What’s new and colorful and designed to occupy the middle-income appliance market bounded by Kenmore and Maytag? It’s a line of washing machines from LG, resplendent in blue, red, green, stainless steel, and one proprietary color, Home Depot Orange. The designer is Sung-soo “Cliff” Shin, a Kansas State University assistant professor of interior architecture and [...]
In 1918 a human influenza virus known as the Spanish flu spread through the central United States while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently. A Kansas State University researcher has found that the virus causing the pandemic was able to infect and replicate in pigs, but did not kill them, unlike in other mammalian hosts [...]
A Kansas State University senior has received a Science and Mathematics Research for Transformation scholarship through the U.S. Department of Defense for graduate studies in geography, and is the recipient of K-State’s 2009 Presidential Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Student in Research for her work to predict disease outbreaks. Nicole Wayant, senior in geography and mathematics, [...]
K-State experts talked with the media April 29 about swine flu (H1N1) during a gathering at the Biosecurity Research Institute at Pat Roberts Hall. Watch the video.
Entrepreneurial plans for a company that makes edible bouquets from baked goods and an organization that donates used children’s books to charter schools are the top winners in Kansas State University’s first Next Big Thing competition for undergraduate students. Sponsored by K-State’s Center for the Advancement for Entrepreneurship, the Next Big Thing asked K-State students [...]
Kansas State University students who are learning about aging have been taking classes and doing research in a most appropriate place — a local retirement community. Because of the community’s commitment to the university, K-Staters now have their own classroom at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. “This allows students at K-State and all across [...]
K-State’s Native American Student Association will celebrate Native American Heritage Day, Wednesday, April 29, in the K-State Student Union. The free activities include a display of artwork on skins, watercolors and cards by Arthur Short Bull, Oglala Lakota, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor across from the food court. He also [...]
The principal investigator of major mapping project of the universe will deliver a James N. Neff Lecture in Physics at Kansas State University. Charles Bennett, a professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University, will present “What’s Up? A Tour of the Universe” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, in the K-State Alumni Center’s [...]
An agronomist and a biologist are Kansas State University’s newest university distinguished professors, a lifetime title that represents the highest honor K-State can bestow on its faculty. Both agronomist Charles W. Rice and ecologist Walter K. Dodds are recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions to their fields. “These two faculty members are known worldwide [...]
Twelve Kansas State University students were recently recognized by K-State’s Friends of International Programs for capturing the essence of international and American experiences through photography. Participants in the International Photo Contest, which was open to all current K-State students, submitted photos that captured the international experience from both the domestic and international perspectives. Sixteen entries [...]