Mar 31, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — During the months of April, May and June on evenings that the moon is not visible, the Lake Afton Public Observatory will present “30 years of Astronomy -- the Dark Sky.”

Mar 22, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — Wichita State will play host to the College of Charleston at 6 p.m., Central time, Wednesday, March 23 on ESPN2, it was announced by the NIT early Tuesday morning.

Mar 21, 2011 — By Joe Kleinsasser — It's always been a challenge for governments to suppress political dissidents, but it's even more difficult now in an age of Twitter, Facebook, texting and cell phones. If you doubt the impact of social media on governments, consider recent political uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and Iran. Lou Heldman, a social media strategist at ��ɫ��Ƶ and former publisher of The Wichita Eagle an

Mar 24, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — Carolyn Shaw, associate professor and chairwoman of the political science department at ��ɫ��Ƶ, is teaching political science courses at Marie Curie Sklodowski University in Lublin, Poland, as a Fulbright Scholar.

Mar 18, 2011 — By Anthony Marrone — David Kloke, a nontraditional student who grew up in Wichita, returned to Wichita State this semester. With the help of ��ɫ��Ƶ Complete, Kloke plans to graduate by summer 2012. He works full time at Intrust Bank and is using that work experience to gain credit through the ��ɫ��Ƶ co-op program.

Mar 17, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — Wichita State advanced to the second round of the NIT with a 76-49 first-round win against Nebraska Wednesday at Charles Koch Arena.

Mar 21, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — The ��ɫ��Ƶ men's and women's bowling teams have qualified for the Intercollegiate Team Championships, the most prestigious competition of the season. Nationals are April 20-23 in Columbus, Ga.

Mar 16, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — Free hearing evaluations are now available for ��ɫ��Ƶ faculty, staff and students year-round at the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. The campus population will also benefit from receiving 10 percent off hearing aids.

Mar 23, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — The 11th Annual ��ɫ��Ƶ and Midian Shriner's Car Show will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 3, in the Charles Koch Arena parking lot at 21st Street North and Hillside Avenue on the ��ɫ��Ƶ campus. Proceeds will be donated to the Midian Shrine Plane of Mercy Transportation Fund, which supports the transportation of children in need of medical care to Shrine hospitals across th

Mar 24, 2011 — By ��ɫ��Ƶ News Services — In Academe news, Betty Monroe and colleagues in the School of Performing Arts received awards and honors from the 2011 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and three professors -- Antje Mefferd, Trisha Self and Xiao-Ming Sun, all from communication sciences and disorders -- received ��ɫ��Ƶ Awards for Research/Creative Projects. In addition, the recent death of Kenneth Burk is noted.