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Deadline for Women for Women Innovation Fund extended to March 23

Spring 2022 Applications for the Women for Women Innovation Fund are now due at noon March 23. Awarded to female Wichita State students, the Women for Women Innovation Fund provides recipients with capital to advance their business ideas. The fund has supported women with varied business ideas like: Angelique Bahn-Applied with the desire to create a…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/03/11/deadline-for-women-for-women-innovation-fund-extended-to-march-23/

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Air Force awards $100 million to continue WSU NIAR’s B-1 Digital Engineering program

On March 9, 2022, the B-1 System Program Office (SPO), Tinker AFB, OK awarded a six-year, $100 million follow-on contract to Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to continue the B-1’s Digital Engineering (DE) transformation. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) helped form the strategic partnership and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/03/09/air-force-awards-100-million-to-continue-wsu-niars-b-1-digital-engineering-program/

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Apply for Women for Women Innovation Fund March 10

Spring 2022 Applications for the Women for Women Innovation Fund are due at noon March 10. Awarded to female Wichita State students, the Women for Women Innovation Fund provides recipients with capital to advance their business ideas. The fund has supported women with varied business ideas like: Angelique Bahn-Applied with the desire to create a sustainable …

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/03/04/apply-for-women-for-women-innovation-fund-march-10-2/

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Encourage students to apply for Women for Women Innovation Fund March 10

Encourage your students to apply for the spring 2022 Women for Women Innovation Fund due at noon March 10. Awarded to female Wichita State students, the Women for Women Innovation Fund provides recipients with capital to advance their business ideas. The fund has supported women with varied business ideas like: Angelique Bahn-Applied with the desire to…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/03/04/apply-for-women-for-women-innovation-fund-march-10/

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Wichita State University announces nine new Koch Scholar recipients

…State’s Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College is proud to announce nine recipients of the Koch Scholars Program for the fall 2022 semester. These nine recipients will each be awarded $30,000 over the next four years.

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/02/28/wichita-state-university-announces-nine-new-koch-scholar-recipients/

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Show off your talent at Hippodrome 2022

…To participate, students who enter as a group or individually should produce a skit performing a variety act such as singing or dancing—all talents are welcome. Prizes will be awarded to the winner of the competition. Established in 1928, Hippodrome began as a variety show featuring the comedic talents of students. The history of the program is not without…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/02/04/show-off-your-talent-at-hippodrome-2022/

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Tulsa student named newest Wichita State University Barton Scholar

Ella Tucker, senior at Epic Charter Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been awarded the 2022 Wichita State University Clay Barton Scholarship. She will receive $12,500 a year for four years to attend Wichita State. The $50,000 Barton Scholarship is one of the largest business scholarships in Kansas.

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/02/04/tulsa-student-named-newest-wichita-state-university-barton-scholar/

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Encourage students to apply for Senior Honors

…the most prestigious honors a Wichita State University student can receive. Each year, only ten students are selected to receive the Senior Honor. This highly competitive honor is awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU and service to WSU and the local community. If you know a student who is eligible for…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/01/28/encourage-students-to-apply-for-senior-honors/

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Senior Honors applications due Feb. 21

… is one of the most prestigious honors a Wichita State student can receive. Each year, only ten students are selected to receive the Senior Honor. This highly competitive honor is awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU and service to WSU and the local community. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/01/28/senior-honors-applications-due-feb-21/

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Six Wichita State teams advance in Koch Innovation Challenge

… advance to the Grand Champion competition in May. Each team is given $500 in investment capital to use for prototyping materials during the second semester, and each student is awarded a $1,000 Koch Innovation Challenge scholarship. A faculty innovation mentor will work with the teams as they pursue their big-idea venture.

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/01/26/six-wichita-state-teams-advance-in-koch-innovation-challenge/

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Former WSU police sergeant passes away

…served in the Marine Corps, and was a sharp-shooter, pilot, master gunsmith and historian. He was a WSU graduate, majoring in criminal justice and history. He earned numerous awards and certifications and was sought for his amazing knowledge of military history and weapons. Loren is survived by his son, Len, and his wife, Alicia.

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/01/26/former-wsu-police-sergeant-passed-away/

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WSU professor wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant for work to assist the visually impaired

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant of $243,922 to a Wichita State University researcher for his work on an app that will allow people who are visually impaired to read comic books, graphic novels and other digitized graphic materials on their devices.

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/01/21/wsu-professor-wins-alfred-p-sloan-foundation-grant-for-work-to-assist-the-visually-impaired/

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Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program requesting proposals for Rapid Research Response

…is noon Feb.15. The R3’s purpose is to provide a streamlined method to address research issues important to NASA mission directorates. NASA plans to make up to twenty $100,000 awards, with no cost-sharing requirements. Proposals must address topics identified by the involved NASA divisions (see appendices of the NASA Announcement – NNH22ZHA004C). For more …

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/12/15/kansas-nasa-epscor-program-request-for-proposals-for-nasa-rapid-research-response-r3-opportunity/

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WSU researcher wins $500K grant to investigate alternative energy

A Wichita State researcher has been awarded $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new type of low-cost and stable photovoltaics.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/11/22/wsu-researcher-wins-500k-grant-to-investigate-alternative-energy/

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Celebrate International Education Week begins today

…will last through Nov. 19. Today through Nov. 16, test your international knowledge for a chance to win prizes. The top three participants with the highest trivia scores will be awarded the prize package. Access today’s quiz now. All quiz links can also be found at the International Education Week 2021 website.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/11/11/celebrate-international-education-week-begins-today/

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Grant provides children’s books for clients at WSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic

The Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is now bursting with new books. The books were purchased with a Walmart Community Grant that was awarded to Melissa Vagts — master’s in speech-pathology, Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, associate clinical professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/11/08/grant-provides-childrens-books-for-clients-at-wsu-speech-language-hearing-clinic/

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Wichita State chemist partners with area universities on $3.7M COVID-19 research

A Wichita State University scientist is part of a team that has been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further research a treatment for COVID-19. Dr. Bill Groutas, medicinal chemist at Wichita State University, is working with Dr. Kyeong-Ok “KC” Chang, a virologist at Kansas State University’s College of…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/09/22/wichita-state-chemist-partners-with-area-universities-on-3-7m-covid-19-research/

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WSU offers wellness rooms for breastfeeding, chestfeeding

…who are breast and chestfeeding parents. There are many policies and spaces supporting this initiative that expand on the Community Supporting Breastfeeding designation Wichita awarded by the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition in 2016. WSU supports breast and chestfeeding students and employees with the following policies: Lactation Support for Nursing…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/08/30/wsu-offers-wellness-rooms-for-breast-chestfeeding/

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NSF awards WSU researcher $200K to study fairness in facial recognition

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to Dr. Ajita Rattani, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering’s School of Computing, that seeks to improve facial recognition technology, addressing civil liberties concerns that some demographic groups are more likely to be misidentified.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/08/02/nsf-awards-wsu-researcher-200k-to-study-fairness-in-facial-recognition/

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Business school awards scholarships to transfer students

For the first time in Wichita State history, the Barton School of Business has awarded three, multi-year scholarships to transfer students committed to joining the business program, in association with the Phi Theta Kappa honor society.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/07/14/business-school-awards-scholarships-to-transfer-students/