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#KUFieldWorks: Collecting 500 pounds of fossil-bearing rocks in Washington’s San Juan Islands

Brian Atkinson, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and curator of paleobotany at KU’s Biodiversity Institute, conducted fieldwork in Washington's San Juan Island system to study 80-million-year-old plants.

#KUFieldWorks: Studying the impact of rapid urbanization on water quality in Johnson County

Admin Husic, civil, environmental and architectural engineering assistant professor, and his KU Ecohydraulics Lab are conducting field research in seven streams in Johnson County, Kansas, to better understand urbanization’s impact on water quality.

#KUFieldWorks: Mapping unmarked graves in Oak Hill Cemetery

Kansas Geological Survey associate researcher and science outreach manager Blair Schneider conducts a fieldwork research project to map unmarked graves in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Administrative assistant tackles diverse set of job duties with enthusiasm

Tammi Bramlett, senior administrative assistant for the KU Center for Technology Commercialization, is July's "Unsung Hero" of KU Research.

KU researcher fosters online community of fish scientists and artists

What started as a personal project to hone her art skills as a fish biologist now lures like-minded Twitter users around the world — more than 100,000 of them each week — to University of Kansas researcher Rene Martin’s #SundayFishSketch community.

#KUFieldWorks: Harvesting plant seeds and restoring native prairies in the Konza Prairie

Ashley Wojciechowski, doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas, explores the prairie in search of new plants as part of her fieldwork in the Konza Prairie Biological Station in Manhattan.

#KUFieldWorks: Monitoring endangered humpback chub fish in the Grand Canyon

Jocelyn Colella, Robert W. & Geraldine Wilson Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, conducted research on endangered humpback chub fish in the Grand Canyon.

Five KU staff, faculty members take on additional diversity, equity responsibilities

Five individuals at the University of Kansas are taking on enhanced roles in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, either as a promotion or an expansion of their current responsibilities.

Anti-racism plan from researchers calls for moving beyond statements to action

Crafted for geosciences, the plan can help guide any discipline or organization toward access, inclusion and equity, authors say.

Collaborative 'Stories for All' project aims to share marginalized voices and history through digital media

The Hall Center for the Humanities, in partnership with KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, has been awarded a three-year grant of $1,478,000 by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a collaborative digital storytelling project that will work with community and KU partners…

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Mindie Paget
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging and Director of External Affairs
785-864-0013
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Vince Munoz
Communications Specialist
785-864-2254
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