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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 267th Basic Training Class
Twenty-one new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Aug. 28 at a ceremony held in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Educate & Act Series resumes dialogue around civic engagement
The fall Educate & Act series at the University of Kansas will feature opportunities to learn about democracy in the United States and equip attendees with information around civic participation. ...
Scholars develop method to improve students' evaluation of information credibility
We live in an era in which misinformation is readily available and seemingly credible sources easily share unreliable information quickly. With dubious information so prevalent, it is especially pressing for students to be able to fully evaluate sources of information, especially those who will work in the media and mass...
School of Architecture & Design announces Fall 2020 Hallmark Symposium Lectures
The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced the Fall 2020 Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series lineup. ...
KUIA names International Support Services director
KU International Affairs has welcomed Ali Soltanshahi to the Jayhawk family as its International Support Services director. ...
Political exploitation of 'middle class' examined in new book
There was a time when politicians didn’t pay much attention to the middle class. ...
Distinguished professor wins major national chemistry award
Kristin Bowman-James, University of Kansas Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, will be the recipient of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Inorganic Chemistry. This is Bowman-James’ first major national award, and she is only the second woman to receive the award since its inception in 1962. ...
New Engineering Advisory Board strengthens relationships with alumni
The University of Kansas School of Engineering has formed a new advisory board of recent graduates to advise the school’s faculty and staff as they prepare students to enter the engineering field. The group, formally known as the Recent Graduate Advisory Board, is composed of about 35 alumni, most of...
Holly Storkel named vice provost for assessment and program development
Professor Holly Storkel, the associate dean for academic innovation and student success in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas, has been appointed to a part-time position as vice provost, focused on academic program assessment. ...
KU Engineering launches Career Accelerator Lecture Series
Engineering students at the University of Kansas will have a new opportunity to learn more about the business side of their profession in a new lecture series starting this fall. ...
School of Architecture & Design appoints Nisha Fernando as director of Interior Architecture program
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has appointed Nisha Fernando as director of the Interior Architecture program. ...
KU addiction research and treatment center announces fall seminar series
The Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment at the University of Kansas is launching its fall seminar series with a talk by a nationally recognized researcher in the use of psilocybin as treatment for addiction, anxiety and depression. ...
State personalized learning plans need common definition, more support, researchers say
In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act, the most recent piece of major federal education policy, required and incentivized states to address the needs of individual learners through practices including personalized learning. University of Kansas researchers have co-written a pair of studies showing that while all states have addressed personalized...
KGS scientist receives national award for groundwater research
Jim Butler, senior scientist and geohydrologist at the Kansas Geological Survey, is the 2020 recipient of the National Ground Water Association’s M. King Hubbert Award. ...
US-China trade war affects Greater KC area businesses
During war, the costs of conflict must be outweighed by measurable gains. That also applies to a trade war. ...
Study: New voting laws continue disenfranchisement, put elections administrators in difficult positions
In the years since a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, some states have passed laws that have made it more difficult for minority and low-income Americans to vote. Those laws can also challenge election administrators trying to enact policy...
Collaborative experiments in embodiment lead to open minds
Two University of Kansas professors contend in a new paper that you can bring together two seemingly unrelated classes to the benefit of each if they have “(e)nough connective tissue ... for grafts to take hold and grow, and enough difference to generate new possibilities.”...
As students return to school, inequality, racial bias brought to fore, ed expert says
Schools across the country are reopening, and students are returning to classrooms with many questions lingering beyond how they will stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic has affected communities of color disproportionately, it illustrates how education in America still struggles with questions of equity, race, equality, safety...
University Career Center hosting virtual Part-Time Job Fair
University of Kansas students looking to supplement their income for the fall semester can search for available jobs and schedule appointments with potential employers at an event this week hosted by the University Career Center. ...
Panelists will discuss women's civic leadership at virtual event
A University of Kansas series dedicated to increasing the number of women’s voices in civic spaces across the state will begin fall programming this week with a virtual panel discussion that will include DeAngela Burns-Wallace, the Kansas secretary of administration. ...
'Red Power' at 50: Book, exhibition recall American Indian leader’s transformative life
Kent Blansett has won rave reviews for his 2018 book, “A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement” (Yale University Press). The paperback comes out Sept. 8. It’s been optioned for a movie. An exhibition based on his research is up right now on the former...
Discovery lays blame on supernova for extinction event nearly 360 million years ago
Between a decline in biodiversity and a series of extinction events, the Late Devonian period was not the most hospitable time on Earth. ...
New publication examines ‘Food in the Time of COVID-19’
Few processes have been as disrupted by the pandemic as simply eating a meal. ...
KPR Wins Station of the Year for record 19th time
Kansas Public Radio, based at the University of Kansas, has earned the Station of the Year award for a record 19th time from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB). The KAB announced the award Aug. 12. ...
$1M gift establishes KU architecture professorship
University of Kansas architecture professor Lou Michel had a way of making an impression on his students. ...
Staggered move-in process occurring now; heavier traffic expected Thursday through Sunday
University of Kansas employees and the Lawrence community should anticipate heavier traffic than normal from Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 20-23, as many Student Housing residents will move in on those days. Also, many residents staged their rooms by appointment in advance and then returned home. Those students are expected to...
Dole Institute announces slate of digital fall 2020 programs
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its programming lineup for the fall 2020 semester. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, all programs will be solely virtual. Guests and audiences will watch and participate in these events from the comfort and safety of...
New findings refute idea of migration mortality as major reason for declining monarch population
In a new study, Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor and colleagues have shown that speculation regarding the declining monarch population, despite having received much attention, is unsupported. ...
‘Bright Circle’ to bring early feminist philosophers to light
Now largely forgotten in the mists of time, the leading female intellects of the transcendentalist movement of early 19th century America will be resurrected in a book for which a University of Kansas professor recently won a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. ...
History of police brutality informs Willmott’s ‘The 24th'
Kevin Willmott knows well how old the story of anti-Black police brutality is. More than 20 years ago, he began writing a screenplay about the so-called Houston race riot of 1917, when Black soldiers rose up against racist cops. ...