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Thirteen KU students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for fall
LAWRENCE — This fall, 13 University of Kansas students will receive an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
New School of Business program aims to instill professional excellence among undergraduates
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business has launched a new program aimed at developing professionalism among undergraduate business students. ...
Self Graduate Fellowship announces 2021-2022 Board of Trustees
LAWRENCE – The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Programs at the University of Kansas have announced the Board of Trustees for the Self Graduate Fellowship. Trustees include KU leaders and faculty members:...
KU’s Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence Awards scholarships to ICCAE Scholars
LAWRENCE — The Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (ICCAE) at the University of Kansas has awarded five ICCAE scholars with an academic scholarship. ICCAE scholars are high-achieving students in the intelligence and national security studies (INSS) minor or certificate program at KU and who are dedicated to working in...
Career & Experiential Learning Offices bring Experiential Learning Institute to KU
LAWRENCE — This fall, 15 faculty and instructional staff from across University of Kansas units will be completing a six-week virtual experiential learning training program administered by the Institute for Experiential Learning (IFEL) through a partnership with the Office of Academic Programs & Experiential Learning. The program will expose participants...
Feel the noise! Play about air guitar opens KU Theatre season
LAWRENCE – "Airness," a comedy written by Chelsea Marcantel, will rock the William Inge Memorial Theatre at the University of Kansas. This peek into the lives of air guitar contestants in competition is directed by Jonah Greene, doctoral student in KU's Department of Theatre & Dance. ...
'Amplification' of other people's ideas bolsters one's own status, KU research finds
Project on the History of Black Writing lecture series will further explore Zora Neale Hurston's life, legacy
Documentary explores how mothers bring whole selves to art
LAWRENCE – At one time or another, nearly every employed person feels pressed by the push and pull of personal and work life. For mothers who are the primary caregivers of young children, it's even more extreme. ...
School of Engineering’s Tiberti Lecture set for Oct. 14
LAWRENCE — A past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers will give this year’s J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
New $1.25 million grant enables investigation into vital role of sex hormones in tissue repair
Donna Ginther named recipient of ASCB Public Service Award
LAWRENCE — The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) announced in early September that Donna Ginther, University of Kansas Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Economics, has been named recipient of the group’s prestigious Public Service Award, which recognizes outstanding public service in support of biomedical research or advocacy of...
KU Alumni Association announces events for Homecoming 2021
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will celebrate its 109th Homecoming Oct. 13-16, culminating in the KU football game against Texas Tech on Oct. 16 in David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. ...
KU Law, Wichita State partner to expand accelerated bachelor's, law degree program
LAWRENCE – Students at Wichita State University will have an opportunity to accelerate their legal education and save a year of tuition, thanks to an expansion of the Legal Education Accelerated Degree (LEAD) program at the University of Kansas. ...
2021 HOK Diversity, Design Scholarship awarded to KU architecture student
LAWRENCE — Global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm HOK has awarded its 2021 HOK Diversity x Design Scholarship to University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design architecture student Darius Mathis. ...
Study points out evolution of peer review in academic publishing, problems and alternatives
KU hosting Family Weekend
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Student Affairs is hosting a Family Weekend to welcome Jayhawk parents and relatives. There will be opportunities throughout the weekend for students to show families around the main campus and Lawrence area. ...
KU alumna Sarah Smarsh receives national TRIO Achiever Award
LAWRENCE – Citing her “long-standing commitment to the mission of TRIO programs through her writing and journalism,” the Council on Opportunity in Education (COE) has honored author and University of Kansas graduate Sarah Smarsh with a 2021 National TRIO Achiever Award. Smarsh was recognized during COE’s 40th Annual Conference Award...
Hall Center announces 2021 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award winners
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas has announced the winners of the 2021 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award. Awards are given in three categories: fiction, poetry and nonfiction. ...
Architecture and design students awarded 2021 Kansas City Architectural Foundation scholarships
LAWRENCE – Nine University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design students, representing both the architecture and design departments, have received 2021 Kansas City Architectural Foundation (KCAF) scholarships. ...
Researcher develops website featuring maps of school segregation across US to help spur research
LAWRENCE — The 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data shows that the United States population has grown more diverse and is increasingly urbanizing. Yet K-12 schools remain largely segregated. A new website developed by a University of Kansas researcher uses census and demographic data to build maps for all 50 states...
The Commons announces return of Red Hot Research with adaptations in fall 2021
LAWRENCE — Red Hot Research will return this fall to the University of Kansas in a different setting. Events in the series will take place Fridays in The Commons’ main hall with a reception to follow in Weaver Courtyard in an effort to offer space for collegial exchange in an...
Untold history of Panama’s successful enslaved resistance detailed in 'African Maroons' book
LAWRENCE — The saga of enslaved peoples remains a complicated history. But a new book has made it even more complicated. ...