No 4, 2012 n $5 “We are extremely proud of what NCI designation will mean to the people of Kansas City, the states of Kansas and Missouri, and the entire Midwest. They deserve this level of cancer care.” —Roy Jensen, director, KU Cancer Center GOOGLE EARTH CREATOR n GARDEN OF EDEN BLOOMS Contents | July 2012 24 18 28 24 18 28 COVER STORY World View From Genesis Gold Standard You’ve heard of Google Earth, to Revelation likely even used the high-tech e Natural Cancer Institute At 105, e Garden of Eden in marvel to tour the globe. But designation earned by the KU Lucas looks better than ever, you may not know its roots lie Cancer Center in July caps a thanks to a makeover that in video game technology— mammoth 10-year eort by transformed S.P. Dinsmoor’s and in the Pac-Man and the University to bring top folk art sculptures inside and Asteroids battles its founder quality cancer care to the state out. fought in the game room of a and region. Lawrence bowling alley. By Steven Hill By Chris Lazzarino By Chris Lazzarino and Jennifer Jackson Sanner Established in 1902 as e Graduate Magazine Volume 110, No. 4, 2012 ISSUE 4, 2012 | 1 Lift the Chorus Go teams! e Alumni Association honored two of these students, Your I , and Megan Ritter, c’12, and Hunter opinion counts I enjoyed the NCAA tourna- Hess, b’12, with the Agnes Please email us a note ment coverage of both the Wright Strickland Award in at
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