Kansas universities showcase research projects in Sixth Annual Graduate Research Summit
Kansas legislators focus on final Auisine plans for state universities while viewing student research from the Kansas Board of Regents system. KU, K State and Wichita State highlight medical, wind energy and emission studies plus reservoir sedimentation work, underscoring research’s role in economic development and community benefit.
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Kansas
Docking
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Kansas State
Wichita State
Hippy Patterson Shootings and Baldwin Murder Claim
Lawrence Daily World reports that in 1909 Baldwin a man named Walker admitted shooting after a dice game argument saying he did it because he had to. He remained calm and declined discussion until he could meet an attorney. The piece also notes a natural gas discovery near Tonganoxie and a Lawrence Commercial Club inquiry into drilling wells, plus Dr. Hugh Black lecturing on The Doctrine of Sin at the university chapel with a lengthy Q&A.
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Lawrence Daily World
Patterson
Dune
Walker
Baldwin
Tonganoxie
Commercial Club
Lawrence
Hugh Black
University Chapel
Boomers and the aging rule shift in a changing economy
Ellen Goodman argues that longer working lives may ease Social Security pressure while widening the labor pool for younger workers. She outlines encore careers, national service as an onramp, and the need for baby boomers to become mentors rather than rivals in the aging economy.
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Boston
America
Northeastern University
Newsweek
Robert Samuelson
Obama
Marc Freedman
Civic Ventures
Grindstone
Serve America Act
Senate
AmeriCorps
Freedman
Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
Obama era foreign policy crisis mounted by 2008 election
Joel Brinkley surveys escalating global threats during the looming November vote. He cites Darfur humanitarian collapse, Bashir’s expulsion of aid workers, North Korea’s sabre rattling and satellite plan, Pakistan’s turmoil under Zardari, and Taliban gains. He warns Obama’s challenge is immense as developmental and security risks intensify worldwide.
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Joe Biden
Seattle
Barack Obama
Biden
Darfur
International Criminal Court
Sudan
Omar al- Bashir
Bashir
Washington
Obama
North Korea
South Korea
South
United States
United Nations
Pakistan
Asif Ali Zardari
Zardari
Swat Valley
Islamabad
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al Banner
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Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Smart
U.S
P.O
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Patrick Knorr
Dan Cox
Mediapharmedia
Ralph Gage
Old Home Town
Nike Luckove
Anlanta
Jorg Cans Agi
Cam
FROMM
Carl Knox
Ellengoodman
Globe.com
LE. Rehman
Human Right Commission
Taliban
Punjab
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
Rehman
Dawn
Sherry Rahman
Joel Brinkley
The
New York Times
Stanford University
Brinkley
Foreign-Matters
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