In January 1946, the University of Kansas Press was created. The publishing house later joined with other universities in Kansas. It became the statewide University Press of Kansas.
To honor the 276 KU men and women who died in World War II, the Memorial Carillon and Campanile were dedicated on May 27, 1951. In 1954, the debate team won their first National Debate Tournament. Allen Fieldhouse was dedicated on March 1, 1955. The KU basketball team would win its only home game of the season on the same night. In 1968, former senator Robert F. Kennedy had presidential nomination speeches at both KU and K-State.
In early 1970, a firebomb exploded throughout the Kansas Union. It caused almost $1 million in damage. The School of Nursing was created in 1974 as a joint and co-equal unit of the KU Medical Center. The debate team had more success throughout the 1970s. They won the National Debate Tournament in 1970 and 1976. On February 21, 1978 former U.S. President Gerald Ford dedicated the new KU School of Law, Green Hall.
In 1983, the debate team won the National Debate Tournament for the fourth time. KU dedicated its Vietnam Memorial in 1986. It was the first university in the United States to build a monument like that. On June 15, 1991, lightning hit Hoch Auditorium. This created a fire which destroyed the building in less than an hour.
In 1993, the KU Edwards Campus was created in Overland Park, Kansas. It was created in order to provide adults with a chance to get college degrees and to get better education. The Edwards campus started providing programs developmental psychology, public administration, social work, systems analysis, engineering management and design.
The football team, led by coach Mark Mangino, won the 2008 Orange Bowl. They finished the season 12–1.
In 2009, the debate team won the National Debate Tournament for the fifth time in KU's history. Also in 2009, Bernadette Gray-Little became the first woman and African American to be the chancellor at the university. Gray-Little retired on June 30, 2017.
Blunt Force Trauma
Blunt force trauma or blunt trauma is a medical term referring to a type of physical trauma.
Blunt Force Trauma may also refer to:
Midwestern Career College
Midwestern Career College (MCC) is a junior college in Illinois offering various associates degrees, certification in certain auxiliary medical fields, and courses in English as a Second Language. It has campuses in Chicago, Naperville and Blue Island.
The college grants associates of applied science degrees in three business-related areas and four medical-related areas. It also has programs leading to certification in five specialties relating to medicine. The school offers English language training for foreign students, including a program specifically for healthcare professionals.
Midwestern Career College is approved by the Division of Private Business and Vocational Schools of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE).
The college is also approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) to operate and to grant certain Associate of Applied Science degrees.
Midwestern Career College is accredited by the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education.
Leysin
Leysin is a municipality of the Aigle district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Leysin is in the Vaud Alps, it is a alpine resort village at the eastern end of Lake Geneva in near to Montreux, Lausanne, and Geneva. It is on the right side of the Grande Eau at the foot of the Tour d'Aï and the Tour de Mayen. The main village is found at an elevation of . It consists of the village of Leysin and the hamlets of Veyges, Feydey, Aï and Mayen.
Leysin can be accessed by road or the hourly Aigle - Leysin train, which makes four area stops.
Operation Meetinghouse
Operation meetinghouse was a bombing attack by the United States against Japan on the night between the 9th and 10th of March 1945. American bombers dropped fire bombs without a specific target on the Japanese city of Tokyo. These fire bombs created a huge firestorm which killed over 100,000 people and destroyed the homes of about 1 million more people. It is notable for being the most deadly attack from the air in world history, with the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after it, as well as a change in strategy for the United States, which had previously only attacked from the air during the day, focusing on specific buildings.
Noville, Switzerland
Noville is a municipality of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Loganberry
The loganberry is a hybrid of raspberry and blackberry. It was created by judge James Harvey Logan as an accident in California in 1881.
Ollon, Switzerland
Ollon is a municipality in the Aigle district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality is in the foothills of the mountains southeast of Lake Geneva.
Rennaz
Rennaz is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Roche, Switzerland
Roche is a municipality of the district Aigle in
the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Villeneuve, Vaud
Villeneuve is a municipality in the Aigle district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Rossinière
Rossinière is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Blonay
Blonay is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Chardonne
Chardonne is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Bourg-en-Lavaux
Bourg-en-Lavaux is a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the former municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette (Lavaux) joined together to become the new municipality, Bourg-en-Lavaux.
Hatch, New Mexico
Hatch is a village in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,648 at the 2010 census.
Meridian, Logan County, Oklahoma
Meridian is a town in Oklahoma in the United States. It is in Logan County.
Marshall, Oklahoma
Marshall is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Cully, Vaud
Cully was a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the capital of the district of Lavaux until 2006 when it became part of the district of Lavaux-Oron. It is on Lake Geneva.
On 1 July 2011 the municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette (Lavaux) joined together to become one new municipality, Bourg-en-Lavaux.
Villette, Vaud
Villette was a municipality in the district Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette (Lavaux) joined together to become the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.
Cornlea, Nebraska
Cornlea is a village in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 36 at the 2010 census.
Corseaux
Corseaux is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Corsier-sur-Vevey
Corsier-sur-Vevey is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Jongny
Jongny is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Middleburgh (village), New York
Middleburgh is a village in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,398 at the 2000 census.
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and as a United States Senator from 1977 to 2007 representing Maryland.
Sarbanes died at his home in Baltimore, Maryland from heart failure on December 6, 2020 at the age of 87.
McDonald, Ohio
McDonald is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,263 at the 2010 census.
The community was named after a local McDonald family.
McDonald is located at .
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