Faculty News and Achievements
October 7, 2021
Brad J. Behnke, associate dean of research and graduate studies and professor in kinesiology, and David C. Poole, university distinguished professor in kinesiology and anatomy and physiology, were recently awarded a three-year, $456,000 grant from the National Institute of Aging. The grant, originally submitted in early 2020, will support a project set to investigate how […]
October 6, 2021
K-State researchers publish journal article on data collection of maternal mortality due to violence
Jennifer Miller, director of the bachelor’s degree in public health program, and Susan Rensing, teaching associate professor in gender, women and sexuality studies, were recently published in the Journal of Women’s Health. Their research, “Integrating National Violent Death Reporting System Data into Maternal Mortality Review Committees”, examined the NVDRS-RAD data from 2014 to 2017 and […]
October 5, 2021
UDSA renews funding for the Center for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service has renewed $1.284 million in funding for the Center for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs at Kansas State University. The Center maintains substantial research and resource capacity to address food safety issues critical to child nutrition programs. The Center collaborates with USDA and the […]
October 1, 2021
Yingying Wu, assistant professor of fashion studies, and her developing scholar mentee Michaela Ross, sophomore in mechanical engineering, received the top award for their poster presentation during the Textiles Bioengineering and Informatics Society virtual conference in August. Their poster ‘An exploratory study of firefighting helmets design and fit for female firefighters’, is a part of […]