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Amaya Hawkins does Folake Ojo's makeup in the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus on Sept. 19. The models prepared to walk in a fashion show by Alpha Couture, a collection of student designers, in the museum bathroom and confere

Nicole Burton, left, and her girlfriend, Tess Givens, sunbathe on a beach south of Athens, Greece, on March 16, 2025.

Bridgit Duffin dances at the Granada on Sept. 6.

Alexis Redwine, a University of Kansas teaching assistant, leads an organic chemistry lab in Gray-Little Hall on March 7. A study by researchers at KU found women are more likely to join STEM programs if they have female faculty and staff.

Emma Russin, the KU sailing club team lead, watches sailors race each other at Perry Lake on Sept. 21, 2024.

A dancer dressed in Native American regalia dance at The University of Kansas’ 34th annual Powwow.

KU Freshman and the drummer for Mopsy, Huck Langford, rehearses in Bassist Sout Matthews' basement on April 23, 2024. Matthews made the drawing on the right four months ago when she came up with their band's name and incidentally chose a pink pen. “

The Nupes, members of a University of Kansas Black fraternity, host a Halloweekend party at a downtown Lawrence bar on Nov. 2. Dancers at these parties channel a long history of twerking, grinding and strolling, a step-influenced dance that members

Rahimi facetimes her friend, a DJ in Texas, about the upcoming show. Rahimi is the second youngest competitor and the only woman and joked that it will give her an advantage. “I’m like young and lit,” she said.

Nupe President Quinton Conley encourages his fraternity brother, Damani Maxson, while they practice strolling, a traditional Black fraternity line dance.

Models do hair and makeup in the bathroom before walking the runway at the Spencer Museum of Art on Sept. 19, 2024.

The Lawrence Homeless Response Team walks through one of Lawrence’s largest homeless camps the day of its closure, a decision made by the City of Lawrence that ignited debate, on Oct. 15 behind the train station in East Lawrence. Most residents were