Dec 17, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is establishing the Center for Innovation and Enterprise Engagement to provide the expertise and infrastructure needed to help accelerate development of the composites and advanced materials industry cluster in Kansas. The center will provide assistance with engineering support, workforce training and business planning. More than 200 companies are already part of the econo

Nov 29, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The National Student Exchange will announce at its Annual Placement Conference in March that ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ physics major Matthew Onstott on exchange to Stony Brook University in New York was one of two students awarded the Bette Worley NSE Student Achievement Award.

Dec 9, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — According to the November 2010 issue of Ingram's magazine, the Kansas Small Business Development Center at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ counseled more businesses in 2009 than 17 other SBDCs in Kansas and Missouri.

Nov 24, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Lake Afton Public Observatory will be open to visitors from 12:30-3 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, for the Geminid Meteor shower. LAPO will show various dark-sky objects through the observatory's 16-inch telescope, including star clusters, clouds of interstellar gas and a spiral galaxy.

Nov 24, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra will feature faculty soloists Nicholas Smith, horn, and Paul Brodene Smith, tenor, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, in Wilner Auditorium.

Dec 9, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has earned the No. 1 ranking of the Top 10 Happiest University Employers, an online poll by CareerBliss.

Nov 24, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Carolyn Shaw, associate professor of political science at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at Marie Curie Sklodowskiej University in Lublin, Poland, during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Nov 17, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Percussion Ensemble concert will feature the Boys and Girls Club Steel Band and the university will announce the gift of $130,000 worth of percussion equipment to benefit both organizations. Marimbist Kevin Bobo is the featured guest artist.

Nov 29, 2010 — By Anthony Marrone — Project Lead The Way, a national pre-engineering program for middle schools and high schools, allows teachers and students a chance to grow, learn and build their science, technology, engineering and math skills.

Nov 12, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's International Student Union will present "All the World's on Stage at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ," a fundraiser to end polio, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in the CAC Theater.