Players congratulate Tekele Cotton (No. 32) after a breakaway dunk in Thursday's 73-55 victory over Pittsburgh in the NCAA Tournament second round.

Mar 22, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Malcolm Armstead scored 22 points, Cleanthony Early added 21 and ninth-seeded Wichita State defeated eighth-seeded Pittsburgh 73-55 Thursday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Mar 21, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The 13th Annual ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ and Midian Shriner's Car Show will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 28, on Hillside Avenue between 17th and 21st Street North on the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ campus.

Mar 19, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State's Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs will host the annual Spring Nonprofit Policy Summit from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

Anthony Vizzini

Mar 28, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Anthony Vizzini has been named vice president for academic affairs at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, effective July 1, according to President John Bardo. Vizzini earned his undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research involved the manufacture, testing and analysis of composite structures. Vizzini served as a catalyst in the economic developme

Mar 18, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Wichita State men's basketball team will travel to Salt Lake City to take on the Pittsburgh Panthers in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Thursday, March 21.

The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Women's Basketball Team celebrates after winning the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Sunday.

Mar 19, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State topped Illinois State 69-65 to win the MVC Tournament and earn the team's first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament. Sophomore forward Alex Harden was named MVP.

Mar 28, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Acclaimed opera star and Wichita State alumna Joyce DiDonato will be featured at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Alumni Association event "Shocker Diva: Beautiful Performer" at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, at the Marcus Welcome Center. Tickets are $18 for alumni association members and $20 for nonmembers; to register, go to www.wichita.edu/alumni.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ president John Bardo, left, and Pratt Community College president William Wojciechowski.

Mar 15, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Pratt Community College and ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ have signed an agreement intended to motivate more students to complete an associate's degree, even after transferring to a four-year institution.

Mar 13, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ will bring a comedy/drama by Neil Simon alive this month with the performance of "Jake's Women" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 14-16, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17, in Wilner Auditorium. Tickets are $10 (general public), $8 (military/senior citizens/faculty/staff), and $6 (students).

Mar 12, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Center for Entrepreneurship at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ will hold its seventh annual Shocker Business Plan Competition this April. The Shocker Business Plan Competition is a multi-round competition. The competition begins with the screening round. Competitors submit a shortened business plan that is evaluated by judges from the local community. The top 16 teams from the screening round move on