— - Student aerospace engineering teams work hard every year to develop a functioning aircraft that will fly and complete a mission in the annual Bronze Propeller Competition.
— - Abdul-Mannaan Giles was selected out of 400 national entries to present his study about diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer's to members of Congress on Capitol Hill. He also presented his research project regarding aerobic exercise in early-stage Alzheimer's patients at the Harvard University National Collegiate Research Conference.
— 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.
— May is typically a very busy time for college seniors. Finishing classes, graduating and finding a full-time job can be stressful. Alyssa Johnson accomplished all that in addition to running her own business and planning her wedding.
— 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.
— - Michaela Marioni, a junior majoring in game design, contributed her video editing talents to a background video for Snoop Dogg's current tour. The opportunity was given to her by award-winning designer and WSU alum, Michael Downs.
— -Spirit AeroSystems and Wichita State University announced a new collaboration agreement, bringing with it new opportunities for students and the area workforce.
— Two Wichita State art students, Renee Fritts and Mary Kathy Robb, returned to Wichita State to pursue art, a subject that they both have been passionate about since childhood.
— Wichita State students Renee Fritts and Mary Kathy Robb are turning their hobbies into careers. The two students have returned to Wichita State to pursue art, a subject that they both have been passionate about since childhood.
— The ability to "see something, say something" at Wichita State just got easier through a partnership with Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County and Rave Mobile Safety, a free app that turns any iPhone or Android smartphone into a personal safety device.
— The cadaver lab in the College of Health Professions (CHP) at Wichita State University is filled with models of body parts, various tools and donated bodies that are preserved in shiny, metal tanks.
— Senior Hannah Hund and graduate student LaRissa Lawrie were hand-selected out of an international community of more than 1,200 University Innovation Fellows to speak at the UIF Silicon Valley Meetup last fall.
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