K-State at Salina's aviation safety minor was started as a way to expand the aviation program. It was developed based on a survey the school conducted to see what industry was looking for in a safety program, according to Eric Shappee, associate professor of aviation.
Livestock producers in the United States should be cautious but not overly fearful of bluetongue virus, according to a veterinary laboratory director at Kansas State University.
A Kansas State University graduate student's paper that examines how social threat may influence individual criminal court outcomes has been honored as the best in a competition sponsored by the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association.
The work of a Kansas State University professor is challenging the assumption that genetically engineered plants are the great scientific and technological revolution in agriculture and the only efficient and cheap way to feed a growing population.
While many of us in the United States were captivated by "The Cat in the Hat," many Russian-speaking children were busy reading "The Telephone."
Cattle producers soon will find that the latest tools to keep their herds healthy and the food supply safe are as close at hand as their desktop or laptop computer.
Workshops, online programs and databases are just some of the ways that Kansas State University shares knowledge about the biosciences, food safety and animal health with the professionals who help ensure the safety of our food supply.
Two individuals at Kansas State University are working on "On Our Behalf," a documentary about National Guard families.
Scientists have to adhere to certain ethical standards in their research, but what happens when they talk about that research with the public? K-State researchers are using a National Science Foundation grant to study how scientists can communicate ethically with lay audiences.
A startling number of high school and college students - both female and male -- are being battered, sexually abused or stalked by their dates, according to a Kansas State University professor.
Juergen Richt, lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and an adjunct professor at Iowa State University, will be joining Kansas State University as a Regents Distinguished Professor.
Candice Shoemaker thinks she might have an answer to the nation's obesity epidemic in children -- and is now working to show her idea can succeed.
From online news articles to blogs, a massive amount of information is voluntarily being put before the public every day. Some of this information may be valuable to protecting homeland security.
Do you know what makes a cheese puff puffy? Sajid Alavi does. He's an engineer and assistant professor with Kansas State University's department of grain science and industry. He teaches and researches about a technology called extrusion processing that is used to make a variety of foods such as pasta, cheese puffs, breakfast cereals and pet foods.
A K-State professor is researching how extrusion processing can be used to make fiber-enriched flour taste like the kind used in most cookies and tortillas so that manufacturers can make a more healthful snacking alternative that consumers want to eat.
J.K. Rowling's seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series will hit bookstores this month and there is no shortage of anticipation among Harry Potter fans. Kansas State University's Philip Nel and Karin Westman are no exceptions.
Five weeks after a 1.7-mile-wide killer tornado hit Greensburg, two programs from the College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University remain on site, helping the rural community cope.
Like their human owners, dogs are at risk of suffering broken bones, torn ligaments, arthritis and congenital diseases. Fortunately for both pet owner and pet, there are veterinarians who can treat these ailments and get pets back on their feet.
Tip sheet: Kansas State University expert on food safety.
A Kansas State University researcher who studies molecular virology is going out of his way to accommodate A. aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, in hopes of learning more about how viruses disrupt the programmed death of cells, or apoptosis.
Lack of blood flow to the intestines during surgery, to the heart during a heart attack or to the brain during a stroke can cause damage to the organ involved. However, more damage occurs when the blood returns to the organ.
While warm weather is welcomed by most people, spring and summer can bring certain dangers to pets. A Kansas State University veterinarian says pet owners should be alert to seasonal health issues.
Searching buildings for weapons of mass destruction and supply routes for improvised bombs are extremely dangerous but important jobs. That's why Scott DeLoach is working to create robots and robot teams to handle these and other tasks.
J.K. Rowling, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Wesch. These are just some of the 22 winners of this year's Rave Awards from Wired magazine, on newsstands and the Web this week.
Two Kansas State University students will be in Washington, D.C., this week to present their research concerning the impact of war deployment on relationships.
Pay attention. That is one of three keys to preventing tragedies like the one at Virginia Tech this week, according to Kansas State University's Briana Nelson Goff.
What began as an effort by one professor to get the word out about his summer courses has blossomed into a collegewide recruiting effort at Kansas State University at Salina.
A legacy of the 1950s is reaching a milestone birthday as Kansas State University's nuclear engineering program celebrates its 50th anniversary as a department.
A video by a Kansas State University professor that he posted on the Web has not only become immensely popular online, but it also has given him and his students something to study. Michael Wesch, assistant professor of anthropology, created a video explaining Web 2.0, the "second wave" of Web-based services allowing people to network, share and collaborate online.
Former President Bill Clinton will give a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University. His lecture, the 148th in the prestigious series, will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, in Bramlage Coliseum.
"Chick flicks" aren't just for women. According to research by Richard Harris, professor of psychology at Kansas State University, guys like romantic movies, too.
Time spent together and the comforts of home are great gift ideas for older adults in nursing homes, according to faculty members in the gerontology program at Kansas State University. Gayle Doll, director of the K-State gerontology program residents of nursing homes might feel uncomfortable if they can't reciprocate when it comes to gift giving.
A note to Santa: Although electronic toys are becoming more educational, "regular" toys are still better, according to a professor at Kansas State University.
A program encouraging students to confront and counterattack a violent intruder in their school is earning applause from an expert at Kansas State University.
Bullies have emerged in cyberspace and are striking across the country, able to steal a child's pride instead of lunch money, according to experts at Kansas State University.
At least 46 million people in the United States don't have health insurance, and it's a growing middle-class problem affecting people who make $75,000 a year and more.
A partnership between Kansas State University and several Kansas community colleges to increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing degrees in the biomedical sciences at four-year institutions has been renewed for another three years.
In the nation's capital, few are more powerful than a congressman or senator. A person who controls working conditions, promotions, salaries, raises, scholarships or references has a great deal of power. In the case of an underage child, the power differential is even greater, says Robert Shoop, of Kansas State University.
A food safety expert at Kansas State University says the produce industry must do more to ensure that everyone from farm-to-fork recognizes food safety risks and take concrete actions to reduce the risks of dangerous microorganisms.
To help reporters answer food safety questions regarding the recent outbreak of E. coli, Kansas State University offers three experts.
According to agricultural economists at Kansas State University, with the removal of all fresh spinach from the market, the short-term cost to spinach producers will be significant to the industry.
With a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team Award program, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Kansas State University will conduct curiosity-based nanoscience and technology research.
Whether an outbreak is a result of natural or intentional introduction -- human, animal or plant -- breaking into the disease cycle as quickly as possible is the most important thing we can do to reduce lives and dollars lost. The National Agricultural Biosecurity Center was in part a response to Sept. 11, 2001, but had been in the minds of many at K-State for years.
The Biosecurity Research Institute, near completion on the Kansas State University campus, is a comprehensive biosafety level 3 facility that will provide scientists a secure location in which to study pathogens and pests that threaten animal and plant-based agricultural systems, and to develop intervention strategies to minimize impacts on the nation's food supply and economy.
Kansas State University is part of a federally established center to examine air quality in aircraft cabins and assess chemical and biological threats in airliners.
The Institute for Military History and 20th Century Studies and the departments of political science and history at Kansas State University will introduce a doctorate program in securities studies in 2007, the first doctoral securities studies program in the nation.
Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the nation had to face the fact that intentional attacks on U.S. agriculture were equally possible. New and aggressive pest species could quickly devastate the agricultural economy and threaten U.S. food security.
A trio of Kansas State University researchers, using Geographic Information Systems technology, is collaborating with the state Department of Health and Environment and other state agencies to help find appropriate sites for disposing of a large number of livestock carcasses in the event of a disease outbreak or bioterrorism attack.
In an upcoming book on Russian presidential authority, Kansas State University Professor Dale Herspring examines how Russia is dealing with terrorism. "The High Command and the Kremlin: Presidential Authority from Gorbachev to Putin" is due in October 2006. Herspring says the U.S. can learn from Russian experiences.
If your dog is in the wrong place at the wrong time, its life could be in danger from exposure to leptospirosis. Because many veterinarians see only one or two cases of leptospirosis each year, it is easy to miss the diagnosis.
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