Wu Qidi, China's vice minister of education, shakes hands with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as Chancellor Robert Hemenway applauds and looks on during the unveiling of a plaque dedicating KU's Confucius Institute May 4. Located at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, the Confucius Insitute is the nation's fourth and will offer courses in Mandarin Chinese, as well as classes to help promote cooperation and understanding between the United States and China.

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger cuts the ribbon for the new park and ride bus at an open house May 9. Hidden behind Shulenburger is Mokhtee Ahmad, regional administrator for the Federal Transit Administration. John Rosacker, assistant bureau chief, Kansas Department of Transportation, center, and Cliff Galante, transit administrator for the city of Lawrence, help cut the ribbon.

University officials, students and members of the Sabatini family turn a few shovels of dirt May 8 to symbolize the beginning of construction of the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. The $2.7 million, 7,000-square-foot facility will be built on the north side of the Kansas Union and promote an educational environment that recognizes and celebrates the diversity of the KU community.

Studio 804 architecture students help load a section of house on to a truck April 20. The students helped move the house, originally located at 717 New Jersey St. in Lawrence, to Kansas City, Kan.

Susan Holt, right, assistant dean of personnel and business at Edwards Campus,leads a tour of Regnier Hall. Holt, Mary Ryan, associate dean for academic affairs, third from right, and Sheri Perry, graduate program adviser, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, left guided a tour of Edwards Campus for Lawrence Campus employees April 27.