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Spencer Museum opens Oct. 15 with never before exhibited works
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas will reopen its galleries Oct. 15 with a new exhibition featuring works of art from the collection that have never been displayed. ...
Cognitive study shows lack of bilingual education adversely affects English language learners' writing skills
As the number of Spanish-speaking English learners has increased in U.S. schools, research and attention have focused on how to boost students' reading and speaking skills. A first-of-its-kind study from the University of Kansas has examined three key cognitive functions and their role in learning to write, showing that a...
Andrew and Cecilia Godwin of Leawood to receive Homecoming Spirit of 1912 Award
The University of Kansas Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Leadership Board have named Andrew and Cecilia Romero Godwin of Leawood as winners of this year’s Rich and Judy Billings Spirit of 1912 Award. The annual award recognizes Jayhawks who consistently display school spirit, pride and tradition. ...
KU Asian Classical Music Initiative announces opening concert Oct. 16
A concert and panel discussion at the University of Kansas will highlight music from Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures. ...
Liver disease researcher at KU Medical Center receives Chancellors Club Research Award
Wen-Xing Ding, a scientist at the University of Kansas Medical Center who specializes in research into the mechanisms of degradation and recycling of cells in the liver, is the recipient of the 2021 Chancellors Club Research Award. ...
Chancellor's Doctoral Fellow selected as 2021-22 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellow
Alyssa Cole, current Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellow and doctoral candidate in history at the University of Kansas, has won a competitive Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship from the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College. ...
KU Audio-Reader celebrating 50 years
On Oct. 11, 1971, Audio-Reader’s first broadcast went on the air from the University of Kansas. For the next 50 years, Audio-Reader has provided access to information and the arts to anyone who has difficulty reading standard printed materials due to vision loss, physical or learning disability, mobility challenges and...
Self Memorial Scholarship announces 2021-2022 Advisory Board
The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Programs at the University of Kansas have announced the Advisory Board for the Self Memorial Scholarship. Advisory Board includes KU leaders and faculty members:...
Office will observe Ombuds Day with public conversation with Chuck Howard
The fourth annual Ombuds Day will feature a public conversation with Chuck Howard, the executive director of the International Ombuds Association, at the University of Kansas. The event will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, and is co-sponsored by the KU Ombuds Office and the Office of...
Lori Hasselman named Native American student success coordinator
The University Academic Support Centers has announced that Lori Hasselman (Delaware/Shawnee Tribes of Oklahoma) has been named as the Native American student success coordinator at the University of Kansas. ...
KU Law graduates outperform statewide bar pass rates in Kansas, Missouri
University of Kansas School of Law graduates who took the Kansas and Missouri bar exams for the first time in July 2021 passed at rates well above the state averages. ...
Honoring a life: Family hopes sharing story and establishing research fund will reduce stigma of addiction
Gayla Guthrie remembers her brother Patrick Guthrie for his wicked sense of humor and his intense love of his family and the University of Kansas. ...
KU School of Social Welfare announces 2021-22 cohort of MSW Research Scholars
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare’s Research Office has announced the 2021-22 cohort of MSW Research Scholars. The Master of Social Work students work closely with an academic researcher on their work for 22 weeks (11 weeks each semester) for an average of eight hours per week. ...
KU musicology professor receives 2021 Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award
Paul Laird, professor of musicology at the University of Kansas, is known for his creative, energetic teaching style filled with movement and music. ...
Scholar helps bring renewed focus to Italian filmmaker
Five years after the death of renowned screenwriter and filmmaker Ettore Scola, a scholar of Italian culture at the University of Kansas is contributing to a renewal of interest in Scola’s cinematic career. ...
Study: Social media can learn how to regulate speech from online gaming
As social media giants like Facebook and Twitter come under increasing criticism for how they approach what type of speech is allowed on their platforms, another type of online group navigated similar struggles more than a decade ago, according to two University of Kansas scholars who have written a new...
Research showing why people ditch electric vehicles shows 'revolution' will be slow, rocky
For over a decade, policy and industry have tried to make electric vehicles more widely available and get people to buy them. Previous research on how to do this has largely focused on examined early adopters of plug-in electric vehicles and surveyed urban residents’ stated preferences for these vehicles. ...
Grant will give public better access to history of Black literature
When Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Beloved” came out in 1987, Maryemma Graham’s community book group in Oxford, Mississippi, started reading it but found its prose difficult to understand and enjoy. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 283rd Basic Training Class
Twenty-six new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Oct. 1 at a ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Relationships between transgender patients, their physicians explored in ‘Medicalization’ history
The endeavor of individuals who want to medically change their gender has become a hot-button topic in contemporary society. But it’s actually been part of the cultural dialogue for more than a century. ...
With new $11.35M NIH COBRE award, KU center continues fight against infectious diseases
The COVID-19 pandemic is an awful reminder of the “perpetual” public health challenge of infectious disease. In addition to emerging contagions, the world also faces a decline in effectiveness of antibiotics for both human and animal health. ...
KPR’s fall membership drive breaks a record, raising $334,000
Kansas Public Radio listener-members came through for the public radio station during their fall membership drive Sept. 17-24 and raised $334,000 — the most successful fall campaign in KPR’s history. ...
Book spotlights dark side of 20th-century British writer who wrestled with faith
The figure of the gargoyle is key to appreciating the early 20th-century British writer G.K. Chesterton, author John Tibbetts believes. ...
KU experts can speak on scary seasonal topics for Halloween
Witches and zombies, vampires, ghosts and gargoyles – there are University of Kansas experts available to expound on our fascination with most literary, stage and screen spirits this Halloween season. ...
KU Student Affairs announces leadership appointments
The University of Kansas Office of Student Affairs has appointed two individuals to new positions who have years of experience focusing on diversity and equity efforts at KU. ...
Geology professor inducted into National Academy of Engineering
A faculty member of the Department of Geology who has a doctorate in civil engineering-water resources from Princeton University is the most recent University of Kansas faculty member to be elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional distinctions in engineering. ...
Fall tour of KU Native Medicinal Plant Garden this Saturday
The public is invited to the fall tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Garden this Saturday, Oct. 2. This year's tour, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m, will be an informal, open house-style event. ...
KU student receives prestigious doctoral dissertation award
University of Kansas history of art doctoral candidate Rachel Quist has received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award. ...
KU Alumni Association, Black Alumni Network celebrate young alumni with inaugural Emerging Leaders Award
The University of Kansas Alumni Association’s Black Alumni Network this year begins a new tradition of honoring young alumni for their professional achievements and community service. Seven Jayhawks will receive the inaugural Emerging Leaders awards at the network’s biennial reunion Oct. 14-17, during Homecoming weekend: ...
'To Boldly Go' book examines leadership through lens of science fiction
“To boldly go …”...