2025

KU-phoria – Curtis Marsh (AKA “Mr. KU”)

Remember the First Ladies – Diana Carlin

Dr. Arash Mafi, Executive Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Wicked – Dr. Paul Laird

Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills – Rex Buchanan, Director Emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey

A History of the Endacott Society in 5 Objects – David Mannering, Endacott Society President

• Dr. Andrew Godwin, KU Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences and Deputy Director, KU Cancer Center
• The Three T’s to Optimal Senior Health, Dr. James Otten
• Antarctica/Global Warming, Dr. John Paden
• Halloween Party & Scary Stories, Jim Carothers, Mike Shaw, Dean Bevan, Jim Woelful
• Research about the KU Memorial Stadium, Howard Graham

• An Unusual Array of Moving Pieces: KU and the 2018 Legislative Session, Reggie Robinson, KU Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs
• The Iron Lady: How Should We Rate Margaret Thatcher?, Victor Bailey, Hall Center for the Humanities
• Heath Peterson, KU Alumni Center President and Chief Executive Officer
• Community Village Lawrence, Judy Bellome, CVL Board Member
• A Grotesque View of Dyche Hall, Leonard “Kris” Krishtalka

• Curtis Marsh, KU DeBruce Center and KU Information Center Director
• Distracted Drivers, Paul and Ruth Ann Atchley, KU professors of psychology
• Mysteries Behind Amelia Earhart, Russ Hutchins
• The Changing Landscape at KU, Jim Modig, University Architect
• Percolators and Wringer Washers: Seniors Aren’t What They Used to Be, Marvel Williams, Senior Resource Center of Douglas County Executive Director

• On the Middle Class and Its Defense, David Roediger, KU Foundation Professor of American Studies
• Bigger Than Goliath: KU and the Archaeological Excavations of the Biblical City of Gath, Eric Welch, visiting assistant professor of Jewish Studies
• Alzheimer’s Disease: A Woman’s Disease?, Lijun Zhao, KU doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology
• Gayle Sigurdson, Lawrence Parks and Recreation Lifelong Recreation Programmer
• My Goals as KU Provost, Neeli Bendapudi

• Live Performance by Stuart Levine and the Lawrence Woodwind Quintet
• Julie Loats, KU Center for Online and Distance Learning Director
• Lawrence and KU: The Time of Troubles (1970-71), Jeff Weinberg, former KU administrator and University Honors Program instructor
• Early Chancellors of KU, Jeff Weinberg
• Student Activism and Leadership, 1965-2015, Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle and Bill Tuttle
• How ‘Bout Them (KC) Royals?, Jim Carothers

• Looking for William Shakespeare, Jeff Weinberg
• Kevin Corbett, KU Alumni Association President
• Live KU University Theatre Performance with John Staniunas; Elaina Smith, student vocalist, and Ryan McCall, pianist
• Origin of the Kansas Jayhawk, Frank Baron
• Derek Kwan, KU Lied Center Executive Director