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For the first time in a decade, KU Libraries will host the spring meeting of the African Studies Association’s Africana Librarians Council. The university community is invited to Africa Day on April 15.

Six scholars representing institutions in four states, the District of Columbia and Italy were recently selected as KU Libraries' travel award winners, enabling visiting faculty, students and independent researchers to connect to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library’s rare materials and expert curators.

A small crowd gathered Wednesday afternoon along with KU Libraries faculty and staff for the opening of the Student Research Gallery at Anschutz Library, marking a new showcase for student research posters.

KU Libraries and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) will open an exhibit featuring Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in a new gallery space in Anschutz Library dedicated to highlighting student research on the Lawrence campus. The community is invited to an opening reception, with light refreshments and brief remarks from CURF and KU Libraries collaborators on March 25 at 2 p.m.