Forbes magazine has included three KU alumnae in its list of the world's most powerful women. From left: #5 Cynthia Carroll, chief executive of Anglo American; #43 Linda Zarda Cook; and #2 Sheila Bair, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Premature babies face tough challenges, but a device developed at KU is helping. In a recent study, 20 tube-fed preemies with respiratory distress syndrome treated with the NTrainer transitioned to oral feeding faster than a control group of babies.

Get a look at KU's new YouTube channel and enjoy views of campus, stories about exciting student projects (sumo robots!), research and more

KU professor Jude Kastens keeps an eye on crops across Kansas and the entire country using satellite imagery. The information he and his colleagues collect helps them to predict harvest yields for multiple crops throughout the United States.

Four KU groups that focus on environmental sustainability, including Studio 804 (pictured), will benefit during this season's "Proud to Be a Jayhawk" tailgating promotion. The groups will split $1 from every KU football program sold.

KU has completed a plan to help preserve what is regularly cited as one of the most beautiful college campuses in America. As the Lawrence campus grows and evolves, the plan will help to guide the stewardship of the historic natural beauty, landscape and architecture.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is offering a new Latino/a studies minor this fall. The program offers students the opportunity to study what census reports have identified as the largest minority group in the United States and Kansas.

Twenty professors will be honored with a $5,000 W.T. Kemper Fellowship in recognition of their teaching and advising excellence. The "surprise patrol" is led by Chancellor Robert Hemenway and other top KU officials who will hand out awards to unsuspecting professors.