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Lifelong & Professional Education Vice Provost Sharon Graham to retire
LAWRENCE — Longtime University of Kansas leader Sharon Graham will retire in August 2021. Graham started with KU in 1986 and currently serves as the vice provost of Lifelong & Professional Education (LPE). ...
KU alumnus appointed as adviser for US Department of Energy
LAWRENCE — Tony Reames, a 2013 graduate of the doctoral program at the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs & Administration, has been appointed by President Joe Biden's administration to serve as a senior adviser in the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity in the Department of Energy. ...
Tulsa's jazz-style evolution on flood control shows importance of collaboration, empathy, study says
NEH awards Dole Institute, partners funds to build online portal for congressional archives
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, in partnership with West Virginia University Libraries and the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education, will develop an online portal through which researchers can access a vast collection of congressional documents. ...
KU Transportation Services rolling out new parking regulation enforcement tool
LAWRENCE – This month, KU Transportation Services will begin using a new device, called The Barnacle, that will be used in certain situations in lieu of towing. The Barnacle is a lightweight, GPS-equipped device that is attached to the windshield using two large suction cups, preventing the vehicle from being...
Expert predicts Nigeria’s Twitter ban will fail
LAWRENCE – The government of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to back down soon from its Twitter ban but will continue to look for measures to exert control over online political and social discourses, despite not being sufficiently adjusted to the requisite sophisticated computational thinking to attempt this control,...
Law expert: SCOTUS ruling leaves intact antidiscrimination law for religious exemptions
LAWRENCE — The Supreme Court announced today a unanimous ruling stating the City of Philadelphia could not bar a Catholic agency from working with the city on foster care cases. The city originally made the move because of the agency’s policy against working with samesex couples. Kyle Velte, a law...
AP move to not name suspects in coverage of minor crimes is 'a positive one,' expert says
LAWRENCE — The Associated Press has announced it will no longer name suspects charged with minor crimes in its news coverage. The move is intended to prevent news about minor transgressions from living on via the internet and interfering with people’s chances to get jobs, run for office or move...
KU research award recipients working toward treatments for Parkinson’s disease, development of new antibacterial agents
LAWRENCE — Three projects were selected to receive a 2021 J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research award. One project has the potential to help patients with Parkinson’s disease, and two projects are addressing the fight against bacteria that cause illness. Researchers from the Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry and Medicinal...
Study: Women leaving jail have high vaccine hesitancy; health app reduces resistance, boosts literacy
LAWRENCE — The United States has the highest population of incarcerated citizens among developed nations. Every year, roughly 2 million women, the majority held in jails, leave incarceration. The COVID-19 pandemic hit jails and correctional facilities harder than almost any other societal setting. Many of the people leaving incarceration are...
KU researchers receive $2.4M grant to study, improve online interventions for autism spectrum disorder
LAWRENCE — As the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools and forced many children with autism spectrum disorder to be schooled at home, professionals and families became concerned that children with disabilities might not be receiving adequate and specialized instruction because teachers had limited time or resources needed to support all children...
Aerospace engineering professor emeritus receives national recognition for career achievement
LAWRENCE — A longtime University of Kansas professor has been honored with an award to recognize his career achievements in aerospace engineering education. ...
12 KU students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for summer
LAWRENCE — This summer, 12 University of Kansas students will receive Undergraduate Research Awards (UGRAs). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
Study: Brexit was 'historic debacle' in which the UK failed to protect its interests
Kansas Public Radio is going for '300 strong' during summer membership campaign
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio is asking listeners to lend a helping hand this June by becoming sustaining members or upgrading their sustaining membership. If KPR reaches a goal of 300 new and upgrading sustainers, it will meet a $30,000 challenge put forth by a group of generous KPR donors. ...
KU receives 2 national humanities awards for projects focused on increasing diversity and access in visual and literary arts
LAWRENCE — Two research projects at the University of Kansas have received major awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Spencer Museum of Art received $400,000 to support the thematic reinstallation of its collection galleries, and the Project on the History of Black Writing received $350,000 to expand...
Cool Science offers online learning for adults, art contest for kids
LAWRENCE — Cool Science, a National Science Foundation-funded program that integrates science and art to promote understanding of extreme weather events, returns again in 2021 with remote programming for children and adults in Kansas, Missouri and Massachusetts. ...
Chief of police search committee announces final candidate presentation
LAWRENCE — The third and final candidate for the next University of Kansas chief of police and director of public safety will take part in campus interviews Friday, June 4. ...
Virtual institute connects scholars to explore, celebrate work of Zora Neale Hurston
LAWRENCE – This summer, 25 scholars selected for an NEH Summer Institute will convene for an educational research collaboration hosted by The Project on the History of Black Writing at the University of Kansas. They won’t come to Lawrence, as is their custom, but “Hurston on the Horizon” will allow...
KU Law’s moot court program ranks 13th in nation
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court program is 13th in the nation, according to rankings published recently by the University of Houston Law Center. ...