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![Brooke Thomas and Alyssa Cole in the Spencer Library Reading Room](https://news-archive-assets.ku.edu/data/20/2d/01j2vm1p14nrws00173sx7qwh1.jpg)
Since 2016, the Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researchers Award has forged meaningful connections between selected scholars and the distinctive African American collections in Kenneth Spencer Research Library -- but in 2024 with two award recipients, an additional bond was built. Alyssa Cole and Brooke Thomas took part in overlapping visits to the library that sparked key moments of insight for their individual research projects as well as timely professional connections.