KU Connection

		Issue 73, April 2008 Past Issues \| Subscribe
	Brought to you by the KU Alumni Association, KU Endowment, KU Athletics, and KU University Relations.

Greetings Jayhawks!

As spring begins, the Jayhawks have reached a long-awaited destination by returning to the Final Four—where KU will face a familiar foe. You can find details about watch parties in San Antonio and nationwide by visiting KU’s Ultimate Guide to Basketball.

Meanwhile, we celebrate other successful journeys this month. KU astronaut Steve Hawley, who has logged 32 days in space, is returning to the Hill to join the KU faculty. Architecture students will trek across the state to Greensburg, helping create a new sense of home for the community recovering from a tornado. And KU graduate programs continue to climb in the national rankings. We hope you’ll enjoy these and other KU success stories in this season of renewal.

Warmest wishes from the Hill,
KU Alumni Association


			Hawley returns to Planet Jayhawk Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced recently that Astronaut Steve Hawley, a Salina native and 1973 graduate, will join the faculty this fall to teach and to promote education in science and math. Read more...				Jayhawks return to Final Four March Madness has continued into April for KU. The Jayhawks will participate in their 13th Final Four this Saturday as they play North Carolina in San Antonio, Tex. Tip-off is scheduled for approximately 7:50 p.m. Read more...

			Graduate programs ranked among best Seven University of Kansas graduate programs moved up the national rankings ladder while an eighth—already at No. 1—held onto its top spot in U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” rankings. Read more...				A "green" building for Greensburg The structure was designed and constructed by 22 University of Kansas students enrolled this year in Studio 804, the graduate design-build program at KU’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Read more...



	Professor adds to CNN election analysis
	KU, Army partner to enroll wounded warriors
	“NOVA” features KU paleontologists
	Mascots pose for the camera
	KU works for Kansas report to the state
	College of Liberal Arts & Sciences news
	School of Business news
	School of Fine Arts news
	School of Law news


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	KU Summer Camps
	2008 Football Schedule
	Adams Alumni Center Rental Facilities



KU's run to the national championship in 1988 began with two victories in Nebraska before winning two more in Michigan en route the Final Four. Did you know that the Jayhawks have followed the same path to this year's Final Four?



April 4, 1988: As the University of Kansas’s men’s basketball team prepared for the 1988 Big Eight Tournament, the University Daily Kansan looked back on a season “full of twists and turns.” Read the full story. Read more dates for This Week in KU History



When the Association appealed chapter leaders to boost membership figures, the Black Alumni and Austin Chapters answered the call. Combining to gain more than 50 members for their respective chapters, both groups understand membership’s importance to the Association’s livelihood. Read the full story.

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