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Thursday, April 16, 2026

National/International

Financial advisors, stop ‘shoulding’ all over the place
4/16/26 The Advisors Magazine
In 2021, independent researchers from the MQ Research Consortium and the Kansas State University Personal Financial Planning Program asked 352 planners and 429 of their clients about the effectiveness of their relationship. Across eight different quantitative and qualitative subject areas, the group of planners rated their ability to communicate with the clients and understand their goals much higher than did the customers. Maurer specifically mentioned the finding that 87% of the planners agreed with the statement that the “planner is open to discussing what [the] client values most in life,” compared to just 50% of the clients.

Local

Strategies to keep athletes cool under pressure can help anyone
4/14/26 WIBW Hear me, See me podcast
We’ve seen athletes at the highest levels struggle under pressure. It’s something Dr. Anne Weese works with at the college level as director of mental wellness and sports psychology for Kansas State University Athletics. In this Hear me. See me. podcast, she explains how stress and pressure impact us mentally and physically, and why it’s an extra challenge for young people.

Nobel laureate Eric Cornell brings 'big bang' fossil hunting to K-State
4/15/26 Manhattan Mercury
The annual Chester Peterson Jr. public lecture series offered Kansas State University students and faculty the chance to hear from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Eric Cornell, a physics professor at the University of Colorado, discussed uncovering cosmic fossils within a lab setting. In his lecture, “Looking for Fossils of the Big Bang in the Laboratory,” he offered a fresh perspective on the universe’s first moments.