On the latest “When Experts Attack!” episode, @universityofkansas.bsky.social trade law expert Raj Bhala addresses “the greatest disruption in trade since the end of World War II,” including what tariffs mean for Canada. Listen and subscribe.

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A panel of movie critics including @universityofkansas.bsky.social film & media studies lecturer Jon Niccum is on @kcur.org this morning to discuss their picks of the best movies of this century. Prof. Niccum’s pick is “Whiplash.”

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Since 2019, the Center for Digital Inclusion at the @universityofkansas.bsky.social and partners have provided training to nearly 1,500 women transitioning from incarceration in online job applications, professional development and other topics.

The closed forest canopies that followed the dinosaurs’ demise would have placed evolutionary pressure on plant seeds to get larger — changes reflected in fossil data,
@ku-eeb.bsky.social researcher Brian Atkinson tells
@gayoung.bsky.social.

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“You can imagine this in an agricultural context,” says lead author Daniel Reuman. “When aphid populations synchronize across a region, it means pest outbreaks occur simultaneously in multiple areas, potentially reducing crop yields across the entire region.”

Why do we wear gowns at graduation ceremonies? A @universityofkansas.bsky.social academic regalia expert unpacks the history of hoods, tassels and stoles on this latest “When Experts Attack!” episode. Listen and subscribe where you get your podcasts.

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“Watching this in real-time — it's exciting for the lab. We have new questions to look at,” says Tim Cichanowicz, a team lead for the Trade War Lab who has spent the last three and a half years researching under the direction of Jack Zhang, assistant professor of political science.

Check out the @thepitch.bsky.social story by @nuthousepunks.bsky.social about University of Kansas School of Music pianist/lecturer Eddie Moore. “I’m so blessed to be at KU, man. We have some really great students that are writing some really incredible music.”

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New perspectives in “The Cambridge Companion to ‘West Side Story’” surprise even its co-editor, a University of Kansas professor emeritus of music who has made a career out of studying the Broadway musical.

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Why are financial crises analogous to mass extinctions? Read more from @forbes.com senior contributor @bdorminey.bsky.social about University of Kansas researcher Bruce Lieberman's new book, “Macroevolutionaries,” published by @columbiaup.bsky.social

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