News
Mon, 06/23/2025
Researchers unearth big possum that lived around 60 million years ago in Texas’ Big Bend National Park
Paleontologists from the University of Kansas have described for the first time a species of Swaindelphys discovered in Texas’ Big Bend National Park, though the ecosystem was drastically different in the Paleocene, when it thrived, than today.
Thu, 06/19/2025
Kansas science teachers to take part in KU Field Station immersive program June 24–26
Ten secondary school science teachers from Kansas will take part in the Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute, an immersive program that gives secondary educators the chance to work with KU scientists to explore resources and gain new ideas for their classrooms.
Wed, 06/18/2025
Researcher talks nonsense to ChatGPT to understand how it processes language
A new study appearing in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One from a psycholinguist at the University of Kansas explores how ChatGPT, the popular artificial-intelligence chatbot, responded to nonwords.
Fri, 06/13/2025
KU Kudos: Faculty and staff achievements, June 2025
It’s time to celebrate Jayhawk colleagues’ achievements: KU News Service staff accepted submissions and combed websites, social media and newsletters for recent external honors and awards for current faculty and staff at the Lawrence, Edwards and Medical Center campuses and affiliates.
Fri, 06/13/2025
Ukrainian professor at KU receives Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Award
The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Award allows Ukrainian historian Ihor Lylo to further his teaching and cultural contributions at the University of Kansas, a community he commends for its openness.
Fri, 06/13/2025
KU faculty members awarded Keeler Intra-University Professorships for 2025-2026 academic year
Four KU faculty members have been awarded a Keeler Intra-University Professorship to participate in interdisciplinary work in the upcoming academic year.
Thu, 06/12/2025
Eating disorders lab gains new designation as a center with continued goal to help improve access to better health
Research at the Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (CARE) aims to improve screening, intervention and treatment monitoring for eating disorders, which are both hard to detect and treat — especially across diverse populations.
Wed, 06/11/2025
KU to host international conference on civility, politics
A group of scholars will convene at the University of Kansas from July 19 to 21 to discuss the state of civility in contemporary politics. KU faculty are among the speakers at the free, in-person conference, which organizers hope will establish an international network of scholars working in this field.
Tue, 06/10/2025
University of Kansas drives $7.8 billion economic impact in Kansas, study shows
The University of Kansas is a powerful engine of economic growth and job creation for the state of Kansas, according to a new study detailing the university’s impact.
Mon, 06/02/2025
Researchers sue New Jersey to obtain DNA evidence in Lindbergh baby kidnapping case
Jonathan Hagel, an assistant teaching professor of history at the University of Kansas, is a plaintiff in a case against the state of New Jersey about the handling of the Charles Lindbergh archive. The lawsuit seeks to force the state police to allow DNA testing on envelopes used to send a series of ransom notes in the infamous Lindbergh baby kidnapping case and trial.
Tue, 05/13/2025
New play-within-a-play examines storytelling ethics of theatrical community
In a new play-within-a-play by Darren Canady, professor of English at the University of Kansas, a misguided director determines to put on an all-white production of Ntozake Shange’s 1976 play “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.”
Mon, 05/12/2025
KU Undergraduates Submit Manuscript
11 KU Biology students submitted a manuscript based on work funded by K-INBRE.
Fri, 05/09/2025
KU celebrates undergraduate research, announces presentation winners
More than 130 undergraduate students participated in the 28th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, which featured Jayhawks' original mentored scholarship as well as artists’ talks and creative displays from many disciplines.
Thu, 05/08/2025
AI ‘friends’ a threat to lonely people, KU expert says
A University of Kansas professor of communication studies pushes back against the notion that artificial intelligence can replace human friendship. Jeff Hall is available to speak with media about this issue.
Thu, 05/08/2025
Scholar inspires more plans to memorialize site of Emmett Till tragedy
Over the past decade, Dave Tell has become one of the nation’s leading academic experts on the commemoration of the 1955 lynching of Black teen Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. Now, one of his scholarly articles has inspired a new collaboration titled “Artist’s Project: Memorializing a Site of Sensitivity in Mississippi: Redemption and Reconciliation in the Shadows of Emmett Till.”
Wed, 04/30/2025
KU graduate student completes prestigious fellowship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Amrit Gautam, a KU graduate student in the physics doctoral program, was among just 62 doctoral students nationwide selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellowship. Gautam spent the fellowship conducting his thesis research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
Thu, 04/24/2025
KU economist Donna Ginther named member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The National Research Council lists it as a highly prestigious award, and faculty membership is a metric for KU’s membership in the Association of American Universities.
Thu, 04/24/2025
Three KU students named to prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Three University of Kansas students were recently named to the highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The distinction provides three years of financial support with an annual stipend of $37,000 and a cost of education allowance of $16,000 to the institution.
Wed, 04/16/2025
Limits of nation’s belief in manifest destiny explored in new ‘Borderlands’ book
In a new book, Andrew Isenberg, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas, offers a reconsidered history of manifest destiny that breaks from traditional narratives of U.S. territorial expansion.
Wed, 04/16/2025
52 KU-affiliated scientists recognized for Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Fifty-two physicists affiliated with the University of Kansas — both currently and formerly — are on the teams that recently were awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their papers analyzing data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. The prize recognizes outstanding research papers published between 2015-2024.
Tue, 04/15/2025
KU chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for carbon dioxide research
Manar Shoshani, assistant professor of chemistry at KU, received a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation totaling more than $769,000 to further his research on converting carbon dioxide selectively so it can be used to develop valuable products for the energy sector and agrichemical and pharmaceutical industries, among other areas.
Thu, 04/10/2025
KU students place at the Sixth Midwest Korean Speech Contest
The contest is one of the largest Korean language competitions in the region, aimed at promoting Korean language and culture among college students. The competition is open to students enrolled in a Korean language course at a Midwestern higher education institution.
Tue, 04/08/2025
U.S. News & World Report ranks 48 KU graduate programs in top 50 among public schools
KU has 48 graduate programs in the top 50 among public universities — including 10 programs in the top 10 — in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings.
Tue, 04/08/2025
KU Debate Team is national runner-up at National Debate Tournament
This marked KU Debate’s ninth appearance in the final round and 22nd time reaching the Final Four in the national tournament, which ended at 2 a.m. April 8.
Thu, 03/06/2025
Groundbreaking contributions to effects of chaos and bifurcation in economics chronicled in new book
In a new book, William Barnett, the Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Kansas, provides a unified presentation of his contributions to the literature on chaos, economic bifurcation and nonlinear dynamics. The span of the book’s research begins in 1988 with Barnett’s initial finding of chaos in economic data.
Mon, 03/03/2025
Expert can comment on President Trump’s address to Congress
Robert Rowland, a KU professor of communication studies and expert on presidential rhetoric, is available to journalists to comment upon President Donald Trump's substitute "State of the Union" speech to Congress on Tuesday evening.
Mon, 03/03/2025
Associate Professor James Blakemore named January 2025 Sutton Family Research Impact Award recipient
The Department of Chemistry congratulates Associate Professor James Blakemore on receiving the January 2025 Sutton Family Research Impact Award! ...
Fri, 02/28/2025
Record-high research at KU benefits Kansans, fuels state economy
Research and development expenditures spanning all University of Kansas campuses increased to $546.1 million in fiscal year 2024, surpassing the half-billion-dollar mark for the first time in university history. The reverberations of that growth extend far beyond KU to benefit people throughout the Sunflower State and beyond.
Fri, 02/28/2025
Office of Faculty Affairs announces new program fellows
Three program fellows from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have joined the Office of Faculty Affairs to support and expand programming initiatives.
Wed, 02/26/2025
Researcher urges emphasis on democratic accountability standards in public administration education
Given changes in democracy around the world, the field of public administration education should reevaluate its accreditation standards to examine what democratic accountability standards are to better educate the next generation of public servants, a KU professor argues in a new article.