Sep 16, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University assistant professor David Hunsicker will perform with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept 19, in Miller Concert Hall, Duersken Fine Arts Center. The program will feature music by Beethoven, Bloch, Persichetti and McTee, and will be conducted by associate professor Mark Laycock.

Sep 10, 2013 — By WSU News Services — KMUW 89.1 has hired Aileen LeBlanc as news director.

Sep 12, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Ken Kriz has brought his knowledge and talents to Wichita State as the new Regents Professor of Public Finance in WSU's Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs.

Aug 29, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — A group of Wichita State University students has discovered evidence of frogs infested with the deadly chytrid fungus in the Wichita area. This is the first report of chytrid in Kansas. The pathogenic fungus is found in all neighboring states and has caused the decline and extinction of amphibian species globally.

Aug 29, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Tony Vizzini's interest in engineering - a path that eventually led to his new position as vice president for academic affairs at Wichita State - started as a small child.

Aug 7, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University named three finalists for dean of the College of Engineering. The first two finalists will visit the campus next week, and the campus visits will be completed by the last week of August.

Aug 23, 2013 — By Jessica Freeman-Bertapelle — Sometimes it’s a screech, other times a whine. It may even resemble a human voice. For saxophonist Geoffrey Deibel, making noise is a passion. Deibel, assistant professor of saxophone and the new jazz studies director at Wichita State University, says pushing musical boundaries and experimenting with sound provides an "artistic high."

Aug 22, 2013 — 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.

Jul 26, 2013 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Good communication is a valuable tool at home, work, school or play. The importance of communication shouldn't be underestimated, according to Wichita State University audiologist Ray Hull.

Jul 26, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Assistant professor Kirk Ring has become director of the Kansas Family Business Forum, succeeding Barton School lecturer Ron Christy, who died in April. The Forum, a program of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University, brings owners, families and managers together to address critical issues in family businesses, including succession, str