Gordon Parks and an unidentified girl in the late 1990s at a showing of Parks' work at the Ulrich Museum on the Â鶹´«Ã½ campus.

Wichita State chosen to receive Gordon Parks Papers

Mar 12, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ has been chosen to house and display the collections of deceased photographer, author, filmmaker, composer and Kansas native Gordon Parks.

Â鶹´«Ã½ Symphony to showcase top students in honors concert

Feb 11, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Four Â鶹´«Ã½ students will be showcased during an orchestra concert Tuesday, Feb. 12.

Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate and former NIAR employee Phil Butler, left, and John Laffen, director of the NIAR Wind & Water Tunnel.

Â鶹´«Ã½ aerospace engineering earns Top 3 national ranking

Mar 14, 2008 — By Lainie Rusco — Wichita State rose up through the ranks to place No. 3 in a national study of top university spending on aerospace engineering research and development.

Â鶹´«Ã½ Newsline: Study suggests change in teen driving privileges

Feb 19, 2008 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Researchers with the Kansas Teen Driver Research and Education Project interviewed 1,000 families with teens to identify beliefs and opinions regarding teen drivers.

Free 'How to Finance a College Education' class offered at Â鶹´«Ã½

Feb 7, 2008 — By Lainie Rusco — Take a free, one-day class at Â鶹´«Ã½ that will teach you everything you need to know about financing a college education.

Black History Month honored at Wichita State

Feb 14, 2008 — By Lainie Rusco — February is Black History Month, and Â鶹´«Ã½ is celebrating by holding several events on campus.

Alumni Awards honor six Â鶹´«Ã½ graduates, community leaders

Feb 12, 2008 — By Lainie Rusco — Several Wichita State graduates were chosen as winners of the 2007 Â鶹´«Ã½ Alumni Awards, held Thursday, Jan. 31.

John Wong, interim director, Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, (316) 978-7240; john.wong@wichita.edu.,

Hugo Wall School names interim director

Feb 7, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Following the departure of Ed Flentje in January, Â鶹´«Ã½ professor John Wong has been appointed interim director of the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs.

Tom Fowler, Jazz Arts director, Â鶹´«Ã½

Valentine's concert to feature Â鶹´«Ã½ jazz, madrigals

Feb 7, 2008 — By Shannon Littlejohn — Fifth annual Valentine Jazz Concert being held at Â鶹´«Ã½ and put on by Â鶹´«Ã½'s Jazz Arts I ensemble and the Madrigal Singers.

Aging in Focus lecture series resumes

Jan 29, 2008 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Â鶹´«Ã½ lecture series event to focus on changes in the auditory perception of speech and strategies for environmental design and communication for aging adults with impaired hearing.