When researchers submit proposals to the National Institutes of Health to get funding, they don’t indicate their race or ethnicity. But black researchers are a third less likely than other equally-qualified researchers to receive NIH funding.
What images best convey the meaning of politics in America? An exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence explores this idea through photography, prints, paintings, archival political ads, and a poodle skirt.
Bill Witaker (pictured left), a cancer survivor, spoke at yesterday's official announcement. KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little listened next to him.
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A lot of officials from around the region and state spoke at KU's formal announcement yesterday, including U.S. Representative Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas).
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (left) spoke with recently retired KU Med Center dean, Barbara Atkinson (right), following yesterday's announcement.
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KU's 660-page application to be a nationally designated cancer center was on display at an event last fall.
Leaders from the University of Kansas, politicians and health officials, including U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, will gather at the University of Kansas Medical Center this afternoon to formally announce KU Cancer Center becoming a National Cancer Institute designation.
