Technologies invented at the University may soon be available in the marketplace. The recently established Proof of Concept Fund will provide money to research projects that have the potential to be commercialized. The fund will award $200,000 to projects this year, and applicants may apply for up to $50,000. Proposals for funding are due by [...]
The Student Senate Student Rights Committee passed a bill to create a student survey board at its meeting Nov. 14. The bill will be discussed at the full senate meeting this Wednesday. The purpose of the board would be to measure student opinion on student senate, its initiatives and its use of student fees. Part [...]
The Student Senate University Affairs and Student Rights committees discussed a bill to replace the court of appeals with the judicial review board at their meetings Nov. 14. Both committees passed the bill unfavorably. Tyler Childress and Alex Rippberger, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences senators, co-authored the bill, and 11 other senators sponsored it. [...]
Kaitlyn Hilgers said she’s addicted to texting. “At certain points, I feel like I need to text someone,” said Hilgers, a junior from San Diego. “It’s not a want. It’s a need to text anybody and no one in particular.” Hilgers said she sends about 75 texts a day, but her sense of addiction may [...]
In her third discussion with The University Daily Kansan, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little discussed state funding, a post-tenure review initiative and faculty survey results. Post-tenure reviews At its December meeting, the Kansas Board of Regents will consider requiring universities to conduct performance reviews of tenured professors. These post-tenure reviews would be conducted every five or seven [...]
Linda Wang was chosen as the designated driver when she went out with a group of friends last week. She had to get up early for work the next day and didn’t want to get too “crazy,” so she ordered a soft drink at Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. “I told them I was the [...]
Style on the Hill is growing. Sabrina Liedtke, a senior from San Francisco and founder Style on the Hill, a website devoted to showcasing fashion around Lawrence and on campus, said the site’s Facebook page receives about 30 “likes” per day, and the total number of “likes” has grown from about 200 to more than [...]
The Student Senate Student Rights Committee will consider a bill to create a student survey board at its meeting tomorrow night. According to the bill, the purpose of the survey board would be to measure student opinion on Student Senate, its initiatives and its use of student fees. Part of the responsibilities of the board [...]
Amanda Murphy joined the International Student Association to learn more about her heritage. Her mother immigrated to the United States from India, but Murphy did not know much about the culture of the country. Murphy, a senior from Overland Park and president of the ISA, has gained Indian friends through the group who have taught [...]
Lilly Ledbetter, who fought for equal pay for women, will speak at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union on Monday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and President Obama signed it into law in 2009. This act is an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [...]
Student senate passed several funding bills during its full meeting Wednesday night. The passed bills include: A performance by vocalist Nirmalya Dey and percussionist Mhan Shyam Sharma hosted by the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth on Nov. 11 Speakers Marc Basmuthi Joseph and Loretta Ross will speak during [...]
About 50 students were gathered in the lobby of the Kansas Union watching as Barack Obama was announced the winner of the 2012 Presidential Election last night. When Obama reached 270 electoral votes and Wolf Blitzer of CNN announced that he was reelected, cheers erupted from many of the students in attendance. “I voted for [...]
As Student Senate continues into its third wave of platform initiatives, here is a look at what has happened so far this semester and what is happening with programs that have already been established. SPANISH MINOR The full Senate passed a resolution at the beginning of October in support of the creation of a Spanish [...]
Housing and dining costs for on-campus residents may increase by an average of 2.5 percent next school year. At its meeting on Nov. 14 and 15, the Kansas Board of Regents will review the proposal submitted by the department of student housing that outlines the increase, which will affect students at all on-campus living locations, [...]
The First Nations Student Association and the Four Winds Native Center will be hosting events and activities throughout November, which is designated as Native American Heritage month. Sonya Ortiz, who helped to revitalize FWNC, wants to use the month to educate the community about native culture. “We want them to know we’re more than just [...]
