K-State in the news today
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Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
State/Regional
K-State Research and Extension collaborating on blood pressure monitor program
2/20/25 KSN
As part of a collaboration with the American Heart Association and the Sedgwick County Health Department, K-State Research and Extension is helping provide borrowable blood pressure monitors at local libraries.
Soybean growers look to buck headwinds
2/21/25 High Plains Journal
Dan O’Brien, a professor and Extension agricultural economist with Kansas State University, said growers should watch the progress of the South America soybean crop from now through harvest. USDA will be making monthly projections for March through August, but if good or bad crop production conditions occur in Brazil and/or Argentina, in-country analytical sources are likely to provide quicker and more responsible signals for larger or smaller crop prospects and inversely related pricing responses.
Local
Out of Space | Seaton under construction to hold more students
2/19/25 K-State Collegian
To make room for the large number of students, construction is being done in old Seaton and Seaton Central with the hopes of moving some interior design majors over. “We’re working on a plan that involves three or four colleges, the university, and lots of different dominoes and people moving basically to get more space so that we can bring over the faculty offices, the classrooms and all the students from Justin Hall,” Dean Michael McClure said.
K-State online course aids efforts to keep rural grocery stores open
2/20/25 Salina Post
An idea spawned at Kansas State University to support rural grocery stores in transition to new ownership has grown into a network of resource providers in 11 states. Clara Misenhelter, a program manager with K-State’s Rural Grocery Initiative, credits an online course for helping to address a growing concern in rural communities.
Community provides final input on K-State Campus Master Plan
2/20/25 Wildcat 91.9
A final town hall meeting was held Tuesday, February 11th on the K-State Manhattan Campus for the K-State Community to put their final input on the Campus Master Plan. Neil Kessler, who is the Senior Principal with the Smithgroup and has led the meetings for the past eleven months, described this process as three phases.
