WORKING FOR KANSAS

Chancellor Hemenway believes that the University of Kansas, as the state’s flagship institution, has a special responsibility to work for the people of the state, providing services and sharing knowledge statewide.

Donning scrubs, KU Medical Center doctors, nurses, and health professionals treat patients throughout the state, giving them the opportunity to see specialists close to home. Through telemedicine connections, KU specialists consult with local physicians around Kansas, allowing them to work cooperatively despite being hundreds of miles apart.

Meanwhile, KU researchers are working with families whose children have autism, while other researchers developed a tool that helps premature babies grow and thrive.

In Lawrence, a special partnership between the U.S. Army and KU gives wounded warriors the opportunity to continue serving our nation by earning advanced degrees so they can become military instructors.

Wearing stocking caps under their hard hats as a barrier from the Kansas winter, students from the School of Architecture’s Studio 804 program designed and built a new arts center for tornado-ravaged Greensburg.

Using recycled materials and innovative designs, the students constructed the first building in Kansas to receive the nation’s highest rating for environmental sustainability.

The 5.4.7 Arts Center opened on the first anniversary of the 2007 tornado and later that year hosted pharmacists-in-training from the School of Pharmacy as they conducted a free flu shot clinic for local residents.

These are just a few examples of the work KU does for Kansas. The Kansas Geological Survey and Kansas Biological Survey inform Kansans of everything from aquifer levels to changing land-use patterns, while KU Continuing Education meets the ongoing educational needs of Kansans.

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