Mar 30, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Wichita State’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research annually updates its employment database with revisions done by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This year, employment statistics were revised downward significantly.

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Mar 29, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Iris Bain, who recently turned 100, still enjoys taking classes at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø.

Mar 30, 2010 — By Joe Kleinsasser — More than 1,100 Kansas students will put their creative and scientific skills to the test in the 23rd annual Kansas Science Olympiad tournament, hosted by мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø and co-sponsored by the university and Koch Industries Inc.

Mar 25, 2010 — By Shannon Littlejohn — New coursework in public health sciences teaches entrepreneurship.

Mar 23, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Online the American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato calls herself Yankee Diva, one hopes with tongue in cheek. (You can visit her at yankeediva.blogspot.com.) While the characterization suggests some of her pluck and gumption, it leaves untouched her sensitivity, grace and kaleidoscopic sense of fantasy.

Mar 24, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — A live stage band and a big-screen film backdrop of Wichita places and people join мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø dancers for "The Wiyos of Oz," an original twist on "The Wizard of Oz" that is written and directed by Nick Johnson. It runs March 25-28 in Wilner Auditorium.

Mar 19, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The Kansas Council on Economic Education is encouraging Kansas middle and high school educators to showcase their students' knowledge of economics and personal finance through two challenge programs this spring: the Economics Challenge and the Personal Finance Challenge.

Mar 11, 2010 — By Shae West — Hayley Fry attended college in California while in the National Student Exchange program and appeared on 'The Price is Right' game show, which aired Jan. 12.

Mar 9, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the math section of the ACT test. The workshop is from 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, March 27, at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø.