KU is among the top public schools the nation in the percentage of students who participate in study abroad programs before graduation. A recent report showed about 27.5 percent of KU undergraduate students were completing study abroad programs.

Get to know KU's competitive ballroom dance team. These 18 students tour the country, dancing against some of the best collegiate teams around. From samba to swing, these Jayhawks know how to get down.

KU is collaborating with K-State to pursue National Cancer Institute designation for the KU Cancer Center. KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway joined Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and K-State President Jon Wefald on Jan. 27 in Topeka to sign the agreement.

KU research has found that birds in the family Zosteropidae — commonly known as white-eyes for the ring of white feathers around their eyes — have formed new species faster than any known bird.

Frank Baron, director of the Max Kade Center for German Studies, has worked in KU's German department since 1970. Since then, he has helped students and faculty investigate the legacy of German immigrants and their ties to Kansas and the Midwest.

PBS NewsHour's ArtBeat calls the movie, "The Only Good Indian," produced by KU professors and students, one of three "gems" at this year's Sundance Film Festival, one of the pre-eminent celebrations of independent film.

Samira Sayeh, assistant professor of French and Italian at KU, specializes in Francophone literature and culture and the history of countries that speak the language. Learn more about her research and studying abroad in a new video interview.

Faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry take on a broad range of research, ranging from traditional pharmaceutics to biotechnology. Within the department, students work with an array of modern research in the pharmaceutical sciences.