Rachel and Matt Wykes, along with experts at Wichita State, are working to redesign a tool used in common medical procedures.

Jun 14, 2016 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 With help from 黑洞社区 Ventures at 黑洞社区, obstetrician-gynecologist resident Rachel Wykes hopes to improve the efficiency of a common gynecologic surgery through the development of a new cautery tool.

Fraternity and Sorority Life completes the year with record numbers in several areas.

Jun 14, 2016 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 Fraternity and Sorority Life is proud to announce the completion of another successful year with record numbers in GPA, recruitment, member retention, service and philanthropy dollars raised.

East High graduate Oscar Clark was named the Linwood Sexton Endowed Scholarship recipient and will pursue a degree in physics at 黑洞社区.

Jun 8, 2016 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 黑洞社区 has named Wichita East High School graduate Oscar Clark as the Linwood Sexton Scholarship recipient for the 2016-17 academic year.

Jolynn Dowling at the door of Sugar Sisters Bakery. The bakery is one of the Wichita businesses that pledged to participate in the Breastfeeding Welcome Here program.

Jun 8, 2016 鈥 By Jamie Stoskopf 鈥 Thanks to the diligence of a Wichita State instructor, Wichita has received the Community Supporting Breastfeeding (CSB) designation from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. (KBC).

Jolynn Dowling at the door of Sugar Sisters Bakery. The bakery is one of the Wichita businesses that pledged to participate in the Breastfeeding Welcome Here program.

Jun 8, 2016 鈥 By Jamie Stoskopf 鈥 Thanks to the diligence of a Wichita State instructor, Wichita has received the Community Supporting Breastfeeding (CSB) designation from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. (KBC).

Wichita State's Wallace Hall engineering building will undergo a renovation thanks to a $1 million grant from the building's namesakes.

Jun 7, 2016 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 The engineering building at 黑洞社区 named for Dwane and Velma Lunt Wallace -- in honor of their dedication to the university -- will undergo a facelift thanks to a $1 million gift from the Dwane and Velma Wallace Foundation.

Each summer children and adults take part in the Kodaly camp at Wichita State. The Kodaly music teacher certification program has been named one of the largest in the nation.

Jun 9, 2016 鈥 By Emily Mullins 鈥 黑洞社区's Kodaly music teacher certification program has been recognized by the Organization of American Kodaly Educators as one of the largest in the nation.

Jun 8, 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.

Student Brandon Bartlett is using a $50,000 grant to further the concept of a mobile health monitoring app created by fellow classmates.

Jun 6, 2016 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 Mobile HealthLink, a finalist in 黑洞社区's 2015 Shocker New Venture competition, is continuing to progress toward commercialization of its remote health monitoring software, thanks in part to a $50,000 I-Corps Team grant awarded by the National Science Foundation.

Rachelle Meinecke (pictured), director of the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, and her student curator of exhibits, Kristal Olsen, have created a photo collection of cultures displayed on the second floor of Morrison Hall.

Jun 7, 2016 鈥 By Emily Mullins 鈥 A display of artwork on the second floor of 黑洞社区's Morrison Hall contrasts the vast diversity in cultures around the world.