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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Scientists at the @universityofkansas.bsky.social improved the detection of a family of “forever chemicals” in drinking water supplies. Detailed in @plos.org Water, the method measures trace levels of PFAS in water more quickly and inexpensively than current techniques. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Research could lead to cheaper, better testing for ‘forever chemicals’ in US drinking water
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New @universityofkansas.bsky.social findings about older students show strengths like self-discipline and life experience that they bring to academic work, said KU scholar Haiying Long. “There are advantages to being an older student.” Read more from @insidehighered.com reporter Joshua Bay.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“Institutions need to change their mindset and look at post-traditional students as the new norm, not as abnormal,” @universityofkansas.bsky.social scholar Haiying Long said.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
There are clear upsides to being an older college student, @universityofkansas.bsky.social research in the Journal of Continuing Higher Education shows. Being older than 25, a commuter student and working full time positively predicted six-year graduation rates. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Advantages of not fitting the traditional college student mold
Study finds older, working students in engineering program often predicted success, can help support other post-traditional students.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“Ecosystem” is widely used across industries, but retailers have lacked a clear strategic framework for deciding when and how to organize around the concept. Now, a @kubusiness.bsky.social marking expert provides retailers a practical roadmap. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Framework introduced that provides retailers strategies for organizing around ecosystems
A new article provides a practical framework for how retailers can deploy an ecosystem-centric strategy focusing on interdependent sets that jointly create and capture customer value.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A combination of inadequate data and unclear delineation of responsibility among government agencies leaves the nation unprepared for a hotter climate, @universityofkansas.bsky.social argue in a new scholarly article. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Faced with a hotter future, America needs better data and response plans
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Did you know famous Kansan Amelia Earhart wrote poetry? A @universityofkansas.bsky.social composer included the aviator’s work in the new album “Three Silent Things: Vocal Chamber Music by Ingrid Stölzel.” news.ku.edu/news/article...
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New @universityofkansas.bsky.social research suggests a dual purpose to anglerfishes’ famed fishing-rod lures of the deep sea. “You’re taking a lure, adding a glowing element to it, and now you can attract food, but you can also attract a potential mate.” news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Research traces evolution of anglerfishes’ famed fishing-rod lures
Variously horrific- or alien-looking, many female anglerfishes sport long, protruding lures used for enticing prey or signaling during mating. Now, research from the University of Kansas is giving new...
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New @universityofkansas.bsky.social research — arguing that the JOBS Act of 2012 made it more attractive for companies to be acquired than to go public — made its way into the @nytimes.com Deal Book newsletter from @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/b...
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Markets on Edge as Trump’s Iran Ultimatum Looms
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A @universityofkansas.bsky.social communication studies scholar prescribes constructive approaches to polarization both in classrooms and in society, including ways of recognizing our common humanity. “I think it has to be worth trying. It’s too depressing if not.” news.ku.edu/news/article...
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KU researcher proposes strategies for political depolarization in, outside classroom
In two recent publications, a University of Kansas communication studies researcher prescribes constructive approaches to political polarization both in the classroom and in society more broadly.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A @universityofkansas.bsky.social expert will be watching Trump's April 1 televised address about the war with Iran and can speak with reporters about it. “It appears that Trump is about to tell our allies in NATO and East Asia, ‘We broke it. You own it,’” Rowland said. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Expert fears Trump about to violate ‘Pottery Barn rule’ of conflict
KU professor can comment on president’s Iran speech on April 1.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
When @universityofkansas.bsky.social presidential rhetoric expert Robert Rowland lectured to his class about George W. Bush's 2002 speech making the case for military action in Iraq, @c-span.bsky.social was there to capture it. Watch Prof. Rowland's class: www.c-span.org/program/lect...
University of Kansas Professor Robert Rowland speaking to his class, as captured for C-SPAN.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“Memories are ephemeral,” Jacobson said. “They're going to go away when all of our community participants pass away. And so we're really saving that memory of the Bottoms as a place — not just for their relatives, but for the world. Read more: news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Topeka’s Bottoms Kids recall the cost of urban renewal in new film
Filmmakers take last chance to preserve memories of minority neighborhood
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
First, a 30-minute version of the documentary film “Reclaiming Home: Remembering the Topeka Bottoms” premieres at 7 p.m. March 27, closing out the related exhibition at the @universityofkansas.bsky.social Department of Visual Art’s Off-Site Art Space in downtown Lawrence.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Over four years, @universityofkansas.bsky.social scholars Maria Velasco and Matt Jacobson captured 80 hours of unedited interviews with scores of former residents of Topeka’s Bottom’s neighborhood. That material will eventually be available through various historical archives.
Two people examine an album of black-and-white photographs. Source: https://storiesforall.ku.edu/reclaiming-home-remembering-topeka-bottoms
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KU Life Span Institute @kulifespan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It costs taxpayers 7.5X more to house someone with an #IDD in a state-run facility compared to a supportive living home. So why are researchers worried changes to #Medicaid could mean more people are institutionalized? Find out: loom.ly/tQ84Ujg
"If states have fewer resources to allocate from Medicaid, they may shift to a greater emphasis on institutional settings." Shea Tanis, Ph.D.,Director of the State of the States in IDD
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Theoretically, your tip for a service should be proportional to the service you receive, according to @universityofkansas.bsky.social business scholar Rob Waiser. “But that’s not really what it is anymore.” Read his ideas to tame an out-of-control tipping culture. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Strategies for fixing out-of-control tipping practices revealed in new article
A University of Kansas marketing scholar examines how tipping, a social process once confined to hospitality, is now appearing in unexpected places and becoming more expensive. But when designed thoug...
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
In 2024, a @universityofkansas.bsky.social theoretical astrophysicist largely solved the mystery of the Crab Pulsar’s zebra pattern. Now, Mikhail Medvedev has fine-tuned his analysis, finding gravity’s lensing effects to be the last piece of the zebra-stripe puzzle. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Research reveals cosmic tug-of-war behind the Crab Pulsar's zebra stripes
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“By documenting democratic backsliding through a detailed study of critical events and clear benchmarks, I believe we can harness the tools of social science to ensure that we don’t erode democratic standards to the point of losing them,” Koliba said. Read more: news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Pandemic, election crises mark ‘critical events’ in declining democratic accountability standards, governance scholar writes
KU governance scholar writes study analyzing effects of the pandemic, false election claims on democratic accountability and what scholars can do about it.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
He has applied standards of democratic accountability to detailed timelines of the COVID-19 pandemic and the contested 2020 U.S. election for an article appearing in the @academic.oup.com journal Perspectives on Public Management and Governance.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“To make meaning out of current political events, we need better empirical standards for determining when democratic norms are upheld and when they are transgressed,” said @universityofkansas.bsky.social scholar Christopher Koliba.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Diners who witness waiters being treated poorly tend to tip more, according to @universityofkansas.bsky.social research. “It’s almost a paradox where employees who are treated poorly get tipped more. But I don’t think employees necessarily want to be treated this way.” news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Witnessing service workers being treated poorly inspires bigger tips, study finds
A new article finds that customers who witness incivility toward service employees experience feelings of pity, followed by increased emotional support and, ultimately, an increased tip for the target...
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A new book by @universityofkansas.bsky.social scholar Rahina Muazu — written in her native Hausa language — is meant to model “a practice of responsible interpretation, grounded evidence and open debate” in Nigeria. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Pioneering book aims to uplift Nigerian Hausa Muslim women
New volume first of its kind in Hausa language, with English summaries
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
In the latest episode of the When Experts Attack! podcast, Roust discusses the internationally famous African American composer who reshaped the origins of American music. Listen and subscribe: whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/the-early-19...
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Colin Roust, a @universityofkansas.bsky.social music scholar, combed nearly 30 archives from coast to coast, painstakingly transcribing handwritten sheets of music. In doing so, Roust upped the total number of Johnson's known works by more than 100.
Colin Roust, holding a keyed bugle — the instrument Francis Johnson played
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Ever heard of Francis Johnson? 19th century Americans sure had. The composer and brass band musician rubbed elbows with U.S. presidents and is known as one of the first African Americans to publish his own sheet music and tour Europe as a musician.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“Job tailoring — which is to say altering the conditions of each person’s employment so that that person is the most productive worker possible — is a tool that companies that truly value their workers could use, but most employers usually don’t,” Piercy said. Read more: news.ku.edu/news/article...
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One size does not fit all when it comes to return-to-office policies
Communication overload makes some people prefer to work from home. Others prefer the office, researchers found.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Those questions prompted a study by Piercy and colleagues to see what associations among personality traits, self-determination needs, workplace preferences and Communication Overload have with a desire to work from home or in the office.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Or are you like @universityofkansas.bsky.social scholar Cameron Piercy: “The office is my cathedral — my workspace.”
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Are you an employee who gets so much more done working from home?
Person sitting on floor with laptop, surrounded by paperwork with graphs and a cat splayed out on the floor
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“If more people are using the bus, which the evidence suggests across a broad range of demographics, we could be significantly improving their mobility and enhancing access to services and resources throughout the region, including jobs,” Mendez said. Read more: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC.
A proposal from the Trump administration would restrict federal funding for cities that don't charge fares.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
For a @politico.com article about free bus fare in New York City, reporter Chris Marquette spoke with @universityofkansas.bsky.social expert Joel Mendez, who studied free bus service in Kansas City.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Congratulations and a big Rock Chalk to the @universityofkansas.bsky.social students who made the fall 2025 honor roll. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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University of Kansas announces fall 2025 honor roll
The latest news and information for the University of Kansas.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“We are so fortunate to have been able to work with her to bring Sayyida to life,” Finn Taylor, senior narrative designer at Firaxis Games, told writer Heather Newman. Read more: www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...
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Moroccan pirate queen Sayyida al-Hurra was largely omitted from history books, but now she's in Civilization 7 thanks to a professor's curiosity and years of research
How one of the Mediterranean's least-known pirates became a strategy-game star.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
El Haimeur advised on “pirate queen” Sayyida al-Hurra’s narrative voice in the game, translated the script into Moroccan Arabic and more.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Check out this article in @pcgamer.com that explores how @universityofkansas.bsky.social scholar Amal El Haimeur’s research ended up informing the @civilization.2k.com strategy game Civilization 7.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A @universityofkansas.bsky.social study finds artificial intelligence on the job actually stimulates co-worker interactions. “If you have AI to help get you past some of the hurdles of figuring out details, it can allow you to shift your focus to building relationships.” news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Human-AI interactions stimulate coordination between co-workers and improve team performance, study finds
A new study finds that human-AI interactions can stimulate relational coordination between co-workers and improve team performance.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It took the world about 30 years to kick ozone-depleting CFCs after the Montreal Protocol was signed. @universityofkansas.bsky.social professor Mark Shiflett tells @washingtonpost.com that it will probably take about that long to phase out HFCs globally, too. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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Why companies are phasing out these super-pollutants despite Trump
A rare spot of global climate agreement could prevent up to half a degree of warming this century.
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Misty Heggeness @mlheggeness.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hear all about it at Rainy Day Books tomorrow - moderated by our own Provost Barb Bickelmeyer! rainydaybooks.com/event/2026-0...
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Misty Heggeness, Swiftynomics
This event includes a conversation with author Misty and moderator Barb Bickelmeyer in Unity Hall, along with an opportunity to get your book signed and personalized.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“Women have always presented themselves as economic agents, but that has often been ignored in history,” said economist and professor @mlheggeness.bsky.social. Read more about “Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy” from @ucpress.bsky.social. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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"Swiftynomics" and how women drive the economy
New book uses Taylor Swift as lens on how women do the work every day that drives the economy.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A new book from a @universityofkansas.bsky.social scholar shows how Taylor Swift and her unprecedented success illustrate how women — whether global icons or working moms — power the economy.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Read more about the findings, now published in the @ametsoc.org journal Weather and Forecasting. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Tornado-forecast system can increase warning lead times
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The difference could save lives and property across the Great Plains — the classic “Tornado Alley” — and other areas like the tornado-prone Southeast. “An hour of lead time versus 15 minutes is extremely useful for everybody,” said KU researcher David Rahn.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The current lead time on issuing tornado warnings is about 15 minutes. A @universityofkansas.bsky.social study shows that the @noaa.gov Warn-on-Forecast System could help weather forecasters issue warnings before tornadoes even form.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“Sport science in golf is extremely rare,” said Jayhawk researcher Quincy Johnson. “But the opportunity to help golf athletes presented itself, and we wanted to take it and see what we can do to help athletes improve club head speed.” Read more about this KU discovery: news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Jumping into a better golf swing
Research finds athletes with better jumping ability generate faster club head speed.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Jumping and golf might not normally be associated, but @universityofkansas.bsky.social research shows that athletes capable of jumping higher, farther and with better lateral jumping ability also tend to generate faster swings.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Read more advice from this Jayhawk scholar regarding parental advise in the age of AI. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/w...
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When to use AI for parenting advice, says researcher—and when it can have 'dangerous consequences'
If you use AI for parenting advice, cross-check the information with human health experts, especially in urgent situations, says a children's health researcher.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
“But [for] higher-risk situations — like medication decisions or scenarios that involve urgent symptoms — professional medical judgment is necessary.”
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Chatbots are good at quickly answering low-consequence questions, Leslie-Miller said, which is a good use of AI.
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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Leslie-Miller, a Jayhawk doctoral candidate, led a study that found when comparing health content, parents had a hard time distinguishing AI-generated content from content written by a health care professional.
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