- Haskell School of Education gains national accreditation
- May 1, 2013
- The School of Education at Haskell Indian Nations University has gained national accreditation, becoming the first teacher-education program at a tribal college to do so.
- Kansas Bioscience Authority leader says culture and philosophy of agency are changing
- April 30, 2013
- The head of the Kansas Bioscience Authority is trying to spread the word about what he says is a new way of doing things for the agency, he said Tuesday. By Matt Erickson
- KU Historic District placed on national registry
- April 30, 2013
- The historic district on the Kansas University campus has now earned national designation.
- Gift to help put ‘name and face’ to cancer care
- April 29, 2013
- Teresa Walsh knows the importance of quality cancer care, having watched her father fight the disease at Kansas University Hospital. Years later, she and her husband, Tom, a 1980 KU grad, are helping to advance cancer care in the area, giving $2.5 million to the KU Cancer Center’s nurse-navigation program, the hospital announced Monday. By Giles Bruce
- KU moving faster now on online education
- April 28, 2013
- Kansas University officials admit that KU has not yet moved quickly into the world of online education. But leaders say they’re forming new strategies now that will ensure things move forward. By Matt Erickson
- Lied Center announces 20th anniversary season lineup
- April 28, 2013
- The Lied Center on Saturday announced its 20th anniversary season lineup, featuring an array of performers from acrobats to award-winning concert pianists, some new and some returning to Lawrence. By Sara Shepherd
- KU’s Wakarusa Trio wins first at national music competition
- April 28, 2013
- Three Kansas University students started the fall semester as a chamber music group assigned for a class and are ending the spring semester as national champions.
- Cancer fighter organizes swim-a-thon to help drown out disease
- April 27, 2013
- Kansas University graduate and former swim team member Tyghe Nielsen jumped in the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center pool Saturday ready to compete and with a specific opponent in mind: cancer.
- Current, former KU scholarship hall residents tour chancellor’s mansion — former home of their benefactress
- April 27, 2013
- For most, the 28-room mansion tucked back on the southeast edge of Mount Oread is where Kansas University’s chancellor lives. But for many of the women who stepped through its doors Friday afternoon, it was something else: the former home of the woman who made it possible for them to go to college. By Matt Erickson
- KU school celebrating 100 years of architecture education — and late nights of work
- April 26, 2013
- The lights are always on at Marvin Hall, or so it is often said among people who’ve passed through the Kansas University architecture program over the years. They’ll certainly be on this weekend, when KU architecture alumni return for a centennial celebration for the program. By Matt Erickson
- KU MBA students examine no-shows at Bert Nash, other nonprofit problems
- April 25, 2013
- It’s a $350,000-per-year problem for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center: clients who don’t show up for appointments. Now it’s a problem Bert Nash leaders might be able to tackle better than ever before, thanks to a group of Kansas University Master of Business Administration students taking part in a new program that paired students with Kansas nonprofit groups in need of problem-solving. By Matt Erickson
- Brownback, Gray-Little say stable state funding important to KU’s efforts to improve
- April 23, 2013
- A stable level of state funding will allow Kansas University to continue its efforts to improve itself, Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday during a visit to KU to defend his proposed budget for higher education.
- KU students find real success as mock diplomats
- April 23, 2013
- A downed U.S. aircraft in Venezuela, with its crew detained: This was one of the problems facing a group of Kansas University students at a Model Organization of American States conference in Washington, D.C., last month. The problems were fake, but the students’ success wasn’t, their instructor says. By Matt Erickson
- KU offering open forums on master plan this week
- April 22, 2013
- Kansas University this week will offer a second round of public forums regarding its new master plan.
- KU’s Hall Center for Humanities receives $2.7 million gift
- April 22, 2013
- The Kansas University Endowment Association on Monday announced another gift from the Kansas City, Mo.-based Hall Family Foundation: $2.7 million to bolster research at KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities. By Matt Erickson
- Brownback signs into law bill establishing adult stem cell research and treatment at KU Medical Center
- April 22, 2013
- The center will be charged with working on adult stem cell, cord blood and related stem cell research, providing therapies to patients and serving as a clearinghouse for physicians on cutting-edge treatments. By Scott Rothschild
- Wind ensemble’s final season concert to feature premiere of ‘Ravenkind’
- April 21, 2013
- The Kansas University Wind Ensemble will perform its last concert of the 2012-13 season this week, with numbers including the premiere of a KU associate professor’s new work, “Ravenkind.”
- Lied Center celebrates two decades of elevating performing arts
- April 21, 2013
- It’s been 20 years since the Lied Center of Kansas opened, catapulting the performing arts scene in Lawrence. Behind it all is a woman with a vision of providing future generations with opportunities she herself never had. By Sara Shepherd
- Christina Hixson: The woman who ‘opened the door’ for the Lied Center
- April 21, 2013
- Christina Hixson isn’t afraid to admit she uses the dictionary when she does crossword puzzles. Her entire life, “self-educating” has served Hixson well. A poor tenant farmer’s daughter unable to afford college, she went on to bestow the $10 million gift that enabled the Lied Center, now celebrating its 20th anniversary at Kansas University. By Sara Shepherd
- ROTC cadets buddy up for Lawrence competition
- April 20, 2013
- Army ROTC students from across the country went back to basics Saturday at the 19th annual Kansas Army ROTC Ranger Buddy Competition. By Meagan Thomas
- KU announces promotion, tenure for faculty
- April 19, 2013
- Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved promotions or tenure for 65 faculty members on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses this year, KU announced Friday.
- KU design students win top honor at national show for second straight year
- April 19, 2013
- For the second year in a row, Kansas University’s design department has won the top academic award at a national student graphic arts show.
- This year’s Dole Lecture to feature leader of Eisenhower memorial effort
- April 18, 2013
- This year’s Dole Lecture at the Dole Institute of Politics will take a different tack, Bill Lacy says. The institute’s 2013 Dole Lecture, it announced this week, will be given by retired Brig. Gen. Carl Reddel, executive director the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, charged with building a memorial to Eisenhower in Washington, D.C. By Matt Erickson
- KU students’ ‘Hawks for Boston’ effort raises more than $2,000 for bombing victims
- April 18, 2013
- After Kansas University senior Kait Perry saw news of the Boston Marathon explosions Monday, her mind shifted from homework and graduate school applications. Instead she wanted to find a way to help. A few days later, she and other KU students have helped to raise more than $2,000 for the bombing victims. By Matt Erickson
- Building that will house original “Rules of Basket Ball” will be called the DeBruce Center
- 05:39 p.m., April 17, 2013 Updated 06:13 p.m.
- James Naismith’s original “Rules of Basket Ball” will be housed in a three-story center at KU to be named the DeBruce Center in honor of Paul and Katherine DeBruce, who have provided the lead gift for the $18 million building. By Matt Erickson and Scott Rothschild
- Public invited to ‘food utopia’ workshop at KU
- April 17, 2013
- What does a “food utopia” look like? A workshop this week at the University of Kansas will explore the answer by focusing on diverse, interdisciplinary insights about an imagined ideal food system
- KU ranks among top 40 public universities in federal research funding
- April 16, 2013
- Kansas University ranked higher than ever among public universities in federal research funding in the most recent edition of an annual survey, KU announced Tuesday.
- Questions abound about Obama’s KU visit
- April 15, 2013
- For what may be the first time in more than 130 years, a sitting U.S. president is on his way to Kansas University. Students on campus Monday said the announcement brought a sense of excitement, but also a lot of questions. Former Reagan administration official Bill Lacy, now director of KU’s Dole Institute of Politics, says that’s generally business as usual for the White House. By Matt Erickson
- Land Institute founder to speak at KU commencement
- April 15, 2013
- Wes Jackson, a Kansas University alumnus and leader in the area of sustainable agriculture, will be the lead speaker at KU’s commencement ceremony in May, the university announced Monday.
- A or A-minus? KU students want a straight answer
- April 15, 2013
- In her introductory psychology course during her freshman year at Kansas University, MacKenzie Oatman scored a 92, while her roommate got a 90. But while that was good enough to earn her roommate an A, Oatman got an A-minus — and fewer points toward her grade-point average. Now she and other KU student government leaders are pushing for a change to make sure that situation can’t happen. By Matt Erickson
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