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KU HISTORY:

Time magazine took note of KU's aspirations of greatness in an article on July 16, 1951. In a piece about the departing Chancellor Deane W. Malott and his replacement, KU Medical Center Dean Franklin D. Murphy, the magazine wrote, "In the last 12 years, KU has begun to climb from its place as a solid but unspectacular state university ... Under Chancellor Murphy, it hopes to climb even faster." For more, see www.kuhistory.com.

RESEARCH MATTERS:

Greenhouse gases aren't the only contributors to climate change. Research by Johannes Feddema, professor of geography, shows covering land with crops, concrete and suburban sprawl has an effect on the climate as well. "As humans change a landscape... it will change the reflectivity of the surface and that changes the amount of energy that is absorbed, and then ultimately energy that's available to evaporate water, to conduct into the ground, to be used for photosynthesis" Feddema said. For more, or to listen to the original broadcast, visit www.researchmatters.ku.edu.

TOPONYMS:

When Stouffer Place's 25 buildings opened in 1957, they were the first residential units built near Daisy Hill. The apartments, for married students and students with families, have one, two or three bedrooms. The complex is named for Ellis B. Stouffer, dean of the Graduate School from 1922-45 and dean of the university for six more years. Its streets are named for him and his wife, Anna. For more, visit www.buildings.ku.edu.

NOTABLE ALUMS:

Two fine arts alumnae are completing leadership positions with national associations. Martha Randall, who earned a bachelor's and master's in music from KU, is president of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and Lynn Brinckmeyer, who earned a doctorate in music education from KU, is president of the National Association for Music Education.

KU HISTORY:

Time magazine took note of KU's aspirations of greatness in an article on July 16, 1951. In a piece about the departing Chancellor Deane W. Malott and his replacement, KU Medical Center Dean Franklin D. Murphy, the magazine wrote, "In the last 12 years, KU has begun to climb from its place as a solid but unspectacular state university ... Under Chancellor Murphy, it hopes to climb even faster." For more, see www.kuhistory.com.