Stop Day tour will offer perspective on seven liberal arts (KU - The University of Kansas)

Edit Public Technologies 05 May 2016
(Source. KU - The University of Kansas) ... The tour theme is Perspectives on the Monuments of Mount Oread. It will begin at 9 a.m ... Participants may come and go as they please ... 9 a.m. ... Topic ... Beginning with the glass pyramid, the resonant portico and a stairwell as Aeolian harp producing Pythagorean overtones, we view the ramparts of Mount Oread and the 'Mud Hut' with earth and concrete ashlars as we wend our way to the Chi Omega Fountain....

Meet Space Coast Authors at Florida Tech Event April 15 (Florida Institute of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Apr 2016
(Source. Florida Institute of Technology). Evans Library will host 11 Space Coast authors at a public event starting at 6.30 p.m. Friday, April 15. MELBOURNE, FLA ... Grasping the Real World with Computers Vicky Knerly & Gary Williams, Death in the Beginning (The God Tools Book 1); Evil in the Beginning (The God Tools Book 2); End in the Beginning (The God Tools Book 3) John Lavelle, Oreads Nebil Y ... 1912-1932 ... ### ... Original Document....

LBF International Excellence Awards 2016: Shortlist Revealed (The Publishers' Association)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Mar 2016
(Source. The Publishers' Association) 7th March 2016. The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2016 has been announced, with China leading the shortlists with five nominations and the USA and Australia not far behind with four each ... The Bookseller Adult Trade Publisher Award promises to be a close battle between Actes Sud (France), Laguna Doo (Serbia) and Interlink Publishing (USA) ... oReadings (Australia)....

Varieties of Wild Mushrooms in Spain

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Wild Mushrooms in a Municipal Market in Spain.  (c) 2013 Lisa Sierra Licensed to About.com Inc. Even though in the last half of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of Spanish abandoned their small towns or pueblos to find jobs in large metropolitan areas, they regularly return to the countryside on weekends and holidays ... Senderilla or Carreria This scientific name is Marasmus Oreades, (Collybia oreades)....

City of Lawrence, Oread Hotel slap each other with default notices

Edit Kansas City Star 12 Feb 2016
The fight is over their redevelopment agreement; at stake is $8 million. The city says the hotel isn’t cooperating; the hotel says the city is withholding tax reimbursements … Click to Continue » ... ....

Dispute between Lawrence, upscale hotel escalates

Edit The Washington Times 12 Feb 2016
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A dispute between Lawrence and developers of an upscale hotel located near the University of Kansas campus has escalated. The Lawrence Journal-World (http.//bit.ly/1PriPWf ) reports that city and developers of The Oread hotel slapped each other with notices of default Thursday on their redevelopment agreement. The ... ....

KU announces Emerging Leaders Academy graduates for fall 2015 session (KU - The University of ...

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jan 2016
(Source. KU - The University of Kansas). LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced the fall 2015 Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) graduates. The graduation ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, in the Griffith Room at the Oread Hotel ... The fall 2015 sessions took place in Mission and Topeka ... The Spring 2016 ELA session begins March 9 with classes offered in Overland Park and in Topeka ... Kansas....

A Tuscan Journey Into the Heart of Luxury

Edit Huffington Post 07 Jan 2016
All roads in Italy may lead to Rome, but most of them go through Tuscany first. And for good reason ... Rome's glory is based on power ... The effervescent talent behind Monteverdi's Oreade restaurant, Bodoni is a pioneer in the organic, raw food and farm-to-table movements, with skills perfected over 21 years as owner of Miami Beach's famed Escopazzo. Oreade, serving a contemporary take on Tuscan classics; Piazza Sant' Andrea ... Rustic chic ... ....

What are the origins of the 'Rock chalk, Jayhawk, KU' chant you'll hear whenever Kansas plays?

Edit WPTV 05 Jan 2016
LAWRENCE, Kan. - It can strike a chill into the bones of players on opposing teams ... “By 1889, 'Rock Chalk'—a transposition of chalk rock, a type of limestone, that exists on Mount Oread, where the University is located—later replaced the two 'rahs.'” Read more ... The 'rahs' were later replaced by 'Rock Chalk,' a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus." ... Oread ... ....

Lon Kruger & Allen Fieldhouse: Two Kansas icons

Edit The Oklahoman 04 Jan 2016
LAWRENCE, Kan. — In March 1952, construction began on a gymnasium on Mount Oread. Five months later, 39 miles west on U.S. 24, a boy was born in the hamlet of Silver Lake. Both building and boy became Kansas icons. Neither has lost their Midwest luster, and Monday night, boy-turned-ballcoach enters building yet again for what promises to be a memorable. cold winter's night ... 1 in the coaches poll, KU is in line to be No. 1 in the AP poll....

Fundraiser launched for University of Kansas prairie project

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 22 Dec 2015
The Historic Mount Oread Friends is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving historic architecture and open spaces of the university's campus ... ....
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