October 1997 News Release Archives

October 3, 1997

Choreographer to visit KU to create new work

Ku choirs take to the air for first concert

Pharmacists group honors Fincham with national award

U.S. Army grants KU $700,000 for tank-mine research

October 6, 1997

'Bus Stop' opens university theatre season

KU's Michaelis honored with merit award by alma mater

KU Jazz Ensemble I to perform first concert

KU, Rockhurst to boost international business in 2 states

KU researcher helps develop aid for impotent men

KU genetics study listens to twins' voices

October 7, 1997

KU textile-design students win awards

Irreverent ensemble to perform at KU's Lied Center

Prominent attorney provides $20,000 for Spencer Museum

KU to honor high school students from Shawnee Mission

C-Span to interview historian at KU about Tocqueville

October 10, 1997

Discovery of sparrow-like fossil fuels old debate

Special education professor wins second national award

Hoeflich to deliver inaugural lecture Oct. 20

KU professor wins two honors in one week

Jacque Vaughn and Jerod Haase scholarships announced

October 13, 1997

Eerie family fun in the dark at the top of the hill

Hilltop Center celebrates 25th anniversary

KU to honor high school students at Johnson County

Economic outlook conference set for late October

USIA grant links KU and Senegal University

October 14, 1997

KU to honor high school students at Wichita

KU Special Education wins $1 million grant

"Green Pastures: Filipino in the Heartland" airs Oct. 28

KU names interim director of Student Development Center

Kansas-Missouri foreign sales trends prompt programs

Louisburg couple provides opportunity they could not afford

KU to honor high school students at Topeka

October 17, 1997

Grant helps KU buy equipment to verify what satellites see

Earl G. Graves to give inaugural address in lecture series

October 20, 1997

Lecture hall dedicated to KU chemistry professor

Indian dancers from Bombay to perform in KU concert

October 21, 1997

'Dark at the Top of the Hill' advisory

Budig Hall Dedication set for Oct. 31

Budig Hall Fact Sheet

Anthropology Museum celebrates 'Days of the Dead'

Bequest to KU honors California woman's parents

Study finds many lacking health care not at poverty level

KU Receives Grant To Coordinate Study Of Welfare Reform

KU wind ensemble to perform 'Spooked Out!' on Halloween

October 22, 1997

KU student dies from meningococcal infection

October 24, 1997

Young black leaders to focus on multicultural society

KU freshmen elect class officers

KU collegium musicum instrumentalists to perform

KU to host conference on 20th - century organ music

Chancellors club honors scientist

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter to speak

Chancellors Club Scholars named for 1997--98 academic year

Inge Theatre series to present 'Suburbia'

KU Art History professor to receive career teaching award

October 27, 1997

KU to honor high school students at Abilene

KU journalism professor wins 1997 Hope Award

KU Jazz Singers to perform fall concert with ECM Combo

KU to honor high school students at Manhattan

KU Mortar Board names 5 outstanding educators

KU to honor high school students at Osage City

KU choral groups to pay tribute to Johannes Ockeghem

October 28, 1997

Book on women in medieval Ireland wins Humanities Award

KU's award-winning carnival of chemistry set for Nov. 25

Ex.C.E.L. award winners to be recognized

Gift for music department to honor mother's memory

KU Endowment Association board elects new trustees

KU Endowment Association assets reach record total

KU anthropologist says we no longer care about poverty

October 29, 1997

Graphic designer named Budig teaching professor

KU professor to be honored at White House ceremony

Seminar to focus on Southeast Asia, current market crisis

October 31, 1997

American Indian activist to lecture at KU