18 Bright Outlook

22 Fly High

30 Sweet Dreams Are Made of Cheese

32 Back to School

2 Lift the Chorus
Letters from our readers

5 First Word
The editor's turn

6 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

8 Jayhawk Walk
A concrete canoe, a firetruck trainer, a phishy email and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: Historian records international student experience; new deans take the helm.

16 Sports
Four Jayhawks win track and field bronze at NCAAs; football sets sights on fall resurgence.

36 Association News
Ellsworth winners recognized; board welcomes new members.

42 Class Notes
Profiles of a fourth generation doctor, a St. Louis sportswriter, a TV marketer and more

60 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

64 Rock Chalk Review
New work from pianist Steven Spooner and novelist James Gunn; boot camp for humanities majors.

68 Glorious to View
Scene on Campus