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After bees die, KU Natural History Museum plans to restock exhibit
By Giles Bruce
February 19, 2014
The Kansas University Natural History Museum says it plans to restock its bee colony exhibit, two weeks after winds and cold temperatures killed an entire colony of bees. By Giles Bruce
KU law school courting Missourians with new scholarships
By Ben Unglesbee
February 18, 2014
The Kansas University law school is hoping to recruit Missourians from the Kansas City area using new scholarships that reduce tuition to in-state rates. The scholarships come at a time when fewer people are applying to law school and regional schools are vying to increase their footprint in Kansas City. By Ben Unglesbee
KU debate team qualifies for national tournament
Staff Reports
February 18, 2014
KU senior Melanie Campbell, of Lenexa, and freshman Kevin Christopher Birzer, of Leawood, were one of 16 teams chosen to enter the first round of the national debate competition.
Four KU students nominated for Goldwater scholarships
Staff Reports
February 18, 2014
Four Kansas University students are up for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which provide up to $7,500 a year for undergraduates pursuing careers in math, science and engineering fields.
KU Eye celebrates 100th anniversary
Staff Reports
February 18, 2014
Kansas University’s department of ophthalmology was founded on Jan. 1, 1914. To mark its centennial year, the department — also known as KU Eye — plans several public events to raise awareness and promote vision care.
Topeka resident writes book about legacy of Spencer family
By Nicole Wentling
February 18, 2014
Topeka-based author Ken Crockett spent years researching the personal lives, business successes and philanthropy of Kenneth and Helen Spencer, two people who left a pronounced mark on Lawrence. Crockett’s latest book, titled “Kenneth and Helen Spencer of Kansas: Champions of Culture & Commerce in the Sunflower State,” is a nonfiction, biographical account of the Spencers and their legacy. By Nikki Wentling
Four KU students nominated as Truman scholars
Staff Reports
February 17, 2014
Four juniors at Kansas University have been nominated for Harry S. Truman Scholarships. The program provides $30,000 for graduate school to students wanting to pursue careers in public service.
Federal research funding at KU hits record high
By Ben Unglesbee
February 17, 2014
In 2013 combined federal research funding for the Kansas University Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses reached $174 million, up from $171 million in 2012, and a new high for the university. By Ben Unglesbee
KU Hospital raises $3.5 million for new building
Staff Reports
February 17, 2014
Kansas University announced gifts from Kansas City-based philanthropists toward a new 92-bed facility the hospital hopes to build. The gifts are the first raised so far for the $250 million facility.
KU, UMKC vie for law students
The Associated Press
February 17, 2014
The University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas are in a border war of sorts as they vie for law school students.
KU to hold symposium on the fate of rural communities
Staff Reports
February 17, 2014
The Kansas University School of Law will host a conference titled “Preventing the Ghost Town: What Rural Communities Need to Do to Survive in the Modern Economy.”
Langston Hughes Center offers film screenings and lectures on race in America
By Caitlin Doornbos
February 17, 2014
The Langston Hughes Center at Kansas University is offering a series of film screenings, lectures and forums focused on four films chronicling the history of the struggle for civil rights in the United States to help spur dialogue of racial issues in the country.
Tasks, volunteers sought for next Big Event community service project
By Sara Shepherd
February 16, 2014
Need a few helping hands for a lawn or household project? Thousands will be at the ready on April 12, the day of Kansas University’s fourth annual Big Event. By Sara Shepherd
KU team travels to Kiev for conference, visits protests
By Ben Unglesbee
February 15, 2014
A group of Kansas University instructors and a student recently traveled to the Ukraine for a planned conference. While there they visited makeshift camps created by protesters against the Ukrainian president and heard from businesspeople concerned about corruption in the country. By Ben Unglesbee
KU Student Senate joins call to suspend social media policy
Staff Reports
February 13, 2014
Kansas University students have joined in the call for the Kansas Board of Regents to suspend a social a media policy passed in December.
KU students’ production puts 3 spins on ‘Hamlet’
By John R. Phythyon Jr.
February 13, 2014
One of the hardest things to do in art is to make something old and familiar fresh. Danny Devlin has some ideas about that. “‘Hamlet’ is the most well-known, well-researched play ever,” he says. “We’re taking three very different approaches to it.”
Kansas educators to get cost reduction for some KU graduate classes
By Ben Unglesbee
February 12, 2014
Kansas University announced a pilot program through the School of Education that will provide university funds to lower tuition and fees for Pre K-12 educators working at private or public schools in Kansas. By Ben Unglesbee
Chancellor: new medical school building critical to state
By Peter Hancock
February 11, 2014
Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little says the new $75 million education building being planned for the Medical Center campus in Kansas City is critical for the medical school, and for the state. By Peter Hancock
KU budget shows sequestration effects, state cuts to be felt this year
By Ben Unglesbee
February 11, 2014
As state and federal budgets go, so goes much of Kansas University’s budget. Financial figures released for 2013 show a decrease in federal grants and research money. While state appropriations increased slightly, cuts to higher education by the state legislature last year will be felt through the year and show up in next year’s numbers. By Ben Unglesbee
Poet Anne Carson to help KU celebrate career of classics professor Stanley Lombardo
Staff Reports
February 11, 2014
Poet and translator Anne Carson will read from “Antigonick,” a translation and interpretation of the classical Greek tragedy Antigone, to celebrate the retirement of KU professor Stanley Lombardo.
KU clinic concert to feature former Super Bowl opener
Staff Reports
February 11, 2014
The JayDoc Free Clinic, Kansas University’s student-run free health clinic, will host the ninth annual JayRock benefit concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 21.
Former KBA head gives $100,000 to KU startup fund
By Ben Unglesbee
February 10, 2014
KU alumnus and former head of the Kansas Bioscience Authority Clay Blair III, of Olathe, gave $100,000 to the KU Venture Fund, which was developed by the university recently to provide initial capital to startups run by KU faculty, students and staff.By Ben Unglesbee
KU experts weigh in on political and social issues around Sochi games
By Ben Unglesbee
February 7, 2014
Kansas University professors who study Russian culture and history note the historical roots and social context for the issues now getting global attention with Sochi Winter Games. By Ben Unglesbee
Founding editor of ProPublica wins William Allen White award
By Ben Unglesbee
February 7, 2014
The Kansas University journalism school awarded Paul Steiger, founding editor of the investigative news site ProPublica, with the William Allen White Foundation’s 2014 National Citation, an award that has gone to prominent journalists, editors and publishers such as Arthur Sulzberger, Bob Woodward and Walter Cronkite. By Ben Unglesbee
More calls from KU to suspend social media policy
By Ben Unglesbee
February 6, 2014
More Kansas University faculty and staff have called on the Kansas Board of Regents to suspend a controversial social media policy passed last December. The University Senate approved a resolution, already adopted by governance bodies at other Kansas universities, urging the regents to nix the policy while a work group created by the regents reviews it. By Ben Unglesbee
KU Medical Center could lose accreditation without new health education building, supporters say
By Scott Rothschild
February 6, 2014
Supporters of an initiative by the Kansas University Medical Center to build a $75 million health education facility said Thursday that without help from the state, the medical school could lose its accreditation. By Scott Rothschild
Final writings and artwork of William S. Burroughs find a home at KU
By Ben Unglesbee
February 6, 2014
The final writings and artwork of William S. Burroughs have found a home at Kansas University’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
KU students to provide free tax preparation services
Staff Reports
February 6, 2014
From Feb. 17 through April 15, Kansas University business and law students will be offering free tax preparation to Kansas, Missouri and Illinois taxpayers whose household income is less than $52,000 a year.
Autopsy report: KU student died from fall, not exposure to cold
By Stephen Montemayor
10:45 a.m., February 4, 2014 Updated 02:47 p.m.
Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana, the 23-year-old Kansas University student found dead in December after he was last seen leaving a party, died of blunt trauma to the head and not exposure to the cold, according to an autopsy report released on Tuesday. By Stephen Montemayor
KU professor who launched Hubble Telescope uses it again for research
By Joanna Hlavacek
February 3, 2014
During his 30-year career with NASA, retired astronaut Steve Hawley flew into space to help launch the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990 and to repair it in 1997. Today, Hawley is working with Hubble again, this time to investigate an abnormal planetary nebula he first studied as a young astronomer in the 1970s. By Joanna Hlavacek

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