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July 2006

Monday, July 31, 2006

NOTED JAZZ MUSICIAN PERFORMING AT K-STATE'S BEACH MUSEUM OF ART TO BENEFIT MUSEUM SUPPORTERS' KANSAS PRINTMAKER'S FUND: Jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson will perform a benefit concert Friday, Sept. 8, for Kansas State University's Friends of the Beach Museum of Art.

Friday, July 28, 2006

K-STATE POLICE REPORT ARRESTS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH K-STATE STUDENT UNION ID CENTER CASE: At about 3 p.m. July 27, officers from the Kansas State University police department simultaneously served search warrants at two local addresses in reference to the July 19 K-State Student Union ID Center burglary.

K-STATE STUDENT HELPS IN SELECTION OF NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL PLAYERS TO BASEBALL HALL OF FAME: Raymond Doswell doesn't consider himself a baseball expert. "I study baseball, but I don't consider myself to be a baseball historian," said Doswell, a graduate student in education administration and leadership at Kansas State University.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

K-STATE EXPERT OFFERS ADVICE ON EVACUATING WITH A PET IF DISASTER STRIKES: When New Orleans residents were forced to leave their homes after Hurricane Katrina last year, they often faced a difficult choice: Stay in harm's way with their animal companions or flee to safety and leave their pets behind.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

K-STATE-SALINA OFFICIALS WARN OF DOOR-TO-DOOR MAGAZINE SALES SCAM: Buyer beware. That young person knocking on your door selling magazines, presenting himself or herself as a student from Kansas State University-Salina, purportedly trying to earn points for a trip to Madrid via magazine sales through a program at K-State Salina, may just be trying to pull a fast one on you.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

K-STATE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESEARCH CENTER SPONSORING AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA: The Kansas State University Hazardous Substance Research Center will serve as organizing sponsor of the International Conference on The Future of Agriculture: Science, Stewardship and Sustainability, August 7-9, in Sacramento, Calif.

VETERINARIANS SEE MORE CASES OF LEPTOSPIROSIS IN WARM, WET WEATHER: If your dog is in the wrong place at the wrong time, its life could be in danger from exposure to leptospirosis.

SIDEBAR: WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DOG HAS LEPTOSPIROSIS: If your dog is infected with leptospirosis, it is important to prevent infection of other dogs and to protect yourself. Lepto is a zoonotic disease -- one that can be passed from dog to human through contact with contaminated urine.

Monday, July 24, 2006

K-STATE AT SALINA'S BERNARD KING TO SERVE ON AVIATION ACCREDITATION BOARD INTERNATIONAL: Bernard King, associate professor of aeronautics at Kansas State University at Salina, has been elected to serve on the Board of Educator Trustees of the Aviation Accreditation Board International.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

K-STATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY EARN TOP AWARDS AT INTERNATIONAL MEETING TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS: Students and faculty from the biological and agricultural engineering department at Kansas State University earned top awards in several categories at the international meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, July 9-12, in Portland, Ore.

POLICE REQUESTING TIPS FROM ANYONE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF K-STATE STUDENT UNION BURGLARY: On Wednesday, July 19, at about 8 p.m., two subjects entered the Kansas State University Student Union and spoke with the on-duty manager. The two subjects showed the manager what now appears to have been a forged document, telling the manager they were from a local computer repair company.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

SELECT GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATES FROM ACROSS U.S. AND WORLD CONDUCT SUMMER RESEARCH AT K-STATE: Kansas State University is again host to a select group of undergraduates from the United States and international universities, providing them with direct experience at planning and carrying out research.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

K-STATE RECRUITMENT ADMISSIONS WEB SITE NAMED BEST AMONG LARGE SCHOOLS: Kansas State University's recruitment and admissions Web site is among the best in the nation. According to the Admissions Marketing Report, the national newspaper of admissions marketing, K-State is among the 237 colleges and universities earning a gold award in the Admissions Advertising Awards.

DENISON AVENUE PROJECT CONTINUES ON K-STATE CAMPUS: Work on Denison Avenue will continue to affect traffic flow on the Kansas State University campus, according to Mark Taussig of K-State facilities planning.

Monday, July 17, 2006

K-STATE OFFERS DRAMA THERAPY CAMP FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: Adolescents with special needs are taking advantage of the Super Summer Creative Arts drama therapy camp going on through July 28 at Kansas State University.

Friday, July 14, 2006

THE FIRST TEE ACADEMY LOOKING FOR NEXT GREAT LEADERS; NOT NEXT GREAT GOLFERS: Jon Kropilak isn't looking for the next Tiger Woods. Kropilak, executive director of The First Tee of Manhattan program, said The First Tee program, is looking for the next Bill Gates, John Roberts or even Jon Wefald.

BROTHERS FROM DERBY TO PAIR UP AS ACADEMY COACHES AT K-STATE'S FIRST TEE ACADEMY: Word of caution to participants of The First Tee Academy. The humid July heat beaming down in full force on the Kansas Flint Hills is not causing you to hallucinate or see double. Brian and Daniel Mick may look alike, but they aren't twins. Actually they're part of a set of triplets.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

K-STATE OFFERS GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION TO HELP PROFESSIONALS GET AHEAD IN THE BUSINESS WORLD: Kansas State University's College of Business Administration is making it easier for those in the business world to gain the advanced education they need to climb the career ladder.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY HONORS K-STATE'S DOUG JARDINE: Doug Jardine, professor of plant pathology at Kansas State University, is the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the North Central Division of the American Phytopathological Society.

Friday, July 7, 2006

K-STATE PROFESSOR USING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO RESEARCH HOW CHANGES IN LAND USE, LAND COVER AFFECT HUMAN, FOOD SECURITY: A Kansas State University geography professor is using satellite imagery to research how land use and land cover changes affect human health and food security.

K-STATE'S NATIONAL GAS MACHINERY LABORATORY PLAYS KEY ROLE IN DEFENSE OF NATION'S NATURAL GAS PIPELINES: Physically protecting the nation's 278,000 miles of natural gas pipeline is an essentially impossible mission. So Kirby Chapman, a K-State professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering and director of the National Gas Machinery Laboratory, and the lab researchers have focused on the second best thing -- working with the Department of Energy and the gas industry to define critical components to ensure the continued availability of gas.

Thursday, July 6, 2006

K-STATE BUSINESS RESEARCHERS WORK TO IMPROVE NUMBERS OF FOOD SUPPLY VETERINARIANS IN KANSAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY: Veterinarians play an important role in ensuring the safety of the nation's food supply through their work with food animals. But according to researchers at Kansas State University's College of Business Administration, the United States and Canada are experiencing a shortage of food supply animal veterinarians -- a trend they say must be reversed.

K-STATE EXPERT EXPLAINS PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSUMER FOOD SAFETY ATTITUDES: John A. (Sean) Fox has seen these types of things before. He's heard the threats and the scares. They always seem to be present in one form or another.

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

K-STATE PROFESSOR OFFERS EXPERTISE ON WHAT TO SAY DURING A CRISIS - AND HOW BEST TO SAY IT: When faced with a crisis or a risky situation, one of the first things people want to know is "will it affect me or not," said Kansas State University's Kris Boone.

STRAIGHT TALK: K-STATE EXPERTS DISCUSS AGROTERRORISM AND ITS FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: Four of K-State's leading experts on the topic talk about what agroterrorism is, whether it is a real or perceived threat and its possible financial implications.

K-STATE STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS THROUGH NATIONAL SECURITY DEPARTMENTS: Professors aren't the only ones at K-State who are contributing to the safety of the nation through research and expertise. Since 2003, K-State students have been awarded seven security-related scholarships for research or further study.

K-STATE STUDENT FOOTBALL MANAGER TO TRY HAND MANAGING YOUTH GOLFERS AT THE FIRST TEE NATIONAL ACADEMY: As a student manager for the Kansas State University football team, Chris Allen is used to working long hours and having to be quick on his feet.

K-STATE STUDENT IN THIRD YEAR AS FIRST TEE ACADEMY COACH: Giving back to a program he believes in is important to Kansas State University's Brandon Clark. That's why Clark, multicultural coordinator at the Kansas State University Alumni Association and a K-State senior in social science, will spend his third summer as an academy coach at the First Tee National Academy, July 15-21, at K-State's Colbert Hills Golf Course.

K-STATE FIRST TEE SCHOLAR TO SERVE AS COACH AT FIRST TEE NATIONAL ACADEMY: Angelika Huguley, senior in political science and pre-law at Kansas State University, is proof that you don't have to be the best golfer in the world to succeed in the sport.

Tuesday, July 4, 2006

K-STATE PROFESSOR SAYS RUSSIA, UNITED STATES CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER IN FIGHTING TERRORISM: When the United States stepped up efforts to thwart terrorism after Sept. 11, 2001, it was moving into what has become familiar territory for Russians, according to a foreign policy expert at Kansas State University.

K-STATE RESEARCHERS USING GIS TO LOCATE SITES FOR CARCASS DISPOSAL: A trio of Kansas State University researchers, using Geographic Information Systems technology, is collaborating with the state Department of Health and Environment and other state agencies to help find appropriate sites for disposing of a large number of livestock carcasses in the event of a disease outbreak or bioterrorism attack.

K-STATE'S BIOSECURITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE RESEARCH, TRAINING SPACE FOR FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY EFFORTS: The Biosecurity Research Institute, currently under construction on the Kansas State University campus, is a comprehensive biosafety level 3 facility that will provide scientists a secure location in which to study pathogens and pests that threaten animal and plant-based agricultural systems, and to develop intervention strategies to minimize impacts on the nation's food supply and economy.

INSTITUTE LEADS K-STATE'S EFFORTS IN FOOD SCIENCE: Food science has a long history at Kansas State University, beginning as a graduate program in 1965, with an undergraduate program added in 1972. In 2001, the Food Science Institute was formed at K-State to give the area of food science more visibility, said Curtis Kastner, institute director.

Monday, July 3, 2006

K-STATE PROFESSORS WORKING ON SENSOR-BASED SYSTEM TO MONITOR LIVESTOCK HERDS: As the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, approaches, work is being done at Kansas State University to monitor and protect food animals on the range. Professors from veterinary medicine, engineering, and computing and information sciences are working to develop a system to monitor the health and activity of individual animals in a herd.

K-STATE'S SMART LABORATORY NATION'S LARGEST UNIVERSITY-BASED RADIATION DETECTOR PROGRAM: Kansas State University has a SMART solution to protecting our nation's security. SMART is the short name for the Semiconductor Materials And Radiological Technologies Laboratory in K-State's College of Engineering.

K-STATE RESEARCHERS WORKING TO KEEP AIRLINER AIR QUALITY HEALTHY, SAFE: In a tightly enclosed area, such as an airplane, the quality and safety of the air is of utmost importance. In addition to concerns about general air quality, added recent concerns have included accidental and deliberate contamination of aircraft cabins.