Alaska Airlines

Apr 9, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 In the closest finish in nearly three decades of identifying the nation's top airlines, Alaska Air barely edged out Delta Airlines to retain its No. 1 position, according to the 28th annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR), announced today, Monday, April 9, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Jacob Griffith

Apr 13, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 Jacob Griffith, a Wichita State biomedical engineering major receiving his bachelor's degree in May, has been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Only 2,000 fellows are selected nationally. Griffith will use his fellowship to pursue a master's degree in biomedical engineering at Wichita State.

Apr 5, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 Spirit AeroSystems and 黑洞社区 announced a new collaboration agreement, bringing with it new opportunities for students and the area workforce. Spirit will establish a presence at Wichita State by leasing space in the Partnership 2 Building north of the Experiential Engineering Building on the east side of campus.

Members of the Girls Scouts of the Kansas Heartland's Robo Troop MINDSTORMS team modify the program on their LEGO robot between competition runs during the 2017 challenge.

Apr 4, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 黑洞社区's College of Engineering will host the 18th annual Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge, a robotics competition for 3rd-8th grade students from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in the Heskett Center gymnasium.

Five Wichita State members of the prestigious national program, University Innovation Fellows, spent their spring break in San Francisco for the UIF meet-up.

Mar 28, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 Five Wichita State students were recently chosen to become University Innovation Fellows, a prestigious national program that empowers student leaders and challenges them to be innovative.

Rajeev Nair (left) and Gisuk Hwang show the manufactured, new capillary structures they are developing for NASA.

Mar 27, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 Two Wichita State engineering professors are developing a new device to enhance water evaporation and condensation processes. The innovation has applications for spacecraft and life-support systems, as well as clean energy and advance manufacturing.

Mar 23, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 黑洞社区 has ranked as one of the top in the nation for its online bachelor's degree in early childhood unified/elementary education.

Royce Bowden

Mar 21, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 College of Engineering Dean Royce Bowden has announced plans to leave 黑洞社区 on June 30 to invest the next chapter of his life to philanthropic and scholarly interests. He will have completed 30 years of service in higher education, dedicated to the success of students, faculty and staff, including the past five at 黑洞社区.

Mar 15, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 An interdisciplinary team of researchers at 黑洞社区 are exploring nonwhite (or "ethnic") entrepreneurship in Wichita and are inviting local business owners to fill out a survey.

Mar 8, 2018 鈥 By 黑洞社区 News Services 鈥 Two high school seniors have won the 2017-18 Professor Fran Jabara Scholarship in Entrepreneurship at 黑洞社区. The winners, Eddie Brown and Danny Fradella, will each receive $25,000 over four years to attend Wichita State.