KU news archive
Wed, 02/08/2023 — Four outstanding students have been selected as the University of Kansas nominees for Harry S. Truman Scholarships.
The prestigious national awards, which provide up to $30,000 for graduate study, are given to college juniors for leadership in...
Wed, 02/08/2023 —
LAWRENCE – Based in the Kansas City area and taking its name from the Indo-Persian word for “new” and the Uzbek word for “music” or “melody,” the NAVO arts organization is focused on the new and the international. Now the new NAVO Trio, featuring two University of Kansas School of Music faculty members and one former member, is looking both forward and backward in time to bring overlooked music by women and nonbinary composers to the light of the concert hall and recordings.
This will be demonstrated by the program of the trio’s first series of concerts at regional venues, starting Feb. 18 in Overland Park.
The NAVO Trio is composed of oboist Margaret Marco,
Wed, 02/08/2023 — The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) will soon launch the second phase of its 2022-23 public health series. Last fall, the center presented a film series addressing diverse public health-related issues. CEAS will continue its series with two...
Wed, 02/08/2023 — LAWRENCE – Four candidates will give public presentations in a bid to be the next dean of University of Kansas Libraries. The university is seeking a leader who will guide KU Libraries beyond its traditional responsibilities to meet the emerging needs of the university and the community it serves.
Dean candidates will describe their vision and aspiration for the role of libraries in the next 10 years at a flagship state university.
“Each finalist brings expertise in the field and would benefit KU Libraries, the university and the community,” said Arvin Agah, dean of the KU School of Engineering and co-chair of the search committee. Mary Walsh, chief information
Tue, 02/07/2023 — The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant pushes back the known origins of lamiids to the Cretaceous, extending the record of nearly 40,000 species of flowering plants including modern-day staple crops like coffee, tomatoes, potatoes...
Mon, 02/06/2023 — Clients seeking therapy need to feel comfortable in an environment that is conducive to examining mental health and with a counselor they can trust. Meeting those needs can be challenging in a remote therapy environment. A University of Kansas...
Mon, 02/06/2023 — LAWRENCE – There is no need for a speech therapist to restrict bilingual children to speaking a single language to help them overcome stuttering, according to a new paper by a University of Kansas professor.
According to Ana Paula Mumy, clinical assistant professor of speech-language-hearing, studies show that bilingual children are not burdened by code-switching between one language spoken inside their home and another spoken in the wider community. Thus, the outdated emphasis on removing or reducing the home language reflects a narrow-mindedness engendered by monolingual notions of how hard it is to speak another language.
In “Culturally-Responsive Guidelines for
Fri, 02/03/2023 — LAWRENCE – The Dru Mort Sampson Center for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Kansas School of Law will host its inaugural event discussing social justice in the world of sports on Feb. 15.
“Courage, Accountability, Persistence: Hard-Fought Lessons in Sports and Social Justice” will run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Lied Center Pavilion. Attendance is free and open to the public. Seating will be first come, first served. Advanced registration is required.
This event will feature a moderated conversation with three speakers about their experiences advocating for social justice in the sports world: Joe Briggs, executive strategist at Amazon; Cliff Wiley,
Fri, 02/03/2023 — KU International Affairs is accepting proposals and applications for travel grants that support faculty and graduate student research and collaboration abroad.
The deadline for submitting proposals and applications is March 9. Grant recipients...
Fri, 02/03/2023 — The University of Kansas Libraries want to help faculty members discover services and resources available to enrich teaching and research and are offering financial support to selected participants. Applications are now open for Sprints Week 2023,
Thu, 02/02/2023 — The sound made by a refrigerator is just 50 A-weighted decibels. A ringing telephone generates 70 dBA, a leaf blower 110 dBA and a jet engine 150 dBA.
But how do these noises affect employees who are exposed to them every day at their workplace?
Thu, 02/02/2023 — Audiences at the University Theatre’s spring season opener will witness a unique performance from within the University of Kansas Department of Theatre & Dance with a script that’s been transformed by students.
In collaboration with...
Thu, 02/02/2023 — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Spring 2023 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series.
The KU Design Symposium Lecture Series (formerly the Hallmark Symposium) was established in...
Thu, 02/02/2023 — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Spring 2023 Architecture Lecture Series.
The Architecture Lecture Series welcomes architectural and experiential design leaders from...
Wed, 02/01/2023 —
LAWRENCE – Like Barack Obama, upstart Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi is younger than his main rivals and more astute in his deployment of social media. But Nigerian social media expert James Yékú said there are many differences between Obama’s “Yes We Can” campaign of 2008 and the Obi-dient Movement of 2022-23 that is rallying young voters across Nigeria.
Yékú, University of Kansas assistant professor of African digital humanities, is available to comment on how the political battle is being waged online ahead of the Feb. 25 election.
Unlike Obama's successful election, Yékú predicted that Obi will lose to one of his two main “gerontocratic”
Wed, 02/01/2023 — Conversing with a friend just once during the day to catch up, joke around or tell them you’re thinking of them can increase your happiness and lower your stress level by day’s end.
These are among the results of a new study co-written by...
Wed, 02/01/2023 — As virtual reality and augmented reality move into more prominent roles in everyday life, scholars hope to determine how effectively they could work in the classroom. A new study from the University of Kansas found that an augmented reality...
Wed, 02/01/2023 — A team of scientists from the University of Kansas has received a five-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to match undergraduates in STEM disciplines with faculty mentors as a means of increasing diversity in STEM...
Wed, 02/01/2023 — The University of Kansas School of Business has maintained its global accreditation in business and accounting for another five years with AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
KU is one of just 194...
Tue, 01/31/2023 — Supported by the Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture, performance artist Gabrielle Civil will visit the University of Kansas on Feb. 13. While at KU, Civil will perform her latest work, “The Déjà Vu,” at 6 p.m. in the Forum in Marvin Hall....
