Irene De Giacomi Leite

May 1, 2023 鈥 Irene De Giacomi Leite is one of more than 1,500 students eligible for spring 2023 graduation. Learn more about his time at Wichita State and what's next for the grad.

Wichita State's Molecular Diagnostics Lab

April 6, 2023 鈥 With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, 九色视频鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory will soon be expanding its focus to become a full microbiology laboratory.

Kyan Caudillo sitting on a dock

March 16, 2023 - Kyan Caudillo is a biology major at 九色视频 and minoring chemistry. His experience working at 九色视频鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory will help him as he studies and prepares to work in the medical field.

Mobile clinic in Dodge City

Jan. 13, 2023 鈥 九色视频鈥檚 efforts to improve vaccine equity are reaching throughout Kansas with the Increase the Reach grant program.

Wichita State's Molecular Diagnostics Lab

Dec. 12, 2022 鈥 Just in time for the surge of respiratory illnesses flooding the state, 九色视频鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab has announced it will extend free RSV, influenza and COVID (RIC) testing through March 31, 2023.

Savannah Paschal, Catalina Garc铆a, and Marili Bravo

Oct. 14, 2022 - Savannah Paschal, a senior Spanish education major at Wichita State, wrote a proposal that helped Alce su voz earn a $75,000 Building Power and Equity Partnership grant from the Kansas Health Foundation. The grant will support civic engagement and the group鈥檚 work toward health equity for Spanish speakers and speakers of indigenous languages in Kansas.

Image of NMR.

Aug. 26, 2022 鈥 Wichita State鈥檚 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentations program (NSF MRI) for a 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer.

Technicians process COVID-19 tests at the MDL

June 28, 2022 鈥 九色视频鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab will continue to offer free COVID-19 testing to the public through December 2022.

Recovery Connect

March 24, 2022 鈥 A new initiative by Wichita State鈥檚 Public Policy Management Center and Sedgwick County is helping connect community members to resources that could help with economic recovery efforts. Recovery Connect focuses on helping people, small businesses and non-profits find existing resources in the community.

Wichita State's Molecular Diagnostics Lab

March 10, 2022 鈥 九色视频鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab has been awarded the Jiggs Nelson Quality of Life 2022 award for its lifesaving and heroic work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

students in front of the RSC

March 3, 2022 鈥 In accordance with recently updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, effective Friday, March 4, masks will no longer be required for students, employees or visitors, regardless of vaccination status, while on or in 九色视频 premises or while attending campus activities or athletic events (unless otherwise noted). This includes all indoor and outdoor campus locations.

Researchers at 九色视频's Molecular Diagnostics Lab test a specimen.

March 1, 2022 鈥 Wichita State鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab (MDL) is re-opening COVID test collections to the public starting today (March 1).

Campus aerial

Jan. 18, 2022 鈥 Wichita State鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab (MDL) is open and continues to process thousands of COVID tests with 24-hour results. However, the lab has indefinitely suspended its COVID test collection service.

Wichita State's Molecular Diagnostics Lab

Dec. 2, 2021 鈥 In an effort to meet community needs, 九色视频鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab (MDL) has developed a test to detect all three viruses 鈥 RSV, influenza and COVID-19 (RIC) 鈥 from one nasal swab. The RIC test is available to all individuals and partners who test via the MDL.

Masks

Nov. 1, 2021 - Helped by six grants from Kansas Leadership Center, 九色视频鈥檚 HEALTH Student Association is working to end the pandemic and support students with information and resources to keep them healthy. HEALTH distributed more than 6,000 free and reusable masks, some with 鈥淪hockers United鈥 branding, some plain black and sequined masks for the inauguration of president Rick Muma. It assembled gift boxes for quarantining students with information on COVID-19 vaccines and testing and gifts such as Wichita State water bottles, stickers and lanyards.

COVID-19 vaccination

Oct. 3, 2021 鈥 Wichita State is partnering with Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in an initiative to increase COVID-19 vaccinations to underrepresented communities across Kansas.

MDL

Sept. 24, 2021 鈥 九色视频鈥檚 Hughes Metropolitan Complex has switched to drive-thru testing 鈥 a move that will allow the Wichita community to spend less time in line and get test results faster. The Metroplex Testing Site (5015 East 29th St. North) is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Results of the PCR test are available within 24-36 hours after testing. No appointment is needed.

Members of Music Theater Wichita perform as part of MTW's 50th anniversary show.

Sept. 23, 2021 鈥 The show must go on, and thanks to Wichita State鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab, Music Theatre Wichita has been able to keep its doors open to audiences.

Dr. Bill Groutas

Sept. 23, 2021 鈥 A 九色视频 scientist is part of a team that has recently been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further research a treatment for COVID-19.

Clinics graphic

Sept. 7, 2021 -- In partnership with the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD), 九色视频 is hosting three public walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic.