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The
power of plastic
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
Americans
are used to pulling out the plastic and saying, "Charge it."
Physics
professor Pawan Kahol, right, holds some revolutionary plastics
known as conducting polymers. Looking on is chemistry professor
Jack McCormick, who has helped develop some of the polymers Kahol
has researched while at WSU.
Corn
products can clean wastewater
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
Cleaning
up toxic, metal-contaminated wastewater can be an expensive, cumbersome
project, but some waste corn products are up to the job, says a
Wichita State researcher.
State
health care plans undergo changes
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
Open
enrollment for health care plans for state employees continues until
Oct. 31, and next year’s plans bring some significant changes.
Land
sale reaps harvest for grad students
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
The
recent sale of some farmland given to the WSU Foundation has yielded
much-needed money for graduate students.
Running
farm is new experience for BOT staffer
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
For
the past 18 months, Jenny Anderson, who manages property owned by
WSU’s Board of Trustees and Foundation, had an unusual duty
included in her job: farmer.
The
effect of technology on the media to be discussed
Panelists
from the media, watchdog groups and foundations will debate accuracy
and credibility issues in the media during a free, public forum
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25.
New
book talks about ‘Knowing Kings’
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
Stuart
Lasine is a biblical scholar and comparatist, and he’s taken
on the lofty subject of kings in his new book.
Retired
nursing prof shows caring nature through gift
By
Lisa Fleetwood
Betty
Sullivan describes herself as an everyday person, yet she’s
devoted her life to helping others and has found a way to ensure
that her interests will be supported far into the future.
The
ResearchChannel joins WSU-TV lineup
By
Joe Kleinsasser
The
value of research in our lives is unmistakable in such areas as
health, medicine and business. Television viewers in the Wichita
area can see firsthand the gains being made through research.
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Bonnie
Bing brings fashion fun (and sense) to alumni breakfast
Bonnie
Bing Honeyman, who covers fashion for The Wichita Eagle, will be
the second of six distinguished alumni speakers in the WSU Alumni
Association's 2001-02 breakfast lecture series.
Chicago
quartet to prform Nov. 2
By
Julie Rausch
With
performances in nearly every major city in North America, Europe
and Australia, the Vermeer String Quartet, formed in 1969, has achieved
international stature as one of the world’s finest music ensembles.
A
little marketing alchemy: department tools
By
Inside WSU staff
Our
base ingredient: more and more prospective students who are turning
to the Web to research universities and colleges. Providing a strong
impression is becoming a much more important part of efforts to
market the university to those prospective students.
Notre-Dame
cathedral organist to perform concert
By
Julie Rausch
Olivier
Latry, titular organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris,
will play a concert as part of the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Wiedemann Recital Hall.
Critic
of bird-dinosaur theory to give Watkins lecture Nov. 1
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
A critic
of the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs will give a public
lecture Thursday, Nov. 1, as part of WSU’s science lecture
series, the Watkins Visiting Professorship Lecture Series.
Second
Stage opens with ‘The Glass Menagerie’
WSU’s
Second Stage theater series opens its season with "The Glass
Menagerie" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 25-27, and
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. Performances are in the Welsbacher Theatre
in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
CenTENnial:
WSU Libraries celebrate two federal programs
The
WSU Libraries will celebrate 100 years of participation in the Federal
Depository Library Program of the U.S. Government Printing Office
and 10 years as a patent and trademark depository library of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
New
lecture series starts next year
The
Division of Academic Affairs and Research has established the Wichita
Lyceum, a distinguished scholar lecture series, with plans for the
first scholar to be on campus next year.
Alum
wins BOT award
By
Lynette Murphy
The
university’s top donors, along with Chris Shank, vice president
of the Wichita insurance firm Dulaney, Johnston & Priest, will
be honored Friday, Nov. 2, at the President’s Club Gala. The
annual event at the Wichita Marriott is hosted by WSU President
Don and first lady Shirley Beggs and sponsored by the WSU Foundation.
Goeser
postpones recital
Oboist
Amy Goeser is postponing her Nov. 3 Faculty Artist Series recital.
The recital has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9,
in Wiedemann Hall.
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