Jan 31, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Vishwanath (Vish) Prasad will assume the position of interim dean of the College of Engineering at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, effective Monday, Jan. 28.

Jan 23, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Michelle Dreiling and Pamela O'Neal will present in person, and Deborah Ballard-Reisch, Jessica Freeman and Jack Brand will present via Skype, their model for the Hunger Awareness Initiative during the Ethical Student Leadership Conference at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.

Jan 23, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The following is an excerpt from a story about ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ professor Ravi Pendse's high-tech plans for the university. The story appeared in the Jan. 19 issue of The Wichita Eagle.

Jan 22, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Shift Space, a student art gallery in downtown Wichita, will host a reception from 6-10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, for the opening of "Going MAD: The Ramblings of Mr. & Mrs. Nightingale." The exhibit is a showcase for artwork by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's fine arts seniors.

Jan 18, 2013 — By Joe Kleinsasser — With the presidential election in his rearview mirror, President Obama can look forward to a second term. But winning the presidency was just one obstacle he had to overcome. Now the president faces what historians and commentators call the "second-term curse." ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ political scientist Ken Ciboski explains why many presidents struggle in their second term.

Feb 1, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Matthew Cecil, a media historian with a strong professional communication background, has been selected as the next director of the Elliott School of Communication at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Jan 30, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Lunda Asmani has traveled a long way to get to his job as assistant city manager and chief financial officer for the city of Newton. The 2002 Wichita State grad, originally from Tanzania, attributes much of his success to the internships he received through ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's co-op program.

Jan 17, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Office of Continuing Education will offer noncredit classes to the general public for the spring 2013 semester. For the complete list of classes and their prices, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=noncredit&p=/SpringCourses/.

Jan 15, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Center for Innovation and Enterprise Engagement has awarded a development grant to Nitride Solutions, a Wichita company that is developing and producing aluminum nitride substrates that will enable the next generation of solid-state power electronics for hybrid vehicles, ultraviolet light-emitting diodes for air and water purification, and ultraviolet laser diodes for hi

Jan 14, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Center for Community Support and Research has restructured its management. CCSR helps individuals, organizations and communities with leadership development, organizational capacity building, community-based consulting, research and evaluation and through its Mental Health Consumer initiative.