Campus news

KU Engineering's High School Design Competition is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at the engineering complex on KU’s campus. The registration deadline is Oct. 7.

The Commons at the University of Kansas will host the Fall 2024 Kenneth Spencer Lecture, which will feature a conversation between Ocean Vuong and Chloé Cooper Jones, on Sept. 26 at Liberty Hall.

Red Hot Research events, featuring University of Kansas scholars from a variety of disciplines giving short talks on a related topic, will resume Sept. 20 at Watson Library with a focus on "Pedagogy & Purpose."

A national awards program has recognized the University of Kansas for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that fostered student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections. KU’s student voter rate of 33.1% earned the university a Silver Seal.

By turns comic and tragic, musical and literary, this play with music by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel recounts the true story of the first kiss between two women in Broadway theatre history. Playing one weekend only, Sept. 27-29 at Murphy Hall.

The Center for Service Learning has selected faculty members Susan Harvey from the School of Education & Human Sciences and Emily Vietti from the School of Professional Studies to serve as the center's first faculty fellows.

The new lounge for IHAWKe, the School of Engineering’s Diversity and Women’s Programs, will be named the Michael G. & Joyce N. Shinn Student Lounge.

In fall 2024, University of Kansas faculty members and guest speakers will offer insights on their field of expertise using Taylor Swift as a lens. The series opens Sept. 18.

Christopher Johnson, professor of music education & music therapy, has been named the 2024 recipient of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Senior Researcher Award.

The KU Center for East Asian Studies and Student Union Activities will host the 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Kansas Union.