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Thu, 08/15/2024

2024 Lelon Capps Lecture will explore culture, learning and community in mathematics classrooms

The School of Education & Human Sciences will welcome Dorothy White, professor of mathematics education at the University of Georgia, as the 2024 Lelon Capps featured lecturer. White will present “Embracing Students’ Cultures to Foster Learning and Community in Mathematics Classrooms” at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 9.
Thu, 08/15/2024

New book explores how punk virus continues to infect new generations

Nearly 50 years after its creation, punk rock “manifests and mutates across the arts, infecting culture, lifestyles and even national heritage,” said Iain Ellis, KU lecturer in English and author of a new book on the music form.
Wed, 08/14/2024

Larger teams in academic research worsen career prospects, study finds

In a new paper, Donna Ginther, the Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Kansas, reveals that individuals who finish their doctorate in situations where the average team in their field is larger have worse career options.
Wed, 08/14/2024

University honors June 2024 Employees of the Month

A longtime plumber known for his leadership and willingness to step in during an emergency and a machinist who develops complex equipment for the Department of Physics & Astronomy have been honored as KU's June Employees of the Month.
Wed, 08/14/2024

Dole Institute announces fall 2024 season programming

The Dole Institute of Politics has announced its fall 2024 programming lineup, which features engaging, informative discussions featuring world-class practitioners and experts, including former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, retired senior U.S. diplomat Susan Thornton, Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty and former members of Congress.
Tue, 08/13/2024

KU Libraries announce centennial celebration of Watson Library with fall activities, website

A Jayhawk Boulevard landmark and perpetual place of discovery and welcome, Watson Library will celebrate 100 years at the heart of the KU community with a slate of fall activities and programs.
Mon, 08/12/2024

KU Kudos: Faculty and staff achievements, summer 2024

Read about KU employees' recent external honors and awards from all university campuses.
Mon, 08/12/2024

Communication studies expert can comment on Kamala Harris' DNC speech

Robin Rowland points out the number of challenges Kamala Harris faces in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Fri, 08/09/2024

HLC: Academic program assessment process revamped to better evaluate student learning

Criterion 4 focuses on the evaluation and improvement of teaching and learning at institutions. KU has particularly focused on building a culture of continuous improvement to increase efficiency and ensure accountability, one aspect of which has been updating the academic program assessment process.
Tue, 08/06/2024

University of Kansas announces summer-fall 2023, spring 2024 graduates

The names of more than 6,500 graduates at the University of Kansas for summer and fall 2023 and spring 2024 have been announced by the University Registrar. Many graduates and candidates for degree celebrated by participating in KU Commencement, which took place May 12.
Tue, 08/06/2024

Researchers leverage AI to help business provide nutritious choices in American food deserts

KU's Tera Fazzino, along with a multidisciplinary group of researchers across several institutions, will help create an artificial-intelligence-powered digital tool, called the NOURISH platform, to help businesses and startups operating in food deserts give more nutritious choices to an estimated 24 million Americans.
Mon, 08/05/2024

One year after newspaper raid, KU journalism professor can discuss chilling effect, influence on rural journalists

Stephen Wolgast can discuss the one-year anniversary of the Marion County Record raid by police. He has been following the aftermath of the case and conducted a study on the effects the raid had on other rural Kansas journalists.
Wed, 07/31/2024

New dashboard shows the scope and uses of federal funding streams in Kansas

The Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas published a new data dashboard showing the flow of federal funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into Kansas. As of March 2024, over $11.5 billion has been expended across the state through programs funded by the CARES Act and ARPA.
Mon, 07/29/2024

KU paleontologist David Burnham resumes final excavation of the juvenile tyrannosaur

Paleontologists from the University of Kansas are back in Montana this summer for their final excavation of a rare dinosaur fossil: a juvenile tyrannosaur.
Fri, 07/26/2024

Dimitrije Cabarkapa receives young investigator award from National Strength and Conditioning Association

Dimitrije Cabarkapa, associate director of the Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory, has been honored with the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s 2024 Terry J. Housh Outstanding Young Investigator Award.
Fri, 07/26/2024

New translation of Ovid’s ‘Heroides’ offers insight into ‘ancient fan fiction’

In a new translation of Ovid’s “Heroides,” Tara Welch, a professor of classics at the University of Kansas, examines the Roman poet’s seminal work. A collection of 15 letters written by women to the men who have left them behind, “Heroides” (translated as “The Heroines”) can be described as “ancient fan fiction.”
Wed, 07/24/2024

KU experts can comment on 2024 elections, related topics

As a contentious U.S. election season heads toward November, University of Kansas experts are available to discuss with media the candidates, key issues, procedures and narratives of the 2024 races.
Wed, 07/24/2024

Lawrence AUMI Group will receive award from Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns

On Aug. 2, the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) will present a Michael Lechner Advocacy Award to the Pre-Pandemic Ensemble, a Lawrence-based mixed-ability improvising band that uses an instrument called AUMI, or Adaptive Use Musical Instrument, to improvise across abilities.
Mon, 07/22/2024

KU experts on women candidates can discuss historic shift in 2024 presidential campaign

KU faculty members Teri Finneman and Mary Banwart can each discuss what Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Kamala Harris means for the election.
Fri, 07/19/2024

Research will establish best ‘managed retreat’ practices for communities faced with climate change disaster

A University of Kansas researcher is leading National Science Foundation-funded work to understand how managed retreat — where communities at risk from floods and fires relocate to safer areas — is approached across geographies, nations and cultures.
Wed, 07/17/2024

Presidential rhetoric expert can comment on Trump’s acceptance speech at 2024 Republican National Convention

Robert Rowland, KU communication studies professor and author of book on Trump's populist rhetoric, expects no moderation in former President Donald Trump's RNC speech on July 18.
Wed, 07/17/2024

Five standout educators recognized as Kemper Fellows

KU this week is celebrating five outstanding faculty members as winners of the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. Each of the five awardees receives $7,500.
Wed, 07/17/2024

Hubert Humphrey fellows to present research July 22-24

International fellows with the Hubert H. Humphrey Pre-Academic Program are spending eight weeks at KU and will present their research July 22 through 24.
Wed, 07/17/2024

Department of Chemistry announces spring, summer awards and scholarships

LAWRENCE — The Department of Chemistry at the University of Kansas has announced the recipients of spring and summer 2024 awards and scholarships. More than 80 of the department’s top students were recognized at the annual awards banquet for their academic, research and teaching achievements.
Tue, 07/16/2024

Researcher fleshes out portrait of English nobleman Esmé Stuart

Although he was a confidant of Britain's King James I and he succeeded his brother as Duke of Lennox, history seemed to have forgotten Esmé Stuart. So a KU professor delved into old records to learn more about him.
Mon, 07/15/2024

Author shows importance of framing in disability policy discussions

Analyzing interactions in town hall meetings with legislators, a University of Kansas professor of English finds that expressing one's lived experience, too, helps advocates “amplify marginalized voices in public debates.”
Mon, 07/15/2024

New book reveals how roads and vehicles transformed colonial societies across Africa

In a new book, Andrew Denning, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas, uncovers how vehicles and the roads they traveled upon began to transform societies across 19th and 20th century Africa … but rarely in the manner colonizing Europeans expected.
Thu, 07/11/2024

Article tracks history of state history education standards, how teachers can use them as lessons

Stephen Jackson has published an article outlining how state history education standards came about, how they evolved and how teachers can use the standards themselves as history lessons in a way that avoids the common political arguments surrounding the documents.
Wed, 07/10/2024

University of Kansas announces spring 2024 honor roll

More than 7,400 undergraduate students at KU earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2024 semester. The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and in the schools of Architecture & Design, Business, Education & Human Sciences, Engineering, Health Professions, Journalism & Mass Communications, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy, Professional Studies and Social Welfare.
Wed, 07/10/2024

KU community mourns death of longtime employee Lee Ann Bennett

The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Lee Ann Bennett, a senior research assistant at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research. Bennett, a Lawrence resident, died June 30.

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