Latest Health and Human Sciences News
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July 26, 2021
Shelby Astle has been awarded the graduate student research grant through the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, SSSS, for her project “Black Parents’ Intentions of Talking with Children about Sexuality: A Black Feminist Qualitative Analysis”. Through the project, Astle will explore Black mothers’ parent-child sexual communication intentions and experiences using a Black feminist […]
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July 22, 2021
K-State team receives USDA grant to maximize profitability for Kansas small beef producers
A team of K-State researchers has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop resources that will help small and medium-sized business-to-consumer beef producers in Kansas maximize their profitability. The team is comprised of researchers from hospitality management, agricultural economics and animal sciences. Junehee Kwon, professor of hospitality management is the […]
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July 19, 2021
K-State associate professor Elizabeth Kiss receives Stewart M. Lee Consumer Education Award
Belleair Bluffs, FL – Dr. Elizabeth Kiss, associate professor and extension specialist, received the Stewart M. Lee Consumer Education Award at the 2021 Conference of the American Council on Consumer Interests for her work in consumer education. According to Dr. Yilan Xu, ACCI Awards Chair, Kiss “provides leadership to the Kansas State University Research and […]
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June 10, 2021
Kansas State Student Speech Language Hearing Association receives bronze chapter honors
For the second year, the Kansas State Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, KSSSLHA, has been awarded the Bronze chapter honors from the National Speech-Language-Hearing Association Executive Council. Bronze Chapter honors signifies that KSSSLHA has demonstrated that the future of the professions in the area of communication sciences and disorders is filled with strong leaders who are committed […]
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June 7, 2021
Demographic shifts, economic challenges, political transitions, environmental threats, and a global pandemic are all societal shifts that have changed how we communicate personally and professionally, which is especially true of service professions like financial planning, where trust is paramount. To ascertain how financial planner/client communication has changed over the past decade, the MQ Research Consortium, […]
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June 4, 2021
Kansas State University Educator, Researcher Kevin L. Sauer Becomes 2021-2022 Academy President
Registered dietitian nutritionist Kevin L. Sauer, professor in the department of food, nutrition, dietetics and health at Kansas State University and co-director of the national Center for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs, began his one-year term on June 1 as the 2021-2022 President of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest […]