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The Poetry of Ted Kooser and More!
This week's KPR Presents features former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Ted Kooser, from a reading sponsored by the University of Kansas Libraries. We'll also hear the collaborative efforts of Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and singer-songwriter Kelley Hunt, in a reading performed at the Lawrence Public Library.


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Schiefelbusch Institute: 50 Years of Progress   Date: October 2, 2006
   Fifty years ago, a small group of researchers at the University of Kansas set out to prove that even severely disabled children could learn. To the surprise of most professionals at the time, these scientists, led by Dr. Richard Schiefelbusch, succeeded. Health Reporter Bryan Thompson has more as part of our series, “Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change”.

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   Funding for the health series on_______is provided by the Sunflower Foundation of Topeka, and by the Kansas Health Foundation of Wichita.
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KU History - "Just What We Need", by Karen Salisbury Henry
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