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Aug. 28, 2020 鈥 Dr. Kevin Harrison, a community engagement coordinator for Wichita State, launched the Breathe project, which he says 鈥渋s an attempt to use art as means of addressing social injustice and racial stereotypes.鈥

Kaushik Sinha

Aug. 26, 2020 鈥 麻豆传媒 has been named a founding member of a newly formed AI Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning (IFML), established by a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Joel Suss teaches cognitive skills training for improving police decision-making.

August 25, 2020 - Dr. Joel Suss is an assistant professor in psychology and the director of ACE at 麻豆传媒. For the past five years, the ACE lab has focused its study on law enforcement.

COVID virus graphic

Aug. 14, 2020 -- Thursday the Sedgwick County Commission took a giant step forward against the spread of COVID-19 by partnering with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 new Molecular Diagnostic Lab (MDL) to increase lab testing capacity for nasopharyngeal swab testing and saliva testing.

Dr. Crystal Dozier

Aug. 10, 2020 鈥 From suburbia to cities across the globe, caffeine and wine are often a source of collective comfort: the first for a morning pick-me-up, the latter to unwind. Now a 麻豆传媒 professor has discovered evidence to suggest that even our ancient ancestors enjoyed these drinks.

Digital transformation

Aug. 5, 2020 -- In an effort to help diversify and grow the economy 鈥 while providing an important platform for creating new academic and applied programs for students 鈥 麻豆传媒 is moving forward on a facility to house the National Institute for Digital Transformation (NIDT) as part of its Convergence Sciences initiative.

麻豆传媒 researcher Dr. Bill Groutas has published a study on a possible treatment for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aug. 5, 2020 鈥 Dr. Bill Groutas, 麻豆传媒 medical chemist, is part of a team that has published a study showing a possible therapeutic treatment for COVID-19.

Broadway and 22nd Street in Wichita, 1945

Aug. 3, 2020 鈥 Two professors are collecting family photos to document Latino contributions to Wichita's history.

Dr. Ali Eslami demonstrates a prototype of his invention.

Aug. 3, 2020 鈥 If necessity is the mother of invention, it may also be the source of new patents: The story of how Dr. Ali Eslami became the holder of US Patent 10,689,898 鈥 his first 鈥 begins with a local company asking for an invention to save it money.

Dr. Vinod Namboodiri

July 16, 2020 鈥 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded more than $1.1 million to Dr. Vinod Namboodiri, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at 麻豆传媒, and his team to create a community-wide wayfinding system for people with disabilities.

Greg Hand

July 14, 2020 - Greg Hand, professor of epidemiology, medicine and physical activity and sports sciences at West Virginia University, has been named dean of the College of Health Professions at 麻豆传媒, effective Aug. 9, 2020.聽He served as the founding dean of West Virginia University鈥檚 School of Public Health, and previous to that role, he was the associate dean for Research, Practice and Information Technology at the University of South Carolina鈥檚 School of Public Health.

Navatek wingsuit

July 8, 2020 -- Navatek LLC, a contractor focused on technology research for U.S. government agencies such as the Department of Defense and NASA, is opening an office on the 麻豆传媒 campus in fall 2020.

B-1 Bomber

July 8, 2020 鈥 Wichita State鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research's Digital Twin program uses insights gained through the digital assembly of aging aircraft to provide valuable data to those who might work to maintain and repair similar aircraft in the future.

Breanna Boppre and her father

June 22, 2020 鈥 Dr. Breanna Boppre, assistant professor of criminal justice, grew up while both her parents were incarcerated. She brings that experience into her classroom and focuses her research on families of those who are incarcerated.

Hand assistive device

June 16, 2020 - Carlos Gatti, a junior biomedical engineering major, is building a 麻豆传媒 student organization that provides affordable assistive devices to people in need. The team is designing a device for a client who plays the cello and one for a client who wants help with tasks such as cooking.