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WSU student works on street mural project

Art students help paint downtown street mural

May 23, 2018 - Intro to Community & Social Practice, taught by ShiftSpace Gallery Director Kristin Beal, is designed for students to explore artists and methods of art practice that extend into communities and the "social" realm.

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Students experience aerospace design through competition

May 24, 2018 -- Student aerospace engineering teams work hard every year to develop a functioning aircraft that will fly and complete a mission in the annual Bronze Propeller Competition.

Grad presents Alzheimer's research at Capitol Hill, Harvard

May 17, 2018 -- Abdul-Mannaan Giles was selected out of 400 national entries to present his study about diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer's to members of Congress on Capitol Hill. He also presented his research project regarding aerobic exercise in early-stage Alzheimer's patients at the Harvard University National Collegiate Research Conference.

Wayne and Kay Woolsey give $12 million for business, geology

May 16, 2018 - Wichita oil producer Wayne Woolsey and his wife, Kay, have committed $10 million to build a new home for the WSU's Barton School of Business. The couple also will donate $2 million to the WSU Geology Department.

Professor's concept could revolutionize space exploration

April 19, 2018 - Wichita State University physics professor Nickolas Solomey won one of NASA's coveted Innovation and Advanced Concept Awards (NIAC) for his research to create a neutrino detector for close sun orbit.

Wichita State student work featured in Snoop Dogg tour

April 17, 2018 --  Michaela Marioni, a junior majoring in game design, contributed her video editing talents to a background video for Snoop Dogg's current tour. The opportunity was given to her by award-winning designer and WSU alum, Michael Downs.

Sport management senior climbs his way to NFL internship

Sept. 28, 2017 - Thomas Rudawsky is a sport management senior who interned for the Minnesota Vikings.

Danielle McLean

From video to engineering: One student's journey to Wichita State

Sept. 26, 2017 - Danielle McLean is a transfer and returning adult student from Tulsa whose internship with Spirit AeroSystems was extended into a co-op position.

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NIAR engineer creates way to protect wind turbines against lightning strikes

July, 2017- Billy Martin, director and research scientist at the NIAR Environmental Test Lab, has invented a prototype that protects wind turbines from multiple lightning strikes.

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Alumna fights workplace discrimination through internship at U.S. EEOC

July 20, 2017 - Recent graduate Katie Deutsch is interning at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She assists economists in conducting legislative and judicial research, as well as providing analytic services.

Kansas startups win $60,000 from WSU Jumpstart competition

Feb. 17, 2017 - The winners of the Wichita State University   Jumpstart Kansas Entrepreneurs   competition were announced Friday to a full house in the Experiential Engineering Building on campus.

Wichita State brewery interns

Wichita State interns get in on local craft beer craze

The WSU biology department is growing a program that provides interns for local breweries.

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WSU tops national rankings for research and development funding

Jan. 24, 2018 - Wichita State has been ranked the top university in the country for industry-funded aeronautical engineering research and development. The new rankings were released by the National Science Foundation.