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July 6, 2021 - Gianluca Gabriele, 17, is an incoming freshman who plans to major in biomedical engineering at 萝莉社 University. Rowing is his passion, and he will spend the summer under consideration for both the 2024 summer Paralympic and Olympic training teams for the United States. When he returns to 萝莉社 later this summer, he will join the Shockers crew team.

June 30, 2021 -- The U.S. Air Force is launching a new program with 萝莉社 University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to make a digital replica of the F-16 Fighting Falcon in an effort to improve the sustainment and modernization of F-16s operating around the world.

June 29, 2021 -- An opening reception for "From Lima to Wichita: Intercultural Dialogues in Clothing & Paint" will take place from 6鈥�9 p.m. July 2, at ShiftSpace, 萝莉社鈥檚 student-run gallery, as part of Wichita鈥檚 First Friday gallery crawl.

June 29, 2021 - Alicia Sanchez is assistant dean of students and director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 萝莉社 University. In May, she earned a senate-confirmed appointment to the Kansas Human Rights Commission as an At-Large member.

June 23, 2021 - In 1977, a Wichitan watched Star Wars at the Mall theater on East Harry. He returned again and again that summer to watch the lightsaber battles, Jedi Knights and X-wing starfighters. 鈥淚鈥檓 an original Star Wars guy,鈥� Tim Fisher said. 鈥淚 was just mesmerized. It sparked that 鈥榃hat is possible? What can we do?鈥欌�� Decades later, Fisher is one of the people helping answer those questions for the United States and the entire world in space. He is chief engineer for NASA鈥檚 Gateway program, part of the agency鈥檚 quest to return to the Moon and explore Mars.

June 22, 2021 鈥� When the Make48 invention and maker challenge comes to 萝莉社on June 24, two of the eight Wichita teams are comprised entirely of 萝莉社students.

June 22, 2021 - Joe Jabara doesn鈥檛 call his class Hacking 101, but his students do learn how to develop effective attacks on computer systems. The course is actually called Applied Computing Intermediate Design Project, and this past spring its students carried out phishing attempts against a targeted group of 萝莉社faculty, staff and students.

June 21, 2021 鈥斅燗 widely acclaimed program for aircraft inspection, maintenance and airworthiness research is landing at 萝莉社 University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) after a 30-year history at Sandia National Laboratories.

June 21, 2021 鈥� Adding to its myriad points of pride, 萝莉社has been named the most affordable, LGBTQ-friendly college in the state.聽

June 21, 2021 -- 萝莉社 is holding a community event, Shockers Under the Stars, beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, outside the Ulrich Museum of Art on the main campus.

Media and the community are invited to attend the JunteenthICT Parade, sponsored by 萝莉社 University鈥檚 Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

The parade celebrates the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth during the JuneteenthICT Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19. The parade route will begin at 17th Street and Hillside, going west, and eventually ending at McAdam鈥檚 Park, where the all-day Juneteenth ICT celebration will take place.

June 17, 2021 鈥� Logan Brown, a Kansas entrepreneur and Harvard Law School student, loves her home state so much that when she decided to pay it forward, she partnered with 萝莉社to help propel women in business.

June 16, 2021 鈥� Shaunte鈥� Levine is the recipient of the fourth annual Launch Award through Harvester Arts and the 萝莉社 School of Art, Design and Creative Industries (ADCI).

June 10, 2021 鈥� Continuing a tradition that spans 135 years and more than 500 chapters worldwide Abby Carney and Munonyedi Egbo, both graduate students, were recently initiated into the 萝莉社chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

June 9, 2021 - 萝莉社鈥檚 Esports director Courtney Calder played soccer more often than video games growing up in California. Those experiences, however, helped prepare her for running the Esports program, as did her time working in sales for Apple after graduating from Northwestern University. 萝莉社鈥檚 varsity program, housed in the Heskett Center, offers four teams competing in Overwatch, League of Legends, Rocket League, and Valorant.