If you ask one of the many young Sesame Street fans what they love about the show, they’re likely to list favorite characters, funny scenes and catchy songs. Ask their parents why they love Sesame Street and they’ll probably praise the educational, emotional and creative lessons embedded in the program. In either case, their reactions signify a job well done on the part of alumna Dr.

The simple answer to why Charles Boyd enrolled at the University of Kansas in 1973 is that he was interested in the Spanish language and Latin American culture. The complicated answer developed over the course of nearly seven years spent as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Now 50 years into a distinguished career of military service and national policy consulting, Gen. Charles G. Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), has no shortage of interesting stories. He has commanded U.S.

In 2009 the final battle between superheroes and intergalactic spaceships ensued. Two battles had already occurred, and the intergalactic forces had won twice. Yet, in the final stand in Hollywood, superheroes – and a Jayhawk—prevailed.

At the Emmy awards that year, “Heroes,” the popular TV drama about everyday people with superpowers, defeated the sci-fi show “Battlestar Galactica” in Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. The series had missed out on the honor to “Battlestar Galactica" the previous two years. Chris Martin, a graduate of the KU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, accepted the award as Digital Compositing Supervisor for “Heroes.”