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http://news.ku.edu 15-08-2019 21:09:23
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A University of Kansas research team is visiting schools in all corners of Kansas to observe classrooms and conduct focus groups with educators, families and pupils — all in an effort to improve literacy among the state’s students. news.ku.edu/news/article/k…
Talking with Meta's chatbot “is like someone took all the tips on how to make friends ... and blended them into a nutrient-free smoothie,” says University of Kansas scholar Jeff Hall, an expert on what it takes to make and maintain friendships. news.ku.edu/news/article/a…
New KU Pharmacy findings reinforce why effective communication is vital between pharmacists and patients, including those with hearing loss or who use a wheelchair. “We like to say that pharmacy is really the last line of defense for the patient.” news.ku.edu/news/article/s…
Darren Canady, a KU Department of English scholar and playwright, created a play-within-a-play that makes its debut May 15. “I think the actors and director are brilliant at figuring out how much of a punching bag to make of theater. You get that this is satire.” news.ku.edu/news/article/n…
When a professional women’s soccer team shares its social media presence with a men’s team, it negatively affects women players’ following, KU Sport Management research finds — and social media is important to the monetization of brands, scholars say. news.ku.edu/news/article/s…
A rise in gambling could signal economic distress, KU Business scholar Justin Balthrop tells the BBC. “People who reach a certain level of despair will start to take on more risk in an effort to literally gamble their way back” to being more comfortable. bbc.com/news/articles/…
The current state of air travel could signal the “beginning of a reactionary cycle that has defined the development of the nation’s system of air travel for the past century,” @UnivOfKansasl aviation historian Sean Seyer tells the The New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/05/17/us/…
Two KU School of Education & Human Sciences scholars are exploring ways STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) education can be accessed by more students. “This takes STEAM a step further, adding reading and the social sciences to the mix.” news.ku.edu/news/article/n…
Korean thrillers about super-zombies taking revenge on bullies are about “the prospect of a government in South Korea actually taking on emergency powers and imposing martial law,” a University of Kansas scholar writes in “Essays on the Evolving Undead.” news.ku.edu/news/article/k…
The closed forest canopies that followed the dinosaurs’ demise would have placed evolutionary pressure on plant seeds to get larger — changes reflected in fossil data, University of Kansas researcher Brian Atkinson tells Scientific American writer Gayoung Lee. scientificamerican.com/article/how-di…
A new study by a KU School of Education & Human Sciences scholar found that even beyond helping students understand how to think through complex topics, a classroom can work with a teacher to develop its own social construction of thinking. news.ku.edu/news/article/s…
Major renovations at the University of Kansas Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center will support competency-based curriculum and expand programs to train public safety officers who serve communities across the state. news.ku.edu/news/article/g…
Seventy percent of University of Kansas students in entrepreneurship initiatives come from outside of the KU Business. A $10M gift to the school via KU Endowment will provide a physical location for entrepreneurial students to concentrate, collaborate and create. news.ku.edu/news/article/1…
One in every 23 Kansas jobs is supported by University of Kansas activity, a new study has found. The study also shows that for every $1 invested in KU, taxpayers gain $2.90 in added tax revenue and public sector savings. news.ku.edu/news/article/k…
Tariffs are generally considered regressive taxes because lower-income households are the ones who are least able to afford the goods we’re importing, KU Political Science expert Jack Zhang tells Marketplace. marketplace.org/story/2025/06/…
They say everything’s bigger in Texas. And that appears to be true, at least in the case of a species of ancient near-marsupials that University of Kansas paleontologists described for the first time in a scholarly article appearing in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. news.ku.edu/news/article/r…