Here’s your back-to-school edition of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.

• I was perusing a Kansas Board of Regents report that detailed the deferred maintenance situation at KU and the other state universities when I noticed something odd.

The report includes a detailed list of the costs and condition of KU’s aging facilities.

I figured I would look over the list of buildings to find the one most in need of repair. So a quick scan of the list revealed that the Sunflower Research Residence was in most need of repair, earning an 11 out of a possible 100 points on a condition rating scale.

The only thing was, I had never heard of the Sunflower Research Residence. So I called a KU spokesman. He hadn’t heard of it, either, though he guessed it was likely to be found at property KU owns at the former Sunflower ammunition plant near De Soto.

The regents’ report indicates it’s a 2,107-square-foot building built in 1945. And, it’s probably falling apart at the seams.

KU architecture students used recycled wood from the Sunflower plant to help rebuild tornado-ravaged Greensburg. So it would be kind of interesting if the regents were listing a building in need of “deferred maintenance” to the tune of $347,887 for a building that KU students were, in fact, helping destroy by taking wood from it.

Anyone else know the answer to the mystery building riddle? If I hear more information, I’ll let you know.

• The regents release this report every two years, and KU’s deferred maintenance bill actually went down from 2008 — making it the only state university to do actually lower its overall bill.

Still, there’s some big projects left.

Malott Hall — KU’s largest building — would take $17.8 million alone to bring it up to 90 percent condition, according to the report. It has a condition rating of 71.

While that may seem costly, it’s better than replacing the whole thing, which would cost a cool $93.9 million, according to the report.

KU has been able to address this problem in recent years in part using federal stimulus dollars, which will go away after this fiscal year.

Some buildings, though, like Dyche Hall and Spooner Hall, have been able to receive upgrades and facelifts.

Any ideas on where KU should turn next?

• Michael Bauer, professor of organ and church music, provided me with some details on former KU fine arts dean James Moeser’s return to the KU campus.

He will perform an organ recital with his wife, Susan, who is also an accomplished organist. They will perform works by Francois Couperin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marcel Dupré and Cesar Franck.

The concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Bales Organ Recital Hall, connected to the Lied Center.

The Moesers are also scheduled to present a free lecture and master class on Saturday morning, Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Bales Organ Recital Hall.

Tickets for the concert are $10 for the general public and $5 for senior citizens, Bauer said. They are available for purchase by calling the Lied Center’s ticket office at 864-2787.

• The Moesers won’t be the only ones rocking out on the KU campus. The United States Air Force Heartland of America Band, Winds of Freedom will be on campus this evening at 7:30 in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.

The concert is free to the public, but tickets are required, and can be obtained by calling 864-4466.

The band consists of active duty members of the air force, and are based out of Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. The band plays music from cultures from around the world, jazz and ragtime classics and Broadway and Hollywood tunes, as well.

The band is conducted and commanded by Capt. Michael D. Hoerber.

• I tried a couple of times over winter break to cajole some folks into giving me tips for Heard on the Hill by randomly pointing to a name in the KU directory, and asking the person to tell me something I didn’t already know. Honestly, it was from sheer boredom more than anything else — good to have everyone back! They never got back to me, but more than a few people asked if they ever reached out. One suggested that I try it sometime after everyone returned.

So, come on, Kim S. Hubbel, administrative associate in the department of physics and astronomy, give me a good tip. All you (or anyone else, for that matter) have to do is e-mail me at ahyland@ljworld.com.

If Kim shuns me, I’ll stop calling people out. Well, maybe I’ll stop…