Kansas State University News

When summer weather gives you a fall harvest outlook like 2009 did, it can be easy to have your anticipation dashed a little.

For university students, anxiety about grades is nothing new. But this year, students also may be anxious about the H1N1 flu virus and missing classes.

Some of those turkeys may have been raised in Kansas, typically under contract to large processing companies with plants in other states.

Fraternities at Kansas State University have agreed to a ban on hard liquor beginning next year.

A Kansas State University freshman is serving as the system administrator for the university's Beocat, a cluster of servers that allows for larger research projects to run simulations on a machine that is guaranteed to be constantly running for at least two weeks.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday for the first building on Kansas State University's new Olathe campus.

The idea by K-State's Wenqiao "Wayne" Yuan and Zhijian "Z.J." Pei is to grow algae in the ocean on very large, supporting platforms.

The Salina job market was a different animal a few years ago. A number of employers held off expansion plans because they could not find enough skilled labor.

Leave it to an industrial systems engineer to look at shedding a few pounds as a problem that can be solved by maximizing efficiency.

The annual Kansas Livestock Association convention will be Dec. 3-4 at the Hyatt Regency Wichita and the Century II Convention Center.

President Barack Obama has a Virginia problem.And a New Jersey conundrum.Voters in those states head to the polls Tuesday in off-year elections to choose governors in what amounts to the Democrats first big electoral test since Obama swept to power a year ago.

The 2009-2010 National FFA officer team was elected at the 82nd National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this past week.

A federal research lab that investigates animal diseases spread by insects, spiders and other bugs is moving to Kansas.

Susan Sun directs K-State's Bio Materials and Technology Laboratory, where she studies bio-based materials.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:29 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:29 p.m. The H1N1 virus is the latest version of constantly changing influenza, a visiting researcher said Thursday.

Kansas State University is one of the top ag schools in the country. I can safely say that because I ran an annual survey listing the top 10 schools when I was publishing MEAT&POULTRY magazine.

The Student Governing Association recently voted to provide $600 to pay a speaking fee for Ryan Sallans.

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Acting Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Josh Svaty says specialty crops will gain a stronger foothold in Kansas markets as a result of several projects that will be funded using federal grant dollars the state received from USDA.

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Its not unusual for neighbors to work together toward a common goal, and Kansas State University and the First Infantry Division at Fort Riley are doing just that.