This month, KU graduate student Anthony Hoch will fly to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to determine its precise depth. The ice sheet could contribute one day to a boost in ocean levels worldwide, and Hoch's reseach could help predict what that means for the planet.

Browse photos of KU's main Lawrence campus as the seasons begin to change and leaves begin to fall. Considered one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation, KU occupies 1,000 acres on and around Mount Oread in Lawrence.

KU librarians have teamed with artists and faculty to create "From the Ground Up." The Web site uses geographic information systems mapping (inset) to allow users to view actual sites in Kansas that correspond to specific pieces of landscape artwork.

KU is a great place to earn a degree, and a recent study says it's a top spot to have a career, too. The university is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education's "2008 Great Colleges to Work For." A KU professor even made the cover of the issue.

KU engineering students are creating a vehicle that can get 500 miles per gallon of gas. The group has taken on a 1974 Super Beetle. The project is part of a class called Design Project Option E, taught by Chris Depcik, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.

KU's Spencer Museum of Art has been selected as the Kansas institution to receive 50 works of contemporary art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel. The gifts are part of a program that is distributing art from the collection throughout the nation.

A KU doctoral student studying an invasive species of Asian bee was shocked when he managed to capture one of the insects in Kansas. Now, Ismael Hinojosa-Díaz is publishing a report on his discovery of the first Giant Resin Bee west of the Mississippi.

Filmed 25 years ago in Lawrence, the TV movie "The Day After" aired in November 1983. The film depicted the after-effects of a nuclear explosion on a typical American town. Many scenes were shot on KU's campus, including Allen Fieldhouse (inset).