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Research@KU

Updates on the Lawrence campus from the Vice Provost for Research — October 2006

Researchers in the News

Graduate school funded to study ethics education
KU was awarded $315,000 to study how to best incorporate ethics education into science and engineering coursework.

KU team advocates strengthening science education to head off ‘gathering storm’
Joe Heppert and Janis Lariviere are working to find ways to train and educate more U.S. scientists, engineers and their teachers.

Professor elected to national academy
Steven Maynard-Moody, professor of public administration and director of the Institute for Policy & Social Research, is KU’s fifth member of the National Academy for Public Administrators.

Metro Student Bioscience Institute manager named
Elizabeth Wenske-Mullinax will coordinate the activities of the Metro Student Bioscience Institute in Kansas City.

U.S. Senate confirms professor to national board
The U.S. Senate confirmed Donald D. Deshler’s presidential appointment to serve on the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy.

Edwards Campus dedicates new biology lab
The new laboratory will allow greater access to research facilities for molecular biosciences students at the University of Kansas’ Edwards Campus.