Jason Bergkamp, left, and Ramsey Jamoul with ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ eSports plan to host three events throughout the year and expect to have at least 12,000 in attendance.

Oct 20, 2016 — By Emily Mullins — ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ graduate Ramsey Jamoul had no idea when he started a collegiate Starcraft team that five years later it would turn into an event services startup, but he's now making a name for himself in the world of eSports.

³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ ranked No. 16 in a recent top 50 safest large colleges and universities list.

Oct 20, 2016 — By WSU News Services — ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ has been ranked No. 16 in the top 50 Safest Large Colleges and Universities list.

Chris Purdum and his family are longtime Shocker fans. Purdum is the new chairman of the board for the WSU Alumni Association.

Oct 21, 2016 — By Lainie Mazzullo — Chris Purdum met his future wife on his first day of enrollment at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ. Purdum now returns to WSU as chairman of the Alumni Association.

Steve Roberts, left, a graduate student in anthropology at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, helps lead a team of WSU graduate students as they remove a mammoth tusk during an excavation Monday near Cunningham.

Oct 18, 2016 — By WSU News Services — A ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ State team including students and faculty led a recent expedition to uncover remains of a mammoth in Cunningham, Kansas. The 8-foot tusk will be brought to WSU and meticulously cleaned over the next year.

Students in a ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ video production class discovered that several of them had backgrounds in percussion and worked up this piece for fun.

Oct 18, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Students in a video production class at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ discovered they had rhythm. Several of them had a background in percussion. They decided to turn it into a class project. Students are the performers and the production crew.

High schoolers from across the state will compete in the annual Kansas BEST robotics competition, held at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.

Oct 20, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The 18th annual Kansas BEST robotics competition, designed to inspire and motivate high school students toward careers in engineering, science and technology, will be held from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in Charles Koch Arena at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ State.

Legendary opera performer Samuel Ramey will partner with collaborative pianist Warren Jones in an unforgettable performance celebrating American music.

Oct 14, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Legendary American bass opera performer Samuel Ramey and world-renowned collaborative pianist Warren Jones will team up for a joint recital at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ to celebrate American music.

³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ State political science professors Ken Ciboski, left, and Melvin Kahn offered comments comparing and contrasting the 2016 campaigns with those of the past.

Oct 20, 2016 — By Emily Mullins — In anticipation of the upcoming presidential election, Associate Professor Kenneth Ciboski and Professor Melvin Kahn of the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ Political Science Department offered comments comparing and contrasting the 2016 campaigns with those of the past.

The ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ Foundation announced a $250 million fundraising campaign, Shock the World.

Nov 2, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ Foundation announced a $250 million campaign to help ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ State achieve its vision as an Innovation University, accelerating economic development in the region while preparing students to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

The smart skin patch could measure multiple parameters, including blood flow and intercranial pressure.

Oct 4, 2016 — By Lainie Mazzullo — Student and faculty researchers at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ are creating a smart skin biomedical sensor that could someday be used by NASA.