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Project now housed at KU adds to 60 years of intellectual and developmental disability research at the university
LAWRENCE — One of only three federally funded longitudinal data projects of national significance that collects and analyzes how public funds are expended on services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has moved to the University of Kansas, building on 60 years of work in the field at KU. ...
Experts advancing research on crustaceans, coronaviruses and drug design receive KU achievement awards
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers increasing understanding of crustaceans, coronaviruses and drug design have received this year’s Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award and the KU Research Staff & Postdoctoral Achievement Awards. ...
Submit your professional achievements to KU Today
LAWRENCE — Starting in 2022, KU Today will include a recurring feature that highlights University of Kansas employee external achievements and professional milestones. KU Kudos is intended to highlight notable professional achievements from outside the university, such as awards, honors and fellowships; elections to regional and national boards or committees...
Researchers land NIH grant to boost testing, vaccination for women leaving incarceration
Kansas Geological Survey to study social, environmental factors of successful groundwater conservation programs
KU Endowment president plans to retire in 2022
LAWRENCE — KU Endowment President Dale Seuferling has announced his plans to retire later this year. ...
KU professor David Slusky selected to direct national organization for health economists
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas scholar David Slusky has been selected as the next executive director of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon), a professional organization for health economics research in the United States. ASHEcon holds an annual research conference, publishes the American Journal of Health Economics, and organizes...
KU Law students win grants, committed to serving rural Kansas
LAWRENCE – Two third-year students at the University of Kansas School of Law will receive grants from the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation. Mary McMullen and Luke Sunderland are recipients of the foundation's Rural Law Practice Grant. ...
University community remembers IT storeroom supervisor John Adee
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering employee John Adee, who died Dec. 28, 2021. He was 52. ...
Loretta Ross to present 'Calling in the Calling Out Culture'
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging will welcome a national activist and scholar as part of programming related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Loretta Ross, professor at Smith College, will present “Calling in the Calling Out Culture” for an online lecture at...
KU Debate team wins two tournaments
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas debate program opened 2022 by winning back-to-back tournaments Jan. 4-9 hosted by the University of Texas in Dallas and the University of Texas in San Antonio. The KU teams of senior Lily Ottinger, Shawnee, and freshman Samir Rahaman, Chicago, and freshmen Ethan Harris and...
Math department announces Undergraduate Research Award winners
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Department of Mathematics awarded two students Undergraduate Research Awards in Mathematics (MathUGRA) to support their research projects for the spring 2022 semester. ...
Archaeological dig reveals participants in California’s Gold Rush dined on salted Atlantic cod
KU announces Heartland Certified Public Manager Program graduates for 2021
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced its new class of graduates of the Heartland Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. The graduation ceremony took place Dec. 3, 2021, in the House Chamber of the Kansas Capitol. Ed O’Malley, president and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center,...
KU Institute for Leadership Studies announces 2022 civic leadership training program for Kansas women
LAWRENCE — Ready to Represent, a leadership training program series designed to empower Kansas women to participate more fully in civic life, will return this month. The program is hosted by the Appointments Project & Ready to Run Kansas Women’s Leadership Series, a partnership between the University of Kansas Institute...
New strategy for cross-border marketing relies on interdependent ecosystem
LAWRENCE — The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with supply chain obstacles, has made the international marketplace even trickier for businesses to navigate. But Murali Mantrala, the Ned Fleming Professor of Marketing at the University of Kansas, advocates that companies consider a new approach. ...
Kansas Geological Survey to measure groundwater levels in western Kansas
LAWRENCE — A crew from the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, will be in western Kansas measuring groundwater levels the first week of January 2022. ...
Cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline affected gas prices far less than initially reported, study finds
LAWRENCE — In May, the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a ransomware attack by Russia-linked cybercriminals. As the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S., its six-day stoppage led to fuel shortages and price increases. ...
New NSF report guides research into climate change's effect on human security
LAWRENCE — How might human-driven climate change trigger food shortages, water scarcity, armed conflict or future pandemics? Conversely, could a changing environment strengthen bonds of community in some places? ...
KU researchers land grant to support children's families when removed from parents' homes
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have secured a grant to help support children’s relatives and family members to care for them when they are removed from their parents’ home and placed in the foster system. The project, known as Kansas Invests in Families, or KinVest, will improve policy and...
Kansas Public Radio receives Humanities Kansas SHARP Recovery Grant
LAWRENCE – Humanities Kansas recently awarded a SHARP Recovery Grant in the amount of $6,215 to Kansas Public Radio. ...
KU lands grants to work with families, communities to improve transition for individuals with disabilities
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has secured a pair of grants that will enable researchers to partner with community leaders, self-advocates with disabilities and families to help improve the transition of young people with disabilities from school to vocational training, higher education and careers. ...