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RESEARCHERS SHED LIGHT ON HOW ONE DEADLY FUNGAL PATHOGEN MAKES ITS CHEMICALS

LAWRENCE — Investigators at the University of Kansas have played a key role in deciphering a previously unidentified cluster of genes responsible for producing sartorypyrones, a chemical made by the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus, whose family can cause a deadly infection in humans. Their…

KU Bio Communications Coordinator Named Employee of the Month

Maria Losito announced October Employee of the Month!

After two years, still no progress on proposed ISB 2 to replace Haworth Hall

The University of Kansas has not broken ground on a proposed science building despite being declared shovel-ready in 2021. The University planned Integrated Science Building 2, or ISB 2, to replace aging facilities.

KRISTEN BAUM WILL LEAD MONARCH WATCH

Kristen Baum, known for her work on monarchs and pollinators, began this week as director of Monarch Watch and as a senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research and professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.

KU Scientist: Tom Taylor

Learn about KU Paleontologist Tom Taylor on National Fossil Day!

24 faculty earn specialty and career teaching promotions

24 faculty earn specialty and career teaching promotions

THREE SENIORS, ONE ALUMNA TO COMPETE FOR RHODES, MARSHALL, MITCHELL, CHURCHILL SCHOLARSHIPS

Three students and one alumna from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Pharmacy have been endorsed by KU to compete for Churchill, Marshall, Mitchell and Rhodes scholarships

Undergraduate Biology Student Researcher: Natalie Herbision

Meet Natalie Herbison, a senior Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology student who recently joined KU faculty, Victor Gonzalez, in Greece this summer for a National Science Foundation REU program on pollinators and climate change.

NEW KU TRAINING PROGRAM WILL HELP DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE’S IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY

How will we fare as rapid climate change continues to alter ecosystems and drive plants and animals to migration or extinction? With support from a $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a new training program based at KU will help develop a scientific workforce equipped to answer…

KU RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTORS WITH ANNUAL TEACHING AWARDS

University of Kansas faculty members from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses are being recognized as winners of annual teaching awards.

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