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What do Jayhawks on Parade, the popular art-icon event
that has enlivened Lawrence's streets the past six months,
and the Alumni Association's ninth annual Rock Chalk
Ball have in common? Birds, namely Jayhawks, who need
good homes.
 Jayhawks
on Parade has come to a close, and two of these fiberglass
birds are looking for permanent roosts. "Whoosh,"
and "Primary Jay," will go the highest bidders
as part of the Alumni Association's 9th Annual Rock
Chalk Ball, Feb. 6 at the Overland Park Convention
Center & Sheraton Hotel. Ball attendees will have
an opportunity to bid on these amusing creatures during
the live auction, but KU grads across the country now
have a chance to bring one of these home as well. In
our national
contest, the highest bidder will be represented
by proxy at the ball. Net proceeds from the ball will
benefit scholarships for high-achieving students from
Kansas.
Interested? Read
more about how to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity. And if you're going to be in the area,
make your reservations now for the 2004
Rock Chalk Ball and celebrate KU at Kansas City's
premier event for Jayhawks.
Warmest wishes from the Hill —
The Kansas Alumni Association
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Now that 2003 has come to a close, Irene Cumming,
president and chief executive officer of The University
of Kansas Hospital, and Donald Hagen, MD, KUMC
executive vice chancellor, reflect on the many
significant changes and accomplishments on the
KUMC campus. Read
More in the KUMC Beat.
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Stories
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KU director joins celebrities in 'Dream It,
Do It' book
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What does Marigold Linton, director of American
Indian outreach at KU, have in common with Lance
Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Maya Angelou and Barbara
Walters?
All are people who made their dreams come true.
Linton is one of 37 people profiled in a new book, Dream It, Do It, Inspiring Stories of Dreams
Come True. Read more.
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Exhibit celebrates Dyche Hall centennial,
century of science in landmark
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Distinctive Dyche Hall, built in 1903, boasts
the Panorama of North American Mammals and the
KU Natural History Museum, two of the state's
most popular tourist destinations. Now visitors
can view animal and plant specimens available
for the first time to the public in an exhibition
to celebrate Dyche's centennial.
Read more.
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KU researchers aim to prime oil pumps
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A new chapter in Kansas oil production may have
begun in December, when KU researchers and oil
industry leaders began injecting carbon dioxide
into a Russell County oil field. If successful,
the technique could pump $1 billion or more into
the Kansas economy. Read
more.
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KU
in the Capitol
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Nation's most prominent Hispanic advocacy
group taps KU's Murguia
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KU graduate and Executive Vice Chancellor Janet
Murguia will be back in Washington, D.C. this
spring as the executive director and chief operating
officer of the National Council of La Raza. Founded
in 1968, NCLR is the nation's largest public policy
advocacy group for Hispanic Americans, with more
than 307 affiliates in 40 states, including Kansas
and Missouri, and in Puerto Rico and the District
of Columbia. Read more
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This
Week In KU History
 January
30, 1894: KU Chancellor Francis Huntington
Snow announces that he will give a series of University
Extension lectures on evolution, a move that provokes
much criticism from local religious leaders.
Read
the full story.
Read more
dates for This Week In KU History
This Week In KU History launches
Version 2.0
A chronological timeline of the history of the
University of Kansas, a baker's dozen of special
sections that interpret KU history on a thematic
basis, and new programming that enables users
to scroll forward and backward in the calendar
year are among the enhancements that comprise
Version 2.0 of This Week In KU History.
The new iteration marks the first anniversary
of formal operation of the popular KU history
web site. Funding for these enhancements was made
possible by support of the KU Endowment Association.
The Timeline
of KU History scrolls horizontally and offers
a year-by-year listing of key dates in the University's
history. All listings contain links to full-length
articles.
The 13
special sections allow users to examine KU
history on a topical basis. Sections range from
Architecture to Women On The Hill, and also include
collections of articles about KU Basketball, Football,
and Track, profiles of KU chancellors, as well
as series focusing on Protest and Dissent and
KU Traditions.
Other enhancements include the ability to access
prior and upcoming dates directly from the site's
homepage, and a new KU History eCard feature that
allows users to send historically illustrated
email messages. In addition, each of the 123 articles
on This Week In KU History now contain a Reference
Center box that gives users precise citation information,
the ability to bookmark an article for future
reference, and a vehicle for electronically sending
an article on to other email addresses.
Begun in January 2001, This Week In KU History
is a project of the KU Memorial Unions. The site
was formally unveiled in late November 2003. During
its first full year of operation, the site has
generated in excess of 340,000 individual page
views over the course of more than 75,000 separate
visitor sessions. Visitors hail from all 50 states
and 118 foreign countries.
This Week In KU History is a project of the KU
Memorial Unions.
Learn
more.
© 2004 University of Kansas Memorial Corporation
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