Dee Boeck is quite a runner. Boeck, president of local club Run Lawrence, has been running competitively for close to three decades and has more age-group victories than even she probably can count.

Kansas University’s international reputation often lures students from afar to study on Mount Oread. And sometimes, their love of KU and Lawrence causes them to stay, even after they’ve walked ...

KU branch campuses are located in the towns of Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas, with the main campus in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest location in Lawrence.