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A collection of student feedback on textbook costs and usage written in marker on a piece of paper.
Virginia Clinton-Lisell, associate professor in educational foundations and research at University of North Dakota and lead researcher of the Open Education Group, will visit KU’s Lawrence campus to deliver a public lecture about her research on open education at 10 a.m. March 14 in Watson Library 3 West.
A student in the Watson Library stacks.
A collection curated by students, “Page Turning Tropes: Your Favorite Narratives, Themes, Cliches, Archetypes,” will debut with a reception and curator talk in Watson Library’s third floor lobby on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m.
Watson Library's windows from inside the building.
The University of Kansas and open science platform Frontiers have renewed their open-access publishing partnership for an additional year. Initially established in 2024, this agreement maintains its terms to provide KU researchers with seamless, cost-free access to publish in all Frontiers journals.