Author: Caelin Bragg

Join Erik Pierstorff, program director in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for the National Science Foundation (NSF), will describe the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at NSF. He will also cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goals, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process.

This webinar is a special opportunity for the region to connect with a program officer and ask direct questions about the SBIR/STTR programs. It will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28.

There will be 10 minute, one-on-one meetings from 2 to 3 p.m. for additional discussion with Pierstorff. This webinar does not cost to attend, but registration is required.

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach and Senator Jerry Moran recently visited Wichita State University to announce plans for a unique new National Forensic Laboratory at WSU.

The forensic laboratory is a new $75 million facility that will complement the Gun Crime Intelligence Center of Excellence (GCIC) and National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) Correlation and Training Center (NNCTC II), which were announced last summer.

Ayshea Banes took a passion for astronomy and ran with it, taking any opportunity to immerse herself in her newly chosen field. One of those opportunities occurred this past January, when Banes was chosen to present at the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting in Seattle.

Banes’ presentation focused on neutrinos, which are particles that rarely interact with any other matter in the universe — specifically her research on the neutrinos coming from the galactic core of the Milky Way galaxy.

Kyan Caudillo is a biology major at Wichita State University and minoring in chemistry. His experience working at WSU’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory will help him as he studies and prepares to work in the medical field.

More than 5,000 Shockers each year take what they’ve learned in the classroom and transfer that knowledge into real-world environments. Applied learning — which is required for every Wichita State student — happens in offices, factories, laboratories, nonprofits, industries and companies across the globe. Students work side-by-side with seasoned professionals to ensure that they’re fully prepared to make meaningful contributions to their employers and their communities when they graduate.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ seminar series continues with Dr. Keith Gido of Kansas State University from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 20 in 231 Hubbard Hall.

The biology seminars are open to the public and students are encouraged to attend.

Join the SGA Elections Commission for the 2023 presidential and vice presidential debates to learn more about each of the ticket’s platforms.

These debates will be moderated by the Elections Commission and will be held starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 and Tuesday, March 28 in 233 Rhatigan Student Center and live streamed through SGA’s YouTube channel.

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures and the WSU Japanese Language program extend a congratulations to the winners of the Heart of America Japan-America Society’s annual Japanese Language Contest. The contest was held on March 4 at Johnson County Community College. They are proud of the hard work that all the contestants put into the contest this year to represent Wichita State.

Students competed in several categories including poetry writing in both English and Japanese, karuta card games, online grammar and culture quizzes, calligraphy, 4-panel manga creation, and a speech presentation contest.

This year’s winners from Wichita State:

• Cameron Gillespie: First in speech presentation, second in Japanese-language tanka poem.
• Alyssa Moen: First in Japanese culture quiz, second in N5 karuta card game.
• Wren Johnson: Second in speech presentation.
• Quyen Tran: Honorable mention for calligraphy.
• Lilith Tackett: Honorable mention for English-language tanka poem.

The World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) and Center for International Business Advancement (CIBA) will host the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on “How to do business in and with South Korea: Korea as investor, partner and market” starting a 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 at the Wichita Marriott Hotel, 9100 E. Corporate Hills Dr.

South Korea has successfully transformed itself from a low-income to a high-income economy and is a global leader in innovation and technology. KOTRA, South Korea’s national trade and investment-promotion organization, facilitates trade, investment between domestic and foreign companies, and industrial-technology cooperation. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet and hear from Lee Yungsun, director general at KOTRA Chicago, and Kevin SunChang Hwang, general manager at KOTRA Chicago, as well as survey the economic, political and cultural landscape.

Community members who know of a Wichita-based company or association that would like to meet with KOTRA should reach out to Usha Haley, Barton School distinguished chair in international business and WTCouncil elected chair, through wtcouncil@wichita.edu.

Prior registration is required. Attendance for the networking hour, three course dinner and KOTRA presentation is $55 for non-members and $45 for members, and WSU students get a subsidized rate (through the WTCouncil) of $25. Attendance to just the presentation is free.

Contact Sherryl Hubble, CIBA/WTCouncil, at wtcouncil@wichita.edu for more information.