Mar 14, 2011 — By WSU News Services — An invention by Dwight Burford, director of the Advanced Joining and Processing Laboratory at Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research, has resulted in the first royalty-bearing license for WSU. An exclusive worldwide license was signed with Manufacturing Technology Inc. (MTI) for a device called the end effector in which royalties are received by WSU based on the techno

Mar 14, 2011 — By WSU News Services — A $300,000 gift from Ed Sawan, Wichita State University professor emeritus in electrical engineering and computer science, will fund the largest, single general graduate fellowship at WSU, with a preference for international students.

Mar 14, 2011 — By Anthony Marrone — WSU Engineering students Avijit Kalra, Marcus Pyles, Allison Ronning, Abhishek Singh, Zenas Tshitundu and Yiyun Xu participated in the Spirit Global Design Challenge this past fall. The semester-long challenge matched Wichita State students with students from North Carolina State University, the University of Manchester and the Universiti of Sains Malaysia. With the help of Spirit AeroSystems, tea

Feb 25, 2011 — By WSU News Services — WSU Opera Theatre, in collaboration with the Wichita Scottish Rite, will present Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" ("Die Zauberflote") in the historic Scottish Rite building's grand auditorium Thursday through Saturday, March 3-5. The opera, with its Masonic themes and ideals, will be sung in German with English dialogue and titles.

Apr 1, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State is participating in the ABC television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" by offering scholarships to the four children of former Wichita State baseball player Carl Hall. Hall was paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident in June 2010.

Feb 22, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Donald L. Gilstrap has been appointed dean of university libraries at Wichita State University. He is associate dean of libraries at the University of Oklahoma. Gilstrap will join Wichita State in June, with responsibility for all of the university's collections, library locations, online services, staff and operations.

Feb 21, 2011 — 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 from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 5.

Mar 14, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State's Transition to Teaching program could boost individual job prospects in local school districts for people with bachelor's degrees in English, Spanish, math and science.

Mar 1, 2011 — By WSU News Services — "The Magic Flute,”" "For Colored Girls . . ." and world-class piano performances mix with WSU quintet, madrigals, winds, bands and jazz combos to make March a busy month for the College of Fine Arts at Wichita State University.

Feb 15, 2011 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Most politicians want to balance the budget and create jobs. Of course, that's easier said than done. Jeremy Hill, director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University, explains why it's so difficult for newly elected politicians to have an immediate impact.