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Paul Popiel, Dean of the School of Music
Alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the Gorton Music and Dance Library gathered inside to honor the building’s silver anniversary with a reception and short program Thursday evening. Guests were treated to a performance by Cornerstone String Quartet student ensemble, while enjoying refreshments, conversation, KU Libraries’ Jayhawk Jukebox traveling exhibit, and browsing the stacks, before remarks on the library’s past and future.
Jason Dean outside Spencer Research Library
For more than a decade, Jason W. Dean has built a career around making rare and often inaccessible materials discoverable, understandable and usable for scholars around the world.
Participants discuss their collections at the 2025 Snyder Book Collecting Contest.
Stephanie Stillo’s journey has stretched coast to coast, but it was in Kansas where an extraordinary path began to reveal itself. Stillo, who graduated from KU in 2014 with a doctorate in modern European history, returns to the university April 16 as the keynote speaker for KU Libraries’ Snyder Book Collecting Contest. The contest is now accepting student entries through March 24, celebrating 68 years of encouraging student book collections.