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Four KU students to compete for Astronaut Scholarships
Four academically talented University of Kansas students will be competing for scholarships from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. ...
Study shows vulnerable populations with less education more likely to believe, share misinformation
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens public health around the world, misinformation regarding its treatment, causes and cures has abounded. A University of Kansas study has found that vulnerable populations, often those most severely affected by such crises, are also at a high risk of consuming and sharing such misinformation online,...
Willmott and Lee honor black Vietnam experience
Kevin Willmott loves “Blazing Saddles” and thinks Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy about racism in the Wild West still holds up. Not that Hollywood would finance or the public would accept such a film from a white man today, he asserts. ...
KU Law partners with UN to train diplomats on indigenous issues, conflict resolution
Students at the University of Kansas School of Law will have a chance to train diplomats on indigenous issues and conflict resolution as part of a new partnership. ...
The critic who decried ‘fake news’ a century ago
More than a century ago, before the Great War and long before Hitler’s rise to power, Austrian writer and satirist Karl Kraus (1874-1936) was calling out the danger that “fake news” could drag a nation into unnecessary military conflict and ruin. ...
KU junior earns honorable mention from Udall Scholarship foundation
Laura Phillips, a junior at the University of Kansas, earned an honorable mention recognition from the Morris K. Udall and Stuart Udall Foundation in the competition to become 2020 Udall Scholars. ...
World Trade Organization leader's resignation marks crossroad for global trade, expert says
World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevêdo announced Thursday his resignation, surprising the international trade community and adding to uncertainty caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. Azevêdo will serve until Aug. 31, though his second four-year term was not set to expire until 2021. Raj Bhala, an international trade law expert...
Laird Essay Contest winners explore Russia, Ukraine’s current politics
The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies has announced that this year’s Roy D. and Betty Laird Essay Contest winners are Matti Dimmick in the undergraduate essay category for her essay “Putin’s Gendered Political Discourse” and Steven Mutz in the graduate essay category for his essay “Back to...
High tech connects scattered piano majors to campus, instructors
Chemistry department announces annual awards, scholarship winners
Students in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kansas received over $130,000 in awards and scholarships in recognition of superior academic, research and teaching performance. ...
Daniel Hernández awarded Morrison Foundation Teaching Award
Daniel Hernández, assistant professor of mathematics, received the 2020 Morrison Foundation Teaching Award. This award was established in 2008 by the Don and Pat Morrison Foundation to recognize outstanding teaching in mathematics. The Department of Mathematics selects a recipient each year in recognition of exemplary teaching and an ongoing...
Students win Outstanding Presentation Awards at Online Undergraduate Research Symposium
The University of Kansas recently hosted the 23rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium online. The Online Undergraduate Research Symposium website features over 200 student presentations from disciplines all across campus. ...
Design students cast fresh eyes on animal health issue
When you deal with the nitty-gritty, mud-caked reality of animal health and production agriculture every day, it can help to step back from those trees and get a view of the forest. ...
KU’s online registered behavior technician training program passes 500 graduates
— The field of behavioral health services is experiencing increased need — as well as a shortage of professionals to meet demand. That need includes more registered behavior technicians, or RBTs, in the workforce. ...
Music therapist’s writings range from philosophical to practical
Bill Matney believes music therapists must sing and play a variety of instruments to have a complete toolkit to help their clients. ...
KU honors 13 students with the 2020 University, Campanile awards
The University of Kansas has awarded 13 students with honors that recognize community engagement, leadership and academics. ...
KU scholar selected as 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
University of Kansas scholar Sarah Deer was named today as one of 27 researchers in the 2020 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. With a $200,000 stipend, it is one of the most generous awards of its kind for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Honorees include established and emerging...
Study suggests remnants of Bering Strait and other human migration paths exist underwater at 'choke points'
Today, sea-level rise is a great concern of humanity as climate change warms the planet and melts ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Indeed, great coastal cities around the world like Miami and New Orleans could be underwater later in this century. ...
Klusmeier selected to lead academic success endeavors at KU
Susan Klusmeier, who has served in various roles at the University of Kansas since 2016, and for the past 11 months as interim vice provost for undergraduate studies, will be the new vice provost for academic success. ...
KPR's ‘Trail Mix’ presents a virtual concert with Ordinary Elephant
Kansas Public Radio's “Trail Mix” will present its first virtual concert with the talented folk duo Ordinary Elephant. The virtual concert will take place at 7 p.m. May 28. ...
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures announces name change
The Kansas Board of Regents recently approved a name change for a University of Kansas languages department in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. ...
KU researchers harnessing power of stories to help Kansans navigate pandemic
University of Kansas researchers are helping Kansans cope with the COVID-19 pandemic by tapping into a simple but powerful tool: stories. ...
Study: Lack of diverse high school media contributing to fewer voices in national conversation
As media organizations downsize across the country, fewer voices are represented in the national media dialogue, and the already small number of minority voices declines further. While it stands to reason those voices could be replaced by recruiting young, diverse populations into the field, a University of Kansas study found...
KU music alumnus wins MTNA Young Artist Performance Competition
the winners from each category of the competition April 20 through an email sent to all contestants. There were seven competitors in the national final round for the Young Artists piano division. ...
2020 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award winners announced
The Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of two annual awards given to recognize undergraduate research mentors who make a difference in the lives of their students at the University of Kansas. ...
New partnership will help prepare women for public service
MISSOURI — A first-of-its-kind partnership is launching in Kansas to encourage more women to serve in civic leadership roles, including both appointed and elected positions. ...
Grant aims to improve outcomes for all students at 20 charter schools across the country
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it is investing over $10 million to launch the Charter Students with Disabilities Pilot Community — a cohort of 10 charter management organizations (CMO) that will work together with a common aim of improving the systems, learning experiences, and outcomes for their...
Successes and challenges of ending gender-based violence chronicled in new book
Hannah Britton got her first taste of anti-apartheid activism in South Africa while still a college student. ...
KU selects 2019-2020 Student Employee of the Year
The University Career Center at the University of Kansas has announced the 2019-2020 Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY). This year’s award winner is Abigal Percich, a junior in civil engineering from Lawrence, who works as an undergraduate researcher in the Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering. ...
Book outlines how KC schools are microcosm of shift from urban to suburban school advantage
Parents have always wanted the best for their children and have never been shy to move to areas that have the best schools. But one period of American history completely changed where the “best” schools were, and how people moved from the city to the suburbs not only changed schools,...