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HLC conference helps KU advance in accreditation cycle
LAWRENCE — Twenty-five individuals from the University of Kansas attended the Higher Learning Commission’s annual conference March 26-28 in Chicago. KU’s group included accreditation committee members, program-level accreditation officers and administrative leaders. Along with sessions focused on various aspects of the accreditation process, attendees had the opportunity to learn more...
U.S. News & World Report ranks 37 KU graduate programs in top 50 among public schools
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has 37 graduate programs in the top 50 among public universities – including nine programs in the top 10 – in the 2024 rankings from U.S. News & World Report, released today. ...
Racial Equity Collaborative will present community forum
LAWRENCE — The Racial Equity Collaborative will host a community forum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Forum guests will discuss the confusion of neglect and poverty, the progress of kinship care in the state of Kansas and how to make meaningful...
Artists Miller & Shellabarger to perform April 28-29 at Spencer Museum of Art
LAWRENCE — This week the Spencer Museum of Art will host Chicago-based artists Miller & Shellabarger (Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger) for a series of public events on April 28-29 that explore performance art, queerness and the dynamic of performing as a couple. ...
KU Law awards inaugural Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law awarded the first annual Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence to Kat Girod, a third-year law student from Prairie Village, earlier this month at a ceremony held in the Wheat Law Library, where Hopkins’s prolific publications are available for checkout. ...
KU announces 2023 Student Employee of the Year
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center has announced that the 2022-2023 Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) is Victoria Garcia Unzueta, of Dodge City, who works for the University of Kansas Department of English in the History of Black Writing (HBW) research center. ...
Law professor, KU graduate Sarah Lamdan to speak about data collection and privacy
LAWRENCE — Sarah Lamdan, a University of Kansas alumna, author and law professor at the City University of New York, will return to the Lawrence campus to discuss her research and book on data collection practices and their implication on privacy. Lamdan will present a public lecture at 10 a.m. ...
School of Business names 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will honor Jay Howard with its 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award. ...
Three to receive KU Engineering Distinguished Engineering Service Award
LAWRENCE — Two alumni and a longtime engineering faculty member from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will be honored with the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 4. ...
CREES announces Laird Essay Contest winners
LAWRENCE — The Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Kansas has announced that this year’s Roy D. and Betty Laird Essay Contest winners are undergraduate student John Lubianetsky for his essay. “Assimilation, Adaption, and Expansion: Folklore Transmission and Development in the Ukrainian Canadian...
Fred Logan to receive inaugural Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Award
LAWRENCE — A longtime civic leader and higher education supporter is being honored with a new award to be given annually by the University of Kansas. ...
Spencer Museum, Charlotte Street announce Rocket Grants 2023 call for artists
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art and Charlotte Street have announced the 2023 cycle of Rocket Grants, with the call for artists opening online May 15. An information session will be held April 21 at the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas for artists interested in applying. ...
KU researcher leading project to quantify care economy, make stats available in central location
LAWRENCE — People might not often think of work done in the home as part of the larger economy. But a University of Kansas professor is leading a new project to collect data on the care economy to quantify the often underrecognized work of providing care for others and make...
Jayhawks honored at 2023 Capitol Graduate Research Summit
LAWRENCE — Three University of Kansas students received honors during the 20th annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka on March 22. Kalin Baca, Samantha Ghali and Griffin Welfer were each recognized for their outstanding research and presentations at an event that brings together the top graduate student researchers in...
KU Law team wins Thurgood Marshall moot court competition
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court teams have concluded the season with another national title. Ally Monson and Amanda McElfresh, third-year law students, won the Federal Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., in late March. ...
Three KU Engineering faculty recognized for early career research achievement
LAWRENCE — Three assistant professors from the University of Kansas School of Engineering have each received prestigious national awards granted to early-career faculty whose research shows promise. ...
KU community invited to grand opening celebration for newest KU Innovation Park facility
LAWRENCE — KU faculty, staff and students are invited to celebrate the opening of the newest KU Innovation Park facility from 4 to 6 p.m. April 20. ...
Event centers climate anxiety, frames emotional response as tool for action
LAWRENCE — Mental health and climate scholars will discuss approaches to addressing ecological grief and transforming emotions into a force for collaboration at a virtual event at the University of Kansas. Hosted by The Commons and the Institute for Policy & Social Research Center for Compassionate and Sustainable Communities, this...
Brazilian journalist to give lecture on modern slavery, global consumption
LAWRENCE – Brazilian journalist Leonardo Sakamoto will visit the University of Kansas this month to discuss the connection of modern slavery to climate change and global consumption. ...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 23rd annual symposium
LAWRENCE – Research on the evolution of immunity, historical trauma and social determinants of health in Native American communities, use of microfluidics for diagnostics, communication strategies of bacteria, soil microbe effects on maize growth and effects of social behavior and stress on brain signaling will be among student work presented...
KU community invited to attend KU Remembers, an event honoring late Jayhawks
LAWRENCE — KU Student Affairs has announced that it will host KU Remembers, an event to honor University of Kansas students, employees or retirees who have passed away since Aug. 1, 2019. This event will take place at 3:30 p.m. April 24 at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. ...
Professor: SEC wants to regulate 'unicorns,' but law stands in its way
LAWRENCE — For the second time in two years, the United States’ top corporate regulator has proposed a sweeping overhaul to crack down on large private startup companies, commonly known as “unicorns.” And for the second time in two years, the proposed overhaul falls outside of the agency’s legal authority...
Junior Cherin Russell named KU’s 2023-24 Newman Civic Fellow
LAWRENCE — From across the country, college and university presidents of Campus Compact member institutions have nominated promising student leaders as Newman Civic Fellows. Through service, research and advocacy, these fellows have demonstrated an investment in their community and are working to better understand themselves, the root causes of social...
Final spring 2023 'Wellness in Our Democracy' events planned April 12, 26
LAWRENCE — A collaborative series at the University of Kansas that centers misinformation, disinformation and the wellness of democracy continues in the spring 2023 semester with discussions on climate change and domestic terrorism. Led by Najarian Peters, KU associate professor of law and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center...
Study shows families making choices that perpetuate segregation in city with school choice policy
LAWRENCE — Even though Brown v. Board of Education outlawed school segregation in 1954, racially segregated schools have persisted in practice. In recent years, the decades-long trend of white flight to suburbs has reversed in some areas as some white residents are moving to city centers. New research from the...
'Cabaret' examines themes as relevant as ever, opening April 20 at KU Theatre
LAWRENCE — The University Theatre’s sold-out season finale opens with a big, inviting party. That’s one reason why Act 1 of “Cabaret” is so adored and a reason the musical’s ending hits so hard, said Markus Potter, director and assistant professor in the University of Kansas Department of Theatre &...