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Tue, 10/12/2021

Andrew and Cecilia Godwin of Leawood to receive Homecoming Spirit of 1912 Award

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Leadership Board have named Andrew and Cecilia Romero Godwin of Leawood as winners of this year’s Rich and Judy Billings Spirit of 1912 Award. The annual award recognizes Jayhawks who consistently display school spirit, pride and tradition. ...

Mon, 10/11/2021

KU Asian Classical Music Initiative announces opening concert Oct. 16

LAWRENCE — A concert and panel discussion at the University of Kansas will highlight music from Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures. ...

Mon, 10/11/2021

Liver disease researcher at KU Medical Center receives Chancellors Club Research Award

LAWRENCE — Wen-Xing Ding, a scientist at the University of Kansas Medical Center who specializes in research into the mechanisms of degradation and recycling of cells in the liver, is the recipient of the 2021 Chancellors Club Research Award. ...

Fri, 10/08/2021

KU Audio-Reader celebrating 50 years

LAWRENCE — On Oct. 11, 1971, Audio-Reader’s first broadcast went on the air from the University of Kansas. For the next 50 years, Audio-Reader has provided access to information and the arts to anyone who has difficulty reading standard printed materials due to vision loss, physical or learning disability, mobility...

Fri, 10/08/2021

Self Memorial Scholarship announces 2021-2022 Advisory Board

LAWRENCE – The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Programs at the University of Kansas have announced the Advisory Board for the Self Memorial Scholarship. Advisory Board includes KU leaders and faculty members:...

Fri, 10/08/2021

Office will observe Ombuds Day with public conversation with Chuck Howard

LAWRENCE – The fourth annual Ombuds Day will feature a public conversation with Chuck Howard, the executive director of the International Ombuds Association, at the University of Kansas. The event will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, and is co-sponsored by the KU Ombuds Office and the...

Fri, 10/08/2021

Lori Hasselman named Native American student success coordinator

LAWRENCE — The University Academic Support Centers has announced that Lori Hasselman (Delaware/Shawnee Tribes of Oklahoma) has been named as the Native American student success coordinator at the University of Kansas. ...

Fri, 10/08/2021

KU Law graduates outperform statewide bar pass rates in Kansas, Missouri

LAWRENCE – University of Kansas School of Law graduates who took the Kansas and Missouri bar exams for the first time in July 2021 passed at rates well above the state averages. ...

Fri, 10/08/2021

Chancellor's Doctoral Fellow selected as 2021-22 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellow

LAWRENCE – Alyssa Cole, current Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellow and doctoral candidate in history at the University of Kansas, has won a competitive Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship from the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College. ...

Thu, 10/07/2021

Study: Social media can learn how to regulate speech from online gaming

LAWRENCE — As social media giants like Facebook and Twitter come under increasing criticism for how they approach what type of speech is allowed on their platforms, another type of online group navigated similar struggles more than a decade ago, according to two University of Kansas scholars who have written...

Thu, 10/07/2021

Honoring a life: Family hopes sharing story and establishing research fund will reduce stigma of addiction

Thu, 10/07/2021

KU School of Social Welfare announces 2021-22 cohort of MSW Research Scholars

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare’s Research Office has announced the 2021-22 cohort of MSW Research Scholars. The Master of Social Work students work closely with an academic researcher on their work for 22 weeks (11 weeks each semester) for an average of eight hours per...

Thu, 10/07/2021

KU musicology professor receives 2021 Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award

Thu, 10/07/2021

Scholar helps bring renewed focus to Italian filmmaker

Wed, 10/06/2021

Research showing why people ditch electric vehicles shows 'revolution' will be slow, rocky

LAWRENCE — For over a decade, policy and industry have tried to make electric vehicles more widely available and get people to buy them. Previous research on how to do this has largely focused on examined early adopters of plug-in electric vehicles and surveyed urban residents’ stated preferences for these...

Wed, 10/06/2021

Grant will give public better access to history of Black literature

Tue, 10/05/2021

With new $11.35M NIH COBRE award, KU center continues fight against infectious diseases

LAWRENCE — The COVID-19 pandemic is an awful reminder of the “perpetual” public health challenge of infectious disease. In addition to emerging contagions, the world also faces a decline in effectiveness of antibiotics for both human and animal health. ...

Tue, 10/05/2021

Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 283rd Basic Training Class

Tue, 10/05/2021

Relationships between transgender patients, their physicians explored in ‘Medicalization’ history

LAWRENCE — The endeavor of individuals who want to medically change their gender has become a hot-button topic in contemporary society. But it’s actually been part of the cultural dialogue for more than a century. ...

Mon, 10/04/2021

KPR’s fall membership drive breaks a record, raising $334,000

Mon, 10/04/2021

KU experts can speak on scary seasonal topics for Halloween

LAWRENCE — Witches and zombies, vampires, ghosts and gargoyles – there are University of Kansas experts available to expound on our fascination with most literary, stage and screen spirits this Halloween season. ...

Mon, 10/04/2021

Book spotlights dark side of 20th-century British writer who wrestled with faith

Fri, 10/01/2021

KU Student Affairs announces leadership appointments

LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Office of Student Affairs has appointed two individuals to new positions who have years of experience focusing on diversity and equity efforts at KU. ...

Fri, 10/01/2021

Geology professor inducted into National Academy of Engineering

LAWRENCE — A faculty member of the Department of Geology who has a doctorate in civil engineering-water resources from Princeton University is the most recent University of Kansas faculty member to be elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional distinctions in engineering. ...

Thu, 09/30/2021

'To Boldly Go' book examines leadership through lens of science fiction

LAWRENCE — “To boldly go …”...

Thu, 09/30/2021

KU Alumni Association, Black Alumni Network celebrate young alumni with inaugural Emerging Leaders Award

Thu, 09/30/2021

KU student receives prestigious doctoral dissertation award

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas history of art doctoral candidate Rachel Quist has received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award. ...

Thu, 09/30/2021

Fall tour of KU Native Medicinal Plant Garden this Saturday

LAWRENCE – The public is invited to the fall tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Garden this Saturday, Oct. 2. This year's tour, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m, will be an informal, open house-style event. ...

Thu, 09/30/2021

KU debaters win Binghamton Tournament

LAWRENCE — Two KU Debate teams closed out the championship round of the Phyllis Schatz Invitational Debate Tournament hosted by Binghamton University. The teams of senior Jon Mantis, Glenview, Illinois, with sophomore Alex McCarthy, Lenexa, and senior Ryan Snow, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, with freshman Alex Barreto, Oklahoma City, each advanced...

Thu, 09/30/2021

KU enrollment increases due to growth in first-time freshmen, transfer students

LAWRENCE – Enrollment at the University of Kansas grew slightly this year due in large part to increases in first-time freshmen and transfer students, according to annual data released today by the Kansas Board of Regents. ...

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