K-State’s Multicultural Student Honor Society recently inducted new members. The organization recognizes the academic achievements of multicultural students at K-State. “The Multicultural Student Honor Society was founded in 1999 to honor the academic achievements of multicultural students who have been successful at K-State,” said Carla Jones, assistant vice president of student life and senior associate [...]
K-State at Salina‘s Students In Free Enterprise team is the grand champion of Southern Arkansas University’s Walgreens Wrangle, besting seven other teams for the title. The case competition that challenges students to solve a real-world business problem for a company was Oct. 22-24 in Magnolia, Ark. The K-State at Salina team’s path to victory included [...]
As K-State’s 2010 student ambassadors, Stephanie Larson and Ryan Wilkerson hope to share what it means to be part of the K-State family. “K-State is a special place to me,” said Larson, a sophomore in elementary education, Shawnee. “K-State has allowed me to grow as a scholar and as a young woman, and the opportunity [...]
If you count on electricity in your home and office, the issue of Smart Grid impacts you. President Obama wants to use Smart Grid, which will use advanced sensors to improve electricity efficiency and reliability. Experts say they can be hacked so security of Smart Grid is in the news. A speaker is coming to [...]
Media are invited to a news conference next Monday, Nov. 2, at 9 a.m. in the City Commission Room in City Hall. City Hall is located at 1101 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kan. Sen. Sam Brownback will be announcing the move of the Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory from Wyoming to Manhattan, Kan. City Manager Ron [...]
An adhesive used in products like laminate countertops may also help cement a place for economically viable biofuels, according to a K-State researcher. Susan Sun directs K-State’s Bio Materials and Technology Laboratory, where she studies bio-based materials. Her research group is studying adhesives made from by-products of soybean, corn, sorghum and biomass fuels. “There are [...]
The bioprocessing team at K-State’s Advanced Manufacturing Institute in collaboration with the Kansas Environmental Management Associates, has developed a new patented process for recovering excess phosphorus from feedlot waste streams to create a slow release granule fertilizer. A patent application has been published for “Fluidized Bed Precipitator With Optimized Solids Settling And Solids Handling Features [...]
To help the Kansas Department of Transportation smooth cracks in the state’s roadways, K-State engineers had to pave the way for technology that can automatically identify the cracks in the first place. Bala Natarajan and Dwight Day are K-State associate professors in the department of electrical and computer engineering. They just wrapped up a three-and-a-half-year [...]
Thomas Reust, a junior in mass communications from Allen, started his education at Kansas State University after 14 years in the U.S. Army as a logistics specialist, serving his last tour in Iraq. When arriving at K-State, Reust said he was apprehensive as to how he would be perceived by other K-State students as both [...]
K-State English professor Phil Nel is featured in a new book, Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Children’s Book: Life Lessons From Notable People From All Walks of Life, edited by Anita Silvey (Roaring Brook; 234 pages; $29.99). Reviewer Alicia Potter on the Web site, The Faster Times, lauds Nel for his [...]