May 15, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Kansas State University and the University of Kansas are members of the new center known as the Alliance for System Safety of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, which was awarded recently by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Jul 7, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — John Tomblin, vice president of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Research and Technology Transfer and NIAR executive director, will be the keynote speaker at the Kansas Call-to-Action STEM Forum, June 2-3.

May 13, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State senior Mandy Riedel was in tears, but they were tears of gratitude and joy thanks to faculty and staff in the Elliott School of Communication.

May 12, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Stagestruck Audio Theatre, a radio show put on by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Theatre program, will be featured at the National Audio Theatre's HEAR Now festival this summer, represented by a selection chosen from a number of national entries.

May 13, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Students in Associate Professor Jeff Pulaski's sequential design class at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ created new looks for several area nonprofits over spring.

May 11, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Theatre program's first full-length feature film, "After Midnight," won second place for Best Film Crew/Student Feature at the Bare Bones International Independent Film and Music Festival, which took place April 10-18.

May 11, 2015 — By Tim Hart — An engineering team representing ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is among 20 university teams selected for the second round of the international Valeo Innovation Challenge.

May 11, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Alex Chaparro has been named the new Carl and Rozina Cassat Professor in Aging and director of the Regional Institute on Aging. Chaparro is a professor of psychology and has served as the chair of psychology since 2010. He replaces the founding director of the institute and first holder of the professorship, Teresa Radebaugh, who retires June 1.

May 12, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Ennovar, the Institute of Emerging Technology and Market Solutions at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, announced details of a new extensive partnership with California-based Social Networking Technology Inc. The one-year contract worth more than $600,000 will provide for 18 student support positions in the fall semester and up to 30 positions by the end of the contract.

May 15, 2015 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — More than 2,400 students are eligible to participate in the 117th spring commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.