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December graduation schedule announced

Several schools have planned December graduate recognition ceremonies. KU holds only one formal commencement ceremony each year. This academic yearÕs commencement will be May 18.

Below is a schedule of the December ceremonies.

  • School of Business -- 4-6 p.m. Dec. 7, Lied Center
  • School of Engineering -- 9 a.m. Dec. 8, Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
  • William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications -- 1 p.m. Dec. 9 Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. A reception will follow in the Big 12 Room.
  • School of Law (hooding ceremony) -- 3:30 p.m. Dec. 14, Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. A reception to follow in the Big 12 Room.
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences -- 2 p.m. Dec. 9, Lied Center

More information is available at www.commencement.ku.edu.

RESEARCH MATTERS

Lisa Timmons, assistant professor of biology, is looking to roundworms for tips on how cancer develops in humans. She uses a process called RNA interference because worms and humans share genes called A-B-C transporters that carry toxins to cells. For more information and to listen, visit www.researchmatters.ku.edu.