KU news archive
Tue, 02/28/2023 — in that order — all helped to inspire the latest cycle of ceramic works from Sarah Gross. The resulting show of those works, which Gross calls “Fruits of My Labor,” opened Feb. 27 and runs through March 29 at Spiva Art Gallery at Missouri...
Tue, 02/28/2023 — The University of Kansas is part of a national project to better prepare future social workers to recognize and respond to domestic violence and in turn provide that training to agencies that serve survivors across the country.
KU and other...
Tue, 02/28/2023 — The Spencer Museum of Art invites the public to explore its recently renovated and reinstalled collection galleries at Level Up!, An Art Party for All, from noon to 5 p.m. March 4. This free community celebration will highlight the Spencer...
Mon, 02/27/2023 — The new Jayhawk Welcome Center, a dynamic and inviting space that represents a new era in student recruitment for the University of Kansas, is now open for campus tours by prospective students and their families — as well as events and...
Mon, 02/27/2023 — A scientist, broadcaster and bestselling author who focuses on the complicated, interwoven history of genetics and race will give a public seminar at the University of Kansas in early March.
Adam Rutherford will discuss “Eugenics and the...
Mon, 02/27/2023 — Researchers, students, professionals, educators, families and advocates are invited to Autism Across the Life Span, an annual conference presented by the Kansas Center for Autism Research & Training (K-CART) at the University of Kansas Life...
Mon, 02/27/2023 — The Kansas African Studies Center (KASC) has announced the schedule for the 2023 Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium Series, which continues the 2022-2023 academic year theme of “Public Health and Well-being in Global Africa.” It features...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — LeBron James has many things, including the recently acquired NBA all-time scoring record and his long-possessed commanding physical strength. The two seem to be related. But basketball researchers at the University of Kansas have published a...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — The University of Kansas is launching a new concentration in applied data analytics in its Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program in the School of Professional Studies. It will be offered online through the University of Kansas Edwards...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — For six years, Lucas Vieira has taught English to middle schoolers in Rio de Janeiro, but it was his ability to visit a Lawrence restaurant solo and carry on a conversation with the staff that provided a major confidence boost.
“I feel...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — The University of Kansas Office of Space Management has transformed an unused lab in Malott Hall into a new studio space for the School of Architecture & Design.
Increasing enrollment rates over the past decade have created a need for the...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — University of Kansas debaters Ethan Harris, sophomore from Lawrence, and Will Soper, junior from Bucyrus, won the Mid America Championship debate tournament hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma. The pair went undefeated over 10 rounds...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — R. David Edelman, an American policymaker and academic who currently directs the Project on Technology, the Economy, and National Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — The fourth candidate for the University of Kansas Libraries dean position will give a public presentation at 3 p.m. Feb. 23 in Watson Library in Watson 3 West Event Space.
The event will be livestreamed, and the passcode is 959680.
Catherine...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — Researchers from the University of Kansas are helping build an international, multidisciplinary center to monitor pathogens in wild mammals and act as an early warning system for pandemic prediction and prevention.
The Pathogen Informatics...
Mon, 02/20/2023 — For Paul Outka, associate professor of English at the University of Kansas, the “slow-motion meteor strike” of environmental degradation and the accompanying “sense of looming, but not fully arrived, apocalypse … that unites us all is an...
Mon, 02/20/2023 — The nation’s leading financial regulator is facing a transparency crisis of its own. According to a new study by a University of Kansas law professor, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is becoming increasingly secretive regarding...
Mon, 02/20/2023 — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps offset the costs for families who face food insecurity. It’s one of the most frequently accessed public programs, aiding more than 41 million people each month.
But the SNAP emergency...
Mon, 02/20/2023 — Miranda Carman could not obtain a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder for her son until he was past his fourth birthday. After years of waiting, she hoped her son’s diagnosis would finally open the door to intervention services.
But Carman,...
Fri, 02/17/2023 — The third candidate for the University of Kansas Libraries dean position will give a public presentation at 3 p.m. Feb. 21 in Watson Library in Watson 3 West Event Space.
The event will be livestreamed, and the passcode is 726261.
Carol Smith...
