http://www.diversity.ku.edu/news.shtml en-us News releases involving the Office of Diversity and Equity at the University of Kansas. Copyright 2009 University of Kansas Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:00:08 -0500 kummerow@ku.edu (Bill Kummerow) kummerow@ku.edu (Bill Kummerow) 45 http://www.diversity.ku.edu/images/bryan_150.jpg http://www.diversity.ku.edu/news.shtml May 27, 2009
Toni Casados, who is fluent in Spanish and English, will work with students, parents and KU alumni to answer questions about the university.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/may/27/casados.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/may/27/casados.shtml May 11, 2009
Three women students at the University of Kansas have received scholarships worth $2,500 each for the 2009-10 academic year from the University Women's Club. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/may/11/womensclub.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/may/11/womensclub.shtml April 23, 2009
This year's event will include live music, guest speakers and a buffet of Latin American cuisine donated by 11 local restaurants. ]]> http://news.ku.edu/2009/april/23/foodfest.shtml http://news.ku.edu/2009/april/23/foodfest.shtml April 22, 2009
HALO activities aim to meet the academic, social and cultural needs of KU's Hispanic student population. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/22/halo.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/22/halo.shtml April 17, 2009
Twenty-nine students are expected to present posters of their science and engineering research from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Tecumseh Hall at Haskell. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/17/kuhaskell.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/17/kuhaskell.shtml April 15, 2009
A hand-painted mural will be dedicated April 16 at the center.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/15/mural.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/15/mural.shtml April 13, 2009
Rodriguez succeeds Maurice Bryan, who on July 1 will become director of employment practices at California State University-Chico.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/13/diversity.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/13/diversity.shtml April 13, 2009
Alexander Aguilera, Joseph Jarvis and Lara Guscott earned half of the six full-time, paid positions in the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Summer Diversity Clerkship Program.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/13/clerkships.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/13/clerkships.shtml April 2, 2009
The president of National Organization for Women will be the first speaker in the lecture series.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/2/mackeylecture.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/2/mackeylecture.shtml April 1, 2009
The Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity is one of five such programs overseen by KU's Office for Diversity in Science Training.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/1/diversity.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/1/diversity.shtml March 27, 2009
The plan serves as a guide to the preservation and development of KU's internationally recognized campus.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/27/heritageplan.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/27/heritageplan.shtml March 13, 2009
William H. Chafe of Duke University will speak on 'From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement: The Continuity of Struggle' at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the Dole Institute of Politics.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/13/tuttle.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/13/tuttle.shtml March 12, 2009
Bruce McKinney collected magazines, pamphlets, underground newsletters and other items for nearly 35 years before meeting Tami Albin, a librarian at KU. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/12/mckinney.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/12/mckinney.shtml March 5, 2009
The council will serve as resources in the recruitment and retention of students from groups that are underrepresented in law school classrooms and the legal and judicial professions. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/5/lawdiversity.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/march/5/lawdiversity.shtml February 23, 2009
The Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture is named for two women who were prominent leaders at KU. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/23/brazile.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/23/brazile.shtml February 11, 2009
Rhonda LeValdo will field questions from the audience on the challenges of being a Native American journalist. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/11/levaldo.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/11/levaldo.shtml February 10, 2009
John Edgar Tidwell, professor of English, is among a handful of scholars of African-American literature working to reawaken a general readership to Brown's significance as a poet, folklorist, historian and teacher. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/10/sterlingbrown.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/10/sterlingbrown.shtml February 4, 2009
The keynote speaker will be John H. Bracey Jr., professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/4/naacp.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/february/4/naacp.shtml January 23, 2009
The University of Kansas will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a luminaria walk on Jayhawk Boulevard.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/23/mlkwalk.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/23/mlkwalk.shtml January 21, 2009
The sixth annual Multicultural Roadshow will take KU staff to community centers, churches and high schools in Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City, Kan.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/21/roadshow.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/21/roadshow.shtml January 14, 2009
KU professors Kevin Willmott, Matt Jacobson and Bob Hurst will take part in the Sundance Film Festival to show their film 'The Only Good Indian.' The festival is one of the world's premiere events for independent film.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/14/willmott.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/14/willmott.shtml January 14, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama has called on Americans nationwide to join in the inaugural events by serving in their communities on Jan. 19, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/14/president.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/14/president.shtml January 8, 2009
Derrick Darby hopes his research will demonstrate the value of joining normative philosophy with social scientific research on the causes of racial disparities in educational achievement.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/8/darby.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/8/darby.shtml January 8, 2009
At the request of the U.S. State Department, KU's International Programs is coordinating the four-day Junior Faculty Development Program orientation.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/8/orientation.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/january/8/orientation.shtml December 9, 2008
Doretha K. Williams is one of 10 students nationally to receive a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Dissertation grant for her research in American studies. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/december/9/williams.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/december/9/williams.shtml November 18, 2008
Workshops and speakers for KU's third Latino Leadership Summit encouraged students to prepare for educational opportunities following high school graduation. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/18/lls.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/18/lls.shtml November 13, 2008
KU's International Student and Scholar Services office coordinates the Betty Grimwood Thanksgiving Homestay Program, which matches about 30 international students with area families to share the holiday.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/13/thanksgiving.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/13/thanksgiving.shtml November 10, 2008
The grant will allow KU faculty to travel to China and Tibetan students to study at KU.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/10/exchange.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/10/exchange.shtml November 7, 2008
More than 400 African-American students from Topeka, Kansas City, Wichita and other regional high schools participated in the annual KU-sponsored symposium.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/7/blackleadership.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/7/blackleadership.shtml November 5, 2008
A recent presentation to junior high students by KU Libraries staff included musical instruments and artifacts from Latin America. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/5/juniorhigh.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/november/5/juniorhigh.shtml October 23, 2008
With this fall's 53 new scholars, KU enrolls more than 200 National Merit scholars, 20 National Hispanic Scholars and nine National Achievement scholars. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/23/nationalmerit.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/23/nationalmerit.shtml October 20, 2008
Through a series of panel discussions moderated by KU faculty, scholars will explore what law can learn from empirical research on racial disparities in wealth, health, education and the criminal justice system. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/20/reparations.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/20/reparations.shtml October 20, 2008
This year's theme is 'Quest for Your Best and Take the Lead.']]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/20/blackleadership.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/20/blackleadership.shtml October 20, 2008
Guest speaker Jane Guskin is co-author of 'The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers' and edits Immigration News Briefs, a weekly newsletter covering immigration issues.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/20/latino.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/20/latino.shtml October 15, 2008
The project will promote training to help people with intellectual and other disabilities practice self-determination, the concept that people with disabilities can and should determine how they live their lives.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/15/lifespan.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/15/lifespan.shtml October 9, 2008
At No. 1 is Cynthia Carroll, who earned her master's degree in geology at KU in 1982. Linda Cook, a two-time KU grad, is ranked No. 3 on the Fortune list.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/9/fortune.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/9/fortune.shtml October 8, 2008
Rud and Ann Turnbull, the Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professors at KU, created the fellowship in honor of their son, Jay Turnbull, through a $26,000 gift to KU Endowment.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/8/turnbull.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/8/turnbull.shtml October 3, 2008
During fall formal recruitment, all of KU's 13 Panhellenic Association sororites added new members. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/3/sorority08.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/3/sorority08.shtml October 1, 2008
Titled 'Beyond Thoreau: American and International Responses to Nature,' the conference is attracting about 80 scholars from more than eight countries.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/1/ecocriticism.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/1/ecocriticism.shtml September 25, 2008
A record-breaking 30,102 students enrolled at the University of Kansas in fall 2008, according to data released today. The university also enrolled the largest, brightest and most diverse freshman class in its history.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/25/enrollshtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/25/enrollshtml September 19, 2008
Keith Gilyard's interests include African-American literacy and literature, African-American rhetoric, critical race studies, sociolinguistics and writing pedagogy.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/19/gilyard.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/19/gilyard.shtml September 12, 2008
Estrich was the first woman to run a national presidential campaign, the first female president of the Harvard Law Review and the youngest woman to be tenured at Harvard Law School.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/12/estrich.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/12/estrich.shtml September 9, 2008
This year's theme is Nuestra Cultura Rica Contribuyendo al Futuro de América (Our Rich Culture Contributing to America's Future). ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/9/hispanic.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/9/hispanic.shtml September 5, 2008
Speakers will discuss American Indian issues and policies that have arisen in the 200 years since Lewis and Clark traveled through the country.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/5/symposium.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/5/symposium.shtml September 3, 2008
The Community Tool Box is the world's largest source of free information on essential skills for building healthy communities.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/3/workgroup.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/3/workgroup.shtml September 3, 2008
Current and former participants from the five programs will be recognized by James Orr, director of the Office for Diversity in Science Training.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/3/scienceprograms.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/3/scienceprograms.shtml August 29, 2008
Three University of Kansas graduates are among the world's 100 most powerful women, according to the most recent issue of Forbes magazine.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/august/29/forbes.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/august/29/forbes.shtml August 25, 2008
The interdisciplinary program offers students the opportunity to study what census reports have identified as the largest minority group in the United States and Kansas.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/august/25/latinostudies.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/august/25/latinostudies.shtml August 21, 2008
The Harvest of Hope Leadership Academy brought students and parents to campus to encourage academic success. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/august/21/harvestofhope.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/august/21/harvestofhope.shtml July 9, 2008
Addressing an urgent need in the state, the University of Kansas is making a commitment to the growing number of Latino families to ensure college accessibility.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/july/9/latino.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/july/9/latino.shtml July 2, 2008
A University of Kansas law professor has joined a distinguished handful of scholars, writers and artists who have been named Fletcher Fellows.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/july/2/leeds.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/july/2/leeds.shtml May 9, 2008
Growing up as a member of the Kansas Kickapoo Nation in Horton, Mandy Cisneros took the challenges facing her tribe to heart.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/may/9/cisneros.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/may/9/cisneros.shtml May 9, 2008
As a high school student in Tahlequah, Okla., Kristin Danielson, whose heritage includes Jemez Pueblo and Cherokee, never considered college.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/may/9/danielson.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/may/9/danielson.shtml April 25, 2008
A University of Kansas student has been elected president of the National Native American Law Students Association.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/april/25/lawgroup.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/april/25/lawgroup.shtml April 24, 2008
A University of Kansas student has been selected as a 2008 Native American Congressional Intern by the Morris K. Udall Foundation.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/april/24/revis.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/april/24/revis.shtml April 21, 2008
Many of today's Native American community members remember the stories of their grandparents attending government boarding schools and having their mouths washed out with soap when they spoke their native tongue.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2008/april/21/languages.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2008/april/21/languages.shtml April 15, 2008
At the invitation of University of Kansas Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere, Latino community leaders from across the state have formed the Latino Vision Council. The group held its first meeting April 4 on the KU campus.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/april/15/vision.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/april/15/vision.shtml February 26, 2008
Latin American Solidarity, a student group at the University of Kansas, will host two events this week. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/february/26/haiti.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/february/26/haiti.shtml January 30, 2008
As Kansas moves ahead with its plan to open state-owned casinos -- and other states potentially follow suit -- American Indian tribes that depend on gaming revenue will have to get creative with their economies.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/january/30/triballaw.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/january/30/triballaw.shtml October 30, 2007
You are invited to two opportunities to engage in a stimulating conversation with Dr. James A. Anderson, Vice President for Student Success and Vice Provost for Institutional Assessment and Diversity at the University at Albany.]]> http://www.diversity.ku.edu/anderson.shtml http://www.diversity.ku.edu/anderson.shtml October 22, 2007
Maurice Bryan is KU's new vice provost for diversity and equity. He recruits, and works to retain, a diverse faculty and staff.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/october/22/closeup.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/october/22/closeup.shtml July 2, 2007
Maurice Bryan will advise top administrators on diversity issues and focus on the recruitment, retention and development of under-represented faculty and staff.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/july/2/bryan.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/july/2/bryan.shtml April 5, 2007
A University of Kansas junior is among the 80 newly announced Udall scholars for 2007-08. Raymond M. 'Studie' Red Corn is a member of the Osage Nation planning a career working with the environment and tribal public policy.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/april/5/udall.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/april/5/udall.shtml March 2, 2007
About 190 students and advisers from schools in Lawrence, Topeka, Wichita, Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., spent Feb. 20 at the University of Kansas for the inaugural Latino Leadership Summit.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/march/2/summit.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/march/2/summit.shtml February 28, 2007
The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Multicultural Resource Center at the University of Kansas will host informational sessions for the Mi Familia, Mi Futuro: Dia del Colegio Program in two Kansas cities.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/february/28/mifamilia.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/february/28/mifamilia.shtml February 19, 2007
A University of Kansas artist, an award-winning author and a filmmaker will discuss oral history at work in the United States and around the world at the eighth annual Oral History Workshop sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities at KU.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/february/19/oralhistory.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/february/19/oralhistory.shtml February 5, 2007
The KU Office for Diversity in Science Training has received a two-year $574,000 Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program grant from the National Institutes of Health Minority Opportunities in Research Program.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/february/5/biomedical.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/february/5/biomedical.shtml February 5, 2007
A full month of events has been scheduled to celebrate African-American History month at KU.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/february/5/history.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/february/5/history.shtml January 22, 2007
The number of female faculty members at KU is on the rise, as recent increases have put the university among the top in the Big 12 in the percentage of tenured and tenure-track female faculty members. ]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/january/22/women.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/january/22/women.shtml January 12, 2007
The University of Kansas Office for Diversity in Science Training has received a two-year $574,000 Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program grant from the National Institutes of Health Minority Opportunities in Research Program.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/january/12/nihgrant.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/january/12/nihgrant.shtml January 10, 2007
A University of Kansas economics professor has been recognized nationally for her work on Africa's economic development.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/january/10/asiedu.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/january/10/asiedu.shtml December 11, 2006
A KU researcher has beaten opponents by a wide margin in a competition that could lead to new drug treatments for various illnesses.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/december/11/treatment.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/december/11/treatment.shtml December 11, 2006
Officials from the National Foreign Language Center, and the Confucius Institute will join Kansas policymakers, legislators, educators and business representatives to develop a plan to increase the capacity of Kansas schools to teach world languages.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/december/11/language.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/december/11/language.shtml December 11, 2006
University maps generally show what people need to know to get around: the locations of buildings, bus stops and streets. That's fine if you can see the cars and pathways around you - but it can be disastrous for someone who is blind.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/december/11/blind.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/december/11/blind.shtml December 11, 2006
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From growing up in Trinidad and public housing in Washington, D.C., to cutting down the nets as an NCAA national champion, Sean Alvarado has proven that a person can succeed despite challenging obstacles.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/december/11/kids.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/december/11/kids.shtml November 29, 2006
The University of Kansas is hosting groundwater experts from four Asian countries for three weeks to share information about water issues.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/29/groundwater.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/29/groundwater.shtml November 28, 2006
The KU Jayhawks made history Nov. 28, during their game against Dartmouth. It wasn't the 83-32 victory that put the men's basketball team in the history books, it was what was happening on the sidelines.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/28/basketball.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/28/basketball.shtml November 8, 2006
Students from the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University presented their research at the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, held Oct. 26-29 in Tampa, Fla.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/8/research.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/8/research.shtml November 7, 2006
A European-based life sciences company will locate its North American headquarters and commercial lab in Lenexa, a move designed to bring it closer to leading breast cancer researchers at the University of Kansas.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/7/oncimmune.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/november/7/oncimmune.shtml February 20, 2006
Devon Mihesuah, Cora Lee Beers professor in international cultural understanding at the Center for Indigenous Nations Studies, will put her cookbook up against offerings from authors Martha Stewart and Maya Angelou for the title of best in the world.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread06/Feb20/mihesuah.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread06/Feb20/mihesuah.shtml