Happy 150th, University of Kansas!

By Kaye McIntyre

Published August 17, 2015 at 8:26 PM CDT

The first building on the university's campus, known as North College, 1867. (Photo Courtesy of Spencer Research Library)

August 23, 2015: KU celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. Join us for this special Jayhawk edition of KPR Presents.

University Hall (Fraser) on the University of Kansas campus, 1870s. (Photo Courtesy of Spencer Research Library)

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The KU campus, c. 1900. (Photo Courtesy of Spencer Research Library)

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Campus panorama looking south, Spooner on the far left and Fowler on the far right, 1906. (Photo Courtesy of Spencer Research Library)

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First aerial view of KU, 1921. (Photo Courtesy of Spencer Research Library)

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Kaye McIntyre

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, This American Life, and The Moth Radio Hour. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents, which changed its name in 2025 to Prairie Journal. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.

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