Nancy G. Powers

Jul 3, 2008 — By Shannon Littlejohn — Wichita pediatrician Nancy G. Powers has been named to the Janice M. Riordan Distinguished Professorship in Maternal Child Health at Wichita State. She was chosen after an international search to fill the professorship.

Rob Allison

Sep 4, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Former Bank of America Kansas President Rob Allison will take over as interim director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State.

Jul 8, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Stan Longhofer, director of Â鶹´«Ã½'s Center for Real Estate, provided expertise for a story in the June 26 issue of The Wichita Eagle about Bank of America's acquisition of mortgage lender Countrywide.

Jun 27, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ offices will be closed, and classes will not be held, in observance of Independence Day, Friday, July 4.

Amy Mattson Lauters, a pop culture and communications expert at Â鶹´«Ã½, says YouTube puts extra pressure on political candidates.

Jun 27, 2008 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Amy Mattson Lauters, a pop culture and communications expert at Â鶹´«Ã½, says YouTube puts extra pressure on political candidates.

Andrew Crust, a Wichita State music student, stands behind the Notre Dame cathedral along the River Seine in France.

Jun 26, 2008 — By Shae West — Â鶹´«Ã½ student Andrew Crust's love of music has taken him many places, including Spain, where he performed with the Wichita State Symphony Orchestra.

Girls in grades 4-6 participate in a summer camp hosted by Â鶹´«Ã½ and designed to increase interest in science, technology and engineering.

Jul 8, 2008 — By Shae West — The Science, Technology and Engineering Professionals held a camp in early June to help target girls in grade 4-6. Â鶹´«Ã½'s College of Engineering and Division of Continuing Education hosted the camp.

Jun 24, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Lake Afton Public Observatory sets summer schedule, including "400th Anniversary of the Telescope" and "Peculiar Planets and Lunar Lunacy."

Jun 23, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — KSNW-TV aired a story Thursday, June 19, quoting Â鶹´«Ã½'s Anne Gallagher about the Air Force tanker decision.

Jun 20, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Oboist Andrea Banke and trombonist Russ Widener will appear as soloists with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Summer Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, in Miller Concert Hall.