Kansas State University’s newest Barry M. Goldwater scholar is planning an extensive career in immunology research, and he jump-started his goal when he sought a lab assistant job as a freshman at K-State. Ryan Gallagher, junior in microbiology and premedicine, Olathe, has worked since his first year at K-State in an immunology laboratory with Stephen [...]
A Kansas State University student is researching the physics of a special liquid that could prove to be multifunctional and sustainable. Erik Stalcup, senior in physics, Wellington, has been working since his freshman year with Bruce Law, professor of physics at K-State. Stalcup recently received honorable mention in the 2009 Goldwater scholarship competition, a national [...]
Ryan Gallagher, senior in microbiology and premedicine, Olathe, is Kansas State University’s 64th Barry M. Goldwater scholar. A second K-State student, Erik Stalcup, junior in physics, Wellington, received honorable mention in the scholarship competition. The 2009 Goldwater scholars were selected based on academic merit from a field of 1,097 mathematics, science and engineering students nationwide. [...]
Student Finance Association president Laura Liston reports on the group’s visit to Omaha, Neb., last week: “Meeting Warren Buffett was an amazing opportunity for Student Finance Association. He is an incredibly charismatic individual and he provides humor at all the right moments. Mr. Buffett started the two-hour question and answer session with a couple of [...]
When animals in southern Africa are sick, often the first place their caretakers look for help is from native plants. That’s what makes understanding and conserving these plants so important, according to a group of Kansas State University researchers who are learning more about the uses of such plants in veterinary medicine. Urginea sanguinea (slangkop) [...]
Adam McGonigle, student body president at the University of Kansas, Lydia Peele, student body president at Kansas State University, and Dalton Henry, student body president-elect at Kansas State University have issued the following joint statement regarding proposed budget cuts for Kansas universities: “Students at KU and K-State are very concerned about the size of the [...]
Kansas State University student Dena Bunnel is K-State’s 31st Harry S. Truman Scholarship winner. Bunnel, Welda, is a senior in political science and agricultural communications and journalism. As a 2009 Truman scholar, she will receive up to $30,000 for graduate studies toward a career in public service. “We’re so proud of our newest Truman scholar [...]
Key Kansas State University administrators are urging alumni and friends of the university to contact their Kansas legislators to encourage them not to make devastating cuts to university budgets. The university is contacting about 27,000 alums and households. “We understand the state of our economy and we are prepared to meet the 7 percent ($13 [...]
Kansas State University’s Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship is sponsoring two presentations by Donald F. Kuratko, a prominent scholar and leader in the field of entrepreneurship. Kuratko is the Jack M. Gill Chair of Entrepreneurship, professor of entrepreneurship and the executive director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Kelley School [...]
Students in Elizabeth Barrett’s convention and event management course put together a launch party for Kansas State University’s recently renamed department of hospitality management and dietetics. They procured a location, catering, flowers and promotional fliers — all in Second Life. Barrett used the virtual world to not only teach the class, but also to teach [...]