Faculty, staff and students gathered to celebrate the centennial of the isolation of helium in Bailey Hall on Dec. 7. Those who came out on the snowy day enjoyed a celebratory cake, and took home a "HE=10-squared” helium-filled balloon.

Judy Kasson, office specialist, at KU Center for Research, left, and Janet Riley, associate director of budget management and fiscal services, pose with a stuffed Santa Claus and a larger-than-life Jayhawk at the Chancellor's Holiday Reception last month. Riley won the Santa at the event, held at the Adams Alumni Center.

Santos Nuñéz, program director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, looks over the merchandise at the athletics surplus sale last month. Faculty and staff were given an advance opportunity to pick up surplus jerseys, equipment and other KU goods.