NEWS

NOV

20

• KU chancellor issues statement on baseless media report
• C-SPAN3 to air Dole Institute interviews with Bob Dole, Walter Mondale
• KU's Certified Public Managers Program to be held in Hays

NOV

19

• KU Medical Center building to be named for former Chancellor Robert Hemenway
• Carnival of Chemistry highlights the fun side of science
• Art sale to benefit Tibetan school
• KU debaters keep high national ranking

NOV

18

• Researcher to talk about assessing life of the world's oceans
• KU film professor's 'The Only Good Indian' wins three awards at festival
• KU faculty, staff, students honored for promoting sustainable practices

NOV

17

• KU chancellor joins board of world's largest library cooperative
• KU to offer second student-only H1N1 flu vaccine clinic Nov. 20
• KU Energy Council to hold second conference Nov. 18
• KU Libraries launches Vosper Giving Society, named for noted KU librarian
• Aerospace engineering students win top honors in international contests

NOV

16

• University mourns longtime faculty member Philip Humphrey
• Dean's Scholars to be honored Nov. 17 at Nunemaker Center

NOV

13

• Google vice president to speak Nov. 16 at KU
• Graduate students receive fellowships to study African languages
• Director of Latin American studies center to receive international educator award
• Former independent counsel Ken Starr to speak at KU law school
• KU to host symposium on geographic information systems and mapping

NOV

12

• Mortar Board to honor 2009 Outstanding Educators
• Thanksgiving homestay program seeks host families
• National Institutes of Health awards $6.85 million contract to KU to enhance vaccines
• Doctoral student wins national scholarship for dissertation research
• KU engineering student publishes book on construction industry in China
• KU law students take second in National Criminal Procedure Tournament

NOV

10

• University mourns accompanist Barbara Puckett
• KU monarch caterpillars to voyage on space shuttle to International Space Station
• KU seniors select six faculty as finalists for 2009 HOPE Award
• Scholarship established for KU students who study abroad
• FBI agent whose investigation was basis for 'The Informant' to give lecture at KU

NOV

9

• University mourns longtime staffer Montana Huslig
• Lounge area for student veterans to open Nov. 11 in KU's Burge Union
• Kansas Geological Survey receives $5 million grant to study CO2 storage
• Tour of KU fraternity, sorority houses to fundraise for scholarships, philanthropies
• KU seniors serve as interns with Pollution Prevention Institute

NOV

6

• Hall Center brings novelist Chris Abani to KU
• Career center hosts internship and summer camp fair
• KU to honor 150 Wyandotte County high school seniors on Nov. 17
• KU to honor 37 Montgomery County high school seniors Nov. 18

NOV

5

• Media advisory: Press conference to address chemical poisoning case
• KU professor earns grant to study factors that lead women to leave the sciences
• KU English faculty to reprise 'Late Afternoon Poetry Reading' Nov. 12
• Research project, law professor honored by U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• KU seniors encouraged to nominate outstanding high school teachers for award

NOV

4

• University mourns longtime economics professor Harry Shaffer
• Lawrence premiere of 'The Only Good Indian' to benefit KU film department
• University Theatre to stage Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie'
• Journalist Peter Hessler to speak at KU's Hall Center
• Joey Sprague named first recipient of Baur Professorship in Sociology

NOV

3

• KU graduate named finalist in Green It Girl competition
• Kansas Public Radio fall membership drive nets more than $227,000 in pledges
• KU to honor 338 Wichita high school seniors Nov. 9
• KU to honor 29 high school seniors from Osage and Wabaunsee counties Nov. 10
• Project LAUNCH to address health needs of Finney County residents

NOV

2

• Dole Institute and KU ROTC units to honor veterans
• $250,000 gift adds to professorship for KU ophthalmology department
• KU Natural History Museum offers DNA workshop for adults
• KU autism research center to hold conference for families and professionals
• Libraries dean to host forum on state of the libraries at KU
• University Career Center to hold Education Career Fair
• KU lecturer creates virtual environment for Dia De Los Muertos festival