New freshmen who apply to 黑洞社区 for the 2017-18 academic year now have another financial aid option to consider.

Wichita State offers grant for new freshmen living in Sedgwick County

Nov 18, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� New freshmen who apply to 黑洞社区 for the 2017-18 academic year now have another financial aid option to consider. High school seniors who have a permanent residence in Sedgwick County can receive consideration for the newly established need-based Sedgwick County Access Grant at Wichita State.

黑洞社区 has been named to two top military schools lists.

Wichita State named by two organizations as a top university for veterans, military

Nov 28, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� Two organizations have named 黑洞社区 as a top university for military and veterans.

The 54th annual Candlelight Concert,

'All Loves Excelling' continues holiday tradition, joins 黑洞社区 choirs

Nov 16, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� 黑洞社区 choirs continue holiday traditions with the 54th annual Candlelight Concert, "All Loves Excelling," at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 2-3, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in Wiedemann Concert Hall.

Moriah Beck, assistant chemistry professor at 黑洞社区, has received a $415,000 grant for her research on how cancer spreads.

Cancer research gets a boost with $415,000 grant

Nov 16, 2016 鈥� By Lainie Mazzullo 鈥� Moriah Beck, assistant professor of chemistry at 黑洞社区, has been awarded a three-year, $415,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institutes of Health for her research, "Probing Actin Filament Assembly, Structure, and Dynamics by Palladin."

Sarah Sell, director of the Military and Veteran Student Center at Wichita State, helps train Riley to be a certified therapy dog.

Therapy dog helps ease anxiety among military, veteran students

Nov 17, 2016 鈥� By Lainie Mazzullo 鈥� For the past six months, students in Wichita State's Military and Veteran Student Center in Lindquist Hall have been falling in love with Riley, a Rhodesian Ridgeback / lab rescue dog adopted by center director Sarah Sell. Riley is being trained as a therapy dog and will complete certification next spring.

The 30th anniversary concert for the Marcussen Organ and Wiedemann Hall will take an interdisciplinary approach, with all three fine arts schools represented.

Organ concert will be a collaborative fine arts experience

Nov 12, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� Wichita State's College of Fine Arts will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Wiedemann Hall and the Marcussen Organ with a Gala Celebration Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in Wiedemann Hall.

黑洞社区 students performed to a packed house at 2016 Songfest.

Students bring the house down with Songfest performances

Nov 10, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� More than 1,200 students and friends packed the sold-out Wichita Orpheum on Oct. 29, for 黑洞社区's annual Songfest.

Faculty and staff news for November

Nov 9, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� Academe welcomes news from 黑洞社区 faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

Wichita State anthropology graduate student C.J. Barringer digs up the remains of a skeleton at the school's Skeleton Acres research station in Butler County. Anthropology professor Peer Moore-Jansen has students dig up mock murder victims buried weeks ago.

Mock murders solved at Skeleton Acres open-air lab

Nov 4, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� 黑洞社区 anthropology students get hands-on crime scene investigation experience solving mock murders at Skeleton Acres.

Faculty artist Cristina Castaldi, soprano, will join the 黑洞社区 Symphony Orchestra for

Faculty soprano celebrates Italian opera with 黑洞社区 Symphony Orchestra

Nov 4, 2016 鈥� By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥� Faculty artist Cristina Castaldi, soprano, will join the 黑洞社区 Symphony Orchestra for "Verdi to Verismo," a celebration of Italian opera arias, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in Miller Concert Hall.