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R. Steve Dick/University Relations

The first phase of a three-year project to replace aging steam tunnels has given Mount Oread a decidedly different look this summer. Pictured above, a backhoe digs a trench for the sections of a new tunnel, shown behind the equipment.

R. Steve Dick/University Relations

A pair of new signs touting KU's achievements were erected on I-70. The signs trumpet both KU's academic and athletic success, pointing out the university's status as an international research institution, 2008 NCAA men's basketball and Orange Bowl champions.

Submitted/Elaine Warren

David Pendergrass, molecular biosciences at the Edwards Campus, discusses the function of the human brain with participants in the Pathways Leadership Academy. The program for middle school students raises awareness of opportunities in higher education.

Submitted/Elaine Warren

Several of KU’s academic programs at the Edwards campus recently reached out to greater Kansas City when Burns & McDonnell hosted them for a prospective student information session. Pictured from left are: Kelly Crane, marketing communications; Dee Steinle, School of Business; Noel Rasor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Cathy Blake, Burns & McDonnell; Herb Tuttle, engineering management; Hossein Saiedian, information technology; Greg Thomas, design. Not pictured: Ed Foley, recruitment.

Submitted/Janet Campbell

Janet Campbell, director of KANU, presents an HD radio to Jerod Meagher, Lansing senior. KANU has presented the radios to devoted listeners such as Meagher to promote its HD signal.

Submitted/Susan Mercer

The Institute for Policy and Social Research’s Kansas Statistical Abstract team received the annual KU Team Award for its 41st Edition Kansas Statistical Abstract 2006, published September 2007. The prize was lunch with Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere. Pictured at the lunch June 17 at Marisco’s are, from left, Susan Mercer, assistant director; Genna Hurd, research associate; Laura Stull, graphic designer; Lariviere; Nicole Witt, student; Charlotte Murayan, former staff member; and Xanthippe Wedel, information specialist, all with the Institute for Policy and Social Research.

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.