Health & Wellness
Fri, 03/04/2022 — The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is hosting 6 one-day summer camps for high school students and incoming freshmen June 13, 15, 17, 20, 22 and 24. Summer camp will take place on the Lawrence Campus, where participants explore the many...
Tue, 03/01/2022 — Ten University of Kansas students will participate in the 2022 Kansas Undergraduate Research Days, which will be March 2-3.
Undergraduate students from each Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) four-year public university are working on 30 projects...
Mon, 02/28/2022 — Transgender and gender-diverse youths face a great deal of discrimination, hostility and tension in their daily lives, especially those who live in rural areas where there are fewer transgender youths and low levels of support and resources. A...
Fri, 02/25/2022 — An at-home COVID-19 testing device developed by a University of Kansas professor is another step closer to hitting the market.
BioFluidica, a company co-founded by Steven Soper, announced in early February it has received $6 million in Series...
Thu, 02/24/2022 — A team of faculty members from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare will join a faculty colleague from the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work to serve as the new team of editors for the Journal of Community Practice. The...
Wed, 02/23/2022 — Shortly before the Positive Psychotherapy Clinic was set to open on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus, the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to work and learn from home. But that temporary delay enabled the clinic to reach far beyond...
Tue, 02/22/2022 — LAWRENCE – The Health Humanities and Arts Research Collaborative (HHARC) at the University of Kansas has made part of its mission to support existing and emerging collaborative research at the intersection of health and humanities and arts disciplines. Along these lines, HHARC has awarded a second round of seed grant funding to support the initial stages of three research projects.
These grants made possible by the Office of Research invite applicants to develop research questions that require the experience of researchers and practitioners across disciplines and professions, and through community engagement as a member of the team. Additionally, teams are asked to
Mon, 02/21/2022 —
LAWRENCE – As the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic coincides with the 300th anniversary of the publication of Daniel Defoe’s novel “A Journal of the Plague Year,” a University of Kansas professor of English who specializes in literature of that era said there are even stronger continuities between the book and our own time than were first apparent.
Yes, Anna Neill said, foreshadowing our pandemic time, Defoe detailed the horror as the bubonic plague ravaged London, revealing its disparate impact according to social class, breaking supply chains and “providing opportunities for charlatans and scammers and people dealing in fake news about origins and treatment
Fri, 02/18/2022 — A blizzard may have blanketed Mount Oread on Feb. 17, but the heartwarming generosity of donors everywhere made the fifth-annual One Day. One KU. giving day a rousing success.
The 24-hour event raised a total of $3,007,250 from 4,790 gifts....
Wed, 02/16/2022 —
LAWRENCE – How does a poet, and an academic one at that, reach out to the general public with her concern for the planet and for others’ well-being?
In the case of Megan Kaminski, University of Kansas associate professor of English, the answer comes now in the form of Prairie Divination, a 40-card oracle deck and illustrated collection of essays. It’s a distillation of the plant and animal knowledge she has gained from 14 years living in Kansas, paying careful attention to the prairie ecosystem, combined with interdisciplinary research in botany and plant studies and some poetic and artistic inspiration alongside collaborator and former doctoral student, L. Ann
Thu, 02/10/2022 — A bequest from the estate of University of Kansas alumnus Richard “Dick” Smith will provide $5.5 million to KU for scholarships.
The scholarship fund will be divided equally, with half providing scholarships to undergraduate students...
Thu, 02/10/2022 — This spring, 49 KU students will receive an Undergraduate Research Awards (UGRA). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on research and creative projects with mentors from KU.
Students apply for UGRAs by writing a...
Wed, 02/09/2022 — On Feb. 17, One Day. One KU. turns 5. This annual day of giving to benefit the University of Kansas will inspire stories and gifts that will make an impact for generations to come.
Each year, this single day has set a fundraising record through...
Tue, 02/08/2022 — Scholars and experts in law will focus on post-pandemic privacy implications concerning the disparities in the health system, technology and cybersecurity for a University of Kansas School of Law event.
The 2022 Kansas Journal of Law &...
Thu, 02/03/2022 — A new study from the University of Kansas shows that in "hookup culture," — in which young people may engage in sex without the traditional courtship practice of dating – there is a discrepancy between what college students are saying and...
Mon, 01/31/2022 — Back in early 2020, University of Kansas virologist Anthony Fehr was part of a relatively small community of researchers in the world studying coronaviruses. Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and his niche research area exploded on a global...
Thu, 01/27/2022 — Growing up as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Annalise Guthrie never expected to have a career in science. She is not alone. Only about 16% of Native Americans attain bachelor’s degrees, with far fewer going to graduate school in the sciences.
Wed, 01/26/2022 — Sponsored research at the University of Kansas supported the salaries of 3,974 people in 2021 and accounted for $50.7 million in spending with Kansas companies on ...
Mon, 01/24/2022 — Four University of Kansas faculty members on the Lawrence and Medical Center campuses are this year’s recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for...
Wed, 01/12/2022 — Athletes have long been known to push themselves as hard as possible to improve their performance, especially in the weight room. But not much is known about what happens inside the muscle when someone trains too hard. A new University of Kansas...
