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KPR reporter to participate in NPR News-Kaiser Health News project
href="http://www.kansaspublicradio.org/index.php">KPRLAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson has been selected as one of 24 public media reporters from across the country to participate in an NPR News-Kaiser Health News reporting project: “Health Care in the States.” The 15-month partnership is an initiative by the news organizations to expand and deepen...
Chancellors Club honors tax professor, liver researcher for faculty awards
Whether revving up University of Kansas students’ interest in tax accounting or researching methods to repair damaged livers, the 2011 Chancellors Club researcher and professor are making a positive impact at KU. ...
Final report of ADA task force now available
The final report of KU’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) task force has been posted online. The recommendations of the review are intended to position KU to become a more inclusive and accessible campus community. ...
Inaugural Tiberti Lecture to feature CEO's perspectives on ethics, success
Murli Tolaney is well aware of potential ethical pitfalls that lie in wait for engineers in the workforce. As former CEO of one of the world’s leading water and wastewater engineering firms, he encountered his share of situations that challenged his professional principles. Tolaney will provide insight on taking the...
Alternative Breaks, Center for Community Outreach host first annual Story Slam
Alternative Breaks and the Center for Community Outreach are hosting the first annual Story Slam on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The event will be followed by a reception with food and drink in the Big XII room. ...
KU lands grant to help improve education for learners with deaf-blindness
href="http://www.lsi.ku.edu">Life Span InstituteLAWRENCE — An innovative project developed at the University of Kansas to help children who are both deaf and blind has proven so effective it has received a national grant to ensure it continues and to document exactly why it works so well. ...
Play TOWN Ball! KU professor uses game to teach pre-Civil War history
Before Americans played baseball, they played Town Ball. Abraham Lincoln played it, and today pockets of Town Ball leagues dot the U.S. map. ...
Ten KU seniors named finalists for 21st annual Ex.C.E.L. Awards
Ten finalists have been selected for the 21st annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Awards at the University of Kansas. ...
Four students awarded 2010-11 Chancellor's Writing Prize
For a third year, KU students will be awarded cash prizes for excellence in academic writing. The prize acknowledges the importance of consultation from faculty and the KU Writing Center and promotes writing across KU’s curriculum. ...
2011 KU Women of Distinction calendar honors students, faculty, staff
The 2011-12 University of Kansas Women of Distinction calendar is honoring 25 women students, faculty and staff for outstanding achievements. ...
KU’s Partnership for the Arts series presents Opera/Vocal Outreach project
The University of Kansas School of Music and Reach Out Kansas, Inc., are pleased to present the 2011-12 Kansas Partnership for the Arts, a series featuring numerous performances by renowned faculty, students and international guest artists. Included in this new series is the Opera/Vocal Outreach initiative, a program created to...
KU researchers: With more choice, friends are more similar — but no closer
People prefer to make friends with others who share their beliefs, values, and interests. The more choice people have, the more their friends are alike, according to University of Kansas researchers. ...
New York Times columnist, author to present 2011 Anderson Chandler Lecture
— Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times chief mergers and acquisitions reporter, co-host of CNBC’s Squawk Box and author of “Too Big to Fail,” will present “The Global Economy: What’s Next?” as the School of Business 2011 Anderson Chandler Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. at the...
KU to host economic policy conference on immigration
href="http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/conferen/kepc11">Kansas Economic Policy Conference agendaLAWRENCE — Immigration and its impact on the state economy will be the topic of this year’s Kansas Economic Policy Conference on Oct. 13 at the Kansas Union. ...
KU Center for Sustainability to shed new light on campus energy savings
— The KU Center for Sustainability has joined forces with Energy Solutions Professionals (ESP), an Overland Park-based energy service company, to replace inefficient light bulbs on campus with new compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). ...
KU names new senior recruitment and outreach coordinator based out of Garden City
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Collection gift broadens Latin American collections at KU Libraries
href="http://www.lib.ku.edu">KU LibrariesLAWRENCE — An extensive gift of more than 20,000 Latin American books, pamphlets and papers from a KU emeritus professor will serve to deepen an already substantial collection that he helped to create. ...
KU to develop multimedia training for educators of kids with disabilities
Working with young children with disabilities and their families is not an easy job. Researchers at the University of Kansas are developing a multimedia, online program to marry the latest academic research in disability studies with ethics, policy and the experience of those working in the field to provide professional...
KU's Partnership for the Arts program introduces 'West Side Story' lecture series
The University of Kansas School of Music and Reach Out Kansas, Inc., are pleased to present the 2011-12 Kansas Partnership for the Arts, a series featuring numerous performances by renowned faculty, students and international guest artists. Included in this program is “The Creation of West Side Story,” a series of...
Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities to host forum
href="http://kansas2011.thatcamp.org">Forum scheduleLAWRENCE — The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities will host its Fall 2011 Digital Humanities Forum at the Kansas Union and at Watson Library from Sept. 22-24. ...
Scientists probe mystery of phototropism while training young researchers
Plunk a houseplant near a window, and often that plant will bend eagerly toward the light to soak up as much energy as possible. Phototropism is the name of this process, and you can see it in organisms ranging from algae to sunflowers. ...
KU researchers find enriched infant formulas benefit brain and heart
University of Kansas scientists have found new evidence that infant formulas fortified with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) are good for developing brains and hearts. ...
KU Law School ranks in top 20 nationally for hands-on learning opportunities
the School of Law's Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic interact with doctors at the KU Med Center, where the clinic has an office in the Department of Family Medicine. Photo by Steve Puppe. ...
Researchers find early savings accounts help low-income kids reach college
Anyone who has saved for a college education, whether for a child or for themselves, can attest it’s not easy to put money away. A team of researchers from the University of Kansas and colleagues have shown that when savings accounts are started for children of low-income families and financial...
Renowned history professor to discuss Hitler, Stalin at Backus Lecture at KU
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at KU has announced that prominent author Dr. Timothy Snyder, a professor of history at Yale University, will present this year’s Backus Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union. ...
KU joins peer institutions in promoting university-based economic development
of Kansas has a great story to tell about innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as the positive outcomes of the university’s efforts in technology commercialization, industry collaborations and job creation. ...
$61 million fundraising milestone met for The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Foundation Chairman John C. Dicus...
KU-developed school reform program shows inclusion can boost performance
href="http://www.soe.ku.edu">KU School of EducationLAWRENCE — For decades, schools have been segregating students according to ability. Special ed students, English as a second language learners, gifted children and those with behavioral problems were all split into separate groups. ...