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A photo collage of Kathryn Bigelow, Scott Lovell and James Saulsbury.

Experts in language promotion, structural biology and extinction receive KU Research Achievement Awards

Colorful straight lines transform into a shapeless mess, representing order into chaos.

Groundbreaking contributions to effects of chaos and bifurcation in economics chronicled in new book

A photo of people protesting, waving flags and holding signs in Algeria in 2019.

Study: Social media doesn’t always bring people together, even when they have shared goals for democracy

A study of feminist protesters who took part in the 2019 Algerian “Hirak“ protests found they experienced dismissal and violence from people on social media, even when they shared goals of reforming their government. The findings indicate the power of social media to unite people around a common cause can be limited when all are not viewed as equals.

Science and Technology

Experts in language promotion, structural biology and extinction receive KU Research Achievement Awards

The annual awards recognize outstanding unclassified academic staff, unclassified professional staff and postdoctoral fellows whose research significantly influenced their fields and expanded intellectual or societal insights.

Program will train high schoolers to write code and develop microelectronics for artificial intelligence

Researchers at the University of Kansas, along with the University of Florida and the University of North Texas, will partner with regional high schools to engage about 500 students and 25 teachers in real-world projects to build interest in artificial intelligence technology as a career path.
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Computer code on a dark screen

KU, FBI hosting Third Annual Cybersecurity Conference in April

Registration is now open for the Third Annual FBI & KU Cybersecurity Conference: Bridging the Knowledge of Government, Industry, Workforce and Research, which will be April 3 and 4 at the Kansas Union on KU’s Lawrence campus.
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Health and Well-Being

Autism Across the Life Span conference returns to KU Edwards Campus on March 14

The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (KCART) will offer a one-day conference that brings together members of the autism community with researchers, clinicians, educators and students at the KU Edwards Campus on March 14.

Jayhawk Athletic Performance Lab teams up with KU Football to elevate pro day training

The Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory (JAPL), a sport performance-based research center housed under the Achievement & Assessment Institute, is collaborating with the KU Football team to help players better prepare for the NFL Combine and Big 12 Pro Day through technology and data analysis.
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Photo collage of Walter Dodds, Hans Coetzee, Dave Tell, and Hartmut Jaeschke

KU, Kansas State faculty receive Higuchi-KU Endowment research achievement awards

Four faculty members at two Kansas universities were named recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence.
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Teaching, Learning and Behavior

Program will train high schoolers to write code and develop microelectronics for artificial intelligence

Researchers at the University of Kansas, along with the University of Florida and the University of North Texas, will partner with regional high schools to engage about 500 students and 25 teachers in real-world projects to build interest in artificial intelligence technology as a career path.

KU researchers developing AI-boosted program to help teach writing skills to students with disabilities

A KU research team is developing and expanding Project AI-Score, a system that uses artificial intelligence technology to help instructors more efficiently teach writing to students with disabilities.
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A photo collage of Kathryn Bigelow, Scott Lovell and James Saulsbury.

Experts in language promotion, structural biology and extinction receive KU Research Achievement Awards

The annual awards recognize outstanding unclassified academic staff, unclassified professional staff and postdoctoral fellows whose research significantly influenced their fields and expanded intellectual or societal insights.
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Arts, Architecture and Humanities

Relationships with robots drive plot of novel ‘Luminous’

What if you had a robot for a sibling? That concept is the inspiration for a University of Kansas professor's debut science fiction novel, "Luminous," now out from Simon & Schuster.

Large-format photographer gets below the surface in new KC group show

Elise Kirk, KU associate professor of photography, is showing work in "Strange and Familiar Places,” on display through July 20 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Sheyda Jahanbani at the Hall Center for the Humanities

Hall Center announces competition winners

The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas has revealed its winners for the upcoming summer and academic year, honoring faculty and graduate students for their groundbreaking humanities research and creative work.
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Business, Economics and Innovation

Not all financial analysts impeded by sleep disruptions, study finds

In a new study focusing on financial markets, William Bazley, assistant professor of finance at the University of Kansas, finds that sleep disruptions following spring daylight saving time clock shifts may negatively affect the forecast quality of the professional analysts — but it depends on their level of experience.

Health effects of trauma linked to performance at work

In a new paper, Elizabeth Embry, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Kansas, offers a theory linking health effects of trauma to performance outcomes at work, suggesting how managerial awareness of trauma manifestations is a necessary step toward workplaces becoming supportive or healing.
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Colorful straight lines transform into a shapeless mess, representing order into chaos.

Groundbreaking contributions to effects of chaos and bifurcation in economics chronicled in new book

In a new book, William Barnett, the Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Kansas, provides a unified presentation of his contributions to the literature on chaos, economic bifurcation and nonlinear dynamics. The span of the book’s research begins in 1988 with Barnett’s initial finding of chaos in economic data.
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Law, Politics and Society

Famed historian chronicles his 'radical' intellectual and political transformation

In his new autobiography, David Roediger, the Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas, chronicles his intellectual and political transformation from growing up in a Midwest “sundown town” to becoming a leading figure in working-class history and whiteness studies.

Embrace of authoritarianism in US fueled by culture wars more than economy, study finds

In a new book chapter, David Norman Smith, professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, examines Donald Trump’s intention to be a dictator “on day one” of his second term in office. He scrutinizes Trump’s assertion that many individuals “like” such talk of a dictatorship and finds that this is fueled more by the culture wars than the economy.
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A photo of people protesting, waving flags and holding signs in Algeria in 2019.

Study: Social media doesn’t always bring people together, even when they have shared goals for democracy

A study of feminist protesters who took part in the 2019 Algerian “Hirak“ protests found they experienced dismissal and violence from people on social media, even when they shared goals of reforming their government. The findings indicate the power of social media to unite people around a common cause can be limited when all are not viewed as equals.
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