Researchers at the Spencer Museum of Art have just solved a mystery more than 60 years in the making. The artist behind one of the museum’s most beloved works, a nearly life-size portrait of “Mrs. Thomas Pelham,” was finally revealed this week as British portraitist and illustrator John Vanderbank, bringing to a close years of speculation and incorrect guesses. The painting had been attributed to other ...
For a long time, and in many institutions to this day, training student-athletes in sexual violence prevention often comes down to a quick 10 or 20 minutes. That’s the experience Jen Brockman says she had in her decades of preventative education work with college athletics departments. Brockman says that hasn’t been her experience at the University of Kansas, where she arrived in spring 2016 to lead KU’s ...
Shane McCreery, director of the University of Kansas’ Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, has resigned after serving less than two years in the role, KU confirmed Monday. McCreery, also the university’s Title IX coordinator, has taken a job with a school district in the Chicago area, KU spokesman Andy Hyland told the Journal-World. His last day with KU’s IOA was July 18. Josh Jones, a ...
President Donald Trump will visit Kansas City, Mo., next week to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention. The event, which runs Saturday through Wednesday at the Kansas City Convention Center, is expected to draw thousands of VFW members to the area. Trump’s speech, on Tuesday, will mark his first address as president to the VFW convention. It’s not known how many Lawrence VFW members ...