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Habitat: Explore what makes Mary Klayder's office a home away from home

Our habitat is about more than just spaces to learn, grow and work. So much of what makes the College unique is the people who inhabit our spaces. Throughout her time at KU, Director of Undergraduate Studies and University Honors Lecturer Mary Klayder has served as a mentor to her students with hundreds sitting in the wicker chair in her office to receive advice.

Habitat: Explore KU's world-class herpetology collection

Dive into the depths of Dyche Hall to meet the snakes, frogs, and 6,985 species from around the world housed in KU's world-class herpetology collection, a resource that lets students and scholars get hands-on experience with these rare and slippery creatures.

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Unwinding with Paul Stock: Optimist and Environmental Sociologist

Image shows D. Bryon Darby photographing a farmer by a fence as Paul Stock watches on. Text: Paul V. Stock. Optimist / environmental sociologist. Logo: Unwinding, a podcast

Unwinding with Alison Olcott: Dinosaur Hunter and Mars Explorer

Illustration for Unwinding Podcast's Episode with Dr. Alison Olcott Do aliens exist on Mars? Possibly. But how do humans actually go about answering that question? One option is to examine rocks to understand the types of life-forms, like squishy things, that roamed the earth billions of years ago. That's what Alison Olcott does in her role as associate professor of paleobiogeochemistry in the Department of Geology at the University of Kansas. And while playing on Google Maps one day, Alison found that the rocks she needed to study are found not far from KU, in the Gypsum Hills of Kansas. Who knew Kansas and Mars were so similar!

Habitat: Explore Film and Music Making at KU

Check out the state-of-the-art spaces where film and media studies at KU puts you on set and in the studio.

As the #HeartofKU, the College inhabits spaces across our campus. See where we learn, create and change the world. Explore our habitat.

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