Sarah Coffman

Apr 13, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The Elliott School of Communication has recognized Steve Hart and Sarah Coffman for their achievements in the field of communication. Hart was selected by ESC faculty as the Outstanding Alumni and Coffman as the "One to Watch."

Tru Pettigrew

Apr 12, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's Center for Entrepreneurship will host Tru Pettigrew, author, entrepreneur and marketing executive, as the speaker at its spring 2016 Entrepreneurship Forum.

Two clinics at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø are now accepting additional insurance providers to serve more Wichita-area patients.

Apr 13, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Two patient-serving clinics at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø, the Delta Dental of Kansas AEGD Clinic and the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, are now accepting additional insurance providers. These clinics are open to the public and accepting new patients.

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's NIAR is now partnering with Molon Labe Designs, an aircraft seat manufacturing startup to provide design and testing services in an exchange for an investment in the company.

Apr 6, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Ventures has facilitated a unique partnership between Molon Labe Designs, an aircraft seat manufacturing startup, and мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's National Institute for Aviation Research. The partnership provides design and testing services in an exchange for an investment in the company.

2015 мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Graduate Abigail Wilson won a Gracie award for her documentary,

May 11, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Academe welcomes news from мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues.

Kansas Council for Economic Education receives $3,500 grant from Westar Energy.

Apr 6, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The Kansas Council for Economic Education (KCEE), hosted by Wichita State's W. Frank Barton School of Business, has received a $3,500 grant from Westar Energy.

Virgin America claimed the top spot for the fourth consecutive year in the 26th annual Airline Quality Rating, a joint research project by мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott, Arizona, campus.

Apr 4, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — As Virgin America claimed the top spot for the fourth consecutive year, overall U.S. airline performance improved slightly in 2015, according to the 26th annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR), released Monday, April 4 at the National Press Club in Washington.

Shuang Gu

Mar 31, 2016 — By Lainie Mazzullo — Three мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø researchers have been awarded the John A. See Innovation Award, totaling $60,000.

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø graduate student Georg Schirmer, right, founded Goodflight LLC to commercialize a product to aid pilot training.

Mar 30, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Ventures' 2015 Innovation Accelerator competition shortlisted seven companies to receive funding through the Kansas Department of Commerce. Over the course of the year, the companies added seven full-time and eight student jobs, and six of the technologies advanced toward commercial outcomes.

Abigail Wilson

Mar 30, 2016 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — A project created while she was a student intern at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's KMUW -- 89.1 has earned Abigail Wilson a national Gracie Award.