Acclaimed author, researcher Naomi Oreskes to present at The Commons

LAWRENCE — Do you have questions about vaping? Want to know more about the health effects of electronic cigarettes? Confused by terms like cart, Vuse, mod or Puff Bar?. Parents, educators, health care professionals and users of vaping products are invited to a free public lecture on vaping and teen health by Elisa Trucco at 6 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. The Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research & Treatment, part of the KU Life Span Institute, is hosting the event and welcoming Trucco for its 2023 spring seminar series.

LAWRENCE – Promoting health equity through culturally competent pharmacy care, dismantling anti-Black linguistic racism, documenting the unique contributions of diverse composers and celebrating living Indigenous cultures while repairing relationships with Native communities are among the goals of four projects selected for the 2022 KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards.

LAWRENCE — Join the KU Center for Environmental Policy, part of the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas, for a moderated conversation on climate change and environmental justice with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Jan. 30 at The Forum in Marvin Hall.

LAWRENCE – A third-year student at the University of Kansas School of Law will receive a grant from the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation. Lindsay McQuinn is a recipient of the foundation’s Rural Law Practice Grant. This grant is awarded to law students who intend to practice in...