K-State undergraduate students are finding opportunities to work alongside faculty on challenging research projects. Learn more about these students and their research in the Perspectives webzine.
Two guest lecturers will be at K-State Friday, March 6. Their presentations are both free and open to the public. K-State’s annual African Guest Lecture will feature Raj Bhala of the University of Kansas School of Law, who will present “The Doha Round of World Trade Negotiations and African Interests” at 1 p.m. at the [...]
Honor Means University to be Site of International Symposium on Rabies in Fall 2009 Kansas State University’s Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association has won first place in a competition involving events for World Rabies Day 2008. By having the highest student participation in its 2008 World Rabies Day events, the K-State campus [...]
In a series of short videos, Susan Nelson, assistant professor of clinical sciences, talks about diseases that pets can pass on to their owners. Nelson talks about some of the most common zoonotic diseases you can catch from dogs and cats (5:01), as well as those diseases that hitch a ride on fleas and ticks [...]
K-State Libraries will play host to Library Camp Kansas 2009, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in the Hemisphere Room at Hale Library. Library Camp Kansas follows an “unconference” format, featuring sessions in which all the participants are responsible for teaching and learning, unlike a traditional, highly structured conference. The event will start [...]
The Center for the Understanding of Origins, a Targeted Excellence program funded through K-State’s provost’s office, plans three public lectures to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of Charles Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of his most famous book, “On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection.” The first public lecture will be Thursday, [...]
Securing the borders is one way of insuring the safety of food imported from other nations, but border management among trading nations also means finding ways to push the border back. “The border is important as a physical space, but the best way to secure the border is to focus on countries’ regulatory systems and [...]
Wizards, mystical rockers and mere mortals will soon converge on Kansas State University for the second annual Hallows and Horcruxes Ball, a rock concert inspired by J.K. Rowling’s popular “Harry Potter” book series. The ball, from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 7, in the Ballroom of the K-State Student Union, will play host to [...]
K-State students have until Friday, Feb. 20, to register for a dining etiquette workshop with K-State’s Mr. Manners, Pat Pesci. The workshop is Thursday, Feb. 26, at 5:30 p.m. in Derby Dining Center’s Gold Room. Learn the finer points of eating while interviewing. Professional business attire is required. Cost is $7.50 per person (or $5.00 [...]
A group of K-State physicists and chemists is publishing an article in the journal Physical Review Letters about how in solutions, size doesn’t matter. Chris Sorensen, distinguished professor of physics and one of the article’s authors, said: “Our recent work shows that even particles in suspension, if they have the right properties, can act like [...]