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Four decades after taking up racewalking, KU alumnus and professor emeritus Alan Poisner is still setting records and winning medals.
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‘Whirlwind’ chronicles the KU alumnus’s rise through the journalism ranks.
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After an unlikely journey, a long-lost artifact of 1983 track championship comes home to its owner.
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Celebrating music discovery and state pride, KU station opens its airwaves to new music from every Kansas county.
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Liberty Hall event screens Oscar-winning KU professor’s early, Lawrence-based work.
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Way cool: KU leads planet-protecting research on refrigerants
A new federally funded center, directed by School of Engineering professor Mark Shiflett, seeks to boost the Kansas economy while driving a heating and cooling revolution.
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Dracula, bite-sized
How KU alumnus Matt Kirkland created an internet sensation, and put a modern twist on Bram Stoker’s Gothic tale.
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The translator: Cynthia Bryant of The Seeing Eye
Having lived in both the sighted and blind worlds, a disability advocate helps bridge the two.
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Toy restorer commands largest public display of iconic G.I. Joes
With a repair shop and museum dedicated to world’s first action figure, KU alumnus Neil Vitale is rejuvenating one of America’s great toy stories.
