Kansas State University

News and research

• Rec services offering personal training special
• Rec services offering new aqua exercise class

Events

• School of Leadership Studies building commissioning ceremony
• Register now for free IT security training event on April 13
• Kind Hearts, Caring Hands Day speaker's focus on food security and global health
• Celebrating the phenomenal women of K-State with wellness fair

Publications and presentations

• Murdie and Bell to present model to U.S. foreign policy agencies

Campus construction and maintenance

• Service interruption notification: Kedzie Hall first floor/south lobby 4/2/11

Updates from leadership

• From President Kirk Schulz and Provost and Senior Vice President April Mason

Research

• Deducting the American Dream: Study finds key tax break has adverse effect on homeownership, social welfare

Events

• Departmental Web editor meeting
• New exhibitions bring fun, educational opportunities to the Beach
• Dietitian, entrepreneur to discuss her trip down a road less traveled
• Celebrating success: Spotlight on Intellectual Property luncheon April 15
• Poetry in motion: Ireland's Moya Cannon to read, discuss work
• Final registration deadline for K-State Leadership Seminar
• William J. Spencer Lecture to feature University of Toronto mathematician

Human resources and benefits

• Tax Smart Ways to Save and Invest seminar
• Medicare basics for boomers and beyond

Kudos, publications and presentations

• From geography to foreign policy: Marston to serve as Jefferson Science Fellow

Publications and presentations

• Dow presents at conference in Switzerland

Research

• Chemists' biosensor may improve food, water safety and cancer detection

Events

• K-State Concert Choir and Liberty Christian High School performance
• Celebrate, empower and uplift women at eighth annual Diversity Summit
• Choose your destination at K-State All-University Open House
• Tonight: Journalism graduates discuss climbing professional ladder
• Public lecture in geology
• Biosecurity Research Institute opens its doors to the public for open house; NBAF program manager to participate

Human resources and benefits

• Anger management workshop

Publications and presentations

• Logan presents at Flint Hills Archaeological Conference

Legislative update

• Legislative update

News and research

• Special offered for National Nutrition Month
• Reminder: NCAA Self-Study feedback welcome at March 29 meeting

Events

• Reception and book signing honoring former K-State President Duane C. Acker

Research

• A feather in the cap: Research that led to reintroduction of rare bird species earns best paper award

Legislative update

• Legislative update: Final week of Kansas Legislature

Events

• New anti-bullying campaign focus of lecture by author Jasbir Puar

Publications and presentations

• Psychology announces faculty presentations and publications and student awards

News and research

• A hitch in time: Advanced Manufacturing Institute helps Humboldt company with new product
• Combined printing operations increase efficiency, service to campus clients

Events

• Beach workshop brings 3-D art to life
• Dancing the night away: SpringDance 2011 April 1-2 in McCain
• Time for a revolution: First graduate student literature conference April 2

Kudos, publications and presentations

• K-State for All! awards faculty and staff who promote an accessible campus
• National champs: K-State debate team takes title

Gifts

• Lifelong love begun at K-State remembered through $500,000 gift to engineering

Shared governance

• Highlights from the March 8 Faculty Senate meeting

Events

• The L.T. Fan lecture
• Memory and invention foundation for Spanish architect's Ekdahl lecture
• Tee off to support K-State cancer research April 2

Health and safety

• Weather safety: Lightning

Campus construction and maintenance

• Service Interruption Notification: Hale Library stair access on east side
• Service interruption notification: Durland Hall 90# steam

Research

• Sticking power: New adhesive earns patent, could find place in space
• Research: Most ready-to-eat meat products contain very few cancerous compounds

News and research

• Partners in education: 2+2 agreements link K-State, Dodge City Community College
• Court dismisses professor's claims against university

Human resources and benefits

• Tax Smart Ways to Save and Invest seminar

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Deepthi Uppalapati selected to receive the Jane A. Westfall Fellowship for Women

Publications and presentations

• K-Staters present at West/Southwest Regional EDUCAUSE

Campus construction and maintenance

• Rescheduled service interruption notice: Throckmorton water

Research

• Research channels powerful Kansas wind to keep electricity running
• Psychology professor says unions battling at the bargaining table enhances American workplace

News and research

• K-State Salina to offer first master's degree, professional master of technology

Events

• Journalism graduates to discuss climbing the professional ladder
• K-State Olathe grand opening
• Student Group Hosts Golf Tournament for K-State Cancer Research
• Sounds of spring: April showers music across campus

Human resources and benefits

• How to request a duplicate W-2

Health and safety

• Get the lead out!

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Department head of grain science and industry receives industry leader award

Publications and presentations

• Civil engineering professor presents four papers at ASCE Congress

Events

• Rec services offering A.M.P.E.D. five-week boot camp program
• NCAA self-study meeting March 29
• Letter from Myra Gordon about the eighth Diversity Summit

Personnel changes

• Beach Museum director announces retirement

Kudos, publications and presentations

• More than 60 K-State faculty members earn promotions, tenure
• Regents approve President Emeritus status for Duane C. Acker

Publications and presentations

• Engineering faculty to present at transportation engineering conference
• Biochemistry's Dr. Prakash presented talk in India
• Psychology faculty publish, make presentations

Campus construction and maintenance

• GYMNASIUM BASKETBALL/VOLLEYBALL COURTS 3/21/11-4/8/11
• CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT VET MED COMPLEX 3/21/11 TO 7/15/11
• Service interruption notification -- West parking entrance to A-18 parking lot 3/21-3/25
• Service interruption notification: Leadership Studies parking stalls at north side

Research

• From Plum Island to NBAF: Dual-degree program gives students research opportunities at high-profile laboratories

Events

• K-State cares
• Rec Complex closed March 21-23
• Beach Museum spring break hours
• The power of green: Award-winning sustainability conference March 30-31

Human resources and benefits

• Division of Human Resources hosting seminars on long-term care insurance

Campus construction and maintenance

• Service interruption schedule change: Throckmorton domestic water 3/22/11
• Service interruption notification -- Waters Hall east drive

Updates from leadership

• Leaders of 12 Kansas higher education institutions work to strengthen civic engagement, service-learning on their campuses

Research

• Exercising advice: Assumptions can steer physical activity behavior
• Engineering professor's lecture illustrates effect of multivariate statistics on basketball match-ups

Events

• April brings bronzes and dragons to the Beach

Human resources and benefits

• Medicare basics for boomers and beyond

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Growing success: Multicultural engineering program director named the best

Campus construction and maintenance

• Quarterly fire sprinkler testing schedule

Updates from leadership

• From President Kirk Schulz and Provost and Senior Vice President April Mason

Research

• All wrapped up: researcher's graphene cloak protects bacteria, leading to better images

Events

• Faculty work on display in Chang Gallery
• Metropolis editor to deliver keynote at interior design student symposium
• Third annual Sustainability Conference March 30-31

Health and safety

• Severe weather season: Tornado safety tips

Research

• Shock and shame: graphic messages increase hand washing compliance

Events

• Vernon Larson International Lecture: Laszlo Kulcsar to present "The roller coaster of immigrant integration: Mexicans, Somalis and the public discourse in Emporia"

Publications and presentations

• Kirkpatrick presents at International Conference on Comparative Cognition

Events

• Department of biochemistry celebrates 50th anniversary

News and research

• National cybersecurity partnership with industry protects user data, grows local economy

Events

• K-State Opera Theatre presents "Gianni Schicchi" and "Trouble in Tahiti"
• Next stop McCain: People, puppets and quarter-life crisis found on 'Avenue Q'

Kudos, publications and presentations

• K-Staters write their way onto 150 Best Kansas Books list

Publications and presentations

• Brooks-Kieffer presents at Electronic Resources in Libraries 2011

Research

• Behind the numbers: Sociologist says Kansas' population growth not all positive

Events

• Women's Day, K-State and beyond

Human resources and benefits

• Employee self-service/HRIS unavailable this weekend due to upgrade

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Professor of entomology receives recognition award
• Six entomology graduate students receive scholarships

Campus construction and maintenance

• Campus buildings getting new and upgraded roofing

Publications and presentations

• Charney presents poster "Mr. Wright"

Events

• American Muslims and religious freedom topic of upcoming civil rights lecture
• Power play: Electrical Power Affiliates Day March 9

Publications and presentations

• Landscape architecture faculty present scholarship and research

Campus construction and maintenance

• Emergency notification system to undergo routine testing March 7

Events

• Slam jam: Poet Buddy Wakefield performing solo March 16 at Nichols Theater