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Laci Ulrich helps researchers use funding they receive from external agencies.
Lyndsie Koon, associate director of the Research & Training Center on Independent Living and assistant research professor in KU's Life Span Institute, studies functional fitness for people with mobility disabilities.
Michael Wolfe, interim department chair and Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, will lead a project exploring stalled enzymes in Alzheimer's disease.
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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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