Texting while driving: Creating the perfect storm of distraction

Mar 26, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — A video on www.insidescience.org features new research on texting and driving done by human factors psychologists at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ wrestling team wins Division II national championships

Mar 19, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — In only its third year, the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ wrestling team was crowned the NCWA Division II National Champions on Saturday, March 10, in Daytona Beach, Fla.

The former Kansas Coliseum with what will eventually be the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ sign on the side.

NIAR finalizes plans to expand into former Kansas Coliseum

Mar 28, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's National Institute for Aviation Research will be testing aircraft components in the former Britt Brown Arena at the Kansas Coliseum by year end.

Four Shocker bowlers advance to singles championships

Mar 16, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Shocker bowlers Jazreel Tan and Francois Lavoie each won the top qualifying spot at the Euless, Texas, Singles Sectional tournament, advancing them to the Intercollegiate Singles Championships in Lincoln, Neb.

In his time as executive director of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Office for Faculty Development and Student Success, Bill Vanderburgh has been able to make a real difference for students and the university as a whole.

Bill Vanderburgh hopes to impact student success at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ

Mar 30, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Bill Vanderburgh doesn't teach as many classes as he used to as a professor, but he's shaping the lives of young students through his role as executive director of Wichita State’s Office for Faculty Development and Student Success.

Students Emily Moore and Jacob January will perform in the comic opera

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Performance Update is the Facebook place to be

Mar 13, 2012 — By Shannon Littlejohn — Alumni of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ School of Performing Arts are connecting for information and job opportunities on the Facebook group ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Performance Update, and performing arts faculty love the new business tool.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ professor Ron Matson has been named interim dean of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Ron Matson named interim dean of LAS

Mar 28, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Interim Provost Keith Pickus has selected Ron Matson to be interim dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Matson, longtime chair of the Department of Sociology, will replace Dean Bill Bischoff when Bischoff steps down at the end of the current academic year.

Comic opera 'Il Viaggio a Reims' good fare for family

Mar 12, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Rossini's comic opera "Il Viaggio a Reims" ("The Trip to Reims") will be sung in Italian with English titles at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15-Saturday, March 17; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18, in Miller Concert Hall. Tickets for the G-rated show are available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office at (316) 978-3233 or www.wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice.

New Honors Leadership Academy available at Wichita State

Mar 15, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Emory Lindquist Honors Program is holding the first Honors Leadership Academy, a two-day leadership training program built in collaboration with the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Center for Community Support and Research.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ athlete finishes third at track and field NCAAs

Mar 16, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Aliphine Tuliamuk represented Wichita State track & field in the 2012 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1485 for the full story.