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A GATEWAY TO KNOWLEDGE: The Information Gateway is just as its name implies: A place to find information on a bevy of KU topics. The site is linked to dozens of databases containing information on everything from area and cultural studies to science and engineering, and regularly features a KU database. The site also has links to Ask a Librarian, e-journals, KU Scholar Works and more.

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Two KU graduates, business leaders Cynthia Carroll and Linda Zarda Cook, are among the world's 100 most powerful women, according to Forbes magazine. Carroll, a 1982 grad, is seventh on the list and the first woman to become chief executive at Anglo American, one of the world's largest independent mining companies. At 44th on the list is Linda Zarda Cook, a 1980 grad. Now the executive director of gas and power for Royal Dutch Shell, Cook is in the running to become CEO of the company in 2009.