Oct 19, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Did you know that by age 21 the average child will have watched 1 million commercials and that more than 80 percent of fourth-grade girls have been on a fad diet? For more than a decade, NOW Foundation's Love Your Body Campaign has been calling out the fashion, cosmetics and advertising industries for promoting unrealistic images of women. WSU students and staff are also doing their part. To draw

Oct 24, 2011 — By WSU News Services — * The next speaker in the Fall 2011 Chemistry Colloquium series, professor Masaru Miyagi of Case Western Reserve University, will speak on "Development and Applications of Histidine Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry" at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, in 224 McKinley Hall. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1267 * Free dental screenings are offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct.

Oct 18, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Vice President for Campus Life and University Relations Wade Robinson and other staff are challenging SGA president Matt Onstott and other students in the first Students vs. Administration flag football game at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, on the field just north of the Heskett Center. There will be a DJ playing music and Shockers Forever will sponsor a tailgate with free food. Students, staff and fa

Oct 18, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Students and children can get free tickets, by advance reservation only, to the Trio con Brio Copenhagen, performing for WSU's Connoisseur Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in Wiedemann Hall. Ticket prices for the world-renowned piano trio are $20; $18 for senior citizens, military and WSU faculty and staff. Student tickets are $8 if not reserved in advance. Call the College of Fine Arts Box

Oct 19, 2011 — By WSU News Services — In Academe news, Patricia McDonnell was interviewed about the Ulrich Museum of Art's Miro mural project for "ImpaCT" on Channel 8; Darron Smith has a new book coming out on transracial adoption; and Michael Rogers, Jeremy Patterson and Nick Walton participated in the American College of Sports Medicine annual conference in Denver. In addition, the recent deaths of Leonard Chaffee, William Patton,

Oct 13, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State's Connoisseur Series will present Trio con Brio in a performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in Wiedemann Recital Hall. Call 978-3233 for tickets or go online to http://wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice. There are times when two plus two can equal three. Trio con Brio Copenhagen is one such instance, where family ties, cultural blending and musical connections all converge to colo

Oct 21, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Wanting a passport or needing passport pictures? The WSU Passport Acceptance Center opens today (Monday, Oct. 24) at the Campus Post Office in Morrison Hall. For more information, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=wsupostoffice&p=/passportacceptance/.

Oct 24, 2011 — By WSU News Services — First lady Shirley Beggs and Wichita State women's basketball coach Jody Adams invite you to "Color Me Pink," a luncheon dedicated to supporting breast cancer awareness at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14. The featured guest is LSU women's basketball coach and co-founder of Champions for a Cause Nikki Caldwell. The $25 price includes a ticket to the WSU women's basketball game against LSU at 7 p.m. in C

Oct 17, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The fall Entrepreneurship Forum Series for Business Ownership will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in 107 Devlin Hall. The second of three sessions will feature a panel of entrepreneurs who have capitalized on the opportunities in various sectors of the service industry. Panelists include Norman Arensdorf, chairman of the board, Village Tours and Travel; Ben Arnold, owner, Corporate

Oct 13, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The Regional Institute on Aging, through the generosity of the Evelyn D. Cassat Estate gift, is announcing a program of funding for graduate student research. Three graduate student research awards will be funded at $3,000 each for a one-year period for direct research costs, assuming receipt of an adequate number of high quality applications. The letter of intent is due Feb. 17, 2012. The applic