NEWS IN BRIEF
Lied Center launches 'Tree of Life' collaboration
The Lied Center has launched a two-year collaborative project that brings together faculty and researchers from across university disciplines called Tree of Life: Creativity as Origins and Evolution. The project is funded by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters' Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program.The Lied Center's project represents an interdisciplinary collaboration with its academic partners: the Hall Center for the Humanities, the Commons, University Dance Company, University Theatre, Kansas Space Grant Consortium and Center for Science Education and is supported by funding from the Office of Chancellor, Office of the Provost; KU Center for Research; Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Office of the Dean of the School of Fine Arts.
For more information, visit the Lied Center's Creative Campus website.
'Invention to Venture' slated for Sept. 29
A one-day workshop designed to give faculty and students the tools to become technology entrepreneurs is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Mo.The fee for "Invention to Venture" is $10 for students, $25 for faculty members and $75 for the business community. For more information and a full agenda, or to register, go to www.invention2venture.org.
Invention to Venture is sponsored by the Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property at KU and the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, in cooperation with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance and The Lemelson Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation and the Polsinelli law firm.
Tucker to study musical improv's role in dialogue
Musical improvisation as a model for political, cultural and ethical dialogue and action is the focus of a $4 million international community/university research project that will involve Sherrie Tucker, associate professor of American Studies. The project, "Improvisation, Community and Social Practice," involves researchers from 18 universities across Canada, the United States, England and Australia.Tucker is the Improvisation Gender and the Body coordinator and a co-investigator with the project. The project is supported by a $2.5 million Major Collaborative Research Initiatives grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Unclassified Senate to hold lunch with provost
The Unclassified Senate Professional Development Committee is hosting a brown-bag lunch with Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
Edwards Campus wins several PRISM awards
The Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America awarded the Edwards Campus with the following awards in its annual PRISM awards competition.The public relations office received a first place award in the category of Marketing Campaigns – Local and Regional for "I Went Back," a marketing/recruitment program targeting prospective students. In partnership with Trozzolo Communications Group of Kansas City, Mo., the 2004-06 KU Edwards Campus Progress Report won a first place award in the category of Annual Reports – Four or more colors.
The annual awards recognize the best in public relations and marketing in greater Kansas City.
Schools of business, fine arts add new majors
A pair of new majors are available this year through the School of Business and the School of Fine Arts: supply chain management and photomedia.The genesis of the supply chain management major was demand from regional businesses. Because most supply chains are nation-spanning, a global perspective of business will be incorporated into the major.
The Department of Design is offering a new undergraduate photography and digital media major called photomedia. With the launch of the program, KU becomes the only school in Kansas to offer a comprehensive and professional-based photography and media program.
Continuing Eduation to host energy workshop
In association with Kansas Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, KU Continuing Education will host Energy, Climate and the Future: The Role of Kansas. The workshop will take place Oct. 10 at the Topeka Capital Plaza Hotel. For details regarding workshop registration and agenda, visit www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/epscor or contact Doug Byers at 864-3227.
Dole Institute names two fall 2007 fellows
The former chief of staff for a Kansas congressman and the president of a political consulting and marketing firm are the fall 2007 fellows at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.Jennifer Schmidt, former chief of staff for Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives Rep. Kent Glasscock, R-Manhattan; and Jerry Austin, president of Gerald J. Austin and Associates Inc., are leading weekly study groups throughout the fall semester.
For more information, visit www.doleinstitute.org or call (785) 864-4900.
KPR named station of year for ninth time
Kansas Public Radio recently was named Station of the Year in the non-commercial category by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for the ninth time since 1996.Awards will be presented during the association's annual convention Oct. 22 at Harrah's Prairie Band Casino in Mayetta.
The awards won by KPR:
Station Promotion Announcement, First place: "Right Between the Ears," produced by Darrell Brogdon; Public Affairs Program, First place (tie): "Kansas Health, A Prescription for Change: Renewing the Food Stamp Program," reported by Bryan Thompson; First place (tie): "Kansas Day: A Musical Tribute on the State's 146th Birthday" reported by J. Schafer;
Complete News Feature First place: "Last Weekend at the Kansas State Fair," reported by J. Schafer; Second place: "Buck O'Neil's Final Season," reported by Greg Echlin;
Complete Severe Weather Coverage, First place: "Tornado Levels Greensburg," reported by Bryan Thompson; Second place: "Blizzards and Flooding," reported by the KPR news team; Third place: "Eastern Kansas Flooding," reported by J. Schafer and Laura Lorson;
DJ Personality Aircheck, Second place: "Retro Cocktail Hour," hosted by Darrell Brogdon; Editorial/Commentary, First place: "Packing Heat on the Prairie," commentary by Tom Averill;
Third place: "Declining Groundwater — A Concern for All Kansans," commentary by Rex Buchanan.
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