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Megan Kaminski (Environmental Studies) contributed a poem to a recently published collection of writings on perennial agriculture, "Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods" (Princeton University Press), which makes a cultural argument as much as an agricultural one: that perennial foods — crops that return year after year, building deep root systems and healthier soil — represent not just a different way of farming but a different way of belonging to the earth. Read the full story.
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- Michael Amlung (Applied Behavioral Science) was awarded a $50,000 KU Cancer Center Pilot Grant entitled, Improving Standardized Alcohol Screening to Inform Novel Intervention Approaches in Head and Neck Cancer. In collaboration with Jessica Powers (Psychology) and Frank Materia and Andres Bur of KUMC.
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Steve Gurysh (Visual Art) has been awarded a research residency from May 19 - June 17 at the Volland Foundation in Alma, KS where he plans to explore the tallgrass prairie using 3D scanning techniques to create collage-based compositions and assemblages.
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Rosana Ferreira, Rayssa Lima, Olivia Bauer, Heidi Pauer, Kiana Hajiarbabi (Molecular Biosciences), (2026). Cutibacterium acnes inhibits Staphylococcus lugdunensis biofilm formation through inhibition of autolysis and purine biosynthesis. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. Media link
- Rebecca Johnston (Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies), (2026). Growing Better: Culture and Agriculture in the Post-Stalin Era. Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 27, no. 2 (2026): 279-312. Media link
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Rachel Krause, S. Mohsen Fatemi (Public Affairs & Administration), (2026). Information Processing and Changes to Local Governments' Practices Amid Intensifying Environmental Hazards. Review of Policy Research 43, no. 3: e70098. Media link
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Ben Merriman (Public Affairs & Administration), (2026.) How Was Democracy under the Administrative Presidency Supposed to Work? Public Administration Review. Media link
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Nina Vyatkina (Slavic, German, & Eurasian Studies), (2026). Expanding data-driven learning to less commonly taught languages: Perceived and evidence-based effectiveness of teacher education. Second Language Teacher Education, 5(1), 29–54. Media link
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Benjamin Rosenthal (Visual Art) has a collaborative, major exhibition with Marcelo Amorim, "Garotos Sujos do Mamãe," opening on June 11, 2026 at FonTÉ in São Paulo, Brazil, and runs though July 4, 2026. The exhibition of videos, drawings, and text-based works incorporates research conducted at the ONE Archives in Los Angeles (funded by a Hall Center Travel Grant, work conducted at FoNTÉ in the Summer of 2025 (funded in part by the KU International Affairs Latin America travel fund), and work produced in the Spring/Summer of 2026 between Kansas and São Paulo. The installation of the exhibition is supported in part by the Roger Shimomura Fund of the Department of Visual Art at the University of Kansas.
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Databricks & Artificial Intelligence
June 4, 2026 | Registration Required
The University of Kansas AI Steering Committee and Enhanced AI Center are pleased to sponsor two Databricks & Artificial Intelligence workshops. Hosted by Research Informatics, both sessions will be held on Thursday, June 4, in person on the KU Medical Center Kansas City campus. This is an exciting opportunity for business leaders, decision makers, product owners and managers, emerging data scientists, AI practitioners and teams in analytics, BI and data engineering.
Education and Overview
9 a.m. – noon | Health Education Building G109
Gain a practical understanding of Databricks, modern data platform and AI/ML use cases while connecting capabilities to real business outcomes. This session balances conceptual learning, platform overview and applied AI examples. No deep technical background required.
Deep Dive Workshop & Demos
1 – 4 p.m. | Health Education Building G109
Build on foundational concepts introduced in the Education and Overview session with technical walkthroughs and live demonstrations that reflect how Databricks is used across KU Medical Center to support research, clinical, operational and reporting needs. This session will include applied data discovery use cases and deeper, hands-on exploration of the DatabricksLakehouse Platform. Participants will observe end-to-end demonstrations, focusing on practical applications.
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