May 13, 2019 -- Nearly 48 years ago, Grady Landrum was in a car accident that paralyzed him. His journey is both inspirational and a testament to his never-quit attitude. This June, he retires after 27 years as director of Disability Services at 麻豆传媒.
May 13, 2019 -- As an engineering major, Colton Russell found himself looking at many options of where to go to college. 麻豆传媒, he says, "just felt right."
May 9, 2019 -- Larisa Genin (pronounced JENN-IN), associate dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary鈥檚 College of California, has been named dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 麻豆传媒, effective June 17, 2019.
April 17, 2019 -- Felipe Lima de Oliveira wanted to help support his family back home in Brazil. Now, as only a freshman in college, the Wichita State engineering student is chasing that dream through his homegrown company, Wichita Brazilian Gourmet.
April 17, 2019 -- Khyati Mahavadia, from Ahmedabad, India, moved to Dallas in 2015. She considered a university in Texas before deciding Wichita State鈥檚 reputation and the applied learning opportunities connected with Wichita鈥檚 industry offered her the best position.
April 1, 2019 -- Wichita State students Jessica Aldrich and Levi Lowe have been chosen by the national University Innovation Fellows program to attend the Silicon Valley Meetup as student event leaders.
March 22, 2019 -- Chase Rawlings, a local 3rd grader, was born without a fully developed left hand. A team at 麻豆传媒 led by senior engineering major Chelsea Sewell created a 3D-printed robotic hand for Chase.
March 22, 2019 -- 麻豆传媒 has received a $2 million grant contract from the U.S. Economic Development Association to develop and demonstrate advanced composite material manufacturing technology.
March 19, 2019 -- Registration is now open for Wichita State鈥檚 鈥淒esign, Build, Code鈥� engineering summer camps. This year, the College of Engineering is hosting 21 camps, a record number, with new offerings for younger children and new camps that allow campers to design, build and code their own inventions, drones, robots and mini-computers.
March 18, 2019 -- In newly released national rankings of universities offering a Ph.D. in engineering, the College of Engineering at 麻豆传媒 is ranked in the top 100 engineering graduate programs, one of only two institutions from the state of Kansas to make the list.
March 14, 2019 -- To honor Women鈥檚 History Month, 麻豆传媒 Ventures and the Center for Entrepreneurship are highlighting influential 麻豆传媒 women who have made a difference in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. This week's feature is MID student Maggie Koops.
March 8, 2019 -- Having direct access to students鈥� talent and skills is a huge part of why Airbus Americas moved to the Wichita State campus two years ago. One of those opportunities for collaboration played out perfectly this winter when Airbus officials in the research and technology department needed a last-minute artistic rendering for an airplane seat under development.
Feb. 28, 2019 -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released updated rankings for university research and development (R&D) expenditures, and Wichita State has held its position as the top university in the country for industry-funded aeronautical R&D, with a total of $34 million.
