Rape prevention agency receives CDC grant

The Douglas County Rape Victim-Survivor Service was awarded one of four grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for projects designed to prevent first-time sexual violence offenses in males.

Grant money will be used to create evaluation plans, develop data collection instruments, collect and analyze data to assess project activities and share findings with others in the field.

The grant was awarded through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and is administered by the Governor’s Office of Federal Grant Programs.

Ireland’s past president to speak at KU on visit

The first female president of Ireland and former U.N. high commissioner for human rights will speak at Kansas University later this month.

Mary Robinson, who served as president from 1990 to 1997, will speak on “Human Rights and Ethical Globalization” at 7 p.m. April 24 in 120 Budig Hall.

During her visit to KU, she will meet with law school faculty members and give a speech to first-year law students. She also will tour the Spencer Research Library’s Irish collections.

Robinson now is leading the Ethical Globalization Initiative in New York.