Jul 26, 2017 — By Jessa Ragan — Spring 2017 Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate Geoff Winningham recently accepted a job as a patent analyst with Global Patent Solutions, a company that offers research and patent consulting to a variety of innovators. Winningham is responsible for conducting research and writing opinions on whether he thinks a patent is likely to be granted.

Jul 26, 2017 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Marche Fleming-Randle, assistant dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Assistant to the President for Diversity at Â鶹´«Ã½, has been promoted to a new position, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement.

Jul 21, 2017 — By Jessa Ragan — Damage to wind turbines can easily cost hundreds of thousands in repairs, but a prototype developed at Wichita State's National Institute for Aviation Research will help protect them from multiple lightning strikes.

Jul 24, 2017 — By Lainie Mazzullo — A new era of global physics begins today, and a group of Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers is playing a key role. On Friday, July 21, scientists, engineers and others from the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and their partners around the world gathered for simultaneous groundbreaking ceremonies for the Long-Baseline Ne

Jul 21, 2017 — By Lainie Mazzullo — A group of more than 100 community members will get a prime view of the upcoming solar eclipse thanks to a trip offered by Wichita State's Office for Workforce, Professional and Community Education.

Jul 20, 2017 — By Sydney Payne — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has a Shocker alumna ready to assist. Katie Deutsch, a May 2017 Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate, is lending her skills to the Office of the General Council as a research and analytics intern.

Jul 14, 2017 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ will close Fairmount Towers residence hall in mid-August, in line with housing consultants' recommendations and the university's five-year capital budget plan. About 300 students who had reserved space in Fairmount Towers for the 2017-18 academic year will be housed in a brand-new apartment complex, The Flats at Â鶹´«Ã½, at no additional cost to those students.

Jul 11, 2017 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — At the conclusion of its first year, the Shocker Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program has provided seed funding, customer validation training, mentoring and other valuable resources to a total of 29 Â鶹´«Ã½ student teams, many of which have won additional awards and funding.

Jul 7, 2017 — By Jessa Ragan — Miranda Roland, a student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at Â鶹´«Ã½, is spending the summer as a home paraeducator intern at Heartspring, a local nonprofit that serves children with developmental disabilities. It's a career path she never imagined when she was in high school.

Jul 25, 2017 — By Sydney Payne — Â鶹´«Ã½ Technical and Theatre Design major Payton Dickerson is spending her summer helping bring "Beauty and the Beast" to life in Moorhead, Minnesota. Dickerson is interning as a junior cutter and draper for Trollwood Performing Arts School, a summer arts program for high school and middle school students.