Alaska Airlines

Apr 9, 2018 — By WSU News Services — In the closest finish in nearly three decades of identifying the nation's top airlines, Alaska Air barely edged out Delta Airlines to retain its No. 1 position, according to the 28th annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR), announced today, Monday, April 9, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Jacob Griffith

Apr 13, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Jacob Griffith, a Wichita State biomedical engineering major receiving his bachelor's degree in May, has been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Only 2,000 fellows are selected nationally. Griffith will use his fellowship to pursue a master's degree in biomedical engineering at Wichita State.

Apr 5, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Spirit AeroSystems and Wichita State University announced a new collaboration agreement, bringing with it new opportunities for students and the area workforce. Spirit will establish a presence at Wichita State by leasing space in the Partnership 2 Building north of the Experiential Engineering Building on the east side of campus.

Members of the Girls Scouts of the Kansas Heartland's Robo Troop MINDSTORMS team modify the program on their LEGO robot between competition runs during the 2017 challenge.

Apr 4, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's College of Engineering will host the 18th annual Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge, a robotics competition for 3rd-8th grade students from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in the Heskett Center gymnasium.

Five Wichita State members of the prestigious national program, University Innovation Fellows, spent their spring break in San Francisco for the UIF meet-up.

Mar 28, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Five Wichita State students were recently chosen to become University Innovation Fellows, a prestigious national program that empowers student leaders and challenges them to be innovative.

Rajeev Nair (left) and Gisuk Hwang show the manufactured, new capillary structures they are developing for NASA.

Mar 27, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Two Wichita State engineering professors are developing a new device to enhance water evaporation and condensation processes. The innovation has applications for spacecraft and life-support systems, as well as clean energy and advance manufacturing.

Mar 23, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University has ranked as one of the top in the nation for its online bachelor's degree in early childhood unified/elementary education.

Royce Bowden

Mar 21, 2018 — By WSU News Services — College of Engineering Dean Royce Bowden has announced plans to leave Wichita State University on June 30 to invest the next chapter of his life to philanthropic and scholarly interests. He will have completed 30 years of service in higher education, dedicated to the success of students, faculty and staff, including the past five at WSU.

Mar 15, 2018 — By WSU News Services — An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Wichita State University are exploring nonwhite (or "ethnic") entrepreneurship in Wichita and are inviting local business owners to fill out a survey.

Mar 8, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Two high school seniors have won the 2017-18 Professor Fran Jabara Scholarship in Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University. The winners, Eddie Brown and Danny Fradella, will each receive $25,000 over four years to attend Wichita State.