News

Mon, 06/05/2023

Meet your Professor Interview: Ray Pierotti

We are joined by Dr. Ray Pierotti, a professor & researcher with the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of Kansas!
Wed, 05/31/2023

Undergraduate Biology Student Researcher: Jeff Goff

Meet Jeff Goff, he's an Undergraduate Biology Student Researcher & has been doing amazing work in Dr. Smith's Lab!
Tue, 05/30/2023

KU research award recipients working toward new vaccines, better breast cancer response to immunotherapy

LAWRENCE — Two projects — one investigating vaccine efficacy for chlamydia and Lyme disease and the other trying to improve breast cancer response to immunotherapy — were selected to receive the 2023 J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research award. Researchers from the Department of Molecular Biosciences will conduct both projects. ...

Wed, 05/17/2023

Study Uncovers New Aspect of Ewing Sarcoma

A team of University of Kansas researchers are helping uncover hidden aspects of Ewing Sarcoma which may lead to the discovery of new cancer treatments.
Fri, 05/05/2023

KU recognizes 13 students with University Awards, Campanile Award

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has awarded 13 students with honors that recognize community engagement, leadership and academics. ...

Mon, 05/01/2023

#KUFieldWorks: Monitoring bat viruses to prevent the next pandemic (Opens in new window)

In a remote, mountainous rainforest in Central America, University of Kansas researcher Jocelyn Colella and colleagues recently conducted fieldwork monitoring zoonotic diseases
Thu, 04/27/2023

Katherine Hanson receives travel award to attend Research Conference

Katherine Hanson receives travel award to attend 64th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Thu, 04/27/2023

Qi Zhang Receives Travel Award to Attend Cancer Research Conference

Qi Zhang Receives Travel Award to Attend Cancer Research Conference:
Wed, 04/26/2023

Meet your Professor Interview: Jocelyn Colella

Introducing Professor Jocelyn Colella!
Tue, 04/25/2023

U.S. News & World Report ranks 37 KU graduate programs in top 50 among public schools

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has 37 graduate programs in the top 50 among public universities – including nine programs in the top 10 – in the 2024 rankings from U.S. News & World Report, released today. ...

Thu, 04/20/2023

STEM ANTS: A New Student Organization

There is a New Student Organization geared toward Non-Traditional Students
Thu, 04/13/2023

February 2023 Student Spotlight : Navya Singh (Opens in new window)

Read about Navya Singh, a biochemistry major who is doing research on bone regeneration.
Wed, 04/12/2023

KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 23rd annual symposium

LAWRENCE – Research on the evolution of immunity, historical trauma and social determinants of health in Native American communities, use of microfluidics for diagnostics, communication strategies of bacteria, soil microbe effects on maize growth and effects of social behavior and stress on brain signaling will be among student work presented...

Wed, 04/12/2023

Biology Students receive Creativity Awards (Opens in new window)

Samya Rasheed and Isabelle Parisi, were recognized for their illustrated creative essay “Electrochemical Translation: The Continued Relevance of Loewi’s Experiments.”
Wed, 04/12/2023

Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Johnson (Opens in new window)

Read about Biology Alumni Thomas Johnson and his research experience at KU
Wed, 03/29/2023

Undergraduate Biology Student Researcher: Cailin Kessen

Meet Cailin Kessen! She's an Undergraduate Researcher & has been doing amazing work in Dr. Walter's Lab!
Tue, 03/28/2023

Extinction of steam locomotives derails assumptions about biological evolution (Opens in new window)

When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at the University of Kansas, the replacement of steam-powered trains with diesel and electric engines, as well as cars and trucks, might be a model of how some species in the fossil record died out.
Thu, 03/09/2023

Kansas-based undergraduate bioscience symposium returns to face-to-face presentations for 2023 (Opens in new window)

The annual K-INBRE Symposium gives promising students in Kansas and Oklahoma a chance to pursue research topics in the biosciences.
Sun, 03/05/2023

Do you already have Alzheimer’s? That's what scientists at KU are asking young people (Opens in new window)

KU scientists are studying whether you can be "primed" to develop Alzheimer's.
Wed, 03/01/2023

KU students to present at Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol

LAWRENCE — Undergraduate researchers from the University of Kansas Lawrence and Medical Center campuses will present their research projects March 1 as part of Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. ...

Mon, 02/27/2023

Bestselling author to discuss the ‘dark history and troubling present of eugenics’

LAWRENCE — A scientist, broadcaster and bestselling author who focuses on the complicated, interwoven history of genetics and race will give a public seminar at the University of Kansas in early March. ...

Tue, 02/21/2023

Researchers plan center to track mammal pathogens in the wild to warn of coming pandemics

Wed, 02/15/2023

Undergraduate Biology Student Researcher: Kade Townsend

Meet Kade Townsend! He's an Undergraduate Researcher & has been doing amazing work in the Chandler Lab!
Wed, 02/15/2023

K-INBRE Symposium: A Successful Gathering of Scientific Minds

16 KU Students presented at the 2023 Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) Symposium.
Tue, 02/14/2023

Bacteria economics? Why it pays to cooperate, for them and us (Opens in new window)

Researchers at the University of Kansas are applying economic principles to understand the evolutionary benefit of cooperation in microbes.
Mon, 02/13/2023

New class of University Scholars announced

Fri, 02/10/2023

Meet Cora Downs - a KU Biology Historical Highlight

Cornelia ‘Cora’ Downs was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1892. As a young adult she attended the University of Kansas and in 1924 she became was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree from the University. Her PhD was in bacteriology and after graduation she retained her position...

Wed, 02/01/2023

New program to match STEM undergraduates, faculty mentors to increase diversity, mitigate effects of pandemic

Tue, 01/31/2023

Researcher helps build center for avian-influenza pandemic preparedness with NSF award

Tue, 01/31/2023

Three KU professors in ecology & evolutionary biology named AAAS fellows

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