New Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere, right, and his wife, Janis, show the Kansas sweatshirts they were presented by Chancellor Robert Hemenway at a press conference Feb. 15 introducing Lariviere. He will begin June 1.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway named a University of Texas dean with a distinguished career as a scholar and internationalist as the next provost and executive vice chancellor for the KU Lawrence campus. Full story.
The KU School of Pharmacy ranks third among the nation's best schools for securing funding from the prestigious National Institutes of Health, according to a recent study.
KU's pharmacy school secured more than $16 million in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2005, according to data compiled by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. That amount represents an increase of more than $3 million from the previous year, when the school garnered just over $13 million. Full story.
The dean of the Louisiana State University School of Social Work has been named dean of KU's School of Social Welfare, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger has announced. Full story.
Many of Robert Carlson's students probably could have told you years ago: He's considered one of chemistry's great teachers. Full story.
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 including Martha Stewart and Maya Angelou for the title of best in the world. Full story.