The Department of Art has joined Second Life, a three-dimensional online world built and owned by its residents. Students have created Art Island, a 16-acre virtual extension of the department in which students from around the world can attend courses and more.

David Kevin Johnson (right), assistant professor of psychology and investigator with the KU Life Span Institute Gerontology Center, is an expert on cognition in seniors. Recent research shows aerobic exercise could stave off the devastating effects of Alzheimer's.

KU grad Cynthia Carroll, the first woman CEO of Anglo American and named one of the world's most powerful women by Fortune, spoke recently at the Spencer Museum of Art.

KU engineering students are trying to create vehicle -- a 1974 Super Beetle -- that can get 500 miles per gallon of gas. The project is part of a class taught by Chris Depcik, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.

Mary Klayder, University Honors Lecturer in English, is the winner of this year's HOPE Award. The honor is given exclusively by students for teaching excellence. The Class of 1959 established the award to recognize outstanding teaching.

Browse photos of KU's main Lawrence campus as the seasons begin to change and leaves begin to fall. Considered one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation, KU occupies 1,000 acres on and around Mount Oread in Lawrence.

KU's Spencer Museum of Art has been selected as the Kansas institution to receive 50 works of contemporary art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel. The gifts are part of a program that is distributing art from the collection throughout the nation.

KU is a great place to earn a degree, and a recent study says it's a top spot to have a career, too. The university is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education's "2008 Great Colleges to Work For." A KU professor even made the cover of the issue.