Kansas State University

In this issue

Updates from leadership

• Letter from A.D. John Currie: Packed weekend for athletics
• Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Program

News and research

• National grant to help five Kansas postsecondary schools increase STEM graduates from underrepresented groups, meet state's workforce needs

Events

• Geography faculty candidate to present on the Yangtze River, China
• Center for Sustainable Energy announces 2014 Energy Symposium
• Dark comedy 'God of Carnage' looks at what happens when parents behave badly
• KC area alumni to gather at Olathe campus

Human resources and benefits

• Information regarding Jan. 31 paycheck
• Printed W-2 forms mailed

Personnel changes

• Distinguished alumna joins A.Q. Miller School as visiting professor and scholar

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Dietetics students receive scholarship from international food service organization

Publications and presentations

• Engineer brings new twist to sodium ion battery technology with discovery of flexible molybdenum disulfide electrodes
• Russell chairs national committee meeting

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Sponsored Programs Training Newsletter for January 2014 now available

Volunteer opportunities

• Moms, have a new baby? Don't have time to exercise?
• Find out about your metabolic health, body composition and aerobic capacity — and get a free breakfast
• Participants needed for study on custody arrangement decisions in divorced or separated families