Oct 14, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — The World Trade Council of Wichita is hosting "Doing Business with Argentina" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Olive Tree Banquet Hall.

Oct 13, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — ¼ϲʿ will host students from the area at the annual National Merit Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Marcus Welcome Center.

Rick LeCompte, a personal finance expert at ¼ϲʿ, says the economy has changed the thinking of many baby boomers.

Oct 14, 2009 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Rick LeCompte, a personal finance expert at ¼ϲʿ, says the economy certainly has changed the thinking of many boomers.

Oct 12, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, the Lake Afton Public Observatory will be celebrating Astronomy Day 2009, with fun and educational activities for young and old alike.

Oct 12, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Linda Holzer, a professor of piano for the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, will perform a solo piano recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in Wiedemann Recital Hall at ¼ϲʿ.

Oct 14, 2009 — By Brandon Ellis — Elliott School Associate Professor Kevin Hager wrote, shot and edited a 10-minute documentary on the history of the school and its direction. It will be shown at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at the Scholarship Recognition event in 203 Rhatigan Student Center.

Oct 14, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — ¼ϲʿ's Elliott School of Communication -- in conjunction with its annual Communication Week Oct. 10-14 -- will celebrate 20 years since the school was founded.

Oct 6, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Wichita State has been awarded more than $880,000 as part of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Oct 6, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — ¼ϲʿ has been awarded a $1 million grant, renewable for five years to total more than $6 million, from the U.S. Department of Education for a program that advances teacher preparation for urban education.

Oct 5, 2009 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — For years, schoolchildren have been taught the moon is barren and dry — uninhabitable. In just a few days, that school of thought may change when NASA scientists intentionally aim a Centaur rocket to crash into a crater at the south pole of the moon. Scientists expect to find water, said Greg Novacek, director of the Fairmount Center for Science and Mathematics Education at Wichita State Un