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Ted Harris and a team of faculty, student and staff are examining long-term water quality changes in large Kansas lakes, especially changes related to blue-green algae, which can cause harmful algal blooms (HABs).
Elise Stella makes things less complicated for the co-directors of the Public Digital Humanities Institute.
Kathy Porsch is the backbone of countless humanities awards earned by KU researchers.
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KU Medical Center announces nearly $27 million grant to accelerate research
The five-year grant will fund Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute at KUMC.
How faculty hiring sustains inequity in academia
A recent story in Science mentions Institute for Policy and Social Research director Donna Ginther’s research on Black faculty members’ scholarly work being cited less frequently than their white colleagues.
Pending water crisis plagues western Kansas
Kansas Geological Survey director emeritus Rex Buchanan discusses potential water insecurity in the state.
Nonprofits may need to spend about one-third of their budget on overhead to thrive
Hala O. Altamimi, assistant professor of public affairs and administration, wrote a blog with her colleague on their research suggesting that arts nonprofits that spend 35% of their budget on overhead perform best in terms of attendance.
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