Mar 14, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University master's student Bryan Lickteig has been recognized for an outstanding scientific research presentation at the 14th annual Kansas IDeA (Institutional Development Awards) Network of Biomedical Research Excellence.

Ian Buhman-Wiggs

Mar 1, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Ian Buhman-Wiggs, a senior at Maur-Hill-Mount Academy in Atchison, Kansas, is the winner of the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College 2016 Lenora N. McGregor Endowed Scholarship at Wichita State University.

Esra Buyuktahtakin

Feb 26, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Esra Buyuktahtakin, an assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Wichita State University, has been awarded a $500,000 Career Award from the National Science Foundation. The award is the highest honor granted to junior faculty.

Seniors Ron Baker, left, Evan Wessel and Fred VanVleet have made history for Wichita State. On Saturday, Feb. 28, they will play an emotional last home game.

Feb 26, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Senior Wichita State basketball stars Ron Baker, Fred VanVleet and Evan Wessel have defeated nearly all obstacles in their way when they step onto the court together, but stepping off the court could be their most difficult obstacle yet.

Wichita State students competed in the international SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Design Competition with a new form of travel, Hyperloop pod.

Mar 9, 2016 — By Emily Mullins — Wichita State University students formed a student group to design a Hyperloop pod, a new form of travel. They traveled to Texas A&M University to compete in the international SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Design Competition.

Mar 1, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Leanne Caret, a 28-year Boeing veteran who earned an MBA at Wichita State University in 1990, took over Boeing's St. Louis-based Defense, Space and Security business as CEO March 1.

Wichita State will have a permanent structure to host food trucks beginning in June.

Feb 25, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University will open a new Food Truck Plaza this spring on the Innovation Campus development.

Feb 23, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State graphic design student Summer Schlotterback spent the past two months painting a 16 x 16-foot mural commissioned by Jeff Pritchard for the Wichita Sports Show.

Students on a Shocker MINDSTORMS team program their Lego robot before placing it on the competition course.

Feb 23, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's College of Engineering and College of Education will host the 16th annual Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge, a robotics competition for students in third through eighth grades from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, in the Heskett Center gymnasium.

High school senior Caelan Dean accepts this year's Barton Scholarship, one of the many competition-based scholarships available at Wichita State.

Feb 22, 2016 — By Lainie Mazzullo — Some of the biggest scholarships at Wichita State University are being awarded this spring -- and there are still plenty of opportunities for those who want to become part of Shocker Nation.