David Jackman, right, bequeathed $4 million to the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation for the David and Sally Jackman Endowment for Anthropology.

Jul 15, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — David Jackman, who died Jan. 27, 2009, bequeathed $4 million to the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation for the David and Sally Jackman Endowment for Anthropology.

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Jul 16, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — More minority and disadvantaged students will be supported in the College of Health Professions through a new one-year $485,000 grant that will provide them financial assistance.

Jul 9, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story," with author and co-producer David A. Taylor, will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 15, at Wichita State. Admission is free.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ marketing expert Cindy Claycomb says Christmas in July deals boost sales for area retailers.

Jul 6, 2010 — By Joe Kleinsasser — It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in July as retailers do their best to get consumers in a shopping mood. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ marketing expert Cindy Claycomb says the main reason retailers offer Christmas in July sales is to increase sales during the typically slow summer season.

Jul 8, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Learn how to use your telescope at the Lake Afton Public Observatory's event "Bring Your Own Telescope," starting Friday, July 16.

Jul 6, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — New board officers and members of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation have been announced.

Jul 6, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ biologists at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's 330-acre Biology Field Station Ninnescah Reserve are working to restore the tired farmland along the Ninnescah River back to native prairie.

Jeremy Hill just celebrated his one-year anniversary as director of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Center for Economic Development and Business Research.

Jul 8, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Jeremy Hill, director of Wichita State's Center for Economic Development and Business Research, said he's happy with what he's accomplished in his first year at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Jul 1, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State's National Center for Advanced Materials Performance, part of the National Institute for Aviation Research, is making strides toward the development of a shared composite materials property database, which would make specifications of composite materials more accessible to industry.

Jun 30, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — On June 24, the Kansas Board of Regents approved ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s student fee increase, which included funding for the Rhatigan Renewal project.