Link of the Week:
Hall Center announces 2023 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Awards

The Department of African & African-American Studies recently launched an open source, peer reviewed journal of Global Black Studies, Africana Annual. It was a collective departmental effort, but Drs. Peter Ukpokodu, James Yêkú, and Shawn Alexander deserve special recognition for their hard work, dedication and vision in crafting this issue and the journal overall. Congrats, AAAS! Read Africana Annual.

Film & Media Studies undergraduate, George Lahood, received an Undergraduate Research Award for his research on virtual production using Unreal Engine. Click above to check out a quick video talking about how his UGRA benefitted his ongoing research. 

Research-Intensive Course Mini-Grants, Deadline June 1
Challenge your students to develop their research skills through course-based projects. Get support from our office to do it. Recipients of Research-Intensive Course Mini-Grants develop a larger assignment that challenges students to develop their research and creative skills, receive $500, and get support from the Center through workshops and advising.

Kluge Center Fellowships, Library of Congress, Application Open
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Library of Congress collections and resources. The Kluge Center furnishes work and discussion space for Kluge Chair holders, distinguished visiting scholars, and post-doctoral Fellows supported by other private foundation gifts. Scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, social sciences or in a professional field such as architecture or law are eligible.

NIH Writing Workshop: Competitive Subsidiary Documents
Wednesday, April 17, 10 a.m., Virtual
Brought to you by the KU Office of Research and the Bremner Editing Center in the KU School of Journalism and Tn Consulting, LLC., the workshop will provide strategies and tips for writing competitive proposals from experienced NIH-funded investigators and explore the use of advanced writing techniques and partner review for enhancing proposal clarity and persuasiveness.

Leadership Live One-Day Workshop: Overcoming Resistance to Change
Thursday, April 25, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Virtual
Organizational change is a process in which an organization optimizes performance as it works toward its ideal state, as a reaction to an ever-changing environment, or as a response to a crisis. Unfortunately, many people resist change because they fear the impact it will have on them or because they are not convinced of its merits.

In this program, we explore the critically important change framework of tasks, relationships, and identities. We also examine how to have effective change management conversations and how to diagnose whether resistance to change is caused by thoughts, fears, or skill capacity.

Red Hot Research: Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards
Friday, April 26, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Watson Library, 3 West
Red Hot Research introduces researchers to the work of their colleagues; prompts questions within current research through the perspectives of many disciplines; and develops collaborative research teams as a result of overlapping interest & expertise. This session is hosted in partnership with the KU Office of Research and features five recipients of 2022 Racial Equity Research Awards.

Presenters:
Philip Duncan, Linguistics, “Language Ideology and the Dilution of Black Student Voices Through ‘Proper Grammar’”
David Mai, Film & Media Studies, “Global Music: A Portrait Series of Modern Composers”
Brittany Melton, Pharmacy Practice, “Promoting Health Equity Through Cultural Competency: Exploring the Patient Perspective of Community Pharmacists Delivering Care to Racially Diverse Individuals with Disabilities"
Sydney Pursel, Spencer Museum of Art, “Indigenous Fashion Show & Exhibition”
Elaina Sutley, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, “Evaluating the Racial Equity of Flooding Hazards in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area”

KU Faculty Development Academies: Creating Public Impact with Your Research
Monday, May 13, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Kansas Union, Jayhawk Room
KU Faculty Development Academies are day-long intensives, focused on a particular topic, giving faculty time to delve deep and develop a core capacity in a chosen area. This session aims to equip KU scholars driven by similar aspirations with tools, strategies and resources to confidently engage public audiences with their research. Participants will learn foundational skills in message development, audience connection, and communication that can be applied in any public engagement scenario — from media interviews to legislative testimony to social media promotion and more.