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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.

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.

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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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April 7, 2017 - President John Bardo said that Wichita State University has accepted today's invitation from Commissioner Mike Aresco to join the American Athletic Conference, known as “The American.” The new affiliation begins July 1, 2017.

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.

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Jan. 26, 2017 - Wichita State University honored students and university police responders who helped save the life of a fellow student.

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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.

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Jan. 10, 2018 - Wichita State grad Angela Parrish is a featured soloist in the Golden Globe-winning musical "La La Land." You can hear her sing in the movie's opening track, "Another Day of Sun."