May 12, 2008
The University of Kansas’ chief fiscal strategist for its Lawrence campus for more than 20 years today announced his plans to step down and teach full-time in the Department of History.
May 0, 2008
On Tuesday, May 20, the tour will make stops in Goodland, Edson, Lucas, Nicodemus and Palco.
May 0, 2008
The Steeples Service to Kansans Award is given to faculty at the university who provide significant service to the people of Kansas as a purposeful extension of their teaching and research.
April 28, 2008
Freshman Leadership Council is a 10-week program of leadership enhancement training that allows its participants to meet other student and administrative leaders.
April 16, 2008
Effective July 1, separate technology transfer offices at the Lawrence and medical center campuses will combine to form a new KU Center for Technology Commercialization.
April 15, 2008
The nearly two dozen council members include public school officials, state officials and leaders of community, religious, media and social service organizations.
April 1, 2008
Founded in 1900, the University Women’s Club has given about $90,000 in scholarships to KU women students since 1915, making it the longest continuous scholarship- awarding unit at KU.
March 26, 2008
The university recently interviewed a strong pool of candidates for the dean position, but the search committee ultimately recommended that the search be continued.
March 10, 2008
The drill is one of several that will take place statewide as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 10-14.
March 6, 2008
Legislators and state policymakers are expected to be in attendance at the event, which will be in and around the rotunda on the first and second floors of the Capitol.
March 4, 2008
John Colombo’s research interests are in the developmental cognitive neuroscience of attention and learning in infancy and early childhood.
March 3, 2008
The lecture honors Bill Tuttle, who has been a history professor at KU for more than 40 years.
February 29, 2008
Headed away but not to play, students will spend March 15-22 doing volunteer work at sites in Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington, D.C.
February 20, 2008
University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway testified this morning to the Kansas Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Higher Education.
February 11, 2008
The number of KU students studying abroad has risen every year for the past six years.
February 8, 2008
The University Scholars Program gives 20 promising second-year undergraduates academic experiences that provide intellectual challenges and enhanced opportunities.
February 6, 2008
U.S. Secretary of the Army Pete Geren will join University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway today to welcome eight Iraq war veterans into a pilot project of the Wounded Warrior Education Initiative Program.
January 28, 2008
Focus the Nation is an unprecedented teach-in on global warming solutions and a collaboration between thousands of college campuses across the world.
January 28, 2008
Nuestra America in the U.S. will feature acclaimed experts discussing how the shift in the population has affected communities, labor, politics, education and cultural production in the U.S. The event takes place Feb. 8 and 9 in the Kansas Union.
January 24, 2008
Steve Warren, who became interim vice provost for research and graduate studies at KU in August, will see the interim tag removed from his title effective immediately, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere announced today.
January 22, 2008
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett has served KU at the dean and vice provost levels for 19 years.
December 14, 2007
Based on high achievement in all academic disciplines, 188 undergraduate and graduate students and two faculty members were selected for membership and honored at a Nov. 27 ceremony at KU.
November 28, 2007
UKanTeach is a collaborative program of KU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Education that leads to a degree in science or math as well as a teaching license in four years.
November 19, 2007
Traditionally the senior class selects one faculty member per year for the H.O.P.E. Award, which is the only honor given exclusively by KU students for teaching excellence.
November 13, 2007
The Chancellors Club, formed in 1977 by KU Endowment, is KU’s major-donor organization.
November 7, 2007
The H.O.P.E. Award is the only honor given exclusively by KU students for teaching excellence.
November 2, 2007
Established in 1992, the program provides $1,000 scholarships and faculty mentors and is designed to diversify the talent pool available for liberal arts and sciences faculties.
November 2, 2007
The center conducts more than 14,700 advising sessions each year.
October 30, 2007
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere will speak to the students, parents and guests.
October 25, 2007
More than 350 African-American students from high schools in Kansas and greater Kansas City participated in the Oct. 18 symposium that offered workshops promoting leadership.
October 23, 2007
Health authorities worldwide are focused on Avian influenza — or bird flu — an infectious, sometimes fatal disease in birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus.
October 22, 2007
The annual Kansas Honors Program recognizes the top 10 percent of Kansas high school seniors.
October 19, 2007
Events include presentations, an award ceremony and a discussion forum focusing environmental, economic and social responsibility.
October 17, 2007
Students will attend workshops to learn about leadership, the importance of a post-secondary education and preparing themselves for college.
October 16, 2007
Richard Lariviere, provost and executive vice chancellor, will speak to the students, parents and guests.
October 10, 2007
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere will speak to the students, parents and guests.
October 5, 2007
The investigation was launched in response to the Sept. 18 receipt by three area newspapers of packets of documents.
October 1, 2007
Campbell is associated closely with OncImmune, a life-sciences firm that recently placed a lab in Lenexa -- close to KU’s cutting-edge cancer researchers.
September 27, 2007
"Kansas E3: Energy, the Environment & Economics" takes place simultaneously at three locations linked in real time by video conferencing technology.
September 25, 2007
The League of United Latin American Citizens’ annual Kansas Latino Youth Leadership Institute was held in June in Lawrence and Topeka .
September 24, 2007
Participants in the Certified Public Manager program offered in southwest Kansas include state, local and federal workers who have been enrolled in the program since January.
September 7, 2007
The award recognizes faculty on the Lawrence campus who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in strengthening KU’s international dimension.
September 6, 2007
A convocation to mark the beginning of the school year has been a KU tradition for more than 140 years.
August 27, 2007
U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., will visit the University of Kansas campus and tour the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets Tuesday, Aug. 28.
August 21, 2007
Steve Hedden became dean of the School of Fine Arts in 2003. He has been at KU for five years.
August 20, 2007
20 faculty members will receive the $5,000 fellowships, which honor outstanding teaching and advising.
August 17, 2007
The University of Kansas surprise patrol today handed out more $5,000 Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence to four unsuspecting professors.
August 16, 2007
This year, 20 faculty members will receive the $5,000 fellowships, which honor outstanding teaching and advising.
August 15, 2007
20 faculty members will receive the $5,000 fellowships, which honor outstanding teaching and advising.
August 13, 2007
Britain’s University and College Union, which represents about 120,000 employees in higher education, recently called for imposing a boycott on cooperation with Israeli academics and institutions.
August 8, 2007
The walk signifies the beginning of a higher education journey for the 189 Mount Oread Scholars whose ultimate goal is to walk down the hill upon graduation.
July 29, 2007
Should an undergraduate studying business pay more than one studying psychology? Should a journalism degree cost more than one in literature?
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July 20, 2007
The epidemiologic analysis focused on people who worked in Wescoe Hall, a 34-year-old, four-story humanities classroom and office building, from 1995 through 2006.
July 19, 2007
The grants support original, independent research by academically talented undergraduates who submit proposals for research supervised by faculty.
July 17, 2007
To assist students from 10 Kansas counties hit by natural disasters this spring and summer, the University of Kansas announced today it will offer those students the option to defer tuition and fee payments normally due in August.
July 12, 2007
Jim Long, vice provost for facilities planning and management, will also take a new position at Continuing Education: director for outreach development.
July 5, 2007
Maurice Bryan, associate vice provost for diversity and equity, will attend and discuss his vision for diversity at KU.
July 3, 2007
Steve Warren to lead KU Center for Research pending national search to replace Jim Roberts, who will resume his role as a professor of electrical engineering.
July 2, 2007
Maurice Bryan will advise top administrators on diversity issues and focus on the recruitment, retention and development of under-represented faculty and staff.
June 22, 2007
The University of Kansas was a co-sponsoring host for the League of United Latin American Citizens’ annual Kansas Latino Youth Leadership Institute.
June 15, 2007
Starting July 2, buses on the University of Kansas campus will be ADA compliant and more environmentally friendly.
June 7, 2007
Four University of Kansas faculty members have been named University Distinguished Professors.
June 5, 2007
A search for a permanent associate vice provost will begin at the start of the fall semester.
May 15, 2007
The University Honors Program at the University of Kansas will commend more than 150 graduating students at a ceremony from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
May 10, 2007
Students, staff and faculty will receive an e-mail today directing them to a secure Web site where they can update emergency contact information.
May 9, 2007
Those who visit the University of Kansas Office of the Provost in room 250 Strong Hall will be treated to a dynamic display of art by faculty in the KU Department of Art.
May 9, 2007
Day three of the 10th annual Wheat State Whirlwind Tour will take University of Kansas faculty and staff members to a Colby museum, a buffalo pasture, a wind farm and a historic Kansas frontier town on Wednesday, May 23.
May 8, 2007
About 50 University of Kansas faculty and staff members will tour sites in north central and northwest Kansas, explore the challenges facing rural Kansas communities and meet with alumni in Colby on Tuesday, May 22, the second day of the 2007 Wheat State
May 4, 2007
Nearly 50 KU faculty and staff members, many new to Kansas, will take part in a five-day tour of the state to learn more about its history, economy, culture and landscape.
April 25, 2007
The recommendation to combine the Graduate School with the Office of the Vice Provost for Research came from a faculty and staff committee commissioned by Provost Richard Lariviere.
April 24, 2007
Students selected for a leadership enhancement training program completed eight weeks of activities to encourage their involvement in campus and community organizations.
April 11, 2007
Sixty-eight University of Kansas students have returned to school after spending spring break on service-learning projects at Alternative Spring Breaks sites in the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah a
April 10, 2007
The University of Kansas Honors Program will host an open house from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14, at Nunemaker Center as part of its 50th anniversary celebration.
April 6, 2007
An independent fact-finders ruling in favor of the University of Kansas in its labor dispute with the union representing graduate teaching assistants frees the university to move quickly to implement a pay raise for GTAs, Provost Richard Lariviere said to
March 19, 2007
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and KU Provost Richard Lariviere released the following statements in response to news today of the departure of KU Hospital CEO and President Irene Cumming.
March 12, 2007
Students from three Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, March 28, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
March 8, 2007
Fifteen University of Kansas students have received $1,200 Undergraduate Research Awards to be used from January to June 2007.
February 23, 2007
Diana Carlin, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs at the University of Kansas, today announced plans to step down from her post effective June 30.
February 20, 2007
University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway testified today before the Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Higher Education. The following is the text of his remarks.
February 14, 2007
The University of Kansas announced details today of a two-year, $2.6 million initiative that will quintuple wireless coverage in academic areas on the Lawrence campus.
February 7, 2007
Ronen Sen, India's ambassador to the United States, will visit the University of Kansas on Friday, Feb. 9, to discuss Indo-American relations and to meet with administrators, faculty, students and the public.
February 2, 2007
Jeff Severin has been hired as the centers first director.
January 31, 2007
University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway testified today before the House Education Budget Committee. Below is the text of his prepared remarks.
January 24, 2007
Senator Schodorf and members of the Senate Higher Education Task Force, KU thanks you for the opportunity to engage in a discussion with you regarding how KU addresses its $284 million maintenance backlog and the daily challenge we address in practicing t
January 9, 2007
Don Steeples, University of Kansas researcher and administrator, has been chosen to speak around the world on geophysical imaging, a process that can detect everything from drug-smuggling tunnels to earthquake faults.
October 16, 2006
Richard W. Lariviere, provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas, will discuss the implications of global sourcing at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce International Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at Alvamar Country Club.
August 21, 2006
New Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere took office this summer. As he begins his first academic year at KU, he took time to answer questions submitted from around campus.
August 18, 2006
Richard W. Lariviere, provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas, has been elected to the Council on Foreign Relations, the nation’s leading nongovernmental, nonpartisan think tank on foreign affairs.
August 14, 2006
Starting this fall all University of Kansas students -- except law students -- will have far less time to drop a class. Dropped courses will no longer affect a student’s grade point average.
February 20, 2006
Chancellor Robert Hemenway named a University of Texas dean with a distinguished career as a scholar and internationalist as the next provost and executive vice chancellor for the KU Lawrence campus.
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