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Lori Schlenker | Associate Director of Collections and Facilities | Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum...

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LAWRENCE — A collaboration between researchers on the KU Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses is protecting patient privacy using artificial intelligence to remove medically unnecessary information from electrocardiograms (ECGs). ...

An athlete swings a baseball bat while standing on a force-sensing plate in a dark room
A technology developed through University of Kansas research is bringing sophisticated movement analysis into gyms, clinics and other real-world settings where people can use the information immediately.

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How to Stay Safe From the Severe Stomach Bug That’s Going Around

Thomas Moore, an infectious disease specialist and clinical professor of medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, said that while Cyclospora are not typically life-threatening some patients may require hospitalization for dehydration.

More Dads Are Scaling Back at the Office for Kids and Housework

Misty Heggeness, an economist at KU's Institute for Policy and Social Research, was cited in the Wall Street Journal for her work on time spent on housework and child rearing.

New butterfly tagging technology turns hypotheses to facts for KU’s Monarch Watch

Kristen Baum, director of the Monarch Watch at KU, uses solar-powered radio tagging devices to track butterfly migration in support of conservation efforts.

Esteemed NASA fellowship goes to KU student for first time

Hayley Beltz, postdoctoral researcher in physics & astronomy, was one of only 24 researchers out of more than 400 applicants to earn the NASA Hubble Prize Fellowship.

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