KU School of Medicine Students Discover their Residency Matches

Jackson Cobb (left) wonders where his dad, Brian, will be matched during Match Day ceremonies, March 18, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. More than 150 KU School of Medicine students were placed with residency programs across the country on this special day.
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KU grad earns Pulitzer Prize for reporting

Kevin Helliker, c'82, has won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. He and fellow Wall Street Journal reporter Thomas M. Burton share the award for their "groundbreaking" 2003 series on aneurysms. Read more.

Korean War Memorial to take its place on Memorial Drive

Construction of a Korean War Memorial will begin in June, thanks to a $50,000 gift from a Korean foundation. The structure, which will overlook Potter Lake along KU's Memorial Drive, west of the Memorial Campanile, will honor those affected by the war. Read more.

KU claims 25 top-25 programs, plus another Best Value ranking

Twenty-five graduate programs at KU rank in the top 25 among the nation's public universities in the new 2005 edition of U.S. News' "America's Best Graduate Schools." Of those 25 programs, 12 are ranked in the top 10. The city management and urban policy program and the special education program are ranked No. 1 among public universities. Read more.

KU in the Capitol

For a day at least, KU was based in Topeka.

From doughnuts to the Baby Jay, the KU colors were all over the state Capitol for the first KU in the Capitol day last month to tell legislators about the many benefits KU provides across the state and to answer questions. Read more

This Week In KU History

April 20, 1970: An unidentified arsonist sets fire to the Kansas Union by exploding what was apparently an incendiary device in a sixth floor women's rest room, causing an estimated $1 million in damages.
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KU Medical Center Joins This Week In KU History

Four units of the KU Medical Center have agreed to underwrite the creation and addition of approximately 30 new articles to This Week In KU History.

The funding comes from the KU School of Nursing, the KU School of Medicine, the University of Kansas Hospital, and the Executive Vice Chancellor's Office of the KU Medical Center. This substantial content enhancement to KUhistory.com will be part of the centennial commemoration of the KU School of Medicine scheduled to begin in April 2005.

The new articles will be researched and written during Summer 2004, edited and prepared for electronic publication during Fall 2004, and uploaded to KUhistory.com by early Spring 2005. A special advisory panel of KU Medical Center physicians, nurses, and other health professionals will oversee and review the development of this new article series.

"We are delighted that the KU Medical Center has elected to join This Week In KU History in such a major way," said Henry Fortunato, project director and editor-in-chief. "The addition of this new body of historical content will further demonstrate the validity of the one-university concept and strengthen the shared identity the various KU campuses have in common."

Initiated in January 2001, This Week In KU History went live with Version 1.0 in November 2002. In December 2003, the web site launched Version 2.0 containing a series of content enhancements and infrastructure improvements with funding from the KU Endowment Association. Since inception, This Week In KU History has generated more than 575,000 page views during the course of nearly 140,000 visitor sessions. The project is a service of the KU Memorial Unions.

This Week In KU History is a project of the KU Memorial Unions.
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