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• Another 13 Keeper statues will be added to city parks in celebration of Wichita’s 150th
  Feb 16, 2020 -- Among the places that sculptures reside: the lobby of Hotel at Old Town, outside the Credit Union of America in Delano, at the KU School of Medicine-Wichita, and in front of USD 259’s Alvin Morris Administrative Center.
• Grand Opera brings Atomic Big Band and its love songs to Wichita for Valentine’s Day
  Feb 13, 2020 -- Michael Andrew has returned several times thanks to the sponsorship of Dr. Dennis Ross, a nephrologist and clinical professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita.
• Dean of KU School of Medicine-Wichita discusses threat of coronavirus
  Jan 24, 2020 -- KWCH-TV interviewed Garold Minns, M.D., dean of KU School of Medicine-Wichita, about coronavirus.
• UK researchers accuse WHO of spreading ‘blatant misinformation’ about e-cigarette safety
  Jan 24, 2020 -- Another study performed by researchers at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita found that e-cig users were 56% more likely to have a heart attack and 30% more likely to have a stroke, compared to non-e-cigarette users.
• How clean, and safe, is well water?
  Jan 22, 2020 -- Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH, researches population health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. She said that knowledge gap is a big part of the problem.
• 150,000 Kansans who drink from private wells are largely blind to contamination
  Jan 17, 2020 -- Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH, and Jack Brown, MUA, R.S., two Population Health faculty members at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, worked with state agencies, public health officials, and engineering and drilling firms to develop 18 recommendations for improving and protecting well water quality in Kansas.
• Engage ICT: 2020 Vision
  Jan 03, 2020 -- Mohinder Vindhyal, M.D., M.Ed., assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, will be among the panelists during a Jan. 14 community conversation as part of KMUW's Engage ICT.
• Healthy Workforce, Healthy Community
  Dec 23, 2019 -- Elizabeth Ablah, associate professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, leads the effort at WorkWellKS – a collaborative organization that works in communities throughout Kansas to craft healthy policies for workplaces and communities.
• Women Who Lead in Human Resources: Crystal Nevins
  Dec 20, 2019 -- The Wichita Business Journal's Women Who Lead series continues with a look at the top women professionals in human resources.
• Woman pushes for Kansas bill requiring mental health insurance coverage
  Dec 19, 2019 -- A Kansas woman wants lawmakers to take up a bill in January requiring both physical and mental health coverage by insurance providers.