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Elizabeth MacGonagle honored with 2022 Woodyard International Educator Award
LAWRENCE — Elizabeth MacGonagle, associate professor of history and African & African-American studies at the University of Kansas, is the recipient of the 2022 George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award. ...
KU Law students offer assistance with free tax preparation
LAWRENCE – Do you know if you’re eligible for free tax preparation services? ...
University of Kansas, KU Alumni Association open Jayhawk Welcome Center and renovated Adams Alumni Center
Bestselling author to discuss the ‘dark history and troubling present of eugenics’
LAWRENCE — A scientist, broadcaster and bestselling author who focuses on the complicated, interwoven history of genetics and race will give a public seminar at the University of Kansas in early March. ...
KU Autism Conference to feature wide range of sessions for professionals, scientists, families
LAWRENCE — Researchers, students, professionals, educators, families and advocates are invited to Autism Across the Life Span, an annual conference presented by the Kansas Center for Autism Research & Training (K-CART) at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute. ...
Kansas African Studies Center announces series on public health, well-being
LAWRENCE — The Kansas African Studies Center (KASC) has announced the schedule for the 2023 Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium Series, which continues the 2022-2023 academic year theme of “Public Health and Well-being in Global Africa.” It features presentations from researchers across the health professions, including biomedicine, health humanities and psychology. ...
KU announces online data analytics undergraduate program for fall 2023
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas is launching a new concentration in applied data analytics in its Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program in the School of Professional Studies. It will be offered online through the University of Kansas Edwards Campus beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, giving students...
Researchers plan center to track mammal pathogens in the wild to warn of coming pandemics
KU debate team wins Mid America Championship debate tournament
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas debaters Ethan Harris, sophomore from Lawrence, and Will Soper, junior from Bucyrus, won the Mid America Championship debate tournament hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma. The pair went undefeated over 10 rounds of debates Feb. 17-19 to win the championship. ...
Policymaker, cybersecurity expert to give 2023 KU Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture
LAWRENCE — R. David Edelman, an American policymaker and academic who currently directs the Project on Technology, the Economy, and National Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture at the University of Kansas. Edelman is one of the...
Fourth KU Libraries dean candidate to present Feb. 23
LAWRENCE — The fourth candidate for the University of Kansas Libraries dean position will give a public presentation at 3 p.m. Feb. 23 in Watson Library in Watson 3 West Event Space. ...
Ecocritic ponders links between race, environmental crisis in new works
LAWRENCE — For Paul Outka, associate professor of English at the University of Kansas, the “slow-motion meteor strike” of environmental degradation and the accompanying “sense of looming, but not fully arrived, apocalypse … that unites us all is an ever-increasing precarity” have demanded his scholarly attention. ...
'Transparency for thee, not for me': Study shows SEC mounting secrecy about whistleblower program
Labor economics expert available to discuss how end of SNAP emergency allotments will affect families
LAWRENCE — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps offset the costs for families who face food insecurity. It’s one of the most frequently accessed public programs, aiding more than 41 million people each month. ...
New podcast with ties to KU research, created by and for Native Americans, provides a platform for discussions on disability and mental health
Third KU Libraries dean candidate to present Feb. 21
LAWRENCE — The third candidate for the University of Kansas Libraries dean position will give a public presentation at 3 p.m. Feb. 21 in Watson Library in Watson 3 West Event Space. ...
University of Kansas Libraries sign transformative open access agreements with Elsevier, Cambridge University Press
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries have signed a pair of renegotiated deals aimed at supporting open access and broadening the reach of KU-generated research. Through a pair of transformative read-and-publish agreements with Elsevier — the world’s largest scientific publishing company — and Cambridge University Press — the world’s...
Donors give more than $3.2M in 24 hours on sixth annual One Day. One KU.
LAWRENCE — A chill may have filled the air in Lawrence on Feb. 16, but the warm spirit of Jayhawks worldwide made the sixth annual One Day. One KU. giving day an inspiring success. ...
KPR and the Dole Institute to present ‘An Evening with NPR’s Juana Summers’
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio and the Dole Institute of Politics will welcome National Public Radio’s Juana Summers to the University of Kansas for an evening of discussion. The free public program will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Dole Institute of Politics, featuring Summers’ insights on...
KU to host discussion on Brazilian protests
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas faculty and students from the Brazilian community will share their thoughts on the protests in Brazil and its government’s response. ...
KU Institute of Health + Wellness Design hosting Health, Equity & Architecture symposium
LAWRENCE – Leading architects are gathering at the University of Kansas on Feb. 20 for a discussion on how architecture can bridge the gap between social equity and human well-being. ...
Two KU Debate teams qualify for National Debate Tournament
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas debate teams were selected as automatic qualifiers for the 2023 National Debate Tournament, to take place March 30-April 4 in Chantilly, Virginia. The team of seniors Mickey McMahon, Leawood, and Michael Scott, Glenview, Illinois, and the team of Jimin Park, Topeka, and Jet Semrick,...
University announces fall 2022 honor roll
LAWRENCE — More than 7,100 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2022 semester. ...
Second dean candidate for KU Libraries to present Feb. 16
LAWRENCE — The second candidate for the University of Kansas Libraries dean position will give a public presentation at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Watson Library in Watson 3 West Event Space. ...