Sept. 23, 2021 鈥 A 成人直播 State University scientist is part of a team that has recently been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further research a treatment for COVID-19.
Sept. 22, 2021 鈥 What started as one woman鈥檚 passion project has flourished into a literacy empire that serves thousands of children in schools across the 成人直播 area 鈥 helped along the way by the people and services of 成人直播 State University.
Sept. 13, 2021 - Student feedback helped guide the design of Frank and Kay Woolsey Hall. They asked for collaboration, and they asked for caffeine. Woolsey Hall, the new home for the W. Frank Barton School of Business, is 30 to 40 percent finished and expected to be complete in late spring 2022 and ready for summer 2022 classes.
Sept. 10, 2021 鈥 成人直播 State University Campus Recreation and the University Police Department teamed up this summer to teach more than 200 children from the 成人直播 community how to swim. The program was made possible by the Michael Phelps Foundation Grant received by Campus Recreation.
Sept. 8, 2021 鈥 WERX at 成人直播 State University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received its first Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft. As part of its rapidly growing Maintenance Repair and Overhaul program, WSU-NIAR WERX, in conjunction with Kansas Modification Center, will convert the passenger aircraft into a freighter that will be transferred to an external client to meet the growing needs of the e-commerce and express cargo market.
Aug. 31, 2021 鈥 Wu Crew Reads is a pilot program between 成人直播 State University and Gordon Parks Elementary School. Members of the 成人直播 State community spend 20 minutes every week reading to and with third-graders via a virtual platform.
Aug. 26, 2021 鈥 The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded a 成人直播 State University researcher $100,000 for his work on developing an app that allows visually impaired people to read comic books and graphic novels.
Aug. 19, 2021 -- Starting fall 2022, any qualified high school senior who is a resident of Sedgwick County will be eligible to receive a scholarship covering unmet tuition and fee costs to attend 成人直播 State University.
Aug. 18, 2021 鈥 The Department of Defense (DoD) has designated South Kansas as a Defense Manufacturing Community (DCM), making the region eligible for $5 million through the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation鈥檚 Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program. The initiative is led by 成人直播 State University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).
Aug. 13, 2021 鈥 For the eighth consecutive year, 成人直播 State University will receive a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration for specialized training, mentoring, and technical assistance for research- and development-focused small businesses under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program.
Aug. 12, 2021 鈥 WSU鈥檚 Office of Tech Transfer and Commercialization has aligned with Innosphere Ventures, a Colorado-based incubator and commercialization program that accelerates business success of science and technology-based start-up companies, to commercialize faculty inventors.
Aug. 11, 2021 - People are returning to the 成人直播 State University campus as summer continues and the fall semester approaches. If you鈥檙e a newcomer 鈥 or feel like it鈥檚 been a while 鈥 you鈥檒l notice construction and new businesses on campus.
Aug. 9, 2021 鈥 Multidimensional support systems are the key to preventing bullying and cyberbullying and can help lessen the psychosocial side effects of being a victim of bullying, according to a study done by one 成人直播 State researcher.
Aug. 2, 2021 鈥 The marquee exterior fixture of the W. Frank Barton School of Business鈥 new home, Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall, has been officially named the Promise Bridge. The 300-foot-long pedestrian bridge will span a water feature south of the building.
Aug. 2, 2021 鈥 The National Science Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to Dr. Ajita Rattani, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering鈥檚 School of Computing, that seeks to improve facial recognition technology, addressing civil liberties concerns that some demographic groups are more likely to be misidentified.