Jun 8, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

2015 Wichita State University Graduate Abigail Wilson won a Gracie award for her documentary,

May 11, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

Shuang Gu

Mar 31, 2016 — By Lainie Mazzullo — Three Wichita State University researchers have been awarded the John A. See Innovation Award, totaling $60,000.

Abigail Wilson

Mar 30, 2016 — By WSU News Services — A project created while she was a student intern at Wichita State University's KMUW -- 89.1 has earned Abigail Wilson a national Gracie Award.

Feb 9, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

Jan 14, 2016 — By Lainie Rusco — Linda Starkey, chairwoman of the School of Performing Arts at Wichita State University, has been awarded the Region V Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Gold Medallion. It is the organization's most prestigious award and considered one of the great honors in theater education.

Preethika Kumar teaches electrical engineering at Wichita State. She recently won a national teaching award for her dedication and creativity in the classroom.

Nov 5, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

Jun 20, 2017 — By WSU News Services — Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

Jun 11, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of or current and former colleagues.

Wichita State's Chris Rogers, left, and Mark Schneegurt.

Jul 7, 2015 — By Lainie Rusco — Two Wichita State University professors have discovered that one of North America's most common migratory birds -- the Dark-eyed Junco -- carries on its feathers a remarkable diversity of plant bacteria, the greatest ever found on wild birds. Their research focuses on finding out if the bacteria are harmful or helpful to plant life.