Globe-O-Mania, the wildly successful trivia challenge for KU students, invites members of the public for the first time to show off their geography mettle in a quiz show-style contest. The competition starts at 2 p.m. Dec. 7 at Spooner Hall.

Quarterback Todd Reesing celebrates with Jayhawk fans after upsetting No. 12 Missouri 40-37 in a thrilling Border Showdown football game at Arrowhead Stadium. Photo: Jeff Jacobsen/Kansas Athletics

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

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.

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.

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.

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.