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contents | summer 2012<br />
features<br />
The gift of motion | 8<br />
Anonymous $4 million gift drives research in treatment<br />
for spinal cord injury<br />
soar with us | 14<br />
Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas went<br />
public in April<br />
Adult skin cells like these supply the raw material for a potential treatment that<br />
would replace damaged nerve tissue in the spinal column.<br />
The crowd at the kickoff event filled the floor<br />
of Allen Fieldhouse.<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
PRESIDENT’S NOTE | 2<br />
To touch the future<br />
greater ku fund | 19<br />
Special events near and far<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
<strong>KU</strong> researchers have developed<br />
a microelectronic device that<br />
bypasses spinal cord injuries.<br />
photograph by mark mcdonald<br />
EVERY GIFT MATTERS | 3<br />
Award honors legendary nurse<br />
ku voices | 20<br />
Wounded Warrior Program<br />
graduate looks beyond Paralympics<br />
WHY I GIVE | 4<br />
across ku | 16<br />
An unending aria; Hall Center<br />
challenge; Marge Franklin firsts;<br />
a very worldly piano<br />
past and present | 21<br />
Students revive tree-planting<br />
tradition<br />
LET’S BE SOCIAL<br />
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