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Jill Hummels
Recent stories
- KU team delves into ice sheet research
- November 1, 2009
- A team of Kansas University researchers is in the midst of playing a special role in monitoring the health of the planet. It began with “mowing the lawn.”
- UOP, Maraker hang with KU
- December 5, 2004
- Probably the only person Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse — other than Pacific fans — who knew how to pronounce Pacific’s Christian Maraker’s last name correctly was former KU women’s basketball player Leila Mengüç.
- Washington eager to get started
- October 16, 2003
- Marian Washington said the answer to success in her 31st season as Kansas University’s women’s basketball coach was in the stars. “I watched Nancy Reagan for years help to run this country by way of her astrologer,” Washington quipped during Wednesday’s KU women’s media day. “I decided to call mine, and I was told to enjoy this year. And that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”
- ‘We have each other’s backs’
- Running backs tight group
- August 29, 2003
- So much for a running back controversy for Kansas University’s football team. Heck, the starter didn’t even know he was starting until he was told by a member of the media a day after it was announced. Better yet, though, is how the backs bonded during two-a-day drills creating a brotherhood, not bad blood.
- Flanders grabs early lead
- July 20, 2003
- If Cameron Flanders’ play in the Lawrence Amateur Golf Assn.’s Men’s City Amateur Championship is like a roller coaster, then Saturday’s first round was the ride’s initial ascent.
- Kellogg ‘can still shoot’
- Ex-Jayhawk loves teaching younger players
- June 30, 2003
- Older campers attending Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self’s basketball camp June 18 might have thought they were seeing a scene out of a movie when former KU player Ron Kellogg made his return for the camp’s alumni game.
- Jayhawks must win vital Mizzou match
- November 1, 2002
- A little more than a week into Border War Cup competition, Kansas University’s soccer team is forced into the trenches.
- Smiths scoring machines for Kansas soccer
- October 25, 2002
- They share the same bathroom, the same last name and, luckily for Kansas soccer fans, the same knack for scoring lots of goals.
- Jayhawks anticipate regional
- October 24, 2002
- Kansas University tennis coach Kilmeny Waterman doesn’t mind practicing a spring sport during the winter, but having to drive to Topeka’s Wood Valley Racquet Club every day, she says, is a drag.
- KU volleyball eager for K-State
- October 16, 2002
- Kansas University volleyball player Ashley Michaels, a native of Wathena, knows how important tonight’s Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State is. “This one is going to be serious for us,” she said.
- Blog: KU links: Retired prof discusses tornado safety; business dean in state Chamber video May 21, 2013 · 1 comment
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 29 comments
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013 · 50 comments
- Letter: Serious issue May 21, 2013 · 24 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 78 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 38 comments
- Blog: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards May 21, 2013 · 12 comments
- Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister May 20, 2013 · 32 comments
- Blog: Lawrence home sales continue rise in 2013, builders begin to pick up pace on new construction May 21, 2013 · 4 comments
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013 · 17 comments
- Memphis forward Tarik Black transfers to KU May 20, 2013
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013
- Midwifery 101: Options for pregnant women May 21, 2013
- 40 years ago: Outgoing KU chancellor receives tributes from alumni May 21, 2013
- They said it ... about Tarik Black May 20, 2013
- Free State softball draws Derby first May 20, 2013
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013
- When furniture turned into art: Wendell Castle's KU connection May 19, 2013
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013


