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Research Scholar: Seeking The Best And Brightest, Beth Bohn Apr 2016

Research Scholar: Seeking The Best And Brightest, Beth Bohn

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Seeking the best and brightest.

New scholarship program provides competitive advantage.

Enhancing the graduate scholarly experience is a key goal of Kansas State University’s plan to become a Top 50 public research university by 2025.


Undergraduate Research: A Culture For Research, Stephanie Jacques Apr 2016

Undergraduate Research: A Culture For Research, Stephanie Jacques

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K-State students initiate study of how Taos Pueblo Native Americans are saving an ancient culture.


Faculty Focus: The Art Of Curating; And Big On The Bard, Taylor Manges Apr 2016

Faculty Focus: The Art Of Curating; And Big On The Bard, Taylor Manges

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Faculty Focus features "The Art of Curating": Elizabeth Seaon, curator at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, brings a variety of art to the K-State campus; and "Big on the Bard": K-State professor of English Don Hedrick shares his passion for Shakespeare with students.


Hello, My Name Is…, Julee Cobb Apr 2016

Hello, My Name Is…, Julee Cobb

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Meet Kansas State Polytechnic: A campus transforming for the future.

A new name, yes; however, the transformation taking place on Kansas State University’s freshly minted polytechnic campus is less about the label itself and more about what it represents.


Detect And Defeat, Pat Melgares Apr 2016

Detect And Defeat, Pat Melgares

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Kansas State University researchers take aim at deadly swine diseases.

Late in 2015, scientists at Kansas State University and the University of Missouri delivered news that likely had swine producers worldwide rejoicing: The researchers had developed pigs that are resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, the most devastating disease in the industry.


Rock Stars, Sarah Caldwell Hancock Apr 2016

Rock Stars, Sarah Caldwell Hancock

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Kansas State University geoscientists explore interrelated processes to protect resources and human health.

Humans have not had a long time, geologically speaking, to advance understanding of the earth and its processes. We’ve had even less time to connect knowledge in different disciplines.


Air Travel With Dummies, Greg Tammen Apr 2016

Air Travel With Dummies, Greg Tammen

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How a team of engineers and mannequins is improving comfort and safety for passengers in airplanes


Senses And Sense Ability, Jennifer Tidball Apr 2016

Senses And Sense Ability, Jennifer Tidball

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K-State’s internationally recognized Sensory Analysis Center uses our five senses to analyze and improve products.


Shorts, News And Communications Services Staff Apr 2016

Shorts, News And Communications Services Staff

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Short highlights on activities at Kansas State University including: Visualizing vaccines at the Biosecurity Research Institute; Research activity at highest level (Carnegie Classifications); A toxic shock: Discovering how genes help this fish thrive in troubled waters; Teen speak on fleek and reason to freak?; New CAREER award winner; Following the crowd; Riding the wave; and A mobile approach for better animal health


Table Of Contents And Introduction, Peter Dorhout Apr 2016

Table Of Contents And Introduction, Peter Dorhout

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Table of Contents and an Introductory message from Vice President for Research Peter Dorhout for the Seek Magazine spring 2016 issue.


Robert Fraley Discusses Mitigating Global Challenges In Inaugural Henry C. Gardiner Lecture, Lindsey Elliott Sep 2015

Robert Fraley Discusses Mitigating Global Challenges In Inaugural Henry C. Gardiner Lecture, Lindsey Elliott

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In the next 35 years, farmers will have to produce more food than the world has produced in its history, a challenge some are calling the greatest we’ve ever faced. But however daunting it may seem, Robert Fraley is optimistic.


Introduction And Table Of Contents, Kirk Schulz, Karen Burg Sep 2015

Introduction And Table Of Contents, Kirk Schulz, Karen Burg

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Message from President Kirk Schulz and Vice President for Research Karen Burg; Kansas State University Perspectives and Table of Contents for the Fall 2015 issue


Accelerating Experience In Food Research, Education, Kelly Hannigan Sep 2015

Accelerating Experience In Food Research, Education, Kelly Hannigan

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The Global Food Systems Initiative, announced by Kansas State University President Kirk Schulz in January 2014, builds on the university’s legacy of leadership in food production, food safety and food security.


Food For All, Pat Melgares Sep 2015

Food For All, Pat Melgares

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An update on the university’s four Feed the Future Innovation Labs: In just over two years, Kansas State University has become a major player in implementing the U.S. Agency for International Development goal to reduce hunger and improve food security in the most impoverished nations of the world.


Scaling Up, News And Communications Services Sep 2015

Scaling Up, News And Communications Services

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University and city developing the North Campus Corridor for research, education and training. Kansas State University and Manhattan, Kansas, are quickly establishing themselves as a nexus for food and bio-/agro- defense research and expertise. A bird’s-eye view of the North Campus Corridor with descriptions of the facilities is presented in this section.


Experiential Learning Takes Students To A New Frontier, Beth Bohn Sep 2015

Experiential Learning Takes Students To A New Frontier, Beth Bohn

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Ensuring a safe and healthy food supply for the world’s growing population requires preparing highly skilled leaders ready to meet this challenge.


Beefing Up The Beef Transport System, Lindsey Elliott Sep 2015

Beefing Up The Beef Transport System, Lindsey Elliott

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Electrical and computer engineering, psychological sciences, agricultural economics and veterinary epidemiology. These may not be the first disciplines you think of when it comes to solving issues in the beef industry, but a team of Kansas State University researchers believes the complex beef transportation system can be improved by using tools from their fields.


Unyielding, Megan Saunders Sep 2015

Unyielding, Megan Saunders

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Researcher explores plant genomes to breed improved wheat varieties.


Good To The Last Drip, Stephanie Jacques Sep 2015

Good To The Last Drip, Stephanie Jacques

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Kansas State University researchers are evaluating different irrigation technologies to help farmers determine the best method for irrigating their cropland under water-limited conditions.


Budding Opportunities, Kelly Hannigan Sep 2015

Budding Opportunities, Kelly Hannigan

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University tapping public, private industry to help meet increasing food demands.


Early Detection, Greg Tammen Sep 2015

Early Detection, Greg Tammen

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Researchers develop detection test for subclinical mastitis in dairy cows.


Food Technologies Require Consumer Acceptance, Katie Allen Sep 2015

Food Technologies Require Consumer Acceptance, Katie Allen

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Researchers study RNA interference in plants and animals to improve food efficiency while unlocking public perception.


Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too, Sarah Caldwell Hancock Sep 2015

Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too, Sarah Caldwell Hancock

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Novel starch makes processed foods healthier.


Talk Of The Town, Jennifer Tidball Sep 2015

Talk Of The Town, Jennifer Tidball

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Rural Grocery Initiative feeds small communities.


2015 Fall - Perspectives - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services Sep 2015

2015 Fall - Perspectives - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services

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The winter/spring issue of Perspectives showcases Kansas State University's range of research, scholarly, and creative activity and discovery.


Challenge Accepted; Heartland Plant Innovations, Center For Outcomes Research And Education; Confucius Institute, Stephanie Jacques, Jennifer Tidball Jan 2015

Challenge Accepted; Heartland Plant Innovations, Center For Outcomes Research And Education; Confucius Institute, Stephanie Jacques, Jennifer Tidball

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This sections features business strategies and Kansas State University partnerships with a variety of companies. And "quick bits" on The Heartland Plant Innovations, the Center for Outcomes Research and Education and Confucius Institute.


Built To Work, Greg Tammen Jan 2015

Built To Work, Greg Tammen

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How the Electronics Design Laboratory moves ideas by researchers and entrepreneurs into the marketplace


A Smart Laboratory, Jennifer Tidball Jan 2015

A Smart Laboratory, Jennifer Tidball

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The Burns & McDonnell Smart Grid Lab is boosting education, research and recruitment in the College of Engineering.


Eye In The Sky, Megan Saunders Jan 2015

Eye In The Sky, Megan Saunders

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Brian McCornack, associate professor of entomology, is exploring unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, as an efficient method to detect pest insects and diseases — including invasive species — in food crops such as wheat before outbreaks occur.


Introduction And Table Of Contents, Kirk Schulz, Karen Burg Jan 2015

Introduction And Table Of Contents, Kirk Schulz, Karen Burg

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Message from President Kirk Schulz and Vice President for Research Karen Burg; and Table of Contents for the winter/spring 2015 issue