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Mental Health and Wellbeing Director joins the University of Kansas (Opens in new window)
Staff Fellows recommended the position to coordinate and enhance resources that support employee wellbeing. ...
Erin Yosai awarded Early Career Faculty Scholarship from Trainers of School Psychologists
LAWRENCE — Each year, the Trainers of School Psychologists recognizes an outstanding faculty member with the Early Career Faculty scholarship, which honors early career faculty in the first seven years of their career who demonstrate excellence in the training and mentoring of graduate students in the field of school psychology. ...
University announces fall 2022 honor roll
LAWRENCE — More than 7,100 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2022 semester. ...
KU team develops virtual reality therapy system that aids clients, therapists with real-time brain data
US News & World Report highlights KU online education programs in 2023 rankings
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences has two programs ranked among the nation’s best in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released Jan. 24. ...
KU team partners with Indigenous community to bring positive sport environment to coaches, kids
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have conducted and published extensive research studies on how evidence-based positive sport environments help athletes learn from mistakes, stay with sports and experience more positive development. Now, those researchers have collaborated with an Indigenous community sporting program to understand how the program can be...
Achievement & Assessment Institute relaunches speaker series
LAWRENCE — The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) has relaunched the AAI Speaker Series, featuring noted individuals in the fields of assessment, statistics, education and more. Presenters will offer talks appealing to many disciplines of study, with events occurring on the University of Kansas campus. ...
AAI announces the Center for Research Methods Consultation
LAWRENCE — The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) has announced the new Center for Research Methods Consultation (CRMC). The center’s mission is to provide research methodological consultation and support services for faculty, staff and students at the University of Kansas and beyond. The center will also assist researchers in industries,...
School of Education & Human Sciences recognized for leadership in continuous improvement in honor of Frank Murray
“Frank Murray was passionate about education preparation, a prominent leader in our profession, and an advocate for evidence to improve education. The providers that CAEP is recognizing are committed to continuous improvement and preparing their students to succeed in a diverse range of classrooms after they graduate,” said Yuhang...
Study finds students self-sort in active learning spaces, with potential to push women out
LAWRENCE — A recent trend in higher education has seen universities install more active learning spaces, in which students can move their seats, collaborate and interact with one another, as opposed to more traditional lecture halls. But, as space in the former is limited, little is known about which students...
Center for Evaluation and Educational Leadership will support PreK-12 district, building leaders
LAWRENCE — The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) at the University of Kansas has announced the new Center for Evaluation and Educational Leadership (CEEL), whose mission is to support district- and building-level leaders to lead, organize and implement the most effective and equitable learning environments for PreK-12 students. ...
Positive progress: Focusing on strengths, students counsel Kansans while earning service credits (Opens in new window)
Brian Cole, associate professor of educational psychology and director of training in the doctoral program, says there were plans to open a clinic to see clients in Joseph R. Pearson Hall about six weeks before the pandemic upended everyone’s lives. ...
KU leading program to bring teachers into research labs, design education to draw diverse scholars to engineering
LAWRENCE — Improved recruitment of women, racial and ethnic minorities to engineering and the sciences has long been a goal in the field. Now, a multidisciplinary team of education and engineering researchers at the University of Kansas will work with middle school teachers to encourage potential scholars at a younger...
Five KU staff, faculty members take on additional diversity, equity responsibilities
LAWRENCE – 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:...
KU announces featured speakers for the 2021 Virtual Summer Conference
LAWRENCE — The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas has announced the featured speakers for each session of the 2021 Strategies for Educational Improvement Summer Conference, a virtual multisession professional development series. ...
AAI announces recipients for Arts & Humanities Grant
LAWRENCE — The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) in the University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences has announced the recipients of the organization’s first Arts & Humanities Grant. ...
KU chancellor announces promotion and tenure for 169 faculty and researchers for fall 2021
Counseling screening tool works for military and nonmilitary college students, study shows
Back to the Future: Time to Redesign virtual summer conference hosted as multisession series for educators
LAWRENCE — The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host the 14th annual Strategies for Educational Improvement Summer Conference for the region’s PK-12 educators as a virtual multisession series. This year’s virtual summer conference series, “Back to the Future: Time to Redesign,” will focus...
Research: Creative students sensed global catastrophe coming, had increased anxiety (Opens in new window)
Educational psychology department announces 2021 Lichtenberg Lecture
LAWRENCE – The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Kansas will host the 2021 Lichtenberg Lecture at 3 p.m. Friday, April 16, via Zoom. The virtual lecture will feature Kevin Cokley, distinguished professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. ...
School of Education & Human Sciences to host 3rd session of virtual series for 2020-21
LAWRENCE — The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host the third and final virtual session of the 2020-21 Strategies Event Series on April 17 via Zoom. ...
U.S. News & World Report ranks 50 KU graduate programs in top 50 among public schools
EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated at 7 p.m. March 30. The story below was corrected to add Nursing-Anesthesia, ranked No. 14 among public institutions, and updated that there are 50 KU programs in the top 50 among public universities. ...
SOEHS department announces Dedication to Social Justice and Liberation Award
LAWRENCE – The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Kansas has announced a new award for a current graduate student within the department who demonstrates a commitment to seek, find and forge the advancement of social justice and liberation through research, practice, teaching, advocacy or activism. ...
Virtual reality application offers children with autism spectrum disorder a way to practice social skills
LAWRENCE — For individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), social interactions can be awkward or difficult to navigate. Whether it’s a conversation in the hallway at school or buying a candy bar at a grocery store, direct instruction and practice of social skills may be required to support success. Practicing...
University announces first cohort of KU Public Scholars
LAWRENCE — A diverse group of University of Kansas researchers from a broad range of scholarly backgrounds — and including many female and underrepresented voices — will receive training and work together to produce public scholarship that speaks to a broader audience. ...