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CAMPUS ROUNDUP

KU MEDICAL CENTER:

The Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland has donated $60,000 to the KU Medical Center to help fund Parkinson's research and patient care. "We want to ensure that we are supporting the exciting Parkinson's research developments here at KU Medical Center," said Meg Duggan, executive director of the Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland. "It is our hope that by investing in this program at the Medical Center, we are taking the next step toward finding a cure for Parkinson's disease."

KU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Ð WICHITA:

Shanna Williams has joined the KU Endowment Association - Wichita as a development coordinator. Williams graduated from Emporia State University where she served as a Tele-Fund caller and ESU Ambassador. Most recently she was a Leadership Assistant Intern at ESU.

EDWARDS CAMPUS:

The Brock McGuire Band, presented by the Lied Center, will present a free concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 21, at the Regnier Hall Auditorium on the Edwards Campus. The band features piano, fiddle, banjo and squeeze box played by some of Ireland's greatest musicians. For more information, call (913) 897-8400. Visit www.edwardscampus.ku to learn about the campus' schedule of free community events this spring.

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.