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Friday, March 6, 2026

State/Regional

A new breed of vet wants to make clinic trips 'fear free' for pets and their owners
3/6/26 KMUW
It sounds simple enough, but what fear free requires is a major shift in how the humans in the exam room think about the animal experience, said Dr. Neala Boyer — a board-certified vet and associate clinical professor at Kansas State University’s Hill’s Pet Health and Nutrition Center. In 2021, she received her elite Fear Free certification.

K-State study findings could explain increase of cancer cases in three Kansas counties
3/5/26 KWCH 12
The Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University is studying elevated cancer cases in Ellsworth, Russell and Lincoln counties. Researchers found many homes in those counties had elevated radon levels and elevated mineral levels in private water wells that could pose health risks.

Cancer rates are rising in western Kansas, and K-State is helping communities address the issue
3/5/26 KSRL
When residents of three western Kansas counties raised concerns about rising cancer rates and potential environmental cancer risks in their communities, Kansas State University researchers responded with research and collaboration that led to results. A project led and funded by K-State's Johnson Cancer Research Center has been studying and testing groundwater contamination in private wells and radon levels in homes in Russell, Ellsworth and Lincoln counties since March 2024.

Local

Manhattan AAUW chapter to host International Women's Day panel
3/5/26 The Manhattan Mercury
Each year, the organization welcomes a panel of women speakers to discuss what has led them from their home countries to Kansas. Chapter president Usha Reddi said this year’s panel of K-State graduate students is no different. Speakers include Barbara Baker (drama therapy), Maryam Ghasempour (photography), Nicole Kucherov (entomology), Meghan Rice (organic chemistry) and Vinusha Wickramasinghe (biology).

Newly elected student body leaders are here for the students
3/4/26 The K-State Collegian
Christian Peña, junior in agricultural education and Caden Bastian, junior in political science and history, were both elected Kansas State’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, on Feb. 26. Peña and Bastian cemented their campaign’s focus on being there for the student body. “Making sure that students always know that we’re right beside them through everything that we do is our number one priority,” Peña said. “We have a lot of ideas that are going forward that we’re hoping we can maybe get some momentum on. But everything we have planned is going to benefit students.”