Research that’s for the birds

By Amy Geiszler -Jones

Backyard birdfeeders are a great way for people to enjoy watching birds. And on top of enjoying the appearance of a bright red cardinal outside your window during the dull, gray winter weather, you can feel good about helping feathered creatures find food.

Dipeolu to join U.S. delegation to China

By Joe Kleinsasser

Abiola Dipeolu, senior staff psychologist in the Counseling and Testing Center, will join a delegation of U.S. psychologists on a trip to China April 11-23.

Dipeolu will present her latest work on learning and attention disorders among college students.

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

The work Jim Clark does as director of Wichita State’s Center for Economic Education is based on a simple business principle – that of supply and demand.

Albert Goldbarth, Adele Davis Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Wichita State University, has won a second National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry for his book "Saving Lives." Goldbarth, who teaches in WSU’s creative writing program, is the only poet since 1981 to win the award for a second time.

By Joe Kleinsasser

The concept was simple: Offer services, events, merchandise and opportunities to faculty and staff at a discount as a perk for being associated with WSU.

Getting the club off the ground has proven to be more complicated.

WSU/KSU researchers: Wheat may prevent cancer

By Julie Rausch

Since 1999 John Carter has been studying the health benefits of wheat. Later this year he will begin testing how much of a certain Kansas wheat strain would need to be consumed to help lower the risk for colon cancer. Colon cancer is the second highest cause of cancer deaths in the United States, Carter says.

Daughter, spirituality dominate Hathaway’s poetry

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

It seems fitting that Jeanine Hathaway has dedicated her first book of poems to her 25-year-old daughter Margaret.

After all, the oldest poem in the book was written when Hathaway was pregnant with her only child some 26 years ago.

Bioterrorism, pathology experts to give Watkins lectures

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

Jerry and Nancy Jaax, who were key participants in handling the first outbreak of Ebola in the United States, will talk about that experience and the threat of bioterrorism in two lectures next month.

The Jaaxes, now faculty members at Kansas State University, will talk about "Into the Hot Zone: The Reston Ebola Incident" at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in 208 Hubbard Hall.

By Julie Rausch

Drawing inspiration from myriad connections within various cultures and art-making around the world, Mira Merriman, art history professor emeritus, presents "Paintings by Mira Merriman."

The exhibition runs April 1-12 in Clayton Staples Gallery, 210 McKnight Art Center.

"Sacred Space" is a multimedia exhibition created by more than 50 art students working to promote cross-cultural, interfaith dialogue and awareness of our endangered natural environment.

By Carmen Hytche

The second half of a two-part, community-wide reflection on how the 1960s changed Wichita and America will be held Saturday, April 6, at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

Liturgical artist to give slide lecture at WSU

Liturgical artist Nancy Chinn will give a slide lecture at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in 107 Devlin Hall as part of WSU’s Art and Architecture Lecture Series.

Yom HaShoah program looks at non-Jewish Holocaust victims

For more than 20 years, Yom HaShoah programs in Wichita have honored the memories of the millions of Jews who perished at the hand of Nazis during the Holocaust. Millions of non-Jews were killed by the Nazis during that time, as well.

Women’s History Month lecture deals with Vietnam War

The Center for Women’s Studies will recognize National Women’s History Month with a lecture by Kansas State faculty member Michele Janette at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, in 107 Devlin Hall.

The priority deadline for summer tuition assistance applications is Friday, April 19. To apply, you must be a benefits-eligible (which means you earn vacation and sick leave) classified employee or an unclassified, nonteaching professional. The class or seminar you are seeking tuition assistance for must either be credit toward a degree, job-related or contribute to your professional development or growth. Links to the Office of Human Resources page, where the tuition assistance forms may be downloaded, and the summer schedule of courses can be found at www.wichita.edu. Send completed forms to Shelly Kellogg, box 15.

‘The Best’ no longer

"Best of Breed," a sculpture of two bulls made out of car bumpers that sat in front of Levitt Arena since 1975, is headed for the trash heap. Because of the Roundhouse Renaissance renovations, the sculpture had to be removed, and it will be destroyed. Museum officials say it would have been impractical to reassemble the badly corroded sculpture elsewhere on campus. The artist John Kearney was consulted before the decision was made. Fans of Kearney’s car bumper art can still enjoy his work "Grandfather’s Horse," located west of Hubbard Hall.

American pride, heroes

The annual Council of University Women Scholarship Bash will have the theme of "Heroes, American Pride and Scholarships" this year. The lunch and fund-raising activities are scheduled for 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in the Rhatigan Student Center ballroom. Tickets for the lunch of a hero sandwich, chips, cobbler desert and beverage are $6 and can be purchased from any CUW member or call Brenda Achey, 978-5707. Each lunch ticket is automatically entered into the Night on the Town raffle. Other fund-raising activities include a silent auction, book sale and a 50/50 drawing.

Easter art

The Ulrich Museum of Art will remain open on Easter Sunday, March 31. Current exhibitions are "Nature in Pieces," which includes artwork of viruses and mutated insects, until April 7, and the ongoing "Connecting the Past to the Present," which includes art from the museum’s collection.

Need last-minute help?

If you have some last-minute, infrequent kinds of jobs and find yourself short-handed, a new Office of Career Services’ venture could be ideal for you. Career services has a list of students able to take one-day jobs on short notice. If you’d like to hire a student, call 978-3435 or provide your information by fax 978-3511 or e-mail to jeanne.hopkins@wichita.edu.

Is it getting a bit crowded?

Werner Fornos, president of The Population Institute based in Washington, D.C., will give the free talk "Population Pressures in the 21st Century" at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in 305 Rhatigan Student Center. Fornos, the author of "Gaining People, Losing Ground," has been described as the foremost spokesman on global population issues, speaking to audiences ranging from college students to U.N. officials since 1974.

A sweeping vote

Joseph Stashkevetch’s drawing "The Big Sweep" received the most votes at "The New Art Event" at the Ulrich Museum of Art March 8. More than 300 visitors turned out to select their favorite art from among five leading contemporary artists. The drawing was purchased for the museum’s collection. Works of these artists will be on exhibition through April 7.