KU. The endowed scholarship will fund two full-tuition scholarships each year for students in the school. ...

Thu, 01/12/2023

Kansas coalition to take step toward development of regional hydrogen hub

LAWRENCE — A coalition of Kansas public entities and private partners will apply for federal funding that could make Kansas a regional hub in the emerging hydrogen economy. ...

Wed, 01/11/2023

Department of Mathematics announces Undergraduate Research Award winners

LAWRENCE — The Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas has awarded $1,000 scholarships to three KU students to support their research projects for the spring 2023 semester. ...

Wed, 01/11/2023

'Improbable Probabilities' tells unlikely story of education scholar Yong Zhao's journey from poverty to international acclaim

LAWRENCE — It is improbable that a child born in a remote village in 1960s China to a family of illiterate parents whose main concern in life was to find the next meal would grow up to become an internationally known scholar and educational leader. Yet, just as unlikely as...

Tue, 01/10/2023

Pandemic-forced shift to online education can be boon for future social workers; researcher offers framework

LAWRENCE — The COVID-19 pandemic forced education, services, health care and many other aspects of everyday life online. For social work, that transition started as a challenge, but it can actually be an opportunity for educators, social workers and the people they serve. A University of Kansas professor has published...

Tue, 01/10/2023

Book details how Native Americans of the Pacific Coast sustainably managed resources

Tue, 01/10/2023

University announces 2023 cohort of Aspiring Leaders

LAWRENCE — Fifteen University of Kansas staff members will hone their leadership skills in 2023 through participation in the university’s Aspiring Leaders program. This is the eighth cohort since the program launched in 2017. ...

Tue, 01/10/2023

New research shows a rural-urban divide in access, affordability and satisfaction with broadband in Kansas

Wed, 01/04/2023

Expert says lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. remain relevant to US democracy struggles

LAWRENCE – Few observers are better positioned to comment on the significance of the forthcoming annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16, than University of Kansas scholar Randal Maurice Jelks. ...

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