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KU in the news
PBS NewsHour — Mon, 02/23/2015
Why American students are struggling with – and defaulting on – small debts
The Wall Street Journal — Mon, 02/16/2015
Innovation is sweeping through U.S. medical schools
On this #KUtbt, the University of Kansas community remembers professor and sculptor Elden Tefft, who left an indelible mark on the university’s culture. We found pictures from when Professor Tefft worked on these iconic KU landmarks and remember the artist who helped shape Jayhawk Boulevard. bit.ly/17vLY0s
In Memoriam: Elden Tefft

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KU reaches out to build healthy communities
KU reaches out to build healthy communities KU students, faculty and staff are making positive changes in every Kansas community they touch. Researchers are finding new ways to help doctors (http://bit.ly/16my2qa) treat obesity in rural areas. Students are volunteering for a (http://bit.ly/1HMA6YX) suicide prevention hotline. Military veterans and their families are benefiting from (http://bit.ly/1zvjpds) Wounded Warriors Scholarship program. KU has also helped launch and market a new online tool that helps social service agencies (http://bit.ly/1wBaYLA) more easily place foster children into compatible families. And KU’s pharmacy researchers are (http://bit.ly/1JthSck) developing vaccines and drugs that will place Kansas at the forefront of an effort to save lives worldwide, while boosting the economy back home. See how we are building healthy communities here: http://bit.ly/KUreportBuild


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One of 34 U.S. public institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities
26 prestigious Rhodes Scholars — more than all other Kansas colleges combined
Nearly $290 million in financial aid annually
46 nationally ranked graduate programs.
—U.S. News & World Report
Top 50 nationwide for size of library collection.
—ALA
23rd nationwide for service to veterans —"Best for Vets," Military Times
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