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KU chancellor elected to Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ board of directors
Staff Reports
November 18, 2013
Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little was elected to the Association of Public and Land-grant University’s board of directors. In October Gray-Little was elected to the executive committee of the Association of American Universities.
Patents and inventions a growing part of daily business at KU
By Ben Unglesbee
November 18, 2013
Kansas University joined 200 other institutional inventors as a charter member of the National Academy of Inventors. The number of U.S. patents KU received in 2013 is more than double that from the year before. By Ben Unglesbee
Regents to hear updates on KU Medical Center and Cancer Center
By Scott Rothschild
November 17, 2013
The Kansas Board of Regents this week will receive updates on progress at the KU Medical Center and Cancer Center. By Scott Rothschild
KU university governance bodies hold on to secret ballot voting
By Ben Unglesbee
November 16, 2013
Members of the Kansas University employee and faculty senates have grappled over the past several weeks with the issue of secret ballot voting as a way to protect themselves from reprisals over contentious votes. After challenges in both senates, secret voting survived. By Ben Unglesbee
KU’s stem cell center having first educational conference
By Scott Rothschild
November 15, 2013
The inaugural educational conference of Kansas University’s new stem cell center will be Nov. 23 in Kansas City, Mo. By Scott Rothschild
Modern architecture tells story of midcentury Lawrence
City documenting style to prepare for potential preservation efforts
By Sara Shepherd
November 14, 2013
In post World War II Lawrence, modern architecture arrived in the form of sleek commercial buildings, monolithic university structures and unusual, geometric-inspired homes. Love them or hate them, these buildings tell the story of what was happening to our city at the time — change. By Sara Shepherd
KU Edwards will offer a new degree in educational technology
By Ben Unglesbee
November 12, 2013
Next spring the Kansas University Edwards Campus will roll out a new master’s program in educational technology, KU announced Tuesday. By Ben Unglesbee
KU students commissioned to create artwork for Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
By Sara Shepherd
November 10, 2013
KU associate professor of sculpture Matthew Burke is leading “Special Topics in Art: The Federal Reserve Commission,” which will be offered each semester through fall 2014. Students’ mission is to conceive, design and execute a work of art to commemorate the Reserve’s 100th anniversary.
KU task force to consider benefits for same-sex partners
By Ben Unglesbee
November 10, 2013
A task force created by the Kansas University Senate will look into offering job benefits to same-sex and domestic partners of KU employees. Behind it is a desire for equal treatment and to make the university as competitive as possible in recruiting. By Ben Unglesbee
Jayhawk fans wear pride on their walls
A peek inside three of Lawrence’s ‘KU rooms’
By Sara Shepherd
November 10, 2013
Pat Sullivan is one of those KU fans who wears his Jayhawk pride on his walls — and he’s far from the only one. The Journal-World last week visited Sullivan’s and two other Lawrence fans’ “KU rooms” and received photos from more than a dozen others. By Sara Shepherd
KU Student Senate moves to tame its election process
By Ben Unglesbee
November 9, 2013
After a failed attempt to ban coalitions in campaigns for student government, the Kansas University Student Senate is trying to tame the election process. By Ben Unglesbee
From intern to company president, GM executive shares experience and career lessons with KU engineering students
By Ben Unglesbee
November 6, 2013
Mark Reuss, president of General Motors North America since 2009, has been with the company for most of his career for a reason: He likes cars. He told an audience made up mostly of Kansas University engineering students to find what they love to do and do it. By Ben Unglesbee
Second finalist for KU med school dean tours campuses, interviews with the public
By Ben Unglesbee
November 5, 2013
Paula Shireman, a professor of surgery and vice dean for research at the University of Texas Health Science Center’s School of Medicine in San Antonio interviewed publicly for the job of Kansas University medical school dean on Tuesday. By Ben Unglesbee
Founder of KU medical school cardiology division dies
Staff Reports
November 5, 2013
E. Grey Dimond, who founded the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine as well as the cardiology unit at the Kansas University School of Medicine, died Sunday.
Room and board at KU would increase under proposal sent to Regents
By Scott Rothschild
November 5, 2013
The cost of room and board at Kansas University will increase next year by approximately 2.5 percent under a proposal before the Kansas Board of Regents. By Scott Rothschild
Registration open for fifth annual Veterans Day Run
Staff Reports
November 5, 2013
The Collegiate Veterans Association at Kansas University will host its fifth annual Veterans Day Run Sunday.
KU to hold public forum on accessibilty and disability issues
Staff Reports
November 5, 2013
Kansas University’s Accessibility Advisory Council will anchor its first-ever public forum on accessibility and disability issues Nov. 14 at the Kansas Union.
KU seeks feedback on campus parking
Staff Reports
November 5, 2013
Kansas University’s Parking Commission is seeking feedback on campus parking conditions.
Touting its economic impact, KU skips over the humanities when arguing for higher education
By Ben Unglesbee
November 4, 2013
KU administrators laid out several reasons why the state should finance education at the university and the state. Most of those reasons were economic, involving the impact of research and fields that are mostly technical. Left out of the conversation was a large part of what university does: teaching and research in the humanities, arts and social sciences. By Ben Unglesbee
Al Jazeera story on sexual assault puts KU in spotlight, draws university condemnation
By Ben Unglesbee
November 1, 2013
Kansas University students shown in an Al Jazeera America story discussing their sexual encounters while intoxicated, and while their partners were intoxicated, have prompted condemnation from student leadership and university officials. By Ben Unglesbee
Honor society holds monthlong professional clothing drive for Kansas University students
Staff Reports
November 1, 2013
A Kansas University honor society is holding its annual professional clothing drive throughout the month of November. The donated clothing will go to students who need the attire for interviews, career fairs and the workplace.
KU Continuing Education executive director to retire
By Caitlin Doornbos
October 31, 2013
After 21 years at Kansas University, KU Continuing Education Executive Director Fred Pawlicki will retire Jan. 17. For the past seven years, Pawlicki has supervised all KUCE activities, including the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, the Kansas Fire and Rescue Training Institute, the Aerospace Short Course Program and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
KU announces summer 2013 graduates
Staff Reports
October 31, 2013
The University Registrar has announced that more than 1,100 students will get their degrees at Kansas University this spring, representing 55 Kansas counties, 44 other states and the District of Columbia, and 27 other countries.
Students get face time with Kansas legislators at KU tour
By Ben Unglesbee
October 30, 2013
Students attend meeting between KU and legislators to field questions about student loan debt. Others came out to protest cuts to higher education. By Ben Unglesbee
Calder Pickett, iconic KU journalism professor, dies
By Giles Bruce
October 30, 2013
Calder Pickett, who taught journalism at Kansas University for nearly four decades also worked in newspapers and radio in the state, died Tuesday at Neuvant House in Lawrence. He was 92. By Giles Bruce
Dole Institute will hold annual tribute, USO-style gala Nov. 10
Staff Reports
October 29, 2013
The Dole Institute of Politics will hold a recognition of veterans from the Kansas University ROTC program on Nov. 10.
Director of KU Natural History Museum has prehistoric mammal named after him
By Ben Unglesbee
October 28, 2013
A recently discovered species of shrew-like creatures that lived 50 to 57 million years ago was named after Leonard Krishtalka, director of the Kansas University Museum of Natural History. Krishtalka was a mentor and colleague to one of the animal’s discoverers. He also played a major role in defining the lineage of the animal’s genus.By Ben Unglesbee
Six KU doctoral students picked for 2013 Self Graduate Fellows
Staff Reports
October 28, 2013
The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship program selects KU graduate students to prepare them for future leadership roles. The fellowship provides special training and provides an annual award for winners.
Great-grandson accepts Dole Leadership Prize on Nelson Mandela’s behalf
By Elliot Hughes
October 28, 2013
Around 100 people came to see Luvuyo Mandela, great-grandson of Nelson Mandela, accept the Dole Leadership Prize, and to speak about the former South African president. By Elliot Hughes
KU museums collaborate to scare kids with facts
By Nicole Wentling
October 27, 2013
Dozens of families attended “Spiders, Spirits and Skeletons” at the Spencer Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum on the Kansas University campus Sunday afternoon. The two museums collaborated for the first time to offer Halloween-inspired activities for families. By Nikki Wentling

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