May 30, 2013 — By Alex Poston — Wichita State Russian history professor Helen Hundley spent last summer in the highlands of Mongolia and Siberia. Hundley's latest research trip took her from the plains and prairies of Kansas to the steppes and mountains of northern Mongolia and Siberia.

May 13, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wilson Baldridge, professor and chair of Modern and Classical Languages at Wichita State University, is the recipient of the WSU Foundation Faculty/Staff Fundraising Award. The award was established to recognize WSU faculty or staff members who have played a key role in cultivating and securing a major gift for WSU.

May 13, 2013 — By WSU News Services — In Academe news, a summary of research, awards and other faculty/staff news from March and April. In addition, the deaths of our current or former colleagues are noted.

A prototype of a rapid setting composite splint that could be used to help stabilize injuries in the battlefield and in everyday life.

May 28, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — A project led by Wichita State University research engineer Kim Reuter aims to develop a fast-setting splint that would help stabilize battlefield injuries and give patients a better prognosis for their injuries.

May 8, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Cindy Claycomb has been named interim dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business, effective June 2, according to Keith Pickus, interim provost at Wichita State University. Claycomb will be interim dean for the 2013-2014 academic year while a national search is conducted for a permanent dean.

As a WSU student in the 1970s, Bob Workman helped install the Miro mural at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Now as new Ulrich director, Workman is leading the project to refinish and re-install the Miro. In its place now is work done by WSU Art & Design faculty member Levente Sulyokwork.

May 15, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Bob Workman returned to Wichita State this year to take over as director of the Ulrich Museum of Art. Workman earned his undergraduate here and is excited to help lead the many projects the Ulrich has under way, especially the renovation of the Miro mural, which he helped install more than 30 years ago as a student.

Wichita State assistant industrial and manufacturing engineering professor Anil Mahapatro is researching the development of stents that would dissolve inside the human body.

May 6, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Coronary stents have saved a lot of lives over the years, but there is a growing interest in what happens when a stent stays inside the body for too long. With that in mind, Wichita State assistant industrial and manufacturing engineering professor Anil Mahapatro is focusing his research on the investigation of biodegradable metallic stents.

Anthony Vizzini

Mar 28, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Anthony Vizzini has been named vice president for academic affairs at Wichita State University, effective July 1, according to President John Bardo. Vizzini earned his undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research involved the manufacture, testing and analysis of composite structures. Vizzini served as a catalyst in the economic developme

Mar 28, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Because of a new emphasis on research and technology transfer, Wichita State University President John Bardo has renamed the Office of Research Administration. It is now the Office of Research and Technology Transfer. In addition, Bardo announced that John Tomblin will be interim vice president for research and technology transfer effective immediately. Tomblin will continue in his role as executi

Lisa Overholtzer, assistant anthropology professor at WSU, is researching social change in ancient Mexico.

Apr 1, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Wichita State assistant anthropology professor Lisa Overholtzer has been in the scientific news recently for her research in central Mexico. Her study, called the Xaltocan Archaeological Project, was published in the December issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.