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Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010
NEW WIND TURBINE TEST CENTER IN COLBY TO SHOW HOW WIND CAN POWER SAVINGS: A partnership involving Colby Community College, Midwest Energy, Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting, and Kansas State University has received a subcontract award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory to establish the High Plains Small-Wind Turbine Test Center at Colby.
CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR RECEIVES GRANT FOR SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE RESEARCH: A Kansas State University researcher is studying if the amount of cement needed to make concrete can be reduced by including finely crushed glass particles.
ART ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHT SEPTEMBER AT BEACH MUSEUM: Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art hosts a variety of events throughout the year and begins the fall semester with events in September.
BLANKENAU NAMED HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS: William Blankenau, professor of economics, has been promoted to head of the department of economics at Kansas State University. Blankenau had been serving as interim head of the department since fall 2009.
ROBERT G. CHAPMAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO ACCOUNTING HALL OF FAME: A Manhattan native and Kansas State University alum who went on to head a California manufacturing company is being inducted posthumously into K-State's Accounting Hall of Fame.
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010
K-STATE RECEIVES PATENT FOR NONCONTROVERSIAL SOURCE OF STEM CELLS: Kansas State University has been a issued a patent for a plentiful and noncontroversial source of stem cells from a substance in the umbilical cord.
CHANGE ADVOCATE LIBUSE BINDER TO OPEN 2010-2011 LOU DOUGLAS LECTURE SERIES: The author of a book on how young adults can change the world will be the first speaker in Kansas State University's 2010-1011 Lou Douglas Lecture Series on Public Issues.
KONZA PRAIRIE BIOLOGICAL STATION HOSTS VISITORS' DAY SEPT. 25: The public will get an up-close look at the tallgrass prairie ecosystem during the 17th biennial Konza Prairie Biological Station Visitors' Day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25.
Friday, Sept. 3, 2010
K-STATE HOSTS BAND DAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE: Almost 2,000 students from high schools around the state will join the Kansas State University Marching Band on the football field as part of K-State's annual Band Day Saturday, Sept. 11.
AMERICAN HUMANICS NAMES TWO K-STATERS NEXT GENERATION NONPROFIT LEADERS: Two Kansas State University students interested in careers with nonprofit or philanthropic organizations have been selected as fall 2010 Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders by American Humanics.
K-STATE SALINA NAMES AVIATION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS: Kansas State University's aviation program has picked seven winners from a daily scholarship drawing conducted at AirVenture 2010, the annual aviation show sponsored each year by the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wis.
MICHELE JANETTE NEW DIRECTOR OF WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM: Kansas State University's women's studies program has a new director. Michele Janette, associate professor of English, was named to the post in June by Brian Spooner, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
FINALISTS NAMED FOR COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION: Three finalists will be interviewed for the position of dean of Kansas State University's College of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension.
RESEARCH PROJECT OFFERS INSIGHT INTO SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR: People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether, according to a recent Kansas State University undergraduate research project.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DONATES TO REMODEL SEMINAR ROOM IN WATERS HALL: A newly remodeled seminar room in Kansas State University's Waters Hall will be dedicated at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT TUNES UP FOR SEPTEMBER: The Kansas State University department of music will kick off its fall season of performances with a variety of musical events throughout the month of September.
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010
PROFESSOR USING SNACK CAKE DIET TO COUNTER POPULAR HEALTH BELIEFS: A monthlong diet of entirely snack cakes and fatty foods may sound like a fantasy, but for one Kansas State University professor it's serious business. In 30 days Mark Haub is attempting to prove some common beliefs about nutrition are untrue.
SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM GROWS WITH NEW PARTNERSHIP AND COURSES: The new school year marks big steps in Kansas State University's efforts to revitalize its South Asian studies program and increase its international presence.
CASEY LAUER JOINS K-STATE AS FIRST DIRECTOR OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: As the first director of Kansas State University's energy and environment program, Casey Lauer is a man with a plan for campus energy efficiency.
STUDENT ARCHITECTURE TEAM QUALIFIES FOR NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING COMPETITION: A team of seven Kansas State University architecture students competed in the U.S. Green Building Council's Natural Talent Design Competition: Small, Green, Affordable.