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KU researcher Kevin Cooke selected as AAAS Science & Technology Fellow
University of Kansas postdoctoral researcher Kevin Cooke has been awarded a yearlong Science & Technology Policy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ...
University announces June, July 2021 Employees of the Month
The University of Kansas recently has announced the June and July 2021 Employees of the Month. These staff members have made outstanding contributions to the Lawrence campus community. ...
NEH grant to support training for high-impact public digital humanities collaborations
The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas has been awarded $190,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to offer training in public digital humanities and academic-community collaborations. An intensive weeklong summer institute — to be offered in June 2022 at the Hall Center...
Nine faculty members recognized for teaching excellence
Nine faculty members at the University of Kansas are being recognized as winners of annual distinguished teaching awards. ...
Study finds renters of color less likely to become homeowners
Owning a home has long been a central tenet of the American dream, and scholarship has touted the economic benefits of homeownership. A new study from the University of Kansas explores the effects of wealth and debt on transitioning to ownership and back, finding that when all things are equal,...
KU students eligible for vaccine incentives, including free tuition
Fully vaccinated students at the University of Kansas’ Lawrence and Edwards campuses will be eligible to enter a drawing to receive incentives including free tuition, upgraded parking passes and a range of other prizes after uploading their COVID-19 vaccine records to the Watkins Health Services student portal. ...
Study shows differences in rapidly processing sensory feedback among people with autism spectrum disorder
Sensorimotor issues aren’t well understood in people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, yet they are important because they can be observed before social and communication indicators for the disorder, and they can predict worse functional outcomes. Such skills can affect everything from handwriting to zipping up a coat to...
Policies perceived as fairer when government, schools employ more diverse personnel
Current research suggests minority individuals are more apt to trust government authorities with similar ethnicity because of perceived shared life experiences. But according to new research from the University of Kansas, white individuals also put greater trust in authorities when such personnel are more diverse. ...
Kansas Biological Survey announces name change
In July, the University of Kansas formally approved the Kansas Biological Survey’s requested name change to better reflect its scope and mission as a KU designated research center. The center’s new name is the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research. ...
Alumnus honors professor with gift to KU Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Zack Holland didn’t know he wanted to be a petroleum engineer. But an opportunity to study the subject at the University of Kansas on scholarship sent him down that path. Holland’s experience inspired him give back to KU with a $600,000 gift honoring influential professor Don Green in the Department...
Architecture professor examines social production of cities in Muslim societies
In his new book, Mahbub Rashid writes about the impact of power, capital and everyday life on the social production of physical space and spatiality in traditional cities of the Muslim world. ...
KU leading program to bring teachers into research labs, design education to draw diverse scholars to engineering
Improved recruitment of women, racial and ethnic minorities to engineering and the sciences has long been a goal in the field. Now, a multidisciplinary team of education and engineering researchers at the University of Kansas will work with middle school teachers to encourage potential scholars at a younger age. ...
Clash of US empire and Indigenous peoples of Black Hills chronicled in ‘Myth-Mapping’ article
Although having grown up in South Dakota, Elaine Nelson knew very little about the Black Hills until she took a college history class on the American West. ...
Hui Cai named architecture department chair
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced that Hui Cai, associate professor of architecture and associate director of the KU Institute of Health + Wellness Design, has been named the next chair of the Department of Architecture. ...
Book deconstructs myths of American West
Drug lords, cowboys and desperadoes loom large in American pop culture, from story and song to film and television. ...
Study shows food choices at an 'all-you-can-eat' buffet tied to likelihood for weight gain
A new study from the University of Kansas in the journal Appetite examines people’s choices when confronted with an all-you-can-eat buffet. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 281st Basic Training Class
Twenty new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on July 30 at a ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Engineering professor named 1 of 5 finalists for the A.F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize
An engineering professor at the University of Kansas has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious international prizes in the profession. ...
University announces fall 2020, spring 2021 graduates
of fall 2020 and spring 2021 graduates is below. Names of summer 2020 graduates were previously published. ...
Elaina Sutley named engineering associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging
Elaina Sutley, associate professor of civil, environmental & architectural engineering, has been named associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging for the University of Kansas School of Engineering. Sutley will guide KU Engineering’s Diversity & Women’s Program, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2021. ...
New online sustainability management certificate helps professionals improve manufacturing, products, corporate practices
— University of Kansas Lifelong & Professional Education just launched an online, self-paced Certificate in Sustainability Management. Participants who complete the four-course program are better positioned to contribute to their organization’s financial well-being while alleviating the negative environmental impact of their operation. ...
Dole Institute accepting submissions for newly announced Kansas Veterans Virtual Memory Wall
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas is calling on veterans and their families to submit personal stories and photos of service men and women who have ties to Kansas. This comes as part of a larger announcement that the Dole Institute will permanently install...
KU leading program to boost digital literacy among women leaving incarceration
The number of women incarcerated in the United States has steadily increased in recent years. In Kansas, from 2000-2019, the rate rose by 60%, outpacing the national average. University of Kansas researchers are building an evidence-based education and policy advocacy program for enhancing digital access and literacy among Kansas women...
Research aims to stop fuzzy phrasing, medical errors in surgery
If you’re mowing the lawn and your spouse asks you to “cut it a little shorter,” any discrepancy resulting from your different interpretations of “little” is harmless. In an operating room, however, it can mean the difference, if not between life and death, then between successful healing and injurious failure. ...
KU Law reports graduate employment over 90% for seventh consecutive year
The University of Kansas School of Law reported graduate employment over 90% for the seventh consecutive year. ...
Audit committees benefit from including experts with accounting experience, study finds
It seems like common sense that an audit committee might want to include individuals who have accounting experience. That’s not always the case. ...
Professor emeritus will be presented Polish award for bravery during Nazi occupation
Jaroslaw (Andrzej) Piekałkiewicz, professor emeritus of political science and Russian & East European studies at the University of Kansas, will be awarded the Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of the Brave) this week by the government of Poland. Piekałkiewicz earned the award for his bravery during World War II, but he is...
Research shows microbes play critical role in boosting vigor of hybrid corn
A new paper appearing the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences gives new detail and understanding to the cultivation of corn, one of the United States’ biggest cash crops. ...
'Everyday' photographer documents a city's cycles
For Mike Sinclair, in some ways, the COVID-19 pandemic period of lockdown and restriction was no different than the before times. Walk around and shoot photos. Every. Single. Day. ...
'Breaking It Down' explores audition techniques for minority actors
When Nicole Hodges Persley started teaching acting at the university level, she realized that for many minority students, she was the first theater teacher they’d had who wasn’t a white male. ...