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KU teams advance in National Debate Tournament
After three days of opening events, all three University of Kansas teams competing in the National Debate Tournament have qualified for the single elimination rounds. The tournament continues today, March 29. This is the second time KU has qualified three teams for the elimination rounds at the NDT, and all...
KU Engineering partners with Kansas community to test energy-efficient materials
The University of Kansas School of Engineering is partnering with a south-central Kansas community on a federal pilot project to test energy-efficient materials in public sector buildings — an experiment that could reduce the kinds of extreme-weather rolling blackouts seen across the state this winter. ...
Randall Fuller to deliver inaugural Distinguished Professor Lecture on March 29
University of Kansas Distinguished Professor Randall Fuller will present “The Last Days and Forgotten Life of Martha E. Hunt, Transcendentalist” as his inaugural Distinguished Professor Lecture. ...
In entertainment, musical figure a matter of life and death
As with clothing, musical fashions come and go, seemingly without coordination among tastemakers. And for the past 20 or 30 years, one particular musical figure has come to symbolize the fuzzy line between life and death in TV and movie soundtracks. ...
University community mourns death of staff member Ann Lindbloom
The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Ann Lindbloom, an instructional designer for the KU Center for Online & Distance Learning. She died March 15. ...
Researchers write chapters for book on disability in public health, gaps in coverage
Two University of Kansas researchers have contributed chapters for a book on the history of disability as part of public health and how insurance influences health outcomes for individuals with disabilities. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 275th Basic Training Class
Twenty-three new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on March 19 at a ceremony held in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Research: Fans prefer teams that built success over time more than teams that bought wins with purchased superstars
When a franchise buys a superstar like Tom Brady or LeBron James, the team tends to win more games. But do the fans follow? How much team loyalty is purchased along with an expensive star? Maybe not as much as some owners might hope — in the NBA Finals between...
‘Scopes Trial’ book revisits landmark collision of science, religion and race
The 1925 Scopes Trial remains the most high-profile case to pit religion against science. Nearly a century later, that battle continues. ...
University Press of Kansas to continue its work under leadership of KU Libraries dean
The University Press of Kansas Board of Trustees, which is composed of the provosts from each of the six Kansas Regents institutions, has confirmed University of Kansas Dean of Libraries Kevin L. Smith to serve as director of the University Press of Kansas (UPK). ...
Architecture department faculty members win AIA Kansas award
The American Institute of Architects in Kansas (AIA Kansas) awarded a team of University of Kansas Department of Architecture faculty members the 2020 AIA Kansas Honor Award for Unbuilt Design for their Sydney Alternative Housing Ideas project. The team consisted of professors Joe Colistra, Nilou Vakil, Gregory Crichlow and Casey Franklin. ...
KU civil engineering graduate student lands prestigious fellowship
A graduate student in the University of Kansas School of Engineering has been granted a prestigious federal fellowship to help make bridges on the nation’s highways safer for travelers. ...
KU nominates junior for the Beinecke Scholarship Program
The University of Kansas has nominated a junior for the Beinecke Scholarship Program. Each year the Beinecke Scholarship offers 20 scholarships to undergraduates who intend to pursue a research-focused master’s or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Selected students receive $30,000 to be used for graduate study...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will be reelected, expert predicts
It will take a few days after the March 23 national election — Israel’s fourth in two years — before results are finalized, but “master of his domain” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is highly likely to come out on top again, according to an expert on Israeli demographics. ...
Jack Zhang awarded 2021 Wilson China Fellowship
A University of Kansas political scientist is among 25 scholars from across the nation named to the 2021 Wilson China Fellowship class. ...
Author Safi Bahcall will deliver annual Self symposium lecture
Safi Bahcall, a bestselling author, biotech entrepreneur and business consultant, will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
Study finds stark divide between military men, women on gender-neutral bathrooms, reinforcing discrimination
The introduction of gender-neutral restrooms into public and private spaces is a departure from more than a century of policies put in place to ostensibly “protect” women in business, schools and the military. New University of Kansas research shows a stark divide between men and women in the military in...
Research events to explore human behavior around COVID-19
In the year since COVID-19 was designated a global pandemic, individuals and groups have found new ways to engage in thoughtful decision-making. University of Kansas social sciences researchers will offer their expertise in a two-part series, “Mapping Behavior Around the Virus: Behavioral Scientists Examine Activity amid COVID-19 Pandemic,” to explore...
KU Debate qualifies 3rd team for National Debate Tournament
The University of Kansas has qualified a third team for the National Debate Tournament later this month. ...
KU Law, Applied English Center launch program for international students
A new program offered by the University of Kansas School of Law and KU’s Applied English Center will help international students improve their English skills while learning about the U.S. legal system. ...
KU researchers announce odderon observation, hunted for 50 years by particle physicists
High-energy experimental particle physicists from the University of Kansas stand at the forefront of a major discovery by the D0 and TOTEM collaborations from tests at the Large Hadron Collider (the world’s largest particle accelerator, situated in a 17-mile circular tunnel beneath the border of France and Switzerland) and the...
Jewish studies researcher sees nation-state law as turning point in Israel’s history
If Israel wants to regain the loyalty of its crucial Arab Druze minority, it will have to scrap the controversial 2018 nation-state law and recommit to the democratic principles of its Declaration of Independence. ...
Four students nominated for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships
Four University of Kansas students who have been actively involved in undergraduate research during their university careers are competing for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, regarded as the premier undergraduate award to encourage excellence in science, engineering and mathematics. ...
New book examines ways states shape US immigration policy
“All politics is local” remains a common refrain in governmental circles. But according to a new book, all immigration politics involves a different region. ...
Scholars examine effects of pandemic on social welfare field, education
Social workers are trained to help people in times of crisis. But what happens when those professionals are experiencing a crisis along with the rest of society? University of Kansas social welfare researchers and students have created a body of work about the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on their education, well-being...
KU Law scholarship honors memory of Edward W. 'Ed' Dosh
A new scholarship at the University of Kansas School of Law will support future students while honoring the memory of a KU Law alumnus. The Edward W. Dosh Memorial Scholarship is intended to support students from Kansas, particularly from Labette County and the southeastern part of the state, or graduates...
Researchers boost the potency of an HIV-1 antibody, tracing new potential pathways for vaccine development
Much like coronavirus, circulating HIV-1 viruses mutate into diverse variants that pose challenges for scientists developing vaccines to protect people from HIV/AIDS. ...
KU researchers designing career development via telehealth for rural individuals with disabilities
Researchers at the University of Kansas have launched a study to test the outcomes of a career design model, delivered virtually, that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to set and work toward self-determined career goals. Testing the delivery of self-determination interventions via telehealth is timely not only because...
Democratic accountability of US foreign aid eroding, article argues
The prevailing assumption is that U.S. foreign aid is a governmental function. But the reality proves much different. ...
Book presents new perspectives on Spencer Museum’s founding collection
A new publication from the Spencer Museum of Art, “Perspectives on a Legacy Collection: Sallie Casey Thayer’s Gift to the University of Kansas,” investigates how the benefactor’s founding gift of more than 7,000 objects continues to influence KU’s art museum. ...