A new overlook structure north of Lawrence will provide a spectacular view of the Kansas River valley, Lawrence and KU. The viewing platform is the result of combined efforts of KU architecture students and Lawrence residents Dick and Sue Himes.

KU professor Susan Williams will lead a discussion about KU's efforts to create sustainable biofuels at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Natural History Museum. The event, part of the monthly "Wild Science" lecture series, is free and open to the public.

These free activities are fun for the whole family. Just click on a download below to start soaring with a HawkAir paper airplane, take aim at the uprights with your very own KU paper football or practice your "Hawkigami" by folding a paper Jayhawk.

Start the semester with a spring in your step. KU's Hawk Health program provides a range of online resources created by health professionals for students to support a healthy lifestyle. Find articles about wellness behaviors, video workouts and more.

Among the many beauties of the KU campus are its public sculptures and other artworks. Take a "gallery walk" on Mount Oread with our new guide to the history behind the statues, courtyards and fountains; their sculptors or creators; and their campus locations.

KU Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway, who is stepping down June 30, 2009 after 14 years at the helm, has been named Topeka Capital-Journal Kansan of the Year, sharing the honor with KSU president Jon Wefald, who retires in June.

KU art student Matthew Farley has turned the Chi Omega Fountain into a public art display to draw attention to the use of bottled water in the U.S and on campus. "Frozen Assets" is made from about 1,000 empty water bottles and is on display through January.

KU's Spirit Squad will compete in January at the UCA College Nationals in Orlando, Fla. The cheerleaders earned a full-paid bid, the dancers a partial bid, and Big Jay placed 8th in qualifying to also earn the right to compete.