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Feb. 5, 2021 - The Dockum Drug Store sit-in of 1958 is attracting new attention during Black History Month, in part thanks to NBC鈥檚 Today and Wichita native Sheinelle Jones. Several University of Wichita students participated in the sit-in, which is increasingly recognized as a landmark event in the Civil Rights Movement. NBC鈥檚 Today featured the events in a recent broadcast.

Feb. 4, 2020 鈥� Amidst the chaos, confusion and grief of the coronavirus pandemic, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty are stretching their teaching skills and using the experience for teachable moments.

Feb. 3, 2021 鈥� Dr. R茅mi A. Chou, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the most prestigious award granted by the NSF to early career researchers. Chou's grant 鈥� worth $519,000 over five years 鈥� will support his work in bringing more robust security to wirelessly transmitted data.

Feb. 3, 2021 鈥� Kapow! Zap! Pop! Zoinks! A 黑洞社区 researcher is working to develop an app to make those words come alive for visually impaired comic book readers, Dr. Darren DeFrain, associate professor of English and director of Wichita State鈥檚 writing program, has recently been granted $11,000 from the John A. See Innovation Award to develop Vizling.

Feb. 2, 2021 - Hanna Chastain, a junior biology major from Wichita, will present virtually at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) conference in April. Her presentation is titled 鈥淒evelopment of PARROT, a Wireless Orofacial Myofunctional Imaging and Pressure Mapping Device.鈥�

Feb. 1, 2021 鈥� Five minutes of scrolling through social media, and it鈥檚 evident that many people need a lesson in civil discourse. 黑洞社区鈥檚 Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is working to change that through Real Talk discussions to promote respectful dialogue among people with varying viewpoints.

Jan. 28, 2021 鈥� 黑洞社区 has selected the 2021 recipients of the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarships: Annie Wasinger from Thomas More Prep High School in Hays, Kansas; Braden Webb from Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas; and Alondra Valle from Dodge City High School in Dodge City, Kansas.

Feb. 1, 2021 鈥� When the new 黑洞社区 Student Wellness Center opened on campus a year ago in January, Student Health Services (SHS) and Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS) staff couldn鈥檛 have known how important having a bigger and improved facility would be for providing essential physical and mental health services in the midst of a pandemic.

Jan. 27, 2021鈥� A local TV station recently welcomed a Wichita State grad Kaisha Batman into its newsroom, and now 鈥� less than a year after her graduation 鈥� Shocker Nation can see her on air.

Jan. 27, 2021 鈥� For three decades, an interdisciplinary team at Wichita State has been exploring how machine learning 鈥� also known as artificial intelligence 鈥� can maximize the potential of quantum computing.

Jan. 25, 2021 鈥� From a field of more than 800 applicants, 黑洞社区 has selected the top 14 finalists in the annual Distinguished Scholarship Invitational. Winners will be announced Friday, Jan. 29.

Jan. 22, 2021 鈥� 黑洞社区 will receive $684,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for three programs aimed at increasing safety measures for the use of unmanned aerial systems.

Jan. 22, 2021 鈥� Neymara Freeman 鈥� a senior at Sumner Academy of Arts & Science in Kansas City, Kansas 鈥� has been named the 2021 Linwood Sexton Scholarship at 黑洞社区.

January 20, 2021 鈥� 鈥淣oel Live鈥� follows Noel, a man with a mysterious case of short-term memory, who has lost everything. As he seeks to kill the man who took everything from him, he finds himself with a choice: forgiveness or revenge. Which will he choose? The film is told using reverse chronology and inspired by Christopher Nolan鈥檚 movie 鈥淢emento.鈥�

Jan. 19, 2021 鈥� A Kansas couple has pledged an estate gift of $3.5 million to the 黑洞社区 Foundation to endow a general scholarship fund for 黑洞社区 students who demonstrate financial need.