photo by: Richard Gwin

Robert and Sarah Casad, members of the Endacott Society, were part of a group of retired KU faculty and staff who met at the Adams Alumni Center to sing old songs of the big band era.

photo by: Nick Krug

Eleven and 12-year-old boys in the Midget Class take off in the 1,500-meter run during the USATF qualifiers for Region 16 on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Lawrence High School.

photo by: Nick Krug

Chaeyoung Park, 13, Lawrence, performs during the finals of the International Institute for Young Musicians piano competition on Sunday in the Spooner Hall commons on the campus of Kansas University. Park was one of six finalists in the competition.

photo by: Nick Krug

Lawrence Aquahawks swimmer Atticus VonHolten hits the sunlight peeking through the windows as he competes in the boys 11-12, 50-meter breaststroke event at the Wave the Wheat Meet at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center. The event concluded Sunday.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Emily Mangus, a doctoral student at Kansas University, feeds microscopic cells that she is using for an experiment. Mangus earned a three-year, $90,000 award from the National Science Foundation to research liver regeneration.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Will Pendelton, 20, used the skills he learned as a mechanical engineering student at Kansas State to help him convert this 1949 Allis Chalmers "G" tractor from gas to electric, and thus, gave the machine a second lease on life.