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University Teaching Award recipients 2026
EEB professors Deb Smith and Gerrit de Boer were among the 2026 University Teaching Awards recipients honored Chancellor Douglas A. Girod during a ceremony Oct. 13 at the Jayhawk Welcome Center.
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A new study from the University of Kansas appearing in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLOS One shows the differences between male and female uintatheres might not be as vast as paleontologists have long believed.
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John Kelly, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, has been recognized as KU’s Big 12 Faculty of the Year recipient. His research helps explain why genetic diversity persists and demonstrates evolution in real time.

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