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KU Student Affairs announces leadership appointments
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Office of Student Affairs has appointed Jordan Brandt and Nikita Haynie to leadership positions. Brandt is the new director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), while Haynie takes over as the director of the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. ...
KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announces new initiates
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 91 new members...
Hall Center for the Humanities announces awards, fellowships for 2022-23
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas has announced the recipients of fellowships and grants awarded for 2022-2023. ...
Dole Institute to debut new exhibition featuring story of MIA soldier's wife
LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will debut a new original exhibition, “Missing, Then Action: An Army Wife Speaks Out,” in the Elizabeth Dole Gallery and Reading Room on June 14, with a public program planned June 16. ...
School of Business to hold sixth annual Summer Venture in Business
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will host two sessions of its sixth annual Summer Venture in Business program for high school students from June 5-7 and from July 8-10. ...
KU units work together to assist Ukrainian students, scholars
LAWRENCE — Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, units across the University of Kansas have come together to support Ukrainian students on the Lawrence campus and assist students and scholars displaced by the war. ...
31 KU students receive Gilman scholarships
LAWRENCE — Thirty-one University of Kansas undergraduate students have recently received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad in countries around the world. ...
University community remembers longtime employee Heidi Karn Barker
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering Heidi Karn Barker, a functional systems analyst for KU Student Information Systems. Barker died May 8 at age 38. ...
KU chancellor announces promotion, tenure for 160 faculty and researchers for fall 2022
LAWRENCE – Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 50 individuals at the University of Kansas and Edwards campuses and 110 individuals at KU Medical Center campuses. ...
Construction causes road closures on KU Lawrence campus
LAWRENCE — Road closures will impact travel on and near the University of Kansas Lawrence campus throughout the summer months. Affected roads include Naismith Drive, 19th Street and Oread Avenue, and the first closures began May 16. ...
Law school honors Class of 2022 graduates for scholarship, leadership and service
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law honored graduates in the Class of 2022 at a hooding ceremony May 14. During the ceremony, 11 graduates received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community. ...
Center for Montessori Research houses large online Montessori research bibliography
LAWRENCE — Scholars and researchers investigating the Montessori model of education now have a robust tool to aid their efforts. Housed at the Center for Montessori Research (CMR), a center within the University of Kansas Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI), the Montessori Bibliography Online makes information about Montessori and the...
KU career website HireJayhawks.com expands job postings for students
LAWRENCE — The KU career website HireJayhawks.com now offers one comprehensive job search platform, allowing University of Kansas students to explore the part-time job opportunities available to them on-campus, locally and remotely. Previously, students had to search both HireJayhawks.com and employment.ku.edu to learn about available part-time job options. ...
KU to lead $24M statewide investment to advance research on resilient and socially equitable infrastructure
LAWRENCE – Kansas currently ranks ninth in federal disaster declarations per capita. Amid changing climate patterns and frequent extreme weather events, historically underserved communities often receive less aid and recover slower from weather disasters. ...
Robinson Center pools to close
LAWRENCE — Beginning June 1, the swimming pools in Robinson Center will no longer be available to KU students, faculty or staff for open swimming, the University of Kansas has announced. The Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences, which managed and maintained the pools, is no longer providing swim-related...
Service learning excellence recognized with awards and juried presentations
LAWRENCE — The Center for Service Learning (CSL) at the University of Kansas has announced the 2022 Excellence in Service Learning award recipients and selected the winners of this year’s Service Showcase presentation competition. The CSL recognized these award recipients and others at the annual Service Showcase + Celebration. ...
16 KU Engineering faculty members among most cited researchers in the world, study shows
LAWRENCE — Sixteen faculty members at the University of Kansas School of Engineering are among the top 2% of scientists worldwide cited by others in research publications, according to a study from Stanford University. ...
KU CREES announces Laird essay contest winners
LAWRENCE — The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Kansas has announced that the 2022 Roy D. and Betty Laird Essay Contest winners are undergraduate students John Lubianetsky, for his essay “The United States’ Role in Resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Transformation and Change...
KU International Affairs names Eron Memaj as International Support Services director
LAWRENCE — KU International Affairs has announced that Eron Memaj will be the new director of International Support Services at the University of Kansas. ...
KU celebrates undergraduate research
LAWRENCE — Over 215 undergraduate students participated in the 25th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium this year at the University of Kansas. The symposium was entirely online and features oral and poster presentations as well as artist talks and creative displays from many disciplines. Presentations can still be viewed on the...
Three KU students earn Fulbright awards
LAWRENCE – Three University of Kansas students received prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Awards to study, conduct research and teach English abroad for the 2022-2023 academic year. Four additional KU students were named as alternate Fulbright recipients. ...
Stacey Vanderhurst receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Nigeria
LAWRENCE — Stacey Vanderhurst, University of Kansas assistant professor of women, gender & sexuality studies, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study how Nigerian women are fighting harassment in public spaces. ...
KU’s ATLAS center features research in showcase with global reach
LAWRENCE — Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas has presented a grant project focused on promoting quality science education for students with disabilities at the 2022 STEM for All Video Showcase: Access, Inclusion, and Equity, which runs May 10-17. ...
Center creating lab-on-a-chip technology for medical tests wins $6.6 million in continued NIH funding
LAWRENCE — A research center based at the University of Kansas that develops rapid next-generation tests for a host of human ailments like cancer, stroke and COVID-19 recently earned $6.6 million in continued funding over the next five years from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging...
Center for Undergraduate Research honors students, mentors
LAWRENCE — In early May, the University of Kansas Center for Undergraduate Research honored the winners of the Courtwright Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence and the Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards. ...