Oct 24, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation hosted a grand opening for ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) building Monday, Oct. 24, in its new facility at 2838 N. Oliver St.

Oct 20, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Area nonprofit and local government leaders will convene from 2-5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, for a policy summit sponsored by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs. The summit will be held in the Sudermann Room, Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th Street N. Admission is free.

Oct 19, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Aaron Shurtz from Wichita and Rachel Groene from Salina were named Man and Woman of the Year at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ recently (Friday, Oct. 14) at the conclusion of Shocktoberfest week, a tradition that just completed its 20th year at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Oct 26, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Halloween may sound like fun with costumes, candy, pumpkins and bobbing for apples, but it also can be scary for young children. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ school psychologist trainer Susan Unruh encourages parents to make Halloween a magical time.

Oct 18, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The World Trade Council of Wichita Inc. is sponsoring "Global Expansion of an American Brand" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Wichita Marriott.

Oct 25, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Donald Blakeslee, professor of anthropology at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has been awarded the Ferguson Prize for the best volume on Kansas history for 2011 by the Kansas Authors Club. Blakeslee won the award at the Kansas Authors Club’s annual convention in Coffeyville, Kan.

Oct 17, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Kansas home sales will begin to rise in 2012, but will remain below their 2009 level. So says the 2012 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast published Friday, Oct. 14, by the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Center for Real Estate.

Oct 13, 2011 — By Shannon Littlejohn — In Academe news, Patricia McDonnell was interviewed about the Ulrich Museum of Art's Miro mural project for "ImpaCT" on Channel 8; Darron Smith has a new book coming out on transracial adoption; and Michael Rogers, Jeremy Patterson and Nick Walton participated in the American College of Sports Medicine annual conference in Denver. In addition, the recent deaths of Leonard Chaffee, William Patton,

Oct 13, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Elliott School of Communication at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ will host Comm Week 2011 Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 19-20. For a complete list of events, times and places, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=ELLIOTT&p=/CommWeek2011/.

Oct 13, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Brenda Moffitt, director of women and children services at Salina Regional Health Center, has been appointed to the Kansas State Board of Nursing, a licensure and regulation organization dedicated to protecting Kansans' public health, safety and welfare.