A worker installing the Tom Otterness sculpture "Makin' Hay" on the Innovation Campus. The piece will be publicly unveiled in a ceremony Aug. 27.

Otterness sculpture to be publicly unveiled on Wichita State's Innovation Campus

Aug 21, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The installation of the Tom Otterness group sculpture "Makin' Hay" will be publicly unveiled on мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's Innovation Campus from 11 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 27, at the intersection of Mike Oatman Drive and Perimeter Road. "Makin' Hay" is on loan to the Ulrich Museum of Art from the Alturas Foundation and will be at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø through the summer of 2017.

Bring your own telescope night at the Lake Afton Public Observatory

Aug 17, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — If you have a telescope and haven't quite figured out how to get the most out of it yet --you are in luck! The Lake Afton Public Observatory and the Kansas Astronomical Observers (KAO) invite you to bring your telescope to the observatory for one more Bring Your Own Telescope evening Friday, Aug. 21.

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø announces lifelong learning classes for fall 2015

Aug 13, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø is officially rolling out its Lifelong Learning Program for senior citizens this fall. With five new classes being held at retirement communities and senior centers around the city of Wichita, residents and members of the community 60 years of age or older can audit these classes without paying tuition (some workshop fees may apply).

Enroll now for fall 2015 noncredit community education classes at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø

Aug 13, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Interested in learning a foreign language, cooking and entertaining, writing grants or exploring Kansas through travel? Those are just a few of the noncredit classes available this semester at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø.

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø physics professors and students watch data stream in at the NOvA experiment control center in the basement of Jabara Hall in December 2014. From left: мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø student Conner Ubert, Information System Specialist Mark Arrasmith, Professor Nick Solomey, Assistant Professor Mathew Muether and Associate Professor Holger Meyer., мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø physics professors and students watch data stream in at the NOvA experiment control center in the basement of Jabara Hall in December 2014. From left: мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø student Conner U

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø, Fermilab NOvA experiment yields first results

Aug 7, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Scientists on the Fermilab NOvA research project, including particle physicists from мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø, saw the first evidence of oscillating neutrinos.

Lifelong Learning Program rolled out for senior citizens

Aug 5, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø is rolling out its Lifelong Learning Program for senior citizens this fall with five new classes being held at retirement communities and senior centers around Wichita.

Associate Professor Catherine Consiglio, principal viola in the Wichita Symphony and co-founder of Chamber Music at The Barn, worked with the Camarata Miranda, an all-age student orchestra at Escuela Musica Miranda, in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Paraguayan musicians embrace classical music, education at Wichita State

Aug 6, 2015 — By Travis Gillespie — Associate Professor Catherine Consiglio, мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø College of Fine Arts, took her sabbatical this spring to spend three weeks in Asuncion, Paraguay, where she visited local schools to build relations and nurture local talent.

Celebrate a celestial light show

Jul 31, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The Perseid Meteor shower occurs annually when Earth passes through material left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle. As the month of August begins, you may notice more "shooting stars" than usual streaking across the night sky appearing to radiate from the constellation Perseus, but appearing anywhere in the sky.

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's new signage system features 18-foot-tall building signs in front of major buildings, wall-mounted entryway signs and directional signage for pedestrians and drivers.

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø installs new wayfinding signage system on its main campus

Jul 29, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø is installing a comprehensive wayfinding signage system to address problems with signage consistency and visibility across campus.

Wilma Moore-Black, associate director of Communication Upward Bound at Wichita State.

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's Moore-Black to honor Gordon Parks' legacy at Minneapolis luncheon

Jul 31, 2015 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's Wilma Moore-Black has been invited to speak at a Gordon Parks tribute luncheon during the National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair Day, Aug. 6, in Minneapolis.