Kansas State University News

A veterinarian who is providing national leadership on the animal care issue, the chief executive officer of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and a U.S. senator from Kansas are among those on the program for the Kansas Livestock Association Convention in Wichita.

State horticulturist breeding purple sweet potato for his state Nov. 20, 2009 OLATHE, Kan.

The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the capital murder conviction and 50-year sentence of a swimming pool maintenance man in the 2002 killing of a college student.

US President Barack Obama has found his way into the world of children. Washington, Nov 15 : US President Barack Obama has found his way into the world of children.

Kansas State University's new president is planning to spell out how the university plans to deal with issues raised by a state audit.

Overview: Ultrasound system designers are looking to increase image quality and add advanced features in ultrasound systems while reducing board space and power consumption.

The Wheat Quality Council is often asked how wheat varieties are evaluated. Perhaps the best measurement is that almost all wheat breeders are entering their lines in our evaluation process.

The annual Family Holiday Workshop at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

Margaret Ruth Corbet, 87, died peacefully at her home in Larned, Nov. 14, 2009, after a lengthy and complicated illness.

Comparing grasslands and pastureland in different regions in the U.S., the study, published in Global Change Biology, discusses data from more than 21,000 different fecal samples collected during a 14-year period and analyzed at the Texas A&M University Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab for nutritional content.

What life form can use materials as nutrients that we, and most other animals, would consider waste products? None other than the giant cockroaches that infest sewer systems and erupt from people's bathtub drains, according to scientists Nancy Moran and Zakee Sabree of the University of Arizona, and Srinivas Kambhampati of Kansas State University.

The H1N1 influenza vaccine is now available to Kansas State University students through the Lafene Health Center.

Brit Guinn, from left, Sandip Kaur and Parminder Binning laugh over a laptop as they study nursing at the Henry Madden Library at Fresno State, October 28, 2009, in Fresno, California.

At Fresno State's new Henry Madden Library, the whirr of a blender and hum of conversation are the sounds of evolution.

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 Kansas State University is poised to get young scientists and other professionals thinking about complex, public water resource issues and giving them the skills to do something about it.

The dean of Kansas State University's College of Agriculture and two faculty members from K-State's department of agronomy are recipients of national honors from the American Society of Agronomy.

A Kansas State University study has shown that when preparing frozen foods, adolescents are less likely than adults to wash their hands and are more susceptible to cross-contaminating raw foods while cooking.

The Beef Reproduction Task Force and the National Cattlemens Beef Association is teaming up to offer the Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Workshop at the 2010 Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio Jan.

Author Robert Day will read from his Kansas-based works as part of Kansas State University's Visiting Writers Series at 4 p.m. Nov.

Kansas State University has honored a former professor whose influence in the meat industry has been felt across the United States.