Mar 15, 2013 — By Erika Elving — Wichita State's Advanced Joining and Processing Lab received a new robot from Kawasaki Heavy Industries that is advancing research to reduce weight and increase performance capabilities in aerostructures. The engineering technology, called integral fastening, is a forging process in which two or more metals are joined together without an external heat source.

Mar 4, 2013 — By Shannon Littlejohn — In Academe news, Ed Flentje talked about elections, Ashlie Jack will look at state handwriting standards, and Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn had two compositions premiered at Carnegie Hall. In addition, the deaths of 11 of our current or former colleagues are noted.

Mar 4, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State head coach Gene Stephenson became the second Division I baseball coach to reach 1,800 wins.

Feb 26, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Alumni Awards Banquet, originally set for Thursday, Feb. 28, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 30, at the Wichita Marriott because of weather. For information about reservations, go to www.wichita.edu/awards.

Feb 19, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ will host Lt. Dan Choi as the Pride Week featured speaker at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in 208 Hubbard Hall. Choi is an Iraq War veteran and LGBT activist who openly challenged the controversial Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.

Feb 19, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 2, at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. The workshop will present general test-taking tips and practice questions for the English, reading, math and science test sections. The cost for the workshop is $32, and registration can be done online at www.registerblast.com/

Feb 18, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Passport Acceptance Center is celebrating Passport Day 2013 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 9, in 112 Morrison Hall. The event is open to the public; staff will provide information and accept passport applications.

Feb 18, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The following is an excerpt from a story about ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ professor Lynne Davis that appeared in the Feb. 17 issue of The Wichita Eagle.

Feb 15, 2013 — By Erika Elving — Wichita State industrial and manufacturing engineering professors Michael Overcash and Janet Twomey led a research team that discovered new methods for medical centers to reduce their carbon footprints. The team, which included a group of students, worked with radiology departments at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Wesley Medical Center and Cypress Women's Imaging to help them understand ho

Feb 15, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge, "The WuShock, an Unexpected Journey," will bring more than 35 teams of students age 9-14 to campus for a robotics competition from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 9, Heskett Center gymnasium. The event is free and open to the public.