Mike Krings
@mkrings.bsky.social
KU PR guy. Music nut. What have you.
International trade is being destroyed. Can it be saved, and should it be? Raj Bhala of KU Law examines three key questions in new study. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Law expert’s study tracks how international trade is being dismantled
A new KU scholarly analysis examines why global trade is being destroyed, if it can be saved and if it is worth saving.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
International trade is being destroyed. Can it be saved, and should it be? Raj Bhala of KU Law examines three key questions in new study. news.ku.edu/news/article...
"Swiftynomics," new book by @mlheggeness.bsky.social explores how Taylor Swift and women across the country drive the economy, in ways both spectacular and unrecognized. news.ku.edu/news/article...
"Swiftynomics" and how women drive the economy
New book uses Taylor Swift as lens on how women do the work every day that drives the economy.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Swiftynomics," new book by @mlheggeness.bsky.social explores how Taylor Swift and women across the country drive the economy, in ways both spectacular and unrecognized. news.ku.edu/news/article...
You might not associate golf with good hops. But a KU study has found that athletes with better jumping ability generate more golf club head speed. Can help athletes, coaches develop strength to improve game. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Jumping into a better golf swing
Research finds athletes with better jumping ability generate faster club head speed.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
You might not associate golf with good hops. But a KU study has found that athletes with better jumping ability generate more golf club head speed. Can help athletes, coaches develop strength to improve game. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Tadeo Weiner Davis of @kusocialwelfare.bsky.social leads project to archive, document oral history of Stand Up KC, advocates in Fight-For-$15, better pay for restaurant workers. Exhibit opens this weekend. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU professor leads project to document history, preserve KC-based movement to fight for better restaurant pay
Tadeo Weiner Davis, assistant professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas, earned a grant to preserve materials of Stand Up KC, a movement dedicated to earning better pay for fast food and...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Tadeo Weiner Davis of @kusocialwelfare.bsky.social leads project to archive, document oral history of Stand Up KC, advocates in Fight-For-$15, better pay for restaurant workers. Exhibit opens this weekend. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Kidnapping of Luis "Lucho" Diaz's father showed sport has power to influence society, presidents across continents, study from @kujmcschool.bsky.social finds. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Football, violence and international political perception
KU study analyzes how coverage of footballer's father's kidnapping influenced society, politics.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Kidnapping of Luis "Lucho" Diaz's father showed sport has power to influence society, presidents across continents, study from @kujmcschool.bsky.social finds. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU scholars went from being new at gaming in the educational sense to writing the book on gamification for higher education. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Taking the guesswork out of gamification
New book aims to help educators embrace gamification in the classroom.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
KU scholars went from being new at gaming in the educational sense to writing the book on gamification for higher education. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Book outlines how to move beyond reliance on student surveys to evaluate, improve college teaching and how to overcome resistance to implement improve eval system. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Book outlines how to move beyond reliance on student surveys to evaluate, improve college teaching
“Transforming College Teaching Evaluation,” a new book from scholars at the University of Kansas and colleague institutions, details how three institutions developed a new, more robust method of evalu...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Book outlines how to move beyond reliance on student surveys to evaluate, improve college teaching and how to overcome resistance to implement improve eval system. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Education has long sought to fix problems of the past. New book by Yong Zhao examines how we can invent the future, without one size fits all approaches. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Invent the future for every student
New book explores how to re-invent education for every student instead of trying to fix the past.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Education has long sought to fix problems of the past. New book by Yong Zhao examines how we can invent the future, without one size fits all approaches. news.ku.edu/news/article...
What nonverbal cues demonstrate connection in support groups? Can machine learning play a role in mental health? Study from KU journalism/mass comms documented the former and assessed viability of the latter. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Nonverbal support and machine learning in support groups
Study measures nonverbal support cues and viability of machine learning in support groups.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What nonverbal cues demonstrate connection in support groups? Can machine learning play a role in mental health? Study from KU journalism/mass comms documented the former and assessed viability of the latter. news.ku.edu/news/article...
I got to talk with Imogen Herrick of KU's School of Education and Human Sciences on how science education can look to arts, reading and local data to engage kids in STEM/STEAM and make schools "estuaries of learning" for When Experts Attack. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/science-educ...
When Experts Attack!: Science education shouldn't happen in a silo
Imogen Herrick says schools can serve as “estuaries of learning” — a metaphor that connects science to larger culture and society.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I got to talk with Imogen Herrick of KU's School of Education and Human Sciences on how science education can look to arts, reading and local data to engage kids in STEM/STEAM and make schools "estuaries of learning" for When Experts Attack. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/science-educ...
KU part of collaborative to identify, train new generation of special education leaders. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Finding the next leaders in special education
KU part of collaborative project to train new generation of special education leaders.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
KU part of collaborative to identify, train new generation of special education leaders. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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...