Arts and Sciences Student Research Awardees selected
Thirty-six College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate students are receiving research awards from the college for spring 2024. They will do faculty-mentored, semester-long research and creative projects and receive $1,000 scholarships.
The college is committed to providing a research opportunity to every Arts and Sciences student who wants one. These awards are offered in spring, summer and fall. Applications for this summer and fall are due March 1 and May 1, respectively.
Johnson Cancer Research Center presents student awards
K-State’s Johnson Cancer Research Center selected 32 students from across the university to receive Cancer Research Awards for 2023-2024.
Biology doctoral student receives Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences fellowship
Aleah Querns, doctoral student in biology, was one of three K-State graduate students awarded fellowships for the spring 2024 semester by the natural resources and environmental sciences secondary major program.
Chemistry Undergraduate Research Fellowships awarded
Chemistry students Carson Cole and Prabhleen Kaur received $5,000 inaugural K-State Taylor Chair of Chemistry Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships to do full-time research this summer! Congrats to them and their faculty mentors, Drs. Sues and Higgins!
Scholar Development and Undergraduate Research grantees selected
More than 30 students received fall 2023 travel and research grants through K-State’s Office of Scholar Development and Undergraduate Research.
Social science writing contest winners announced
Congrats to Sawyer Shutts, senior in political science and international studies; Katey West, sophomore in political science, pre-law, with a minor in Middle East studies; and Max Wellbrock-Talley, senior in social science and minoring in political science and economics on winning the Live Ideas Social Science Writing Contest last fall! They won $200, $100 and $50 prizes.
K-State chemist receives $1.1M NIH grant for research on ion atmospheres in biological systems
K-State chemistry professor Paul Smith and team have received a $1.1 million NIH grant to develop a better strategy for studying ion atmospheres, which play a critical role in modulating interactions between biomolecules like proteins, DNA, RNA and lipids.