Global impact
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Latest Global impact
K-State engineers reach for the stars
Research team launches experiment to International Space Station With its icy trees and frost-covered fields, Kansas is no stranger to winter. While the Midwest faces its fair share of frigid conditions, its strategies to address the resulting damage are lacking. Now a team of […]
Tackling cybersecurity threats
K-State engineer to build nationally funded automated security software From global IT outages to regular ransomware attacks, the cybercrime landscape is quickly evolving — sometimes too quickly for software manufacturers to keep up. In a world where AI can be a dirty word, one […]
Trailblazers take flight
Women’s Air Race Team places among top teams in national competition Aviation is well known for being a male-dominated field. Because of this, K-State Salina empowers women in the field to soar — both in the air and the classroom. Most recently, the Women’s […]
Grave practices that grow grasslands
K-State fashion professor’s sustainable burial garments showcased in museum exhibit While many people who’re passionate about environmental practices look to composting or fighting carbon emissions, K-State fashion studies professor Sherry Haar has chosen a different medium: couture for coffins. Haar has dedicated her work […]
Constructing courts, expanding experiences
K-State women’s basketball team takes trip to Rwanda Most basketball players, including those on the K-State women’s team, expect their most memorable experiences to be playing on courts — not building them. That expectation met a surprising reality in summer 2024 when players and […]
Leading with purpose
Learn more about K-State graduate student Chibuzor Mirian and her recent accomplishments like earning the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Sci-fi realities
K-State’s Raj Kumar Pal lands DoD grant to develop shape-changing structures K-State’s Raj Kumar Pal, assistant professor in mechanical and nuclear engineering, is shaking up the field with a $400,000 Department of Defense grant to develop shape-changing structures using reservoir computing— a cutting-edge form […]
Enhancing accessibility
K-State Salina’s Siny Joseph leads a national effort to revolutionize indoor navigation for people with disabilities through the NSF-funded MABLE project
Pawsitive pain relief
K-State’s breakthrough in canine pain relief with a new opioid formulation, promising effective treatment and deterring opioid abuse in dogs
Learning across borders
Jill Applegate ’16 can draw a direct line from her involvement with K-State’s International Service Teams program to being a public defense lawyer in New York City.