26 The Once and Future Campus

34 The Way of Yen Vo

36 The Master of Disasters

4 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

7 First Word
The editor's turn

8 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

12 Jayhawk Walk
Reesing is big man on street, engineers strut stuff, Potter holds a diamond in the muck and more

14 Hilltopics
News and notes: Medicinal chemistry wins major grants; fine arts programs reorganized.

20 Sports
Basketball offers new faces and old connections; football’s win over K-State sets up stretch run.

42 Association News
Fall reunions bring alumni home; Millies honor stellar volunteers.

47 Class Notes
Profiles of a chocolatier, a foundation founder, a veteran nurse and more

68 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

64 Rock Chalk Review
Wendell Castle’s whimsical clocks, a geologist’s prairie map, a pop-up Creation and more.

68 Oread Encore
Scene on campus