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Seek: Research Magazine For Kansas State University. [Introductory Matter] 2020, Peter Dorhout

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Introductory material for the fall 2020 issue of Seek, including the table of contents and a letter from Vice President for Research Peter Dorhout. Also included is a commendation for the Kansas State University Applied Aviation Research Center on their recent Innovation and Economic Engagement Award of Excellence.

Welcome Home, Beth Bohn

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Architecture students use research to design affordable, sustainable housing. Along with affordability, the studio focuses on designing net-zero energy homes that offset energy use through renewable energy generation, and the students use the latest technology to optimize home construction.

Shorts, News And Communications Services

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Shorts

• Teacher merit pay programs improve student outcomes
• Rural water wells show large increase in nitrate levels
• Collaboration for a safer global breadbasket
• A K-State first: Plant pathologist named to National Academy of Sciences
• Microplastics can be harmful to farm crops
• Carnegie Foundation endorses K-State for community engagement
• Researchers DEVELOP solutions through local watershed study
• Spiraling and spinning
• A new infectious disease research center
• Career builders

Engagement: Making Connections, Erin Pennington

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K-State Innovation Partners contributes to record year of economic engagement.

Udp Focus: Fusarium Fun-Guy, Stephanie Jacques

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Plant pathologist creates international connections through fungal identification, education

Faculty Focus: A Winning Equation, Patrice Scott

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Strategy instruction helps students learn math in a fraction of the time

Undergraduate Scholars: Super Saver, Taylor Provine

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Student’s research prevents pollution, reduces freshwater use.

Coronavirus, Erin Pennington, Jennifer Tidball

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In the time of COVID-19, K-State scientists take the lead.

2010-2020: A Decade Of Research, Jennifer Tidball

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Looking back at 10 years of K-State milestones.

The Hemp Frontier, Jason Hackett

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Building a statewide network of research pioneers on a new crop.

Explain It: Mycotoxins, Jagger Harvey

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Jagger Harvey is the director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss, which is one of four Kansas State University laboratories that are funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Harvey is also a research associate professor of plant pathology in the College of Agriculture and he explains in fewer than 100 words what mycotoxins are and why they are a big problem for crops.

Fighting The Fever, Pat Melgares

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As African Swine Fever spreads worldwide, scientists protect US industry.

Graduate Scholar: Drawing In The Negative, Stephanie Jacques

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Printmaker reclaims empowerment through art.

The Past: A History Of Outreach And Extension, News And Communications Services

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The 1910 Gas Engine Institute occurred at Kansas State Agricultural College in late December of that year. The event was part of a weeklong state institute for farmers and was organized by what is now known as K-State Research and Extension

2020 - Seek - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services

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Fall 2020 issue of Seek