Mar 5, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Love is not enough if you are a white parent of an adopted black child. That's the premise behind ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ assistant professor Darron Smith's recently published book "White Parents, Black Children: Experiencing Transracial Adoption."

Mar 5, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Global Village is among the Top 10 nationally distributed public radio shows. The eclectic show airs locally on KMUW FM 89.1, which is among the Top Five stations that distribute it. KMUW is licensed by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Mar 5, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The results of the 22nd annual national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) will be announced at 9:30 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 2, at a news conference at the National Press Club, Murrow Room, in Washington, D.C.

Mar 19, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Former Congressman Dan Glickman will be the speaker at the Second Luzzati Lecture Series, hosted by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Department of Political Science and the Elliott School of Communication. The event is at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 29th Street and Oliver. It is free and open to the public.

Feb 28, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — American organist George Baker will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Wiedemann Recital Hall as part of the College of Fine Arts Rie Bloomfield Organ Series at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. Tickets are $10, with discounts available, through the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Fine Arts Box Office at (316) 978-3233 or online at www.wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice.

Feb 27, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT math section of the test from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 10, at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. The cost for the workshop is $23, and registration can be done online at www.registerblast.com/wsu.

Feb 27, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Alyssa Johnson of Sterling (Kan.) High School has won ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Elliott School of Communication Victor Murdock Scholarship in Journalism for 2012. Named for the former Wichita Eagle editor-in-chief Victor Murdock, the Murdock Scholarship provides $5,000 over four years toward the winner's journalism education.

Feb 24, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Local product distribution company MoJack Distributors has hired Barton International Group, a student-run consulting firm at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, to conduct market research for the company.

Feb 22, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Postal Services will host a special passport event from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 10, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State in recognizing Passport Day in the USA 2012, a national passport acceptance and outreach event. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's event will be held in Morrison Hall.

Feb 21, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Center for Entrepreneurship at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ will hold its sixth annual Shocker Business Plan Competition this April. The competition is designed to encourage student innovation and provide a forum where students can present new business ideas to more than 200 local business leaders, including entrepreneurs and investors.