Campus impact
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Latest Campus impact
Precision care
After witnessing cancer’s impact on his mother and grandmother, Grant Brooke works to improve cervical cancer care through more personalized treatments. For biology doctoral student Grant Brooke, cancer research hits close to home. After watching both his mother and grandmother battle cancer, he was inspired […]
Bodily backup plan
A K-State doctoral researcher is discovering how the nervous system defends itself against life-threatening infections. What if the key to fighting dangerous infections is already inside us? As antibiotic-resistant bacterial pneumonia rates rise, K-State’s Prabhu Joshi is nearing a life-saving solution. Joshi’s research centers […]
All aboard innovation
K-State students embark on eye-opening Japan trip to learn about sustainability, engineering design and a new culture. One of the quickest ways to immerse yourself in a different culture is to experience its public transportation system. That’s exactly how K-State engineering instructor Ayumi Amama […]
From clippings to clips
After receiving scholarship support from K-State, Spencer B. transformed a childhood lawn-mowing business into a social media phenomenon — and a mission to serve others. Spencer B. never let the grass grow under his feet. In fact, at just 11 years old, he started […]
Milk in motion
K-State is making an investment in education, innovation and the future of agriculture. The Kansas dairy industry has exploded in the past 20 years. Among Kansas’ agricultural industries, the dairy component has experienced the most rapid growth. Many large-scale dairy operations are relocating to […]
Microscopic mail carrier
A K-State researcher is peering beyond the bug’s-eye view of pest control by examining an insect’s microscopic anatomy. In the agricultural world, pest control is a pivotal concern for farmers, especially as they consider the environmental effects of harmful pesticides. Researchers have recently been […]
Farm-grown advocacy
On one side of the gap is agriculture. On the other, legislators. And crossing the bridge between them is K-Stater Erin Driscoll. Growing up on a purebred Angus cow-calf operation in Iowa, Erin Driscoll always had a heart for agriculture. On the flip side, […]
Byline to benefactor
After rising through the Collegian newsroom and building a decades-long career, a K-State alumnus gives back to the place that shaped him. At the beginning of his college career, Deron Johnson was stuck in community college with a seemingly unreachable goal — to study […]
Spark for solar
K-Stater unlocks his passion for electrical engineering by lending a helping hand through a project with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Research is often about solving problems, but sometimes its greatest impact is helping people overcome them. By helping the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation […]
Conservationist cattle
K-State research examines how leveraging cattle behavior — not chemicals — could create a double bonus for producers Managing cattle isn’t a simple task, and it gets even more complicated when invasive grasses are thrown into the mix. Tasha Macholan, a graduate student at […]