Lawrence Talks! bridges KU scholarship and Lawrence community
In an era where opinion is often mistaken for fact, a group of KU doctoral students turned podcast producers are on a quest to sort reality from fiction and uncover what is true, good, and beautiful in the world — one episode at a time. With their interdisciplinary project Lawrence Talks!,…
Unwinding: Molly Zahn tackles the changing text of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Can religious texts be changed by the scribe copying them down? Associate Professor of Religious Studies Molly Zahn's new book Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism explores the evolution of religious texts in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Listen as she talks about her research, path to KU, how…
Unwinding: Dave Tell on race, memory and the legacy of Emmett Till
What does it mean to commemorate a moment in time? For Professor of Communication Studies Dave Tell, commemorating the legacy of the murder of Emmett Till has taken him on a journey from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago. As part of the Emmett Till Memory Project, Tell has worked with Till's family…
Starting a dialogue: Jeff Thompson and Thomas Angel tackle health issues with new podcast
Issues like anxiety, depression, PTSD, and male relationships can make for sensitive topics of conversation for some, but two nontraditional students in the KU College have built a podcast devoted to tackling those subjects and more. Jeff Thompson and Thomas Angel, who are both studying in…
Unwinding with Jennifer Delgado: Astrophysicist
If you spent any time on social media this summer, you probably heard that United States government agencies confirmed the existence of video footage of UFOs taken by military aircraft. The videos reignited speculation about the presence of alien life visiting Earth.In an effort to bring some…
Unwinding with Hannah Britton: Anti-trafficking Researcher
What does human trafficking look like? Most of us have seen stories of captivity play out on big or small screen with familiar casts of villains and victims. Compelling drama, perhaps, but the reality is far more complicated, and closer to home, than we might like to imagine. Make no…
Unwinding with Alison Olcott: Dinosaur Hunter and Mars Explorer
Do aliens exist on Mars? Possibly. But how do humans actually go about answering that question? One option is to examine rocks to understand the types of life-forms, like squishy things, that roamed the earth billions of years ago. That's what Alison Olcott does in her role as…