Apr 2, 2010 — By WSU News Services — More than 1,100 Kansas students will put their creative and scientific skills to the test in the 23rd annual Kansas Science Olympiad tournament at Wichita State University starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 3. The Science Olympiad is held at various campus venues. The media are welcome to attend. Information on the day of the event will be available in 203 Rhatigan Student Center. The award cer

Apr 6, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The Council of University Women will be on the first floor of the RSC from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, April 2, and Wednesday, April 7, with an opportunity to win your own financial stimulus package or a night on the town. Proceeds will benefit the CUW Scholarship Fund to support WSU students. The winning names will be announced at the scholarship bash on Wednesday, April 14, in the Rhatigan Student Ce

Apr 2, 2010 — By WSU News Services — More than 1,100 Kansas students will put their creative and scientific skills to the test in the 23rd annual Kansas Science Olympiad tournament at Wichita State University starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 3. The Science Olympiad is held at various campus venues. The media are welcome to attend. Information on the day of the event will be available in 203 Rhatigan Student Center. The award cer

Apr 5, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The results of the 20th annual national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) will be announced at 9:30 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 12, at a news conference at the National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, in Washington, D.C. Interviews with Wichita State University airline quality researcher Dean Headley are welcome this week (April 5-9) before Headley leaves for Washington, D.C. If you'd like to schedule an i

Apr 2, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The Wichita State University Foundation is hosting an open house from 1:30-3 p.m. Monday, April 5, at Woodman Alumni Center to celebrate its 45th anniversary. Comments will be at 2:15 p.m. from Elizabeth King, WSU Foundation president and CEO; Donald Beggs, WSU president; and Nancy Martin, WSU alumna and former WSU Foundation Board of Directors chair. Attendees will be able to take an indoor walki

Apr 1, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Faculty, staff and students are invited to a chemistry lecture at 3:30 p.m. today (Friday, April 2) in 224 McKinley Hall. The speaker will be Professor Feng Gai from the University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemistry. His talk will describe his ongoing research in the fields of chemistry, biology, spectroscopy and biophysics. The seminar title is "Early Events in Membrane Protein Folding."

Apr 2, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Katherine Boles, senior lecturer on education at Harvard University, and Vivian Troen, senior education specialist of Brandeis University, are on campus today (Monday, April 5) to present a lecture and conduct a workshop for WSU College of Education faculty and teachers and staff of Wichita Public Schools. The professors are authors of the recent book "Who's Teaching Your Children." They will s

Apr 2, 2010 — By WSU News Services — There's good news for the College of Education and the Professional Education Unit, which includes the College of Fine Arts and the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The KSDE/NCATE Board of Examiners site-visit team announced last week that they will recommend that all standards examined during their review of WSU were fully met with no areas for improvement. This report will be exam

Apr 7, 2010 — By WSU News Services — * Steven Beckwith, former director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which runs the Hubble Space Telescope, will give a public lecture at WSU at 7 p.m. today (Tuesday, April 6) at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex. http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=1006 * The Connoisseur Series presents the Castro Klein, Young Trio at 7:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, April 6) in Wiedemann Hall. Thi

Apr 7, 2010 — By WSU News Services — * WSU Foundation trivia -- When was the first Faculty of Distinction gift given, by whom and for what fund? For the answer to this question and for information about the 45th anniversary celebration from 1:30-3 p.m. today (Monday, April 5), go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?502. * Steven Beckwith, former director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which runs the Hubble Space Telescope, wil