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KU sports fans, mark your calendars
KU football fans are celebrating two consecutive Big 12 football victories over Missouri and Nebraska, and now Senior Day vs. Iowa State Nov. 26 has bowl implications. Call 800-34-HAWKS now to take advantage of KU Athletics 2 for 1 ticket special, and be sure to stop by the Adams Center for our Touchdown Tailgate before the game.
Texas Jayhawks, join the Association Nov. 12 in Austin for our tailgate before the ’Hawks take on the Longhorns.
Both games will be televised, and with the 2005-06 basketball season beginning, it’s time to locate your area KU sports
watch site, and gather with the Jayhawk faithful throughout the year!
Calling all alumni advocates: Mobilize in support of higher education and KU
 KU needs your help during the Kansas Legislature’s 2006 session, which begins Jan. 9. Sign up today to join Jayhawks for Higher Education. You’ll be asked to e-mail, call or personally meet with your local legislator to discuss important issues related to cancer research, renovating our crumbling buildings and maintaining adequate funding to provide the best education in Kansas. There are KU alumni in every Kansas House and Senate district, and your voices should be heard. If you say "Yes, I want to help KU in the Capitol," we’ll provide all the information you’ll need to help make the case for KU.
Folded Fun: Origami Jayhawk
 We’ve got a challenge for you: a do-it-yourself origami Jayhawk. The KU Endowment Association has furnished basic instructions and a print out, but the rest is up to you! Check the Web site for pictures of fellow alumni with their origami creations, or post your own picture.
 Vote for Big Jay
Don’t forget to vote for Big Jay! The Capital One Mascot of the Year contest continues throughout the season. Big Jay trails Joe Bruin of UCLA in this weeks’ matchup, and needs your help. Vote now.
Warmest wishes from the Hill,
The KU Alumni Association
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KUMC Alumni Gather for Homecoming 2005 in Lawrence!
 Alumni Weekend 2005 on the KU Medical Center campus was a great success, with more than 350 alumni and friends visiting during two days of special events and tours. Visit us in the KUMC Beat.
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Top Stories
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KU researcher receives $10 million cancer grant
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Gunda Georg, nationally renowned professor of medicinal chemistry, received a $10.4 million grant from the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program of the National Institutes of Health. Georg will use the five-year grant to guide junior colleagues across the state in their cancer research efforts. Read more.
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Happy Homecoming
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KU students, faculty and alumni couldn’t have asked for a better return to the Hill. To cap off a week of festivities, Saturday brought a perfect fall day and a long-awaited victory over Mizzou. Cheering students led the march to Potter Lake with goal posts on their shoulders. Read more.
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Extremist political collection celebrates 40 years
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One of the largest collections of left- and right-wing American political literature is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month at KU. The Wilcox Collection at the Spencer Research Library includes more than 110,000 items. Read more.
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 KU in the Capitol: Evolution issue in the headlines
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No doubt you have heard about the controversy involving the state Board of Education and science standards for K-12 schools. The decision does not affect KU’s curriculum but may have other lasting effects. Read more.
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 This Week In KU History
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November 18, 1968: KU head football coach Pepper Rodgers announces via telephone to a crowd of 1,000 students gathered in front of Strong Hall that the Jayhawks are bound for their second Orange Bowl appearance. Learn more.
Read more dates for This Week In KU History.
This Week In KU History is a project of the KU Memorial Unions. Learn more.
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KUhistory.com adds twenty more housing articles
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 KUhistory.com has added another 20 articles examining the residence life experience at KU’s scholarship halls, dormitories, and housing co-ops.
Based on archival research, plus an extensive collection of personal reminiscences from Jayhawks who were undergraduates from the 1930s through the 1960s, the new articles take a look at some of the most storied residence halls in KU history.
The new series also contains a growing body of work concentrating on many of the housing co-ops at KU in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s that provided low-cost student accommodations in an environment that fostered self-help and mutual assistance.
The KU Department of Student Housing provided technical assistance and underwriting support for the development of this new content enhancement to KUhistory.com.
Check out the articles in the Residence Life In Retrospect series.
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This Month in Kansas History
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November 14, 1897: John Steuart Curry, Kansas artist and painter of the John Brown mural in the Kansas state house, born near Dunavant.
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Read more articles from KansasHistoryOnline.
KansasHistoryOnline is a project of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas and the Kansas State Historical Society.
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