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Study finds effective method to help teachers address gap between finding a good practice and getting started
Researchers at the University of Kansas have documented an approach that helps educators address the “know-do gap.” The gap is when teachers and schools know a practice will benefit the students but it is difficult to get started for any number of reasons. The practice helps anticipate obstacles, plan for them and deliver new practices for students.
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Wed, 07/15/2026
Zijun Yao, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for a project that tackles a major hurdle in healthcare technology: teaching AI to understand a patient’s full medical history without losing sight of human clinical judgment.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Dorris Mbogo, director of informal resolution in the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX, will serve a part-time position as interim university ombuds. She succeeds Ada Emmett, who retired from KU after nearly 25 years of service in the Ombuds Office and in KU Libraries.
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Wed, 07/15/2026
Zijun Yao, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for a project that tackles a major hurdle in healthcare technology: teaching AI to understand a patient’s full medical history without losing sight of human clinical judgment.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Dorris Mbogo, director of informal resolution in the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX, will serve a part-time position as interim university ombuds. She succeeds Ada Emmett, who retired from KU after nearly 25 years of service in the Ombuds Office and in KU Libraries.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Independent venture capitalists tend to trigger more frequent, less impactful but more novel co-inventing outcomes by their portfolio startups, new research finds. KU business researcher Kaushik Gala also found that corporate venture capitalists tend to trigger less frequent, more impactful but less novel inventive outcomes.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Sumaiya Shomaji, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, is building a secure, high-tech tracking system powered by artificial intelligence. Her project, AuthenTrack, recently earned her a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Researchers at the University of Kansas have documented an approach that helps educators address the “know-do gap.” The gap is when teachers and schools know a practice will benefit the students but it is difficult to get started for any number of reasons. The practice helps anticipate obstacles, plan for them and deliver new practices for students.
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Wed, 07/15/2026
Zijun Yao, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for a project that tackles a major hurdle in healthcare technology: teaching AI to understand a patient’s full medical history without losing sight of human clinical judgment.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Dorris Mbogo, director of informal resolution in the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX, will serve a part-time position as interim university ombuds. She succeeds Ada Emmett, who retired from KU after nearly 25 years of service in the Ombuds Office and in KU Libraries.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Independent venture capitalists tend to trigger more frequent, less impactful but more novel co-inventing outcomes by their portfolio startups, new research finds. KU business researcher Kaushik Gala also found that corporate venture capitalists tend to trigger less frequent, more impactful but less novel inventive outcomes.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Sumaiya Shomaji, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, is building a secure, high-tech tracking system powered by artificial intelligence. Her project, AuthenTrack, recently earned her a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Researchers at the University of Kansas have documented an approach that helps educators address the “know-do gap.” The gap is when teachers and schools know a practice will benefit the students but it is difficult to get started for any number of reasons. The practice helps anticipate obstacles, plan for them and deliver new practices for students.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Christopher Johnson, professor of music education and music therapy, accepted an interim leadership role at the School of Music, effective July 1. The faculty member of 34 years stepped in as former dean Paul Popiel retired to return to Notre Dame University, his alma mater.
Mon, 07/13/2026
Family members, friends and law enforcement leaders gathered July 10 at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center to celebrate the graduation of the 359th Basic Training Class as new officers took the oath of office and began their careers serving communities across Kansas.
Mon, 07/13/2026
The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 87 new members. Election to Phi Beta Kappa recognizes a student’s high academic achievement while pursuing a broad and substantive liberal-arts curriculum.
Mon, 07/13/2026
The University of Kansas Jazz and Commercial Music program has earned national recognition with a record-setting eight honors in the 49th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. The 2026 awards mark the most DownBeat Student Music Awards that KU has received in a single year, underscoring the program's continued excellence and reinforcing its reputation as one of the nation's premier university jazz and commercial music programs.
Thu, 07/09/2026
Recent research appearing in the journal Science overturns a long-held idea that flowering plants didn’t evolve large fruits and seeds until after the mass extinction of dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, when Earth was smacked by a giant asteroid.
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Wed, 07/15/2026
Zijun Yao, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for a project that tackles a major hurdle in healthcare technology: teaching AI to understand a patient’s full medical history without losing sight of human clinical judgment.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Dorris Mbogo, director of informal resolution in the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX, will serve a part-time position as interim university ombuds. She succeeds Ada Emmett, who retired from KU after nearly 25 years of service in the Ombuds Office and in KU Libraries.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Independent venture capitalists tend to trigger more frequent, less impactful but more novel co-inventing outcomes by their portfolio startups, new research finds. KU business researcher Kaushik Gala also found that corporate venture capitalists tend to trigger less frequent, more impactful but less novel inventive outcomes.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Sumaiya Shomaji, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, is building a secure, high-tech tracking system powered by artificial intelligence. Her project, AuthenTrack, recently earned her a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Researchers at the University of Kansas have documented an approach that helps educators address the “know-do gap.” The gap is when teachers and schools know a practice will benefit the students but it is difficult to get started for any number of reasons. The practice helps anticipate obstacles, plan for them and deliver new practices for students.
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Wed, 07/15/2026
Zijun Yao, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for a project that tackles a major hurdle in healthcare technology: teaching AI to understand a patient’s full medical history without losing sight of human clinical judgment.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Dorris Mbogo, director of informal resolution in the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX, will serve a part-time position as interim university ombuds. She succeeds Ada Emmett, who retired from KU after nearly 25 years of service in the Ombuds Office and in KU Libraries.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Independent venture capitalists tend to trigger more frequent, less impactful but more novel co-inventing outcomes by their portfolio startups, new research finds. KU business researcher Kaushik Gala also found that corporate venture capitalists tend to trigger less frequent, more impactful but less novel inventive outcomes.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Sumaiya Shomaji, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, is building a secure, high-tech tracking system powered by artificial intelligence. Her project, AuthenTrack, recently earned her a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.
Wed, 07/15/2026
Researchers at the University of Kansas have documented an approach that helps educators address the “know-do gap.” The gap is when teachers and schools know a practice will benefit the students but it is difficult to get started for any number of reasons. The practice helps anticipate obstacles, plan for them and deliver new practices for students.