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15 KU College moments from an extraordinary year

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Aspen Grender

2020 has been — well, take your pick of adjective: Difficult. Uncertain. Unpredictable. Unprecedented. Challenging. By now, we’ve all heard and used these words…

Abigail Vegter investigates religion, politics and gun ownership in America

October 14, 2020October 15, 2020 Aspen Grender

Religion and politics in America can be messy, divisive, and contentious, certainly. But, as Abigail Vegter points out, the topics are anything but boring.…

Hawks to Watch: Heba Mostafa, molecular virologist

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 Aspen Grender

Why Heba’s a Hawk to Watch: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, KU community members across the globe joined forces to curb…

Unwinding: Molly Zahn tackles the changing text of the Dead Sea Scrolls

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Alex Folsom

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…

Jayhawks flock to Iowa ahead of 2020 caucuses

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 Aspen Grender

Two months before the spread of COVID-19 became the center of collective national attention in the U.S., political rivals across the ideological spectrum journeyed…

Strength in numbers: KU community joins forces to limit coronavirus’ spread

April 20, 2020May 26, 2020 Aspen Grender

Everywhere you look, Jayhawks are coming together and rising to today’s challenges. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is felt across the U.S.…

NSF grant helps first-year PhD student research low-income communities and nonprofits

March 6, 2020March 20, 2020 Lexie Edison

In the School of Public Affairs and Administration, students from every background are shaped into exceptional leaders for public service who provide solutions to…

Writing from a quiet place: College retreat helps faculty dive in to ‘Deep Work’

March 3, 2020March 6, 2020 Kristi Henderson

By Tamara Falicov Two years ago at a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty focus group, one faculty member spoke about her challenges…

I am Seeking: Maria Velasco

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Alex Folsom

In the College at KU, our research is driven by the passion for improving the world around us. We are explorers, innovators, and dreamers…

Collaboration across cultures: Returning to Tanzania with ColLAB

February 5, 2020February 17, 2020 Justin Wheatley

Soaring palm trees. Cool ocean breezes. An East African metropolis. These aren’t images you’d normally associate with the University of Kansas. But for 10…

Unwinding: Dave Tell on race, memory and the legacy of Emmett Till

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Alex Folsom

What does it mean to commemorate a moment in time? For Professor of Communication Studies Dave Tell, commemorating the legacy of the murder of…

Unwinding with Jennifer Delgado: Astrophysicist

October 3, 2019November 7, 2019 Alex Folsom

If you spent any time on social media this summer, you probably heard that United States government agencies confirmed the existence of video footage…

Unwinding with Hannah Britton: Anti-trafficking Researcher

May 14, 2019May 20, 2019 Aspen Grender

What does human trafficking look like? Most of us have seen stories of captivity play out on big or small screen with familiar casts…

I am Seeking: Nicole Hodges Persley

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 Alex Folsom

Our new video series, I am Seeking, highlights what our faculty are seeking with their research. From finding new ways to treat additction, to…

Avary Kolasinski applies variational mesh adaptation to improve solution approximations

April 30, 2019May 2, 2019 Aaron Lynn

The opportunities and applications that can stem from subjects like Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing seem to be endless in a world where technology…

I am Seeking: Richard Yi

April 9, 2019April 10, 2019 Alex Folsom

Our new video series, I am Seeking, highlights what our faculty are seeking with their research. From elevating African-American playwrights, to looking for signs…

James Coll utilizes drone technology to quantify the state and trends of the water cycle

April 3, 2019April 4, 2019 Aaron Lynn

Water is all around us, and there’s a lot of it. More than 2.7 million miles of streams and rivers exist in the U.S.…

I am Seeking: Katie Rhine

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Alex Folsom

Our new video series, I am Seeking, highlights what our faculty are seeking with their research. From elevating African-American playwrights, to looking for signs…

Unwinding with Katie Rhine & Macie Rouse: Community Researchers

March 15, 2019March 19, 2019 Aspen Grender

When most of us imagine a “lab,” familiar images and associations come to mind: sterile spaces equipped with white coats and Petri dishes, beakers,…

I am Seeking: Steven A. Soper

March 6, 2019March 19, 2019 Alex Folsom

Our new video series, I am Seeking, highlights what our faculty are seeking with their research. From elevating African-American playwrights, to looking for signs…

Ward Lyles: Compassionate Urban Planner. Unwinding, a podcast.

Unwinding with Ward Lyles: Compassionate Urban Planner

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Aspen Grender

What’s the foundation of a city? For urban planner Ward Lyles, the spaces we inhabit are defined as much by an approach to life,…

I am the Heart of KU: Chemists with Chemistry

November 6, 2018February 11, 2019 Mark Sheaves

What is the formula that catalyzes bright sparks to win fountains of scholarships and discoveries that make our world a better place to live?…

Unwinding with Paul Stock: Optimist and Environmental Sociologist

October 30, 2018November 5, 2018 Mark Sheaves

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers.…

Relationship advice from the Heart of KU

Relationship advice from the Heart of KU

February 13, 2018February 14, 2018 Mark Sheaves

Valentine’s Day is here, love is in the air. Pick-up a glossy magazine, flick a few pages and very quickly, you will find a…

Research: The Heart of the KU Experience

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 Mark Sheaves

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is the heart of KU. We educate the most students, produce the most research and collaborate all…

Warning: A KU Research Haunted House

October 31, 2017December 7, 2017 Mark Sheaves

Step through the creaky door of your imagination, and enter the KU College haunted house. Our faculty will guide you from room to room,…

5 #KUdiscoveries you should know about from spring 2017

June 28, 2017December 15, 2017 Mark Sheaves

Scholars across the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at KU turn up every single day determined to make discoveries that will uplift society. They…

Korbin Painter follows many paths through history

June 19, 2017January 17, 2018 Mark Sheaves

Speaking to Korbin Painter, you are instantly struck by his love for learning about the past. He’s curious about how and why people lived, and…

Black History Month: A University of Kansas reading list

February 28, 2017January 26, 2018 Mark Sheaves

To mark Black History Month, we have compiled a list of books, research videos and projects from across the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences…

Mars image from Hubble Space Telescope

Craig Marshall, researching life on Mars

May 23, 2016December 8, 2017 Kristi Henderson

Part of Craig Marshall’s job as an associate professor of geology is to play with lasers. He’s a specialist in Raman spectroscopy, which involves…

6 things #KUresearch discovered in summer 2015

August 27, 2015December 7, 2017 Christine Davis

Taking a break from the classroom, many of our talented faculty and students were hard at work this summer digging into their research –…

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