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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.
Sixteen projects have been selected for funding through two One KU programs designed to support faculty members who are pivoting existing research to align with new funding priorities or developing collaborative research efforts that span the Lawrence/Edwards and Medical Center campuses. The Office of Research received nearly 100 proposals, which underwent peer review by KU faculty experts.
Laci Ulrich helps researchers use funding they receive from external agencies.
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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.
Tinnitus and invisible illnesses can feel isolating. A KU professor found music can offer relief
Lauren Mann, assistant professor of hearing and speech at the University of Kansas Medical Center, is researching new ways to use music to ease that incessant ear-ringing, concussion symptoms and more.
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