Sep 27, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Instead of having students study the faculty's specialized degree track in Wichita State's Human Performance Lab, they can opt to pursue a project or niche that suits their interests, and the faculty does what they can to make the students experts on that topic. It's a single lab that produces research outcomes on many different topics.

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.

Sep 27, 2013 — By WSU News Services — WuShock, Wichita State's mascot, has announced his intent to move to an exclusive Facebook fan page effective Oct. 1. This means Wu will never again have to turn someone away and he will be able to interact with all of his friends throughout Shocker Nation and the world.

Sep 4, 2013 — By Jessica Freeman-Bertapelle — As a nurse sent to the Dominican Republic in 1998, Mary Koehn says the labels and hierarchies between doctors and nurses, patients and families, quickly became insignificant. Koehn, associate dean of Wichita State's College of Health Professions, says in the impoverished nation, working together and pooling resources was the only way to get the job done and help patients get well. It’s a sy

Nov 12, 2013 — By WSU News Services — The David and Sally Jackman Scholarly Lecture Series and the Wichita State University Department of Anthropology present the talk "Ancient Poverty Point Mound Built With Surprising Speed" at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, in 100 Lindquist Hall at WSU. Anthony Ortmann, associate professor of archaeology and anthropology in the Department of Geosciences at Murray State University, will be the guest spe

Aug 29, 2013 — By WSU News Services — An informational meeting is planned for those interested in working with Wichita State as members of an interdisciplinary team of professionals to help a medical clinic and orphanages in Haiti. The meeting will be held from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, in 200 Ahlberg Hall.

Sep 12, 2013 — By WSU News Services — The 26-year-old agave plant on Wichita State’s campus is now in mid-bloom. This type of plant blooms every 10 to 30 years.

Aug 28, 2013 — By WSU News Services — The Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University has two upcoming events in September: "Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art and Invention" and "The Beautiful Math of Coral."

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 28, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT math section of the test from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 14, at WSU.