Mike Krings
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KU lands grant to support fatherhood, boost engagement, financial stability in Douglas, Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte Counties. news.ku.edu/news/article...
New KU partnership dedicated to engaged fatherhood, family, financial stability
Researchers in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have secured a $3.4 million grant to implement the Family Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement (FORGE) partnership in five northea...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
KU lands grant to support fatherhood, boost engagement, financial stability in Douglas, Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte Counties. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Police raid on Kansas newspaper created 'shared press distress' among fellow journalists feeling they could be next if such actions were allowed, research from @kujmcschool.bsky.social finds. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Newspaper raid created "shared press distress"
A KU study has found journalists felt "shared press distress" following police raid of Marion County Record.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Police raid on Kansas newspaper created 'shared press distress' among fellow journalists feeling they could be next if such actions were allowed, research from @kujmcschool.bsky.social finds. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Nicholas Ensley Mitchell of KU School of Education and Human Sciences discuss fascism, our current moment and how Black America set the blueprint for fighting fascism. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
How 'Fascism' became a meme : It's Been a Minute
The word "fascism" is being thrown around a lot right now. Does it capture our current cultural and political moment?Nearly 50% of Americans have associated President Trump with "fascism." Trump himse...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Nicholas Ensley Mitchell of KU School of Education and Human Sciences discuss fascism, our current moment and how Black America set the blueprint for fighting fascism. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Study from Joel Mendez of KU finds Kansas City's fare free bus policy attracted new riders, increased overall use, had equity benefits. Could help guide transit decisions for other cities. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Fare-free policy brought new riders, increased community equity in KC
A KU study found that KC's fare-free bus policy brought new riders, increased use, had equity benefits.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Study from Joel Mendez of KU finds Kansas City's fare free bus policy attracted new riders, increased overall use, had equity benefits. Could help guide transit decisions for other cities. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU lands grant to expand program that brings students w/ intellectual disability to higher ed, competitive employment at KU, WSU Tech and Benedictine College in Atchison. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU expanding program to bring students with disabilities to college across Kansas
A grant will help expand a program that helps students with intellectual disability attend college at KU, WSU Tech and Benedictine College.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
KU lands grant to expand program that brings students w/ intellectual disability to higher ed, competitive employment at KU, WSU Tech and Benedictine College in Atchison. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Study from KU documents wind energy regs in all 105 Kansas counties, showing which have blocking or enabling regs, which have none at all and what factors like ag and voting patterns play. Can help guide national energy transition. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Study documents wind regulations across all Kansas counties, can help guide energy policies nationwide
Researchers at the University of Kansas have published a study based on the Kansas Energy Transition Atlas. The site documents wind energy regulations across all 105 of the state's counties, and findi...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Study from KU documents wind energy regs in all 105 Kansas counties, showing which have blocking or enabling regs, which have none at all and what factors like ag and voting patterns play. Can help guide national energy transition. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Work load in football practices can be up to 40% more demanding than games, study from KU finds. GPS tech used in study can help coaches, trainers design optimum work loads for athletes. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Using tech to balance football practice and game workloads
A KU study used GPS tech to track how far, how intensely football players work by position. Findings can help design optimum prep.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Work load in football practices can be up to 40% more demanding than games, study from KU finds. GPS tech used in study can help coaches, trainers design optimum work loads for athletes. news.ku.edu/news/article...
ICYMI, @mlheggeness.bsky.social discussed troubling numbers of women leaving the workforce on CNN's The Situation Room. www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/t...
Two experts explain why women are leaving the workforce at historic rates | CNN
Misty Heggeness, associate professor at the University of Kansas, and Jessica Kriegel, an expert in workplace culture, joined CNN’s Pamela Brown to explain why women are leaving the workforce at rates...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
ICYMI, @mlheggeness.bsky.social discussed troubling numbers of women leaving the workforce on CNN's The Situation Room. www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/t...
KU's Positive Psychotherapy Clinic has doubled number of clinicians, is seeing clients from across the state and noting improvement as soon as the first session. Serving Kansans and preparing next generation of therapists. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU expands mental health services across Kansas
KU's Positive Psychotherapy Clinic has expanded the number of clinicians providing effective counseling across Kansas.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
KU's Positive Psychotherapy Clinic has doubled number of clinicians, is seeing clients from across the state and noting improvement as soon as the first session. Serving Kansans and preparing next generation of therapists. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Professions like nursing, teaching, social work often use group reflection to assess what's gone right, wrong and to address stress. Study from KU Public Affairs finds practice could benefit public planning commissions, improve services. news.ku.edu/news/article...
The value of group reflection in government practice
A KU researcher found both a need and the benefit of group reflective practice for planning commissioners and their staff.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Professions like nursing, teaching, social work often use group reflection to assess what's gone right, wrong and to address stress. Study from KU Public Affairs finds practice could benefit public planning commissions, improve services. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU researchers part of NSF project to "educate the educators" in Midwest STEM Alliance. The work will take examples of rural science teachers doing good work with multiple literacies approach and local data to schools across Kansas. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Building a Midwest STEM Alliance
KU researchers are part of a national project to build a Midwest STEM Alliance, with plans to work with Kansas educators.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
KU researchers part of NSF project to "educate the educators" in Midwest STEM Alliance. The work will take examples of rural science teachers doing good work with multiple literacies approach and local data to schools across Kansas. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Study shows program led by @kusocialwelfare.bsky.social helped reduce secondary traumatic stress among child welfare service providers in Kansas. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU program found effective in helping reduce stress among child welfare service providers
Resilience Alliance, a program aimed at reducing trauma, stress, burnout for social workers, shown effective.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Study shows program led by @kusocialwelfare.bsky.social helped reduce secondary traumatic stress among child welfare service providers in Kansas. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU lands grant to expand research that includes individuals with disabilities, create new careers. Will take model to other universities, help end model of research that tells disability community results without their input. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Improving disability research through inclusion
KU lands grant to include individuals with disabilities in disability research, create new careers.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
KU lands grant to expand research that includes individuals with disabilities, create new careers. Will take model to other universities, help end model of research that tells disability community results without their input. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Research in education has a host of issues that limit its effect. But the age of AI represents a chance at a 'death and rebirth' of research, KU experts write. news.ku.edu/news/article...
The death and rebirth of research in education
KU scholars outline how educational research could be reborn in age of AI.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Research in education has a host of issues that limit its effect. But the age of AI represents a chance at a 'death and rebirth' of research, KU experts write. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Using local climate data, asking students how it makes them feel deepens engagement, creates productive hope in students, study from KU found. Tool also trains teachers on finding, using local data. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Local data, emotion and climate change education
A study found asking students about feelings toward local climate data engaged, developed constructive hope.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Using local climate data, asking students how it makes them feel deepens engagement, creates productive hope in students, study from KU found. Tool also trains teachers on finding, using local data. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Cool interview with Tom Ley of @defector.com in @columjournreview.bsky.social on how a worker-owned media site has found success the last five years. If you don't already, read Defector! www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Tom Ley Thinks More People Should Experience Worker-Owned Journalism
As Defector turns five, the founding editor reflects on what he’s learned.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cool interview with Tom Ley of @defector.com in @columjournreview.bsky.social on how a worker-owned media site has found success the last five years. If you don't already, read Defector! www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Non-profits have been pushed to 'do more with less,' which has included using flexible labor like consultants, volunteers etc. Research from KU has found that affects operational outcomes, lacks long-term financial benefits. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Flexible labor affects, but doesn't benefit, nonprofits
Studies find relying on flexible labor affects outcomes, provides no long-term financial benefit for nonprofits.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Non-profits have been pushed to 'do more with less,' which has included using flexible labor like consultants, volunteers etc. Research from KU has found that affects operational outcomes, lacks long-term financial benefits. news.ku.edu/news/article...
New book from Ben Merriman of KU tells story of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. The nation's only such court, it flirted with fascism in outlawing strikes, lockouts, but also stood up for workers, was model for Mussolini before quietly disappearing. news.ku.edu/news/article...
'The Kansas Industrial Court' and controversial labor law legacy
KU professor writes new book on largely forgotten court in Kansas and its legacy on American labor law.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New book from Ben Merriman of KU tells story of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. The nation's only such court, it flirted with fascism in outlawing strikes, lockouts, but also stood up for workers, was model for Mussolini before quietly disappearing. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Some students understand they're capable of making a difference. Some don't. New book from Yong Zhao, aims to help educators, schools rethink how we view education to help all students realize full potential. news.ku.edu/news/article...
New book to help schools empower every student by changing approach to education
New book from KU professor Yong Zhao and co-authors helps educators realize every student can make a difference.
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September 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Some students understand they're capable of making a difference. Some don't. New book from Yong Zhao, aims to help educators, schools rethink how we view education to help all students realize full potential. news.ku.edu/news/article...
If you want to understand the trade war, tariffs, what's happened and what might come next, talk to an international trade law expert. That's what I did when Raj Bhala appeared on the latest episode of our When Experts Attack podcast. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/trumps-trade...
When Experts Attack!: Trump’s trade war didn’t come from nowhere
International trade expert Raj Bhala assesses the greatest disruption in trade since the end of World War II and asks whether manufacturing will really return to the U.S.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you want to understand the trade war, tariffs, what's happened and what might come next, talk to an international trade law expert. That's what I did when Raj Bhala appeared on the latest episode of our When Experts Attack podcast. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/trumps-trade...
Addressing global climate crises won't be easy, especially given the lack of political will, but KU Law scholar John Head addresses cluster of legal topics that would be necessary to get things done. news.ku.edu/news/article...
The legal and cultural necessity of addressing climate crises
KU Law scholar outlines legal, other steps necessary to tackle global climate crises.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Addressing global climate crises won't be easy, especially given the lack of political will, but KU Law scholar John Head addresses cluster of legal topics that would be necessary to get things done. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Nicholas Mitchell of KU curriculum studies, examines idea of 'meritocracy' and how test scores, GPA don't tell full story of who deserved college opportunity. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | GPAs, test scores and the misguided ideas about merit
Americans should accept the hard truth that there is no objective standard to determine merit regarding academic qualifications.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Nicholas Mitchell of KU curriculum studies, examines idea of 'meritocracy' and how test scores, GPA don't tell full story of who deserved college opportunity. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Robin Kundis Craig of KU Law has new book chapter examining how nations around the world approach water law. Legal approaches to curbing pollution, regulation, protecting vital resource all part of comparative law text. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Comparing water law approaches around the world
Law scholar examines water law approaches around the world, analyzing how nations protect vital resource
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August 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Robin Kundis Craig of KU Law has new book chapter examining how nations around the world approach water law. Legal approaches to curbing pollution, regulation, protecting vital resource all part of comparative law text. news.ku.edu/news/article...
@mlheggeness.bsky.social of KU Public Affairs and Administration outlines the "Swiftynomics" of Taylor Swift's upcoming new album for Time. Preview of the bigger themes of her upcoming book "Swiftynomics." time.com/7309943/tayl...
Taylor Swift’s Album Release is Quintessential Swiftynomics
Taylor Swift's album announcement is "a masterclass in modern advertising," writes Misty L. Heggeness.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@mlheggeness.bsky.social of KU Public Affairs and Administration outlines the "Swiftynomics" of Taylor Swift's upcoming new album for Time. Preview of the bigger themes of her upcoming book "Swiftynomics." time.com/7309943/tayl...
As legislation to help low-income houses pay for energy turns 40, new study from KU Law traces history of policy, argues it should be part of energy law, not just poverty law. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Study traces history of legislation to help low-income households pay for energy
New study traces history, argues for including low-income energy policy as part of energy law.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
As legislation to help low-income houses pay for energy turns 40, new study from KU Law traces history of policy, argues it should be part of energy law, not just poverty law. news.ku.edu/news/article...