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Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., speak before presenting a $3.4 million grant check to Wyandotte County Early Reading First, a language and literacy initiative supported by KU.

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Baby Jay sits in on clarinet to the amusement of the Greensburg High School Band. Greensburg's band took part in Band Day on Sept. 8 at KU, despite the May tornado that damaged the school.

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From left, Crystal Lumpkins, assistant professor of journalism; Ernest Jenkins, assistant professor of history; and Yo Jackson, associate professor of applied behavioral science; talk and laugh at the Black Faculty and Staff Council welcome event for new members.

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Susan Williams, associate professor of petroleum and chemical engineering, explains a phase of KU's biorefining capabilities to Adrian Polansky, Kansas secretary of agriculture, left, as Bob Honea, director of the Transportation Research Institute looks on. Polansky learned more about how KU is producing biodiesel from materials such as waste vegetable oil, corn and soybeans, and how the efforts can benefit the state.

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Elizabeth MacGonagle, assistant professor of history, accepts a check for the 2007 ING Excellence in Teaching Award at the Sept. 15 KU football game as Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere applauds.

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Workers complete the interior portion of the remodeling of Danforth Chapel. The chapel, originally built in 1946, has been refurbished and expanded, and the roof – damaged in the 2006 microburst – has been repaired. A rededication will be held Sept. 22.