Rachel and Matt Wykes, along with experts at Wichita State, are working to redesign a tool used in common medical procedures.

Medical professionals use ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ expertise for surgical tool development

Jun 14, 2016 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — With help from ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Ventures at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, obstetrician-gynecologist resident Rachel Wykes hopes to improve the efficiency of a common gynecologic surgery through the development of a new cautery tool.

Fraternity and Sorority Life completes the year with record numbers in several areas.

Fraternity and Sorority Life has record year of success

Jun 14, 2016 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Fraternity and Sorority Life is proud to announce the completion of another successful year with record numbers in GPA, recruitment, member retention, service and philanthropy dollars raised.

East High graduate Oscar Clark was named the Linwood Sexton Endowed Scholarship recipient and will pursue a degree in physics at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Full-ride Linwood Sexton Endowed Scholarship goes to East High graduate

Jun 8, 2016 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has named Wichita East High School graduate Oscar Clark as the Linwood Sexton Scholarship recipient for the 2016-17 academic year.

Jolynn Dowling at the door of Sugar Sisters Bakery. The bakery is one of the Wichita businesses that pledged to participate in the Breastfeeding Welcome Here program.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ instructor plays integral role in Community Supporting Breastfeeding designation

Jun 8, 2016 — By Jamie Stoskopf — Thanks to the diligence of a Wichita State instructor, Wichita has received the Community Supporting Breastfeeding (CSB) designation from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. (KBC).

Jolynn Dowling at the door of Sugar Sisters Bakery. The bakery is one of the Wichita businesses that pledged to participate in the Breastfeeding Welcome Here program.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ instructor plays integral role in Community Supporting Breastfeeding designation

Jun 8, 2016 — By Jamie Stoskopf — Thanks to the diligence of a Wichita State instructor, Wichita has received the Community Supporting Breastfeeding (CSB) designation from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. (KBC).

Wichita State's Wallace Hall engineering building will undergo a renovation thanks to a $1 million grant from the building's namesakes.

Wallace Hall gets $1 million grant for renovations

Jun 7, 2016 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The engineering building at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ named for Dwane and Velma Lunt Wallace -- in honor of their dedication to the university -- will undergo a facelift thanks to a $1 million gift from the Dwane and Velma Wallace Foundation.

Each summer children and adults take part in the Kodaly camp at Wichita State. The Kodaly music teacher certification program has been named one of the largest in the nation.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Kodaly music certification program among the largest in the country

Jun 9, 2016 — By Emily Mullins — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Kodaly music teacher certification program has been recognized by the Organization of American Kodaly Educators as one of the largest in the nation.

June Academe at Wichita State

Jun 8, 2016 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Academe welcomes news from ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

Student Brandon Bartlett is using a $50,000 grant to further the concept of a mobile health monitoring app created by fellow classmates.

Student-created mobile health app receives $50,000 grant

Jun 6, 2016 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Mobile HealthLink, a finalist in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's 2015 Shocker New Venture competition, is continuing to progress toward commercialization of its remote health monitoring software, thanks in part to a $50,000 I-Corps Team grant awarded by the National Science Foundation.

Rachelle Meinecke (pictured), director of the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, and her student curator of exhibits, Kristal Olsen, have created a photo collection of cultures displayed on the second floor of Morrison Hall.

Morrison Hall art exhibit showcases diverse lifestyles

Jun 7, 2016 — By Emily Mullins — A display of artwork on the second floor of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Morrison Hall contrasts the vast diversity in cultures around the world.