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The University of Kansas will welcome home one of its own this fall when KU alumna and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara returns to Lawrence for a public event celebrating the 2026-27 KU Reads: A Common Book Experience selection.

KU Libraries is accepting nominations through Sept. 18 for the 2026 David Shulenburger Award for Innovation and Advocacy in Scholarly Communication, which recognizes members of the KU community who are expanding access to research, advancing open scholarship, and transforming how knowledge is shared.

KU Libraries has negotiated a new deal providing students, faculty, and staff on the KU Lawrence and Edwards campuses access to Overleaf, a cloud-based platform for writing, editing, and collaborating on scientific and technical documents using LaTeX, a markup system to format documents.

As students settle back into campus life, KU Libraries is rolling out a full week of Hawk Week programming, August 24-28, designed to introduce Jayhawks to library spaces and services while tying into the university's broader welcome-back festivities.