Jul 17, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — ��ɫ��Ƶ's Center for Innovation and Enterprise Engagement has awarded development grants to three business innovation projects.

Jul 17, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — Betty Smith-Campbell, chairperson of the School of Nursing at ��ɫ��Ƶ, celebrates the pinning of 25 students in the accelerated nursing class. Wichita State hosts the only accelerated nursing program in south-central Kansas.

Jul 16, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — Tyler Rosenhamer is the 2012-2013 recipient of the Layman L. Clark/Kansas CCIM Chapter Scholarship in Real Estate. Several other real estate scholarships were awarded, including: Denker-Graves Scholarship in Real Estate, Samantha Richardson; Walter L. Stauffer Scholarship, Lorien Buser; Nestor R. Weigand & Hobert C. Brady Scholarship, Tammy Nguyen; and the J. Roscoe Williams Memorial Scholarship,

Jul 11, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — ��ɫ��Ƶ's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 11, at ��ɫ��Ƶ. 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 $28, and registration can be done online at www.registerblast.com/

Jul 13, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — The ��ɫ��Ƶ Symphony Orchestra will feature faculty soloist Scott Oakes, bassoon, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 20, in Wiedemann Hall. Tickets are $7 with discounts available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office, (316) 978-3233.

Jul 13, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — The Lake Afton Public Observatory and the Kansas Astronomical Observers invite the public to bring their telescopes to the observatory for one or more "Bring Your Own Telescope" events this summer. The next Bring Your Own Telescope night will be Friday, July 20.

Jul 13, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — The 2012 Kansas Business Matchmaker conference, set for 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, will feature a keynote address by Wichita native entrepreneur Phil Ruffin. Registration is $35. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Jul 6, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — The Kansas Council for Economic Education is hosting a conference, “Teaching Investing, Banking, and Finance in the Classroom,” for Kansas high school teachers from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, July 16-17, in various locations around the state.

Jul 5, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — ��ɫ��Ƶ physicist Nickolas Solomey has several close ties to the half-century-long search for the Higgs boson, the existence of which was recently confirmed by the European Center for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland.

Jul 20, 2012 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — The significance of Wichita State's Olympic oak tree will be illuminated by an exhibit from Monday, July 9, through Sunday, Sept. 30, in Ablah Library's Special Collections reading room. One of the items is a poster of the 1936 Olympic Gold Medal basketball team that featured former Wichita University players Francis Johnson and Jack Ragland, and former WU coach Gene Johnson, brother of Francis.