22 Medicinal Purpose

28 Antarctic Ice

34 Sense of Place

5 First Word
The editor's turn

6 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

8 Jayhawk Walk
A unique flock of Jayhawks, monarchs in space, a basketball offer we can refuse and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: HOPE winner selected; downtown path project gains momentum.

18 Sports
Gill leads football after Mangino era ends; highly ranked men roll up big hoops numbers

38 Association News
Jayhawk Generation Scholarship begins second year; new staff join Association.

42 Class Notes
Profiles of a productive geneticist, an intelligence officer, an outdoors journalist and more

60 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

64 Rock Chalk Review
Research identifies early signs of Alzheimer’s and the Spencer reclassifies a classic

68 Glorious to View
Scene on campus