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Smartphones are 'replace-ing' the city, book argues
As we run around the world, posting selfies, counting our steps and checking in on our smartphones, we’re leaving digital traces of our activities. And a new book by a University of Kansas professor argues that all this digital placemaking is actually changing the city – "replace-ing" it, in her...
Community invited to new series 'Education & Act: Civic Engagement in 2020'
Beginning in spring 2020, University of Kansas organizations will bring the campus and Lawrence communities an opportunity to learn more about voting and democracy ahead of the 2020 presidential election. ...
Colleagues remember Vernon Chamberlin, professor emeritus of Spanish
Vernon Chamberlin, a University of Kansas professor emeritus who served the university for 34 years died Jan. 25 at his home. He was 95. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces Spring 2020 Hallmark Symposium lectures
The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced the Spring 2020 Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series lineup. ...
Here’s how you can track a radar plane soaring over South Dakota to gauge snow depths and predict streamflow
Engineers from the University of Kansas School of Engineering and the Center for the Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) right now are flying a specially equipped Cessna 172 over the Black Hills of South Dakota. It’s a new effort to use airborne radar to measure snow depths and predict...
Lecture to explore messages of anti-suffrage movement
It is often overlooked that while women marched, protested and fight for their suffrage, organized female anti-suffrage groups actively sought to halt the advancement of their own rights. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 261st Basic Training Class
Twenty-one new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Jan. 24. Reno County Sheriff Darrian Campbell was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Conservation award recognizes KU researcher’s contribution to state water issues
You’d be on solid ground calling Jerry deNoyelles a champion for the environment, particularly for clean water in Kansas. Over 45 years of research, teaching and work with state agencies, he was among the first to draw serious attention to the condition of the state’s reservoirs. Today the University of...
KU Legal Aid Clinic to host fourth annual expungement clinic
The University of Kansas School of Law’s Legal Aid Clinic and the Douglas County District Attorney's Office are hosting the fourth annual Clean Slate Expungement Clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7. The free clinic will be held at the Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th...
Alumni gift establishes center for diversity and inclusion at KU Law
A new center for excellence at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to foster diversity within the law school community. The Dru Mort Sampson Center for Diversity and Inclusion, launched in late fall 2019, will encourage community engagement while helping students adjust to the demands of law school. ...
KU announces 2020 Mentoring Circle for Disability Inclusion
The University of Kansas has announced participants selected for the 2020 Mentoring Circles for Disability Inclusion (MCDI) program. The MCDI program seeks to strengthen the university by broadening participants’ perspectives on disability inclusion; providing knowledge, technical assistance and expertise on disability inclusion; and providing opportunities for participants to use their...
Short stories prove pathway to teaching French
Allan Pasco has taught French at the University of Kansas for more than 30 years, and he has learned that the short story is ever more relevant to today’s time-crunched students – and to their professors. ...
Bad science is bubbling up at KPR’s Cinema a Go-Go
Mad scientists, crawling hands and disembodied heads take over the next Cinema a Go-Go, hosted by Kansas Public Radio, Feb. 7 at Liberty Hall. ...
Engineering students design adaptation to help KC kayaker who uses wheelchair
There are few things that David Hosch loves more than getting in his kayak and getting out on the water. But getting his kayak to the water hasn’t always been easy for the 36-year-old Olathe resident. ...
KU researcher lands grant to study how LGBTQ individuals experience 12-step programs
LGBTQ individuals have been shown to have higher rates of alcohol and substance use problems than heterosexual or cisgender individuals. Twelve-step programs are the dominant model of addressing those concerns, yet very little data exist on how LGBTQ individuals experience the programs. A University of Kansas researcher has secured a...
State abortion policies use surveillance and social control to obstruct women, study finds
Abortion remains among the most polarizing topics in America. Despite the perceived notion of legality, actual access has become increasingly restrictive due to various control mechanisms, according to a new research study. ...
The Commons announces spring Red Hot Research dates
Red Hot Research returns this spring with six events for University of Kansas researchers. Red Hot Research is a regular Friday event, built of five short presentations from across the university to open the door for new ways of understanding work through discussion across perspectives. ...
Play ‘Reparations’ explores what makes us whole
Playwright Darren Canady shocks audiences by opening his new two-act drama, “Reparations,” with a scene of a lynching. ...
Annual Shutz Lecture will combine scholarship and song
The craft of musical composition and the art of performance will blend for the annual Shutz Lecture at the University of Kansas. Julia Broxholm, professor of voice, will discuss a challenging work by French composer Gabriel Fauré and then perform the work during the lecture at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. ...
Students, staff invited to brown bag lunches to discuss 2020 Kansas legislative session
The University of Kansas community is invited to a series of brown bag lunches to discuss the 2020 Kansas legislative session. ...
Dole Institute announces spring 2020 programming
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its programming lineup for the spring 2020 semester. Guests include award-winning scholars, a New York Times bestselling author, leading political strategists, global experts on spycraft in the 21st century and the Belgian ambassador to the United...
'Rightfully Yours: KU Campus and Community Scholars Consider U.S. Voting Rights' exhibition to open Feb. 6 in Haricombe Gallery
The University of Kansas Libraries will open a new exhibition in the Haricombe Gallery this February. “Rightfully Yours: KU Campus and Community Scholars Consider U.S. Voting Rights” is developed in conjunction with KU’s centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment. ...
Trade politics expert available to discuss U.S.-China relations
President Trump and Vice Premier Liu He of China met last week to sign a “phase one” trade deal. ...
KU student wins NIJ fellowship to study how police engage with victims of violent crime
Patricia Sattler served as the statewide victim assistance coordinator for the Nebraska Department of Justice for the last eight years of a 16-year practice career, so she’s seen firsthand how it can be difficult for law enforcement officers and victims of violent crimes to communicate and work effectively together. ...
Chaos theory may explain instability in US economy
Jeff Goldblum’s character in “Jurassic Park” famously popularized the concept of chaos theory as it relates to science. But one University of Kansas professor is applying that theory to the economy. ...
HUD program not effective as planned at helping minority families move from poverty, study shows
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has long operated programs designed to help low-income individuals and families find housing in “high-opportunity” neighborhoods where they would have access to good schools, employment and less exposure to crime. However, a new analysis by a University of Kansas professor has found...
Study finds journalists hold strongly to professional identity, even when forced to leave field
When meeting someone for the first time, people often ask, “What do you do for a living?” The question implies what work one performs is one of the most essential aspects of a person’s identity. But how would one answer if forced to leave their chosen field? A University of...
Play asserts power of young people’s idealism
What cause are you willing to put your life on the line for? ...
Nominate a student worker for Student Employee of the Year
The University Career Center has opened nominations for Student Employee of the Year. The award was established to recognize student employees who embody service excellence, dedication and stellar academic achievement. Any supervisor may nominate up to three students for the award, and the nominations are due Feb. 7. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces new photography minor
The photography program at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has developed a new photography minor available to all students. ...