NEWS

JAN

11

• Greenhouse gas-emitting microbes in soil pose a global warming challenge
• KU announces fall 2012 candidates for degree
• KU announces certified public manager program graduates for 2012

JAN

10

• Media advisory: Atchley to appear on NBC Rock Center, talk texting and driving

JAN

9

• Study: Greater focus on vocabulary can help make students better readers
• KPR to broadcast Gov. Brownback's State of the State address
• Petroleum engineering professor honored

JAN

8

• Massive new mapping of the universe could unlock secrets of 'dark energy'
• KU Wind Ensemble students to perform world premiere at Carnegie Hall

JAN

7

• Professor: Media coverage of rape often missing meaningful discussion

DEC

19

• Professor: Don't expect sweeping gun reform measures following Newtown shootings
• Dole Institute presents memorial exhibit honoring former Senator Daniel Inouye

DEC

18

• NIH announces new initiatives in response to KU study
• Professor: International law needs to do more to protect world’s grasslands
• Geological Survey to measure water levels in western Kansas
• Media advisory: Professor can speak about post-traumatic stress, journalists

DEC

17

• Donors provide additional $13M for new KU School of Business building
• KU scholar discusses origins of doomsday myth
• KU launches graduate distance learning program for working engineers

DEC

14

• Prisinzano appointed chair of School of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry
• Psychology professor named 2012 AAAS Fellow

DEC

13

• KU researcher looks to better understand tau protein's role in Alzheimer’s disease
• Museum invites public to explore human anatomy during ‘Science Saturday’

DEC

12

• KU selects Dust Bowl chronicle 'The Worst Hard Time' as 2013-14 Common Book
• KU engineering students to present at Grundfos Challenge finals in Denmark

DEC

11

• Partnership shows 'restorative education' helps at-risk youth succeed in school
• Goonewardene named to Personalized Medicine Coalition board

DEC

10

• Kansas Masonic Foundation makes $1 million gift to address emotional aspects of cancer care
• University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy to give inaugural lecture

DEC

7

• Olathe auditor named KU director of internal audit

DEC

6

• Open House at KU to highlight new experiential opportunities and first-year experiences
• Research aims to boost algae-to-biofuel production in multidisciplinary effort
• KU Mini College is heading to Phoenix

DEC

5

• Juggling study ties stress levels to competitive learning environment
• Couple make gift commitment to create scholarship for KU’s School of Social Welfare
• Distinguished professor to bring wealth of knowledge in environmental history to KU

DEC

4

• KU joins global consortium offering wireless access for traveling scholars
• Project turns mobile devices into lifelines for teens at risk for dropping out

DEC

3

• Study to examine what Garden City’s cultural success can teach educators
• KU art historian makes lead gift for Spencer Museum of Art

NOV

30

• KU study shows family's wealth can predict math achievement scores
• Business school unveils new Working Professional MBA program
• KU anthropologist featured on National Geographic special
• KPR offers special programming for holidays

NOV

29

• Researcher points to Sun as likely source of eighth-century 'Charlemagne event'
• Task force issues first annual progress report on ADA compliance
• 'Banish the Blues' lecture at Topeka library to offer strategies for depression

NOV

28

• New book explores the lowrider automobile's cultural rumble
• Task force issues first annual progress report on ADA compliance
• 'Banish the Blues' lecture at Topeka library to offer strategies for depression

NOV

27

• Researchers design system to improve reporting, service at youth psych centers
• Third candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum

NOV

26

• KU Field Station's new Roth Trailhead wins two design awards
• Design professor invited to explore Garmin structure
• KPR opens swinging holiday season with fourth annual Big Band Christmas

NOV

20

• KU professor to lead effort to improve social welfare doctoral programs
• Political insiders to discuss 2012 results in Dole Institute Post-Election Conference
• KU awarded grant for DARPA Robotics Challenge
• Design professor receives 2012 H.O.P.E. Award
• School of Music announces 88th annual Holiday Vespers concerts

NOV

19

• New fund to support commercialization of KU research
• KU partnering in initiative to improve undergraduate STEM instruction
• Photographer, Guggenheim Fellow Terry Evans to speak at KU

NOV

16

• Researchers land more than $5M to help families affected by substance abuse
• Four professors honored with prestigious Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships
• Second candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum
• Students win awards at national biomedical research conference for minority scientists

NOV

15

• Researchers land grant to design new, improved games for young learners
• Survey scientist named Geological Society of America Fellow

NOV

14

• Professor offers solutions to spur energy development on tribal land
• KU Libraries launches online exhibit of Kansas African-American photography
• KU design students collaborate on Belfast reconciliation project

NOV

13

• Research shows texting is a compulsion for young adults, if not quite an addiction
• Market research pioneer named Chancellor's Lecturer
• New faculty mentoring award honors longtime KU journalism professor
• Candidate for dean of engineering to participate in public forum
• Museum announces talk with Wichita-based sculptor on 'Future Bus'

NOV

9

• Eleventh annual GIS Day @ KU to explore mapping, data
• Panel discussion to discuss amateurism, saving big-time college athletics
• Faculty named to American Mathematical Society initial class of fellows
• KU announces 2012 Woodyard Award winner

NOV

8

• KU architecture graduate program moves up in national rankings
• College of Liberal Arts & Sciences to present diploma to Navajo code talker
• KU Endowment receives LEED certification for its K.C. office building
• Mortar Board to honor outstanding faculty, staff
• 'Gonzo visionary' photographer Smith to speak on motivations, art Nov. 15

NOV

7

• Law professor: International efforts to fight terrorism through trade have failed
• Hall Center names Simons Public Humanities Fellow for 2012-13
• KU announces International Education Week events

NOV

6

• Loan default rates lower in rural communities
• New chairs bring leadership experience to School of Engineering

NOV

5

• NSF awards KU engineers grant to develop advanced polar research radars
• Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Greenblatt to speak at KU
• KU Theatre to stage Sondheim musical 'Into the Woods'

NOV

2

• 2012 KU alumna a finalist for Rhodes scholarship
• Hall Center lecture to address radical rethinking of humanities doctorate
• Policy expert to lecture on 'Housing after the Crisis'
• Journalism school names Haynes professor, director of Media Crossroads

NOV

1

• Journalism school creates PTS website in tandem with upcoming national workshop
• KU students named Global Scholarse

OCT

31

• Law professor advises National Academies on synthetic biology
• KU to stage Professional Clothing Drive

OCT

30

• 2012 Ex.C.E.L. Award winners announced at Homecoming
• Students take top honors for KU Homecoming spirit
• Professors land $2.5M grant to help schools improve technology for struggling learners
• KU to host Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration

OCT

29

• Chancellors Club honors public administration professor, neurology researcher for faculty awards
• KU to host Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration
• Event to explore themes, poetry of Lauryn Hill's lyrics

OCT

26

• KU Endowment announces $708 million raised toward Far Above campaign goal; three new trustees elected
• Event to focus on life, impact of Dyche, ‘the dashing Kansan’
• Professor, student write study on media, homosexuality in China
• Chancellor appoints engineering researcher to serve as faculty athletics representative
• Historian, KU alumna to unravel mystery of famous photographer’s suicide
• Students win awards at national conference for minority scientists

OCT

25

• KU Endowment provides record $119.3M in financial support for KU
• Ten KU seniors named finalists for 22nd annual Ex.C.E.L. Awards
• Top legal officer at International Monetary Fund to give Diplomat’s Forum Lecture
• Journalists and the Courts topic of 2012 Montgomery Family Symposium

OCT

24

• Groundbreaking for new building will accommodate engineering growth
• By measuring lithium, researchers learn more about structure of stars
• Researcher to receive the American Chemical Society’s Midwest Award
• Women's equality leader Lilly Ledbetter to speak at KU
• 'Peanuts'-based parody tackles bullying issue

OCT

23

• Dole Institute presents exhibit honoring former U.S. Sen. George McGovern
• KPR surpasses goal for fall membership drive
• Museum to offer adult workshop on matter
• Professor honored for dedication to engaged scholarship
• Design department alumni stage 'Vis Com Home' exhibit

OCT

22

• KU researcher proposes data exchange model
• Congressman to visit KU as part of events marking Open Access Week
• KU announces Open Access Publishing Fund
• KU celebrates Sustainability Week
• Media advisory: Dole Institute director can speak about George McGovern

OCT

18

• $1.5 million from Kansas Health Foundation will strengthen public health in the state
• 100th University of Kansas Homecoming set for Oct. 21-27

OCT

17

• KU Student Housing to build two residence halls
• KU announces three recipients for 2013 honorary degrees
• New library exhibit showcases research materials on American politics, elections
• KU professor invited to advise on project to reform American Indian law

OCT

16

• KU professor earns high honor for science fiction writing
• Dole Institute to host 'Secret Science of Winning Campaigns' author

OCT

15

• Research can help language learners improve pronunciation
• KU start-up company announces partnership with Midwest Cancer Alliance
• KU residence halls to sponsor annual Halloween event

OCT

12

• Medicinal chemistry researcher earns national New Investigator Award
• Cable television executive to present on the importance of creativity

OCT

11

• Researchers create free assistive devices for people living with disabilities
• KU physics professor receives Templeton Grant for study of cosmic complexity
• Professor to assess Obama’s rhetoric in Humanities Lecture Series
• Mysteries of dark matter, dark energy to be focus of museum event

OCT

10

• Four faculty to receive Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
• Study: High school media lacking in diversity, online presence
• KU names new director of Facilities Services
• University mourns death of student Kristine Andersen

OCT

9

• KU to offer Master of Social Work program in western Kansas in 2013
• Families, football fans invited to Fossil Fest

OCT

8

• KU center lands $1.75M grant to aid test accessibility for students with disabilities
• New MBA initiative tackles business challenges in Kansas
• KU Theatre to open season with 'The 39 Steps'

OCT

5

• Nine student-designed posters selected for Get Out the Vote exhibition in N.Y.
• Media invited to dedication of Roth trailhead at KU Field Station

OCT

4

• Capitol Federal Foundation commits $20 million for construction of new KU School of Business building
• Law professor says courts rule inconsistently on corporate identities
• Wounded Warrior Project to receive 2012 Dole Leadership Prize
• KU workshop to introduce campus to fundamentals of entrepreneurship

OCT

3

• Largest grant in KU history to assist schools with new education model
• KU Alumni Band recognized for Homecoming leadership
• KU Libraries, IT land grant to improve region’s research data storage
• Concrete skills earn national recognition for KU engineering students

OCT

2

• Professors interview hoarding teams, propose ethical framework for intervention
• Media advisory: KU to announce eight-figure transformational gift for the School of Business
• Urban planning faculty member awarded Fitch Mid-Career Grant
• KU Osher Institute, Ottawa University announce partnership

OCT

1

• Chemistry faculty member receives $1.38 million NIH grant for HIV vaccine research
• Applications to KU law school jump 19 percent despite challenging legal market
• KU sponsoring Oct. 18 Kansas Economic Policy Conference
• NPR best-selling author Sarah Vowell to speak in Humanities Lecture Series

SEP

28

• Grant will help professor develop battery to aid home energy use
• Researcher’s new book about borders aims for a wide audience
• Dole Institute Archive announces 2012 research fellow
• University mourns death of retired faculty member Betty Hart

SEP

27

• KU’s freshman class grows while setting academic, diversity records
• Study: Welfare system works against some reaching educational goals
• Project on the History of Black Writing receives grant for poetry institute
• Lecture to address ethics, courtesy, honesty in careers

SEP

26

• Research yields promising breakthrough in solar cells based on nanocarbon
• KU researchers uncover economic value of customer satisfaction
• Prominent African-American studies researcher to give annual Tuttle lecture
• Particle astrophysics research by KU faculty member supported by Keck Foundation Grant
• Second Campus Art Walk to expand creative view of KU

SEP

25

• Research points the way to an Internet more resilient to attacks, disasters
• KU researcher writes book about balancing professorship, motherhood
• Local government management topic of presentation on Edwards campus

SEP

24

• Renowned Princeton chemist to deliver 2012 Smissman Lectures
• Go-Kart giveaway to build awareness for hybrid technologies

SEP

21

• ThinkPad designer to present Hallmark Design Symposium

SEP

20

• Watkins Memorial Health Center to be closed Friday morning
• Public tour planned at KU medicinal garden Saturday
• Political journalist Eleanor Clift to return to Dole Institute
• Supply-side economics founder to discuss public policy at KU

SEP

19

• KU announces new Self Graduate Fellows
• Visiting scholar to give presentations on black leadership, churches
• Media advisory: News conference added to Colombian president's visit to KU

SEP

18

• University mourns death of staff physician Dr. Patricia Denning
• KU researcher awarded NCI grant to investigate ovarian cancer treatments
• Journalism school, Kansas Union open new interactive multimedia center

SEP

17

• KU receives national fundraising award
• Media advisory: KU chancellor and Washburn University president to sign lifelong learning agreement

SEP

14

• Study finds rural residents more likely to be obese than urban counterparts
• Aerospace engineering graduates win multiple honors in competitions
• Architect to speak on creating transformative buildings
• KU School of Business alerted to potential money scam

SEP

13

• Machine learning pioneer to speak today at KU
• Professor: Pre-existing condition aspect of Affordable Care Act doing its job
• Dole Institute Archive releases new online political documents for students

SEP

12

• KU remains focused on student success as ranking drops slightly
• KU School of Engineering top-ranked in state
• ‘Nature’s Historians’ to honor Hall Distinguished Professor of American History Emeritus
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences welcomes new faculty members
• Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces August graduates

SEP

11

• KU Endowment: Giving to KU sets new record
• CDR to collaborate with Ford on new in-car designs
• Engineering research could help describe extinct animals’ behaviors

SEP

10

• Molecular analysis of disease pathways focus of new KU research center
• KU presents career achievement award to retired English professor
• KU students, faculty to perform 13th annual Collage Concert

SEP

7

• KU to showcase grain engulfment rescue trailer at Kansas State Fair
• Reception to honor students and their faculty in NIH science programs
• McGill University professor to give Casad Comparative Law Lecture at KU
• Music, equipment, audio treasures available at annual For Your Ears Only

SEP

6

• KU faculty organize public discussion on race, space and gender
• Recent graduate to serve as fellow to KU law school’s Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic

SEP

5

• Symposium to examine health care in Latin America
• KU community aims to provide 30,000 meals through annual food drive
• KU names new class of Senior Administrative Fellows
• School of Social Welfare to host ‘Ain’t I a Person’ screening Sept. 13

SEP

4

• KU vice chancellor to step down after 15 years, focus on STEM connections for K-12
• Colombian president to visit KU Sept. 24
• KU names first director of undergraduate research
• KU Alumni Association to honor three Jayhawks for outstanding service
• KPR to celebrate 60-year anniversary with special events
• Dole Institute announces fall 2012 programming

AUG

31

• KPR switching program streams on 90.3 FM in Chanute
• New class of Staff Fellows named for 2012-13
• Concert series will include world premiere performance at Carnegie Hall

AUG

30

• BullDoc Free Clinic named KU tailgating beneficiary
• Osher Institute announces four new partners for fall schedule
• Faculty, staff, students asked to complete training on sexual harassment, violence

AUG

29

• Researcher creating certification program in bullying prevention
• KU to present 65th annual Band Day on Sept. 8
• National award-winning poet to lecture on poetry, climate change, art at Hall Center

AUG

28

• New KGS online atlas underscores state's water concerns
• Design Department faculty members show 'Big Work'
• Media advisory: Dole Institute experts can comment on Republican National Convention

AUG

27

• KU to test emergency alert systems Aug. 28
• Couple donate $800,000 for KU School of Law
• KU winner of police vehicle design contest

AUG

24

• KU working with Lawrence students to develop assessment system
• KU students, faculty to discuss punk rockers, freedom of speech in Russia
• Galloway Lecture Series to feature internationally known architect Tom Kundig
• University mourns death of faculty member Doug Niehaus

AUG

23

• Research verifies a Neandertal's right-handedness, hinting at language capacity
• Finance professor to present banking research in Wichita

AUG

22

• Chemistry faculty member receives NSF award for research
• Senior co-authors book depicting favela of Brazil

AUG

21

• Toolkit to help those with psychiatric disabilities reach educational goals
• Women of Distinction calendar honorees announced
• KU alumni establish journalism scholarship

AUG

20

• Communication studies professor receives national award
• KU celebration to thank Kemper Foundation for faculty awards

AUG

17

• KU officers to participate in crackdown on drunken driving, other traffic violations
• Mount Oread Scholars to make symbolic walk up the hill Aug. 19
• Hall Center seed grant to aid study of mixed-ability musical improvisation

AUG

16

• Rock Chalk Roadshow will visit high schools across Kansas
• KPR wins 14th Station of the Year award
• Natural History Museum to offer expanded hours, programs in fall 2012
• Central KU departments to open Saturday, Aug. 18, in preparation for start of fall classes

AUG

15

• Researcher lands grant to study, improve services for Latino kids in child welfare
• KU, city of Lawrence to launch Good Neighbor program

AUG

14

• Business school, CFA Institute renew partnership
• Music professor wins international composition prize

AUG

10

• Kansas governor to present 2012 Anderson Chandler Lecture
• KU professor to edit new journal Women, Gender, and Families of Color

AUG

9

• New course trains nurses to better understand, treat people with disabilities

AUG

8

• KU names new associate vice chancellor for research and graduate studies
• San Francisco couple give $1M gift to KU School of Law

AUG

7

• KU names director of institutional compliance
• Architecture lecturer honored for educational excellence

AUG

6

• Geological Survey drilling SW Kansas well to assess CO2 sequestration potential

AUG

2

• Insect fossil from Devonian may shed light on birth of insect flight

JULY

31

• KU professors named as American Chemical Society Fellows

JULY

30

• Journalism school, communications center open media informatics lab

JULY

26

• KU center launches tool to help locate resources for students with disabilities
• KU Office of Multicultural Affairs welcomes new director

JULY

25

• KGS scientist selected for international lecture program
• MBA alumnus hired as RedTire program manager

JULY

24

• Professor: End myth of amateurism to help restore balance in college athletics
• KU to partner with Bayer HealthCare on portable glucose monitor

JULY

23

• Study shows race played role in placing minorities in special education categories
• KPR will put the chill on hot weather with ‘Christmas in July’ programming
• College hires new director of undergraduate services

JULY

19

• Archer Daniels Midland to move into BTBC Expansion Facility
• New director of Institutional Opportunity & Access serving multiple KU campuses

JULY

18

• KU Center for Design Research partners with Voice Assist on hands-free technology

JULY

17

• KU announces spring 2012 honor roll

JULY

16

• Mobile health solutions company moves into BTBC at KUMC facility
• RedTire program guided by industry leaders, entrepreneurs

JULY

13

• Website for learning Spanish wins national award

JULY

12

• Saliva, pupil size differences in autism show system in overdrive
• KU spinout CritiTech to partner with India-based drug formulation company
• Researcher will push emerging field of biodiversity informatics in Africa

JULY

11

• School of Social Welfare launches site dedicated to assets, education research
• KU researcher explores influence of first Muslim television preacher in Egypt

JULY

10

• Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to speak at Dole Institute
• With maps, researcher aims to bridge gap between scientists, indigenous experts

JULY

9

• Professors: Recognizing right to education won't end inequality

JULY

3

• Media advisory: KU physicists with CERN available to comment on Higgs boson news

JULY

2

• Jayhawk Motorsports wins international Formula car competition
• Dole Institute to host History Day project on desegregation of military

JUNE

26

• KU launches RedTire program to help rural businesses
• KU School of Business to sponsor post-crisis banking conference in Amsterdam

JUNE

25

• Professor studies 'gospel of good health' in women’s mass magazines
• $1 million gift establishes physiology chair at KU Medical Center
• School of Pharmacy names new associate dean for academic affairs

JUNE

22

• KU professor honored for work with wastewater treatment that yields alternative fuel source

JUNE

21

• New supplier contracts estimated to save over $800,000 per year for KU
• Chemistry professor awarded NSF CAREER award to fund protein research

JUNE

20

• New KU admission standards approved
• NIH grant funds research on epileptic seizures, oxidative stress in the brain
• Young musicians around the world to gather at KU for study, performances
• Students receive more than $29,000 from College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• KU senior receives 2012 Campanile Award

JUNE

19

• KU names three new University Distinguished Professors

JUNE

18

• New KU center to focus on health disparities in underserved populations
• KU professor's study calls for establishing savings accounts for all kids

JUNE

15

• Media advisory: KU expert available to discuss White House proposal to block deportation of younger immigrants
• Audio-Reader accepting donations of records, CDs, equipment for annual sale

JUNE

12

• Music students to return to sister city Eutin for summer music exchange
• Public tour planned at KU medicinal garden Saturday
• Kansas Geological Survey honors outstanding students

JUNE

11

• KU research on distracted driving, wireless automobile devices to be featured at tech conference

JUNE

8

• Science on Tap discussion to focus on technology and the brain
• KU author pens book on school program with 'Unmistakable Impact'
• KU geologist wins top honor

JUNE

7

• Research discovery: Near-complete set of templates for protein complexes exists today
• Estate gift establishes scholarship for KU students studying in Germany
• KU IT deputy technology officer wins technology leadership award
• Media advisory: KU Libraries collection includes many rare Ray Bradbury works, interviews

JUNE

6

• Kansas high school students begin Journey to J.D. at KU law school camp
• Recent MPA graduate selected as 2012 Presidential Management Fellow
• Summer school for teachers includes course on app creation
• KU faculty available to comment on Ray Bradbury’s career

JUNE

5

• KU historian touts benefits of foods indigenous to Americas
• College recognizes several faculty for outstanding advising
• Outstanding theatre students honored at banquet

JUNE

4

• Project to digitize ancient fossils could clarify influence of climate change
• Spencer adds rich variety of rare European books from 16th through 19th centuries

JUNE

1

• CLAS awards Tony Arnold award to chair of sociology

MAY

31

• Steeples Award honors three faculty members for their service to Kansans

MAY

30

• Peruvian mummy focuses attention on death, memory in the Amazon
• Twenty KU students chosen for University Scholars program

MAY

29

• Education professors study how college leaders manage 'financial tsunami'
• KU mourns former communications director Lynn Bretz
• KU Libraries to host discussion on preserving family history

MAY

25

• College names political science professor Budig Teaching Professor for 2012-2013

MAY

24

• Law school honors top graduates for scholarship, leadership, service
• KU math department announces award winners
• Media advisory: KU researcher available to speak about European financial crisis

MAY

23

• Professor conducting study to determine whether supplements help muscles grow
• KU names acting director of CREES

MAY

22

• KU to conduct emergency management training exercise
• Yellow monkey flower could shed light on a few of evolution's deepest mysteries

MAY

21

• Associate vice chancellor accepts visiting assignment with National Science Foundation
• Midwest Energy Solutions moves into BTBC at KUMC

MAY

18

• KU climbs to No. 2 nationally in pharmacy research funding
• Dole Institute Archives hosting exhibit of Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist
• Media advisory: KU researcher available to speak about Facebook initial public offering

MAY

17

• Five KU students win prestigious Fulbright awards
• KU names new director of Undergraduate Advising Center
• KU researcher contributes to book on adult literacy

MAY

16

• KU proposes admission standards that encourage student achievement
• Three KU faculty members win Fulbright grants to teach, conduct research abroad
• Gift commitment will create scholarship for KU's School of Social Welfare

MAY

15

• Two-thirds of KU undergraduates to see no tuition increase
• Gift creates neuroscience fellowships at KU Medical Center
• ROTC units commission 31 new officers

MAY

14

• Today's fear and loathing of fat bodies rooted in ancient Western civilization
• KU electric vehicle earns top accolades at international student competition

MAY

11

• KU geography researcher receives NSF CAREER award
• KU announces more than 4,800 spring 2012 candidates for degrees

MAY

10

• Study: Athletics don't affect how students view their school's prestige
• KU announces 2012 Chancellor's Student Awards
• Six faculty members to be honored at Commencement for outstanding teaching
• Barlow receives Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award

MAY

9

• Five researchers honored at University Scholarly Achievement Awards ceremony
• Dissertations awarded Argersinger Prizes

MAY

8

• Study: Kids in positive sports climate better adjusted, show less depression
• Metropolitan Museum of Art curator wins top alumni award from CLAS
• Gift to KU honors longtime university leader

MAY

7

• KU study sheds new light on influence of vice presidential nominees in elections
• KU honors employees for years of service

MAY

4

• Kansas oil production up, gas production continues decline in 2011
• Former Kansas governor, insurance leader earn law school's Distinguished Alumni Award

MAY

3

• Tammara Durham named vice provost for student affairs
• Study: Teen mothers' writing offers clues on reaching 'at risk' students
• Engineering alumni honored for exemplary careers

MAY

2

• KU educational center unveils world's largest learning map
• Finance professor to give talk on banking
• University mourns death of student Peter 'Skip' Skahan

MAY

1

• Counterterrorism expert says democracy in Central Asia lost in translation
• KPR wraps up spring membership drive with more than $290,000 in pledges

APRIL

30

• Donors commit $612 million toward $1.2 billion goal for Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas

APRIL

27

• KU announces interim engineering dean
• KU researcher and student train Peruvian medical professionals in caring for people with spinal cord injury
• IBM, KU to empower researchers with world-class supercomputing

APRIL

26

• New program teaches youngsters nitty-gritty of nanoscale, energy
• Former State Sen. David Wysong named Advancement Board chair
• Three Jayhawks win American Association of University Women fellowships
• Snyder Book Collecting Contest winners honored
• Guest lecturer to discuss impact of Langston Hughes in China

APRIL

25

• Law professor finds jurors have fewer rights than accused
• Medicinal chemistry professor wins national honor
• Journalism school hosting D.C. event on covering, coping with PTSD
• KU School of Business, Deloitte Foundation to host audit symposium

APRIL

24

• Corporate political donations do not boost stock performance, KU study says
• Forty-five students named to KU chapter of Mortar Board
• Study: Military providing example of becoming sustainable without politics

APRIL

23

• KU to test public address system, external speaker array
• Researchers find time in wild boosts creativity, insight and problem solving
• KU to honor outstanding graduate students April 24
• Scientist in early-stage drug discovery to receive KU Research Achievement Award
• SpaceUp Kansas Set for April 29
• Hall Family Foundation makes $790K gift for KU's Hall Center for the Humanities

APRIL

20

• History of Black Writing Project helps recover poetry of expatriate Allen Polite
• Panel discussion on higher education to honor alumnus' civic contributions

APRIL

19

• Bell named provost at Louisiana State University
• Professor: Latino immigration stories shape U.S. imagination in Gatekeeper era
• KU ranked among nation's most environmentally responsible schools
• Business school to honor distinguished alumni
• Professor receives emerging playwright award

APRIL

18

• KU center releases new instructional tools for use in Kansas schools
• KU football legend to chair Audio-Reader's third annual Golf Classic

APRIL

17

• Three KU research projects to be featured at entrepreneurship symposium
• Professor to receive Scripps award as national journalism teacher of the year
• KU Earth Day event to include rain barrel benefit auction
• Jury expert to give public lecture at KU School of Law

APRIL

16

• KU researchers find further evidence of disturbed immune system in autism
• Hall Center lecture on Mark Twain and politics slated in Wichita
• KU, Haskell students to present research projects 12th annual symposium
• Engineering, business schools collaborate for Students in Free Enterprises
• University mourns longtime employee Jim Busse

APRIL

13

• Professor: Decline in young adult voters not democracy's death knell
• Gift for $5M to advance energy and environment research at KU
• KU spring concerts to feature work of renowned choreographer
• School of Music announces spring Opera Gala performances

APRIL

12

• KU climbs in annual national ranking for federally funded research
• 'Notes from No Man's Land' selected as KU Common Book for 2012-2013 academic year
• KU receives grant for Jayhawk Buddy System
• Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center to host dedication ceremony for driver training facility

APRIL

11

• Distractions, quick thinking lead to conservative thoughts, research finds
• Shakespeare comedy in original pronunciation to premiere on KPR
• Renowned Syrian human rights activist to speak at KU
• Professor can speak about preparedness five years after Virginia Tech tragedy

APRIL

10

• Professor helping improve out-of-school learning time for Kansas City youth
• Nine students, alumni win National Science Foundation fellowships

APRIL

9

• Atkinson to retire June 30; chancellor names acting EVC and executive dean
• Professor examines how newspaper 'layoff survivors' view themselves, work
• KU-Fort Leavenworth security conference to focus on Afghanistan 2014
• Media advisory: KU education experts can speak on same-sex schooling, other AERA research topics

APRIL

6

• Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution recasts years of research for KU sociolinguist
• KU Social Work Day to highlight latest developments, research in the field
• KU to host first scholarly conference on detection of test fraud May 23-24

APRIL

5

• Researcher: U.S. health care policies not family-friendly
• 2011 report reflects downward trend in Lawrence campus crime
• Journalism professor to give lecture on writing's role in modern multimedia

APRIL

4

• KU research continues to grow, but funding challenges loom
• Researcher's innovation boosts performance of graphene for solar panels
• KU to host environmental security conference

APRIL

3

• Four KU students win prestigious Goldwater scholarships
• National authors, KU professors part of 2012-13 Humanities Lecture Series
• Six inducted into KU Women's Hall of Fame

APRIL

2

• Study finds entrepreneurship nearly entirely absent from early economics education

MARCH

30

• Professor's study examines why people choose same-sex schools
• Panel of African-American World War II veterans to speak at Dole Institute
• Media advisory: Library experts can speak about online 1940 census data

MARCH

29

• KU researcher developing synthetic patch to improve tracheal surgery
• Utah to implement cutting-edge school testing systems developed at KU

MARCH

28

• Professor authors study on 'everyday differences' of liberals and conservatives

MARCH

27

• Researchers find new way to assess communication of people with severe disabilities
• Five researchers named recipients of University Scholarly Achievement Awards

MARCH

26

• Newly discovered plant-based molecules showing cancer-fighting potential
• KU to host experts on developing assets, reducing college debt for students

MARCH

23

• Water researcher brings lessons from latest science to Washington, D.C.
• Attorney Sarah Weddington to give Women's Leadership Lecture at KU

MARCH

16

• KU announces new director of Accessibility & ADA Education
• Former U.N. ambassador to present 2012 Vickers lecture
• KU chancellor to narrate Copland's 'Lincoln Portrait' at scholarship concert
• Dole event to explore urban agriculture, sustainability

MARCH

15

• Professor: All teacher training should include ESL
• KU Energy Conference to address transportation, smart grids and fracking

MARCH

14

• Lecture series to explore Arab Spring, history, political science, social media
• Burns & McDonnell Foundation makes $500,000 gift to School of Engineering

MARCH

13

• KU's health, education programs rise in rankings
• KU professor researching Naismith, religion and basketball
• KU to test improved online math tutorials in Singapore, Kansas schools
• KU's expansive Irish literature collection would make St. Patrick proud

MARCH

12

• NEA chairman to visit Spencer Museum of Art
• Selections from 100 Novels project to be displayed at Watson Library

MARCH

9

• KU scientist elected president of international geological society
• Media advisory: KU experts available to comment on Russia's election

MARCH

8

• Memories of good, bad deeds can alter perception of brightness
• KU aircraft design team prepares for competitions
• Dean Bendapudi recognized as influential woman of 2012

MARCH

7

• Professor studies how teens view flash mobs and their violent potential
• KU announces students named to fall 2011 honor roll

MARCH

6

• EPA administrator to speak at town hall meeting
• Adults can head back to class at KU's Mini College

MARCH

5

• Study: Privilege not indicator of women's success in STEM fields
• KU School of Medicine alumnus gives $100,000 to establish scholarship
• Media advisory: KU special education professor available to speak on ending the 'R-word'

MARCH

2

• New English scholarship established at KU

MARCH

1

• Snyder Book Collection Contest winners, finalists to be honored at KU
• Writer to discuss usefulness of religion for atheists in Hall lecture

FEB

29

• $500,000 gift commitment will establish KU Medical Center visiting professorship

FEB

28

• Electron-detection breakthrough could unleash next-generation technologies
• KU dean named to two organizations dedicated to producing better teachers
• KPR receives donation of classical music CD library
• Environmental, industrial experts to discuss 'fracking' at Dole Institute

FEB

27

• Media advisory: KU professor available to speak about spotting violence in schools
• KU researcher: Same-sex marriage bans helped create empathy for change
• Hall Center to host 10th annual celebration of books by KU authors
• Former Sen. George Mitchell to give annual Dole Lecture

FEB

24

• Professor examines risk-taking incentives of bank CEOs prior to financial crisis
• Law professor named adviser for American Law Institute election project
• Business ethics expert, philosophy professor to deliver 2012 Sutton Ethics Lecture

FEB

23

• Google providing new Android tablets to next EECS class
• Graduate students win awards for research presentations at Capitol
• KU recognized with STARS Bronze rating for sustainability achievements

FEB

22

• KU program puts technology, expert training, new teaching in classrooms

FEB

21

• Media advisory: Islamic law expert can discuss Afghan Quran burning protests
• Research links uplifting continents to crashes in biodiversity on Earth
• Lecture with KU researcher to offer strategies to alleviate depression
• KU accepting nominations for 2013 honorary degrees

FEB

20

• Study shows inmate re-entry programs not evaluated optimally
• Thurgood Marshall Law Day to connect aspiring students

FEB

17

• Commencement to feature Ford CEO and KU graduate as speaker
• KU researcher's East St. Louis study forecasts change in America's suburbs
• Annual KU Engineering Expo to focus on fun

FEB

16

• More Kansas City-area students eligible for discounted KU tuition
• Legal Services for Students offers free tax help for KU students

FEB

15

• Book chronicles history of architecture education at KU
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences bestows highest honor on alumni

FEB

14

• KU professors' book examines fight for African-American secondary schooling
• Rock Chalk Revue nearing $1M mark in United Way donations

FEB

13

• Professor finds team unity can detract from students' social networks
• Navy admiral honored as distinguished MBA alumnus
• Harvard law professor to deliver human rights lecture Feb. 16
• Joint discussion to focus on role of athletics at the university level
• Chancellor: KU appreciates continued federal support for university research

FEB

10

• Hutchinson News, Arkansas City Traveler win Marvin News Enterprise Awards
• Omega-3 fatty acid on trial: Study to evaluate long-term effects on intelligence, behavior

FEB

9

• State Department brings Middle Eastern women to KU for leadership training
• KU announces fall 2011 candidates for degrees

FEB

8

• Media advisory: KU chancellor to speak at Fort Leavenworth Black History Month event
• Law school to host debate about affirmative action in university admissions
• Professor to explore anti-evolution controversies in Hall Center lecture

FEB

7

• Groundwater level decline continues across western, central Kansas
• KU alumnus leaves $2.4 million for scholarship support
• New Student Design Center opens in Kansas Union

FEB

6

• Researchers generate musical call of 165-million-year-old katydid
• KU researcher develops predictive model for TV ad sales
• Galloway Lecture to feature climate action planning expert

FEB

3

• Law professor argues Congress, not courts, biggest factor in gun rights

FEB

2

• KU Biodiesel Initiative to host forum at National Biodiesel Conference
• Media advisory: KU expert available to speak on national call to improve science, math education

FEB

1

• Governor to speak at KU on 'Ending Human Trafficking'
• Former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty to speak at KU
• Law school symposium to focus on corporate tax reform

JAN

31

• Distinguished lecturer to speak on Jefferson's lovers
• Employer registration up 25 percent at University Career Fair
• KU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society announces initiates
• Media advisory: KU researcher writing book on flirting styles

JAN

30

• KU launches site dedicated to political news for students
• Business school creates professional mentorship program

JAN

27

• Media advisory: KU professors available to speak about college affordability

JAN

26

• Researchers analyze doctor-patient email interactions
• Study suggests stronger patent protection may dampen innovation

JAN

25

• KU professor contends nation's first civil rights organization blazed way for NAACP
• KU to celebrate 40th anniversary of February Sisters sit-in
• Political correspondent Candy Crowley to receive William Allen White citation

JAN

24

• KU research leads to new startup company
• KU researcher defines shape of enzyme linked to prostate, breast cancers
• Journalism professor analyzes Internet connectivity among 'Arab spring' nations
• KU conference to explore future of agriculture from international perspective

JAN

23

• Media advisory: Criminal law professor available to discuss Supreme Court ruling in GPS tracking case
• KU announces state's first journalism doctoral program
• Former FEC chair to speak at KU Law School Jan. 26
• Panel on state legislative issues to feature state lawmakers, KU faculty

JAN

20

• Colorado third state to join KU-developed system for career assessment
• Film festival at The Commons features talk by filmmaker, KU alumnus Carl Deal

JAN

19

• Future City Competition to showcase middle schoolers' engineering skills
• KU law, business students assist with free tax preparations

JAN

18

• KU hires new technology commercialization director
• Ligand signs lease for last remaining space at BTBC Main Facility
• Knight Commission leader will join discussion of athletics, academics at KU

JAN

17

• Researchers tackle turnover in child welfare staffing
• Chancellor to speak in Washington at university-based company startups conference
• U.S. Supreme Court cites work of KU law professor in arbitration case opinion

JAN

13

• Researchers refine a powerful laser microscope for biomedical use

JAN

12

• Dynamic maps key to improving assessments for students with disabilities

JAN

11

• Professor examines media coverage of mothers who kill children
• New biography explores civil rights legacy of King's mentor Benjamin Mays
• BTBC at KU to launch Entrepreneur Education Series

JAN

10

• Professor issues reports supporting savings to help kids reach college
• KU professor to give keynote address at governor's MLK Day celebration
• Three KU alumni selected for CASE awards
• Media advisory: KU librarian can speak on collection of radical political literature

JAN

9

• Study shows HIV-exposed children at high risk of language delay
• Law professor investigates rise of corporate social responsibility in China
• $2.5 million gift commitment largest ever for School of Education

JAN

6

• KU anthropologists help re-wrap Amazonian mummy
• Experienced advocate to represent KU in Washington
• KU-developed coaching helps educators improve
• First detailed geologic map of Saline County now available

JAN

5

• KU team proposes programs to help stem Haiti's brain drain
• KPR will offer live broadcast of governor's State of the State address

JAN

4

• MEDIA ADVISORY: KU professors available to speak about Boeing and the Wichita economy

DEC

27

• Kansas Geological Survey to measure water levels in western Kansas

DEC

22

• KPR health reporter honored by American Cancer Society

DEC

21

• Argenta becomes eighth tenant at BTBC Main Facility
• 'Opera Is My Hobby' ends broadcasts after more than 59 years on KPR

DEC

20

• Financial meltdowns drive interest in business ethics, professor says

DEC

19

• KU researchers work to create safer, smarter dashboards
• Music student will perform master class with Yo-Yo Ma

DEC

16

• Hall Center announces 2012-13 Research and Creative Work Fellows

DEC

14

• KU names inaugural honorary degree recipients
• Chancellor outlines KU's Bold Aspirations
• KU researchers at atom smasher help to collect breakthrough Higgs boson data
• Media advisory: Top expert on distracted driving available to speak about NTSB's proposed cell phone ban
• Law students win 13 appeals cases for defendants who didn't receive fair trials

DEC

13

• University mourns death of student Yujie He
• Media Advisory: Chancellor to present KU strategic plan to Board of Regents

DEC

12

• KU School of Music scholarship established in memory of alumna

DEC

9

• Chancellor congratulates new president of Emporia State University
• KU chemistry professor receives award from National Science Foundation

DEC

7

• Public invited to 'State of the Libraries' address Dec. 8

DEC

6

• Researcher peers into universe's ancient past to better know how stars form
• Law professor to speak in Palestine promoting arbitration efforts
• KU names new director of risk management
• Hall Center for the Humanities lands challenge grant for collaborative research
• University mourns freshman Ryan Zwiener

DEC

5

• KU study: Journalism 'layoff survivors' tap resources to remain satisfied
• Equal opportunity functions transferred to Office of Diversity & Equity

DEC

2

• Kansas Geological Survey receives $11.5M to test storage of CO2 underground

DEC

1

• Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures focus of 2nd KU strategic initiative summit
• Thomas Heilke named KU dean of Graduate Studies
• KU business school dean to attend education summit in India
• KU law professor's book details storied history of federal district court in Kansas

NOV

30

• KU lands grant to produce more English as second language teachers
• Psychology department wins undergraduate advising award
• Heart disease expert to speak at KU

NOV

29

• Refrigerator identified as apparent cause of Malott lab fire
• KU researchers find foreign faculty more productive, less satisfied than U.S. peers

NOV

28

• KU to test emergency text alert system
• KU Libraries to host reception for opening of Stokstad Reading Room
• School of Journalism to host summit on digital diversity
• KPR presents A Big Band Christmas with renowned jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany

NOV

23

• Media advisory: KU professor available to speak about Boeing's presence in Wichita
• Thanksgiving observances often skip historical violence against Native Americans
• Gift helps Spencer Museum acquire life-size kimono sculpture

NOV

22

• Architecture professor named educator of the year by Acoustical Society of America
• KU develops national partnership to test students for career readiness

NOV

21

• KU student Kelsey Murrell wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
• Payment methods affect consumers' perceptions of products, KU researcher says
• Student group to host regional Chinese New Year Gala at Lied Center

NOV

18

• Research could boost durability, cut cost of railroad tracks across U.S.

NOV

17

• First KU strategic initiative summit to explore theme of Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World
• Professor studies whether media influence opinions on same-sex marriage
• Gray-Little honored by University of North Carolina

NOV

16

• Princeton Review cites KU's MBA program among best
• KU Center of Latin American Studies celebrates 50 years
• Youth activist, blogger final speaker in Dole Institute's Soviet Union series
• Tunnel of Oppression organizers continue fight against hatred

NOV

15

• Assurant Employee Benefits becomes seventh tenant at BTBC Main Facility
• KU political scientist heads scholars' review of 'From Deliberation to Dysfunction'
• KU law professor appointed as Gruter Institute Research Fellow

NOV

14

• Associate vice chancellor named to American Medical Association Board of Trustees
• KU helps build global supports for health promotion
• International trade expert to deliver Diplomat's Forum Lecture at KU
• ING honors KU professor for excellence in teaching

NOV

11

• Harvard scholar, author Louis Menand to speak at KU
• Dole Institute taking programs with Eisenhower expert to Manhattan, Topeka

NOV

10

• Former Goldman Sachs chair to speak on leadership
• KU to host 10th annual symposium on GIS, mapping

NOV

9

• Media advisory: KU professor available to speak about European financial crisis
• KGS drilling horizontal well to study containment of CO2
• Public invited to 'A Tribute to Veterans: USO Style'
• KU law symposium to explore state of arbitration law

NOV

8

• KU sociologist calls for legalizing current immigrants
• BTBC names new system vice president, executive director of KUMC facility
• Author to talk on poetics of hip-hop
• Expert on jury decision-making to give lecture at KU

NOV

7

• KU announces $1.4M commitment from professor emeritus of urban planning
• Chancellor to address bistate summit on barriers to college
• Law professor compares international legal traditions to understand crises
• Law professor honored for leadership

NOV

4

• KU to host Irish collections event in Boston
• KU Law School team takes first place in international moot court competition
• Science on Tap session will explore research teaching kids critical thinking skills

NOV

3

• Researchers aim to improve lives of military families with special needs
• KU Maya scholar uses 11/11/11 predictions to teach critical thinking
• Fair will feature internship, summer camp opportunities

NOV

2

• Professor explores unique challenges of historically black colleges
• KU announces Veterans Day events
• Pharmacy students will offer free health screenings

NOV

1

• Remaining KU campus flu clinics canceled
• KU second in nation for Fulbrights
• Language specialists racing with time to revitalize Cherokee language
• Shutz award winner to talk about music education

OCT

31

• KU biorefining initiative has economic potential for rural Kansans
• KU lands $7.5M grant to study online education for students with disabilities
• Studio 804 project honored for sustainable construction

OCT

28

• Kansas welcomes West Virginia to the Big 12
• Community planners can use reality TV to drive participation, KU researchers say
• Sustainability Leadership Award winners announced
• Journalism professor to lead sustainability symposium in D.C.

OCT

27

• KU researchers safeguard Afghanistan's ancient water systems
• KU lands grant to improve educational stability of students in foster care
• KU will stage software engineering conference
• Symposium to explore ties between African literature, Nobel Prize

OCT

26

• University Dance Company concerts feature works from notable guest artists
• Jacobs CEO to deliver annual engineering lecture
• Future educators invited to attend career fair

OCT

25

• Civil War historians will evaluate impact of Border Wars
• Donations sought for Professional Clothing Closet
• Center for Applied Economics releases report on Kansas broadband Internet industry

OCT

24

• KU among first to sign declaration on open access policies
• 'Sugar-coated cells' topic of chemistry lecture

OCT

21

• KPR wraps up most successful fall membership drive
• Professor: 'Border Wars' concept belongs to modern coaches, not history
• Professor wins award for contributions to aging, care research
• Tuttle lecture to review role of black women in nursing before the 1950s

OCT

20

• Media advisory: Islamic law expert available to discuss Gadhafi's death
• KU partners with BioPontis Alliance to boost drug development, investment
• Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series returns with 'Real Men, Real Talk'
• Colloquium celebrates English professor's contributions to poetry
• Expert on contemporary Islam to speak at the Dole Institute

OCT

19

• KU unveils sustainability plan
• Natural History Museum invites public to identification day event
• Dole Institute sponsors 2011 Civic Engagement and KU Leadership

OCT

18

• KU School of Music announces concerts at Kauffman Center
• Associate professor receives Budig writing education honor
• Author to discuss race, sports in America

OCT

17

• Mencuro Therapeutics moves into BTBC Expansion Facility
• Permanently dismal economy could prompt men to seek more sex partners
• Discovery Grants to benefit autism research
• KJHK listed among '10 Great College Radio Stations'

OCT

14

• Grant to help students in low-income schools 'GEAR UP' for education
• Education reform critic to speak in Humanities Lecture Series
• KU Symphony Orchestra plans concert and community costume contest
• MEDIA ADVISORY: KU professors available to speak about No Child Left Behind waiver

OCT

13

• Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Award winners announced
• KU Endowment kicks off photo contest
• Professor to testify on arbitration before congressional committee
• Science on Tap to focus on the brain and food choices

OCT

12

• Researcher argues 'pretending to listen' OK, sometimes necessary in education
• Research center wins $4.25M grant on community living
• KU Libraries to honor donors, outstanding faculty and staff
• Engineering students' lecture series to focus on Brazil's expansion
• Recent grad serving as fellow to Medical Legal Partnership Clinic

OCT

11

• New award established to honor KU librarians
• Residence halls to open doors to trick-or-treaters

OCT

10

• Intellectual disabilities research center wins $7 million grant
• Sculpture by KU graduate named among best in North America

OCT

7

• KU engineering professor researching gel to hinder spread of HIV
• KU communications professor named top rhetorical scholar

OCT

6

• Chancellor comments on Big 12 agreement, invitation of TCU
• Couple make $4 million gift commitment for KU
• GSA analyst to speak on federal careers

OCT

5

• iPad research promising for children with cortical visual impairment
• Grant to study cancer prevention through urban churches
• KU sets flu clinics for students, employees

OCT

4

• KU awarded grant to boost arts education achievement standards
• School of Education to release tools to help schools with universal instruction
• Architecture students win competition on waiting room design
• Exhibit will highlight NYC in African-American literature

OCT

3

• Scientist to present 'Genes from the Fountain of Youth' for Higuchi lecture
• Professor honored for service collaboration with Audio Reader
• Kansas Public Health Association honors two KU-Wichita medical faculty

SEPT

30

• KU Endowment elects new trustees
• KU Endowment provides $112 million to KU
• Professor earns American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' highest honor
• Award-winning filmmaker presenting documentary 'Genocide Revealed'
• Public Service Career Fair set for Oct. 25

SEPT

29

• Tiny glass beads help detect cancer earlier
• College surprises linguistics professor with Budig teaching award

SEPT

28

• KU meeting state's need for more engineers
• KU School of Pharmacy once again sets enrollment record
• National Poetry Series to publish book by University of Kansas librarian
• KU Libraries to host homecoming brunch Oct. 1
• Researchers in Kansas and China partner to document Silk Road languages online

SEPT

27

• KU acting to reverse enrollment decline
• KU, economic development leaders unveil Bioscience & Technology Business Center at KUMC
• KU legal scholar tapped by Canadian government for insight in genetics policy
• Chancellor attends White House event to announce NSF initiative
• KPR reporter to participate in NPR News-Kaiser Health News project
• Chancellors Club honors tax professor, liver researcher for faculty awards
• Final report of ADA task force now available
• Inaugural Tiberti Lecture to feature CEO's perspectives on ethics, success
• Alternative Breaks, Center for Community Outreach host first annual Story Slam

SEPT

26

• KU lands grant to help improve education for learners with deaf-blindness
• Play TOWN Ball! KU professor uses game to teach pre-Civil War history
• Ten KU seniors named finalists for 21st annual Ex.C.E.L. Awards

SEPT

23

• Four students awarded 2010-11 Chancellor's Writing Prize
• 2011 KU Women of Distinction calendar honors students, faculty, staff

SEPT

22

• KU to host economic policy conference on immigration
• New York Times columnist, author to present 2011 Anderson Chandler Lecture
• KU Center for Sustainability to shed new light on campus energy savings
• KU researchers: With more choice, friends are more similar, but no closer
• KU's Partnership for the Arts series presents Opera/Vocal Outreach project

SEPT

21

• KU names new senior recruitment and outreach coordinator based out of Garden City
• Collection gift broadens Latin American collections at KU Libraries
• KU announces Self Graduate Fellows
• KU to develop multimedia training for educators of kids with disabilities

SEPT

20

• Scientists probe mystery of phototropism while training young researchers
• KU's Partnership for the Arts program introduces 'West Side Story' lecture series
• Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities to host forum

SEPT

19

• KU researchers find enriched infant formulas benefit brain and heart
• KU Law School ranks in top 20 nationally for hands-on learning opportunities
• Researchers find early savings accounts help low-income kids reach college

SEPT

16

• Renowned history professor to discuss Hitler, Stalin at Backus Lecture at KU
• KU joins peer institutions in promoting university-based economic development

SEPT

15

• $61 million fundraising milestone met for The University of Kansas Cancer Center
• KU-developed school reform program shows inclusion can boost performance
• Media Advisory: U.S. District Court to host naturalization ceremony at Dole Institute

SEPT

14

• World War II historian, Nazi expert to kick off Hall Center lecture series
• Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation announces upgrades to Kansas educational assessment tests
• KU researchers working on technology to build better software
• KU to host National Hazing Prevention Week activities
• NSF grant to fund new facilities at KU Field Station

SEPT

13

• KU ranking rises slightly, but university leaders have bigger goal in mind
• KU Libraries to mark James Naismith's 150th birthday with exhibit, discussion
• Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair set for Sept. 14
• Article shows human genome testing has wide implications on American law
• Pickup artist strategies appeal to dangerous combo of sexist couples, KU researchers say
• Media Advisory: Chancellor, Provost to announce KU strategic plan

SEPT

12

• Google exec, KU grad donates tablet computers to engineering students
• School of Pharmacy professor earns national honor as Arthur C. Cope Scholar
• Reception to honor students, faculty in NIH science programs
• Events scheduled for Sexual Assault Awareness Week at KU Sept. 12-18

SEPT

9

• Provost announces changes to Student Success units
• Egyptian writer and activist to deliver Marwa lecture at KU
• KU Music and Reach Out Kansas Inc. offer new series: Kansas Partnership for the Arts
• KU project collects stories of Kansans' creativity

SEPT

8

• KU celebrates record year for private support
• Former Ukrainian leader Yushchenko to receive 2011 Dole Leadership Prize
• KU to host tenth anniversary commemoration of Sept. 11, 2001
• Kansas Statistical Abstract now available online

SEPT

7

• Researchers advance understanding of bird evolution by finding fossil crops
• KU Alumni Association honors three Jayhawks for outstanding service
• Audio-Reader spins bargains at annual 'For Your Ears Only' sale Sept. 16, 17
• Baur Professorship in sociology awarded to David N. Smith

SEPT

6

• KU professor to present talk on complexities, understanding Islamic law
• KU professor to discuss book on Mark Twain's view of America's global mission
• KU junior researching Chlamydia bacterium receives top national award
• Chancellor talks about Big 12

SEPT

2

• KU to celebrate Franz Liszt's 200th birthday with Sept. 11-13 festival

SEPT

1

• Bioscience company Gyrasol becomes sixth tenant at BTBC at KU Main Facility
• Chancellor, dean of Pharmacy offer condolences on death of student Sara Schebler
• Thousands of early Kansas photos now available in KU Libraries' digital image repository
• Internationally known architectural designer to speak in Lawrence

AUG

31

• Chancellor, AD make statements on Big 12 Conference
• Retirement eligibility could cause significant science teacher shortage, KU report says
• KU researchers improve effectiveness of Early Head Start
• KU Center for Applied Economics releases report on Kansas property taxes

AUG

30

• KU Libraries team up with gridiron Jayhawks for 'Touchdown Challenge'
• KU adopts automated payment technology for clinical research studies
• Student Senate to unveil plaque to celebrate completion of Underground expansion
• KU among first to develop journalism course on covering traumatic events
• Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute receives donation to deliver grain engulfment rescue training

AUG

29

• Search engine data a useful predictor of stock returns, KU study shows
• $1 million gift honors KU Medical Center leader

AUG

26

• Program available to KU staff seeking career advancement
• Governor praises KU for savings on pharmacy expansion
• KU announces seventh Kemper Fellowship winner of 2011
• KU announces spring 2011 honor roll
• Student scientist uncovers ancient link between plants and fungi in Antarctica
• 41 KU students completing summer research projects

AUG

25

• KU to hold film screening, discussion with man wrongly convicted of murder
• KU develops writing tool to help Kansas students, teachers in virtual environment
• Preserving the Garden of Eden a soul-searching business for KU artist
• Dole Institute announces programming schedule for 2011 fall semester
• Chancellor surprises another 2011 Kemper Fellowship winner

AUG

24

• Study of extraterrestrial life at KU is rare undergraduate opportunity
• First KU Campus Art Walk hopes to provide creative view of campus
• Creator of 'frozen' fountain sculpture wins award for another campus artwork
• KU lands $12 million grant to help Job Corps educators better prepare youth
• Media advisory: Islamic law expert available to discuss post-Gadhafi Libya

AUG

23

• Researcher finds shifting domestic roles for men who lost jobs in current recession
• KU to host Conference on Identity and Community after Cold War Era
• Acclaimed street photographer Gary Mark Smith donates collection to KU
• KU law professor helps prepare soldiers, lawyers to navigate Muslim world
• KU researchers work to increase durability of newer dental fillings
• Provost awards next round of 2011 Kemper Fellowships

AUG

22

• Audio-Reader's library to receive technology upgrade from program in Australia
• Partnership will help KU become research center on future of city management
• Chancellor awards first Kemper fellowship of 2011

AUG

19

• Kansas Public Radio wins 13th Station of the Year award
• Provost announces new class of Staff Fellows for 2011-12
• KU School of Pharmacy-Wichita set to open
• Media advisory: Chancellor to distribute first 2011 Kemper Fellowship

AUG

18

• Black scientists less likely than white counterparts to receive NIH funding, study show
• Researchers complete first major survey of amphibian fungus in Asia
• KU business dean meets with Kansas secretary of commerce
• Mount Oread Scholars to make symbolic walk up the hill Aug. 21

AUG

17

• Hawk Week schedule now available online
• Researchers push to import top anti-bullying program to U.S. schools

AUG

16

• KU study shows suburban schools have worked to 'hoard' advantages
• Acclaimed street photographer, KU alumnus to exhibit photos at journalism school
• KU ranked No. 2 in most published special education journal articles

AUG

15

• Central KU departments to open weekend before classes start
• KU's new renewable scholarships make college affordable
• KU to focus on 12 areas in effort to increase effectiveness, efficiency
• Gray-Little issues statement on death of Carolyn Bailey Berneking

AUG

12

• $5 million gift brings University of Kansas Cancer Center closer to fundraising goal

AUG

11

• First hybrid buses in Kansas hit streets of Lawrence
• KU engineering team advances to national Traffic Bowl

AUG

10

• Annual $10,000 scholarships available for students interested in renewable energy

AUG

9

• KU engineering student awarded NSF funding for scoliosis treatment research
• KU engineering students plan Brazilian learning experience
• KU Business School dean names new leadership positions

AUG

5

• Hall Center names Simons Public Humanities Fellow for 2011-12
• Gray-Little honored at American Psychological Association Convention

AUG

4

• KU engineering professor receives award for cartilage research
• KU professor earns award for cancer treatment delivery research

AUG

3

• KU establishes first coalition of institutions practicing open access
• KU featured in Princeton Review's 'Best 376 Colleges'

AUG

2

• Animated video will teach students physics behind superconductors

AUG

1

• KU entomologist leads new drive to make 'dark data' available online to anyone

JULY

29

• KU, City of Lawrence announce improvements to bus routes, new website

JULY

28

• Gift creates innovation studio in KU Center for Design Research
• KU history professor awarded Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award

JULY

26

• Audio-Reader accepting donations of music, audio equipment for annual sale
• KU student earns award at Army's Leader Development and Assessment Course
• KU doctoral student one of two in nation to receive Hartford dissertation award

JULY

22

• Kansas Audio Reader helping broadcast news for blind in Minnesota
• KU alumna named distinguished professor in School of Public Affairs and Administration

JULY

20

• Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces July graduates
• Acclaimed civil rights attorney to speak at KU School of Law

JULY

18

• Geologic map of Kearny County now available
• KU faculty, alumni join Haiti Research Initiative team

JULY

15

• KU to host open house, dedication ceremony for Center for Design Research

JULY

14

• KU mourns student Hallie Steele

JULY

13

• Fulbright international students attend summer program at KU
• Award-winning poet, critic to speak on innovative African American verse

JULY

8

• KU students volunteer service in summer Alternative Breaks Program
• Science fiction writing awards to be presented at KU
• Private papers of legendary science fiction, 'Star Trek' writer donated to KU

JULY

7

• KU names new director of industrial partnerships

JULY

7

• Researcher: Preventive care can boost results, shrink price tag of Kansas Medicaid

JULY

1

• KU Heartland leadership institute hosts 18 women from six countries
• Kansas oil production rises, gas production declines in 2010
• University of Kansas creates School of Public Affairs and Administration