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Governor of Kansas Laura Kelly answers questions during an interview with The Sunflower on Monday, Oct. 19. Kelly came to Wichita State's campus to speak at the opening of the new Molecular Diagnostics Lab in the John Bardo Center.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly: Students and faculty deserve an open search process

October 19, 2020

Laura Kelly, Governor of Kansas, speaks during the opening announcement of the new Molecular Diagnostics Lab at Wichita State on Monday, Oct. 19 inside the John Bardo Center.

Governor Laura Kelly commends WSU’s ‘bold thinking’ at Molecular Diagnostic Lab opening

October 19, 2020

Jay Golden, the new president of Wichita State University, answers questions from members of the press on Thursday, Oct. 31 in the Rhatigan Student Center. Golden previously served as the vice chancellor for the Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement at East Carolina University.

University President Jay Golden resigns

September 25, 2020

Charles Koch Arena was selected as an early voting period. (Photo by Joseph Barringhaus/The Sunflower).

Charles Koch Arena to be an early voting site

September 18, 2020

A Wichita State nursing student practices a demonstration by cleaning and bandaging a mannequin on Thursday inside Ahlberg Hall. These life-like mannequins help nursing students to picture what their future careers might look like.

WSU Health Professions students adapt to hybrid and online learning

August 27, 2020

Sedgwick County starting to spend nearly $109 million in federal COVID-19 aid

Sedgwick County starting to spend nearly $109 million in federal COVID-19 aid

August 10, 2020

Students and Wichita community members gathered for a protest against police brutality at the Wichita police station near WSU's main campus on Saturday, May 30. Members of the campus community are working with the mayor's civil rights council to address issues like diversity and police brutality.

WSU community a key piece of Wichita mayor’s civil rights council

July 23, 2020

Masks are required in public areas in Wichita after the city council approved a mask ordinance Friday. Face coverings are already required on Wichita State’s main campus.

Wichita moves to require masks in public, with some exceptions

July 3, 2020

Chris McGathy, a case manager at the Union Rescue Mission, takes the temperature of people coming in for a meal at the facility June 2.

Wichita’s homeless providers navigate congregate living in age of social distancing

June 9, 2020

Local newsrooms join forces to launch the Wichita Journalism Collaborative

June 2, 2020

A protester holds a Black Lives Matter sign on Saturday during a protest against police brutality outside of a Wichita Police Department station near Hillside and 21st. The protest is one in a string of demonstrations across the nation after George Floyd was apparently killed by police.

‘Justice for Floyd:’ Protesters rally at Wichita police station near WSU

May 30, 2020

A protester shakes hands with a police officer during a protest against police brutality on Saturday outside of the Wichita police station on 21st Street. The peaceful protest was one in a string of demonstrations across the nation after George Floyd died at the hands of the police.

PHOTOS: Wichita protesters stand against police brutality

May 30, 2020