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RESEARCH MATTERS

KU architects and their students are designing relief for New Orleans neighborhoodrravaged by Hurricane. Nils Gore, associate professor, and Rob Corser, assistant professor of architecture and urban planning, are working with students to design structures for the city's Ninth Ward, one of the hardest hit areas. Structures have included a tool shed, a shade pavilion, a mobile stage and an outdoor classroom. For more, or to listen to the original broadcast, visit www.researchmatters.ku.edu.

TOPONYMS

Carruth-O'Leary Hall, which opened in 1955 as a men's residence hall, was named for two longtime faculty members and KU alumni: William H. Carruth, professor of German and an administrator; and English professor Raphael Dorman O'Leary. Since 1986 it has been home to the Department of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and other administrative departments. Douthart Scholarship Hall previously stood on its site. For more, visit www.buildings.ku.edu.

KU HISTORY

The recent cold has kept many indoors lately, but it couldn't stop a crowd from forming on Feb. 2, 1916. That day the KU and Lawrence communities braved 10-degree temperatures to watch President Woodrow Wilson's train roll into town. Many were disappointed by the president's brief appearance and lack of a substantive speech. The University Daily Kansan ran the headline "Wilson Only Smiled: No Attempt Made to Tell of Preparedness Plan," for World War I. For more, see www.kuhistory.com.

NOTABLE ALUMS

Roseann Runte, a French scholar who earned her doctorate at KU, is the new president - and first woman executive - of Carleton University, Canada's "capital university" in Ottawa. A dual resident of the U.S. and Canada, she was previously president of Old Dominion University. She also is president of the American Council of Education's Commission on International Education and a member of the International Parliament of Cultures.

NOTABLE ALUMS

Roseann Runte, a French scholar who earned her doctorate at KU, is the new president - and first woman executive - of Carleton University, Canada's "capital university" in Ottawa. A dual resident of the U.S. and Canada, she was previously president of Old Dominion University. She also is president of the American Council of Education's Commission on International Education and a member of the International Parliament of Cultures.