College of Liberal Arts & Sciences news
Communication studies professor shares campaign rhetoric expertise
KU's Robert Rowland offered his expertise on presidential election messages during "The Audacity of Hope or a Maverick You Can Trust."
College researcher works to improve solar energy technology
Dr. Judy Wu leads a team of KU physicists, engineers, chemists and biologists and partner institutions that is devising nanotechnology, which could help supplant fossil fuels and curb climate change.
Professors receive prestigious Higuchi awards
Two professors, from history of art and applied behavioral science in the College, are the recipients of the 2008 Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards.
English department hosts renowned editors
The department of English graduate program in creative writing and the Hall Center for the Humanities at KU welcomed two speakers to campus in September during Editing Week.
Dean Steinmetz recognized for career achievements
Pavlovian Society awards College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean Steinmetz the prestigious Gantt Medal.
School of Business news
Business professor finds commercial interest in software
New online technology developed by KU School of Business professor Rajendra Srivastava accesses and analyzes the financial reports of publicly traded companies with unique technology.
President and CEO of the FHLBank of Topeka to speak at KU
With the current mortgage crisis and federal bailout of nationwide lenders leaving many questions about our country’s financial future, Andrew J. Jetter will address this crucial topic at the Oct. 28 Chandler Lecture.
Business students attend and present at International Trade Conference
School of Business students learned about Kansas-Brazil trade relations at the International Trade Conference in Wichita.
Pro athletes-turned-entrepreneurs return to KU for Entrepreneurship Week
Bud Stallworth, Bobby Douglass and Deron Cherry will return to KU for Entrepreneurship Week and a public presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the Kansas Union’s Woodruff Auditorium.
Students gain sales experience at National Team Selling Competition
A team of KU School of Business students put its sales skills to the test at the National Team Selling Competition held at the University of Indiana.
School of Fine Arts news
Department of art opens Red Door Art Gallery in KC Crossroads District
The department of art opened the Red Door Art Gallery in the Kansas City, Mo., Crossroads District on Sept. 5. The space was created to gain greater visibility for the KU art department by showcasing diversity of work created by both current students and faculty and KU alumni.
Design department receives $25,000 to produce student-designed materials
From the work of his spring special topics class, Patrick Dooley, KU professor of visual communications, has been awarded a $25,000 grant by Sappi Fine Paper's Ideas that Matter Program.
Hallmark Design Symposium Series presents illustrator Craig LaRotonda
The KU department of design welcomes Hallmark Design Symposium speaker Craig LaRotonda to KU at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, in Wescoe Hall, room 3139, for a presentation about his career in illustration.
Picture the World on display in Art & Design Gallery
The School of Fine Arts and Phi Beta Delta Honor Society present the Picture the World exhibit, which is on display in the Art & Design Gallery Oct. 26 through Nov 7.
School of Law news
Law students spend summer serving the public interest
National Jurist magazine recently ranked the University of Kansas School of Law 28th in the nation for producing public interest lawyers, so it’s no wonder many of our students spent their summers serving community and country in public interest internships.
KU law school ranks 10th in nation for hands-on educational opportunities
Using data from the 2008 edition of the "Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools," the magazine ranked law schools offering the most clinical opportunities.
Professor Raj Bhala receives Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
Bhala, the Raymond F. Rice Distinguished Professor of Law, said he was humbled by the $5,000 award, which recognizes outstanding teaching and advising as determined by a seven-member selection committee.
Symposium examines reparations as means of dealing with racial disparities
A distinguished group of scholars will tackle the difficult empirical issues involved in making a case for reparations for descendants of slaves during the Kansas Law Review’s 2008 Symposium, "Law, Reparations, and Racial Disparities."
Recent KU graduate wins awards in legal writing competitions
Justin Waggoner, a Glen Elder native, won first place in the State Bar of Texas International Law Section’s Law School Writing Contest and second place in the seventh annual Environmental Law Essay Contest, sponsored by the Environmental Law Section of the Michigan State Bar.
