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KU alumna Angela Cervantes is the award-winning author behind American Girl’s character Raquel Reyes of Kansas City. 🎀 She will speak Oct. 17 at the Spencer Research Library as part of Hispanic Heritage Month and American Girl’s 40th anniversary. bit.ly/4ytpJov
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Loral O’Hara, a KU alumna and NASA astronaut who worked on the International Space Station, will provide a real-life perspective of life in space at the Oct. 8 KU Reads event discussing "Orbital,” an acclaimed work of fiction about life on the ISS. 👩‍🚀 bit.ly/3VrGamN
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Have a few hours to spare? @kulibraries has scanned over a hundred years of complete @KansanNews newspapers from 1878-2017! See if you can find your class years! To learn more about this project read our Crimson & Blue article here: kualumni.org/stories/univers… #kualumni #rockchalk
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KU’s Steve Hawley, a former NASA astronaut, once put on Groucho glasses in a lighthearted effort to fool a delay-plagued space shuttle into launching. 👨‍🚀 His disguise is part of the “Ad Astra” space exhibit at KU’s Watson Library. news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-…
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Join us for THATCamp August 28th in the Hall Center for the Humanities! We hope you'll enjoy this unconference centered around building our DH community. Register by 8/10 to guarantee lunch and share what topics you're interested in learning more about!
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Hey #kualumni remember Joe's Bakery? This Lawrence staple served generations of Jayhawks from 1952-2007. Did you ever go to Joe's? And what do you remember ordering? Photos courtesy of @kulibraries
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Patience Eméfa Dzandza Ocloo, the first international librarian-in-residence at KU, has months of research in Lawrence ahead of her as she funnels ideas about technology and information between cities, countries and cultures. lawrenceks.news/4vaMhcb
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The #OneDayOneKU day of giving starts at noon CST, April 28. Join the global KU community in supporting Jayhawks who transform their brilliance into life-changing work. The next big idea starts here — and it starts with you. Follow the link for more info. onedayoneku.org/
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Publishing in an open access journal makes KU research accessible to anyone, including game developers. Journals@KU from KU Libraries makes available more than 60 open access journals, including @KUafs' Africana Annual.
A scholarly journal article is one thing. Having your research turned into a character in one of the world’s leading history-based video games is another. Read about a @UnivOfKansas professor who consulted on Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-…
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We interrupt your Halloween scrolling w/ photos from yesterday's new book lecture🤓📖 Special thanks to Prof Lamb for the talk, @kulibraries for hosting, and to all who attended! Check out 'How the World Became a Book in Shakespeare's England' (Cambridge University Press)
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Two KU professors who are champions of open-access scholarship have received the 2025 Shulenburger Award for Innovation and Advocacy in Scholarly Communication. 👏 Rock Chalk! news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-…
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Rate your hometown dinosaur! 📝 Join the Lawrence Reviewed project on #NationalFossilDay and tell us what you think about Silvisaurus condrayi, Kansas’s official state land fossil! @kulibraries 📍Dyche Hall, 3rd Floor 🗓️ Oct 15 | ⏰ 10AM–12PM ➡️ rockcha.lk/pjs
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This week, author @johngreen joined us at the Dole Institute ahead of his program with @KUHallCenter and @kulibraries. @MusicKU students performed “You’ll Never Walk Alone”—a shared favorite of Green and Sen. Bob Dole. Thank you to everyone who helped make his visit possible!
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Earlier this week, bestselling author John Green made us laugh, think, and take stock of our humanity. 📚 Thanks to the @KUHallCenter and @KULibraries for helping create this opportunity to learn from a world-class author, advocate, and Anthropocene reviewer. Rock Chalk!
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Meet the August 2025 Unsung Hero of #KUResearch, Shelby Schellenger of @kulibraries, who ensures researchers have access to rare collections. Read the full story. ⬇️ rockcha.lk/schellenger
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Welcome, KU students! As an undergrad, you can conduct research, either independently or as a research assistant. Follow @ku_curf and visit the link below to learn more! research.ku.edu/undergraduat…
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