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Two KU Engineering graduate students claim top honors at international radar conference
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas School of Engineering students have received international recognition for their research on radar systems. ...
Missouri scientist to discuss overdose crisis, need to improve addiction treatment systems, policies
LAWRENCE — Longtime disinvestment in health and social supports, roadblocks to treatment, historical trauma and the addition of fentanyl to the drug supply have combined to put Black communities at great risk for drug overdoses and deaths. In St. Louis, Black residents have the highest rates of drug-involved deaths of...
University Theatre set to perform 'H.M.S. Pinafore,' a comic class clash
LAWRENCE — Love doesn’t conform; it gets salty, particularly in "H.M.S. Pinafore," also known as "The Lass That Loved a Sailor," where W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan use satire to poke fun at the British class system through the lens of a love story. ...
School of Business hosts second KU Professional Selling Program / King’s Hawaiian Sales Competition
Autonomous vehicles could prove to be future model for delivery services, study finds
Faculty, instructor programming available for 'Disability Visibility,' the 2022-23 KU Common Book
LAWRENCE — KU Libraries, the Hall Center for the Humanities and University of Kansas Academic Success will launch programming for the 2022-23 Common Book at Red Hot Reading on April 15 at The Commons. This program for the book “Disability Visibility,” by Alice Wong, will be followed by a series...
KU junior named as Newman Civic Fellow
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas junior has been named as a Newman Civic Fellow, an award that recognizes student leaders who demonstrated an investment in their community through service, research and advocacy. ...
Two KU juniors to compete for Astronaut Scholarships
LAWRENCE — Two outstanding University of Kansas undergraduates, recently named 2022 Goldwater Scholars, are representing KU in the Astronaut Scholarship program. ...
Evening of stories, performances will offer support for Ukraine
LAWRENCE — Featuring personal stories, poetry, theatre performance and music, several University of Kansas partners will host a night in support of Ukrainians on April 18. ...
International Jayhawk Festival will celebrate KU’s global community April 19
LAWRENCE — Connect with the diverse global community at the University of Kansas and discover an abundance of international opportunities at the sixth annual International Jayhawk Festival, which will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. April 19 at the Burge Union. ...
Seats available for Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative Symposium
LAWRENCE — Limited seats are available for the in-person Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative Symposium, the culmination of activities over the past year from the Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative. ...
NSF award fuels quest to understand what makes voting-rights advocacy groups thrive
LAWRENCE — With voting rights being challenged across the nation, a University of Kansas scholar is examining what today's voting rights advocacy groups can learn from a political organization that has traveled down that road before. ...
International legal scholar to discuss post-conflict federalism at KU lecture
LAWRENCE – International legal scholar Jens Woelk will discuss post-conflict federalism during the Casad Comparative Law Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
Multidisciplinary team of KU graduate students chosen as finalist in HUD competition
School of Engineering bestows 3 with Distinguished Engineering Service Award
LAWRENCE — Three alumni from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will receive the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 5. ...
KU mathematics researcher receives NSF CAREER award
LAWRENCE — Agnieszka Międlar, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas, has received the National Science Foundation award for the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER). ...
KU project to aid young women with autism in mapping health resources in community
LAWRENCE — Transitioning to life after high school is a monumental time in young people’s lives, as they move on to college, enter the workforce, leave home and begin adult life. But for young people with autism, that time can be especially fraught, as supports and programs in place to...
Spencer Museum announces Sydney Pursel as new curator for public practice
KFRTI expands reach in western Kansas with annual fire school partnership, new remote hire
KU, Haskell scholars to present research projects at annual symposium
LAWRENCE – Research on the spread of fungal infections, effectiveness of teletherapy, use of microfluidics for diagnostics, communication strategies of bacteria, and effects of social behavior and stress on brain signaling will be among student work presented at the 22nd annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Student Research Symposium. ...
In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe/Sacred Red Rock Project receives $5 million Mellon Foundation Monuments Project Grant
LAWRENCE — The Mellon Foundation has announced a grant to the In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe/Sacred Red Rock Project for the return of a 28-ton red Siouxan quartzite boulder located for the past 93 years in Robinson Park, Lawrence, to the Kaw Nation. ...
KU Law to honor 3 alumni with top award
LAWRENCE — Three University of Kansas School of Law alumni will receive the law school’s highest alumni honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, this year. The award celebrates graduates for their professional achievements, contributions to the legal field and service to their communities and the university. ...
Two language departments in the College to merge
LAWRENCE – This July, the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Languages & Literatures and the Department of German Studies at the University of Kansas will merge and become the Department of Slavic, German & Eurasian Studies. The merged department in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will host a...