Sustainability & Environment
Thu, 02/25/2021 — LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas spring program series will feature contributors to the 2020 book “All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis.” Each event will feature dialogue across study and practice and compel attendees to think about climate in both contemporary terms and historical context, recognizing that climate change disproportionately affects minority and low-income communities.
The first event will feature artist Favianna Rodriguez in conversation with artist Imani Wadud, doctoral student in American studies, at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3. All events are free and open to the public.
The series results from
Tue, 02/23/2021 — After three years of small increases, average groundwater levels in central and western Kansas dropped during 2020 as most of the area experienced abnormally dry conditions for much of the year, according to preliminary data compiled by the...
Fri, 02/19/2021 — KU’s fourth annual One Day. One KU. giving day brought in gifts benefiting everything from butterflies to Alzheimer’s disease research on its most successful giving day to date.
The 24-hour event Feb. 18 raised a total of $3,396,158 from...
Thu, 02/18/2021 — A diverse group of University of Kansas researchers from a broad range of scholarly backgrounds — and including many female and underrepresented voices — will receive training and work together to produce public scholarship that speaks to a...
Tue, 02/16/2021 — LAWRENCE – Eight University of Kansas graduate students from the Lawrence campus and five graduate students from the KU Medical Center are putting their groundbreaking research on public display starting Feb. 18.
KU students will join graduate students from Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University and Wichita State University at the Capitol Graduate Research Summit. This year’s event will take place virtually, instead of in the Kansas Statehouse. The graduate students selected to participate represent a wide range of research interests, including physical and natural sciences, medicine and pharmacy,
Thu, 02/11/2021 — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced the Spring 2021 Architecture Lecture Series lineup.
The Architecture Lecture Series welcomes architecture and experiential design leaders from across the...
Tue, 02/09/2021 — Traditional burial in a graveyard has environmental costs. Graves can take up valuable land, leak embalming chemicals and involve nonbiodegradable materials like concrete, as well as the plastic and steel that make up many caskets. But the other...
Tue, 02/09/2021 — Twenty-four hours may make up only one day, but that day could alter the lives of KU students, faculty and staff for generations to come.
Gifts made during One Day. One KU., the 24-hour giving campaign, will mean more scholarships, more program...
Fri, 02/05/2021 — Rondy Malik, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of KU Foundation Distinguished Professor Jim Bever, has been named a “Rising Star” on a list of “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America.” The list was compiled by Cell Mentor, an...
Wed, 02/03/2021 — Spotlight on Care will resume in Spring 2021 at the University of Kansas with some stylistic shifts as COVID-19 continues to affect higher education.
This semester, the series will take place biweekly at 11 a.m. Thursdays, beginning Feb. 11....
Wed, 02/03/2021 — More than 7,100 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2020 semester.
The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences...
Wed, 01/27/2021 — For at least a century, ecologists have wondered at the tendency for populations of different species to cycle up and down in steady, rhythmic patterns.
“These cycles can be really exaggerated — really huge booms and huge busts — and...
Wed, 01/27/2021 — Lily Stearns was a nimble liar, a master manipulator and an all-around opportunist.
She was also a beautiful writer and an intrepid homesteader, according to Sara Gregg, associate professor of history and environmental studies at the University...
Tue, 01/26/2021 — This spring, 41 KU students will receive an Undergraduate Research Award. UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects.
Students apply for UGRAs by writing a four-page...
Mon, 01/25/2021 — Acclaimed writer, professor and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer will give the 2021 Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture at 7 p.m. April 1. The event will be broadcast live.
A member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer is known for the universal...
Thu, 01/14/2021 — Four faculty members at two Kansas universities have been identified as recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly...
Wed, 12/16/2020 — When you imagine a visit to a natural history museum, the first thing that springs to mind could be dinosaur bones or taxidermized animals.
Behind the visitor displays, however, advanced research on specimens collected from around the world is...
Wed, 12/16/2020 — University Distinguished Professor Jorge Soberón has been named interim director of the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas.
“Dr. Soberón is an internationally recognized leader in biodiversity...
Wed, 12/16/2020 — A crew from the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, will be in western Kansas measuring groundwater levels the first week of January.
Levels are measured annually as part of a joint project conducted by the KGS and the...
Tue, 12/15/2020 — The 54th edition of the Kansas Statistical Abstract is now available online. In a year that brought the novel coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic turmoil, the KSA shares data on Kansas and the United States in 16 categories that provides...
