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TOPONYMS

In June 1945, Gertrude Sellards Pearson, a 1901 alumna, and her husband, Texas oilman Joseph R. Pearson, donated $200,000 to help build student housing. In the next 15 years, two residence halls and three scholarship halls opened. One residence hall, named for her, still houses women; the other, named for him, now is home to the School of Education. Pearson, Grace Pearson and Sellards scholarship halls were named for members of their families. For more, see www.buildings.ku.edu.

NOTABLE ALUMS

The Flying Jayhawks is a travel club for alumni, but it also could aptly describe the 60-year-old National Business Aviation Association, which has 8,000 members and hosts the world's largest civil aviation trade show. Several KU grads are in key leadership positions, including CEO Ed Bolen, who earned an economics degree at KU; Dan Hubbard, vice president for communications and a journalism grad; and Legislative Affairs Director Ashleigh de la Torre, who has degrees in political science and journalism from Mount Oread.

RESEARCH MATTERS

Lisa Timmons, assistant professor of biology, is looking to roundworms for tips on how cancer develops in humans. She uses a process called RNA interference because worms and humans share genes called A-B-C transporters that carry toxins to cells. For more information and to listen, visit www.researchmatters.ku.edu.

NOTABLE ALUMS

The Flying Jayhawks is a travel club for alumni, but it also could aptly describe the 60-year-old National Business Aviation Association, which has 8,000 members and hosts the world's largest civil aviation trade show. Several KU grads are in key leadership positions, including CEO Ed Bolen, who earned an economics degree at KU; Dan Hubbard, vice president for communications and a journalism grad; and Legislative Affairs Director Ashleigh de la Torre, who has degrees in political science and journalism from Mount Oread.