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A molecule for every challenge
Patricia Calvo, assistant professor of chemistry at K‑State, leads a research group designing synthetic polymers for applications ranging from medicine to...
A safer way to burn
Doctoral student Mayowa George is building a tool to help Great Plains land managers evaluate fire risk and support safer prescribed burns.
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Teaching old vaccines new tricks
Nov. 4, 2026Japanese encephalitis virus could threaten animal health and pork production if it reaches the U.S. Doctoral candidate Audrey Matheny is exploring whether...
A molecule for every challenge
Nov. 2, 2026Patricia Calvo, assistant professor of chemistry at K‑State, leads a research group designing synthetic polymers for applications ranging from medicine to...
A safer way to burn
Oct. 29, 2026Doctoral student Mayowa George is building a tool to help Great Plains land managers evaluate fire risk and support safer prescribed burns.
Beyond the breaking point
Oct. 27, 2026For three decades, Jim Hodgson has transformed glass into specialized equipment, giving researchers the tools to tackle problems standard labware can't solve.
Radiant research
Oct. 21, 2026The newest member of K-State's nuclear engineering team is already transforming lives through her research and preparation of the future workforce.
When grief crosses borders
Oct. 7, 2026Grief is difficult enough without being thousands of miles from home. Doctoral candidate Adam Hedelund shares what international students have taught his research...
Eavesdropping on hidden bugs
Sept. 24, 2026Some crop pests are nearly impossible to see — but they may still be making noise. Research led by entomology graduate student Emily Sur is testing a new...
Making plant stress visible
Sept. 9, 2026Not everything that’s green is thriving. Kelechi Igwe, a doctoral student in biological and agricultural engineering, is developing technology that can leverage...
Cooking up great research
Aug. 18, 2026What do you get when you put an entomologist, journalist, engineer, statistician and graphic artist around the same table? At K-State, you get a recipe for...
Playing for the prairie
Aug. 12, 2026Inspired by the Kansas prairie, K-State undergraduate researcher Lauren Seybold’s LeafSpan board game has middle schoolers explore climate science through...
