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Monday, Dec. 1, 2025

State/Regional

K-State Recognized As A Top University In The Nation By The Princeton Review
11/26/2025 Sunflower State Radio
At Kansas State University, students grow into the leaders of tomorrow. Through world-class research opportunities, award-winning faculty instruction, experiential learning and leadership opportunities, and dedicated support throughout their journeys, K-State provides the foundation to help these future leaders flourish. Because of the university's commitment to student support and resources, K-State has been recognized as one of the best schools in the nation by The Princeton Review.

K-State food safety expert shares do's and don'ts to ensure you and your family are safe
11/25/2025 High Plains Journal
You may have learned from parents or grandparents, or even read in old recipes, to rinse meat before cooking. But Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee said rinsing meat is an outdated practice that can create food safety problems. "This can lead to foodborne illness," Blakeslee said. "Rinsing meat at home can lead to cross contamination of clean surfaces or ready-to-eat foods, as examples."

Measuring what matters is key to managing cow herd
11/27/2025 Midwest Messenger
As the fall season wraps up, Kansas State University cow-calf specialist Jason Warner encourages cattle producers to consider tracking a few key numbers to help them make more informed management decisions for the year ahead. "It's a great time to come back and take a look at the metrics we are seeing with a given group of cows and females to help navigate decision making," Warner said. Warner outlined three primary metrics producers should consider when reviewing herd data this season: conception percentage, calving percentage, and weaning percentage.

Local

K-State to begin design on Campus Master Plan projects
11/25/2025 KMAN
Kansas State University will begin the first campus restoration projects on its Campus Master Plan in January. After the Kansas Board of Regents approved the plan in September, K-State is moving on to the design phase. "We're beginning a number of projects from the Kansas Campus Restoration Act," said Lisa Johnson, assistant vice president for planning, design and construction. "We're starting design on a number of those projects."

K-State beef cattle experts offer insight for producers on choosing cows
11/25/2025 The Mercury
As the beef industry evolves, K-State beef cattle experts say producers may benefit from rethinking long-held assumptions about cow size, milk production and grazing efficiency. In a recent episode of the Cattle Chat podcast produced by the university’s Beef Cattle Institute, experts discussed how modern feedlot trends are influencing decisions at the cow–calf level — including whether bigger cows or smaller cows create more value on pasture.