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Apparel, textiles & interior design

Migette Kaup, Barbara Anderson and Peggy Honey published "Interior Design Education Within a Human Ecological Framework," Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Vol. 99, Issue 2.

Biochemistry

Maureen Gorman, Michael Kanost and colleagues published "Manduca Sexta Hemolymph Proteinase 21 Activates Prophenoloxidase-activating Proteinase 3 in an Insect Innate Immune Response Proteinase Cascade," The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 282, Issue 16.

Geography

Deborah Che and Lisa Harrington have been selected to attend Sixth Quadrennial Rural Geography Conference, July, Spokane, Wash.

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Charles Martin has received a three-month research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany, for work at the University of Giessen in Germany. Work will focus on recent changes in trace element storage in flood-plain soils of the Lahn River basin in central Germany.

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The following faculty members presented at the Kansas Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Ecoforecasting Meeting April 21:

John Harrington Jr., "Human Dimensions of Ecological Forecasting."
Harrington, Shawn Hutchinson and student, "Water Quality in the Tallgrass Prairie of Kansas," (poster).

Harrington, John Blair, biology, and student, "Ecosystem Services of the Northern Flint Hills," (poster).

Geology

Matthew W. Totten Sr. presented "Unconventional Shale Gas Potential of the Floyd Shale in the Black Warrior Basin, Northwestern Alabama," American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Conference, April 1-4, Long Beach, Calif.

Grain science & industry

Sajid Alavi and student published "Relationships Between Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cellular Cornstarch Extrudates" in the Journal of Texture Studies, Vol. 38.

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Alavi presented "Extrusion Processing--Adding Value to Cereal Grains for Food and Industrial Applications" as invited speaker, International Conference on 21st Century Challenges to Sustainable
AgriFood Systems, March 15-17, Bangalore, India.

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Alavi organized short course, "Extrusion Processing: Product Development and Commercialization," March 21-24, Hyderabad, India.

K-State at Salina

Patricia Ackerman presented doctoral research, annual conference, International Writing Center Association, April 13, Houston, Texas.

Management

Diane Swanson will teach a course in business ethics for executive managers, National Association for Credit Managers Graduate Program, Dartmouth College, June.

Political science

Krishna K. Tummala presented "Politics of Preference: Indian Style," American Society for Public Administration annual conference, March 26, Washington, D.C. He also organized and chaired panel, "Politics of Preference: A Cross-national Experience."

Provost's office

Helene Marcoux was part of an international panel on e-cheating March 14-16, Chamonix, France, as part of the annual international conference for International Association of Science and Technology for Development.

Psychology

Mary Cain co-authored the paper "Individual Differences in Response to Nicotine Conditioning and Reinstatement," which a student presented, 55th annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and Its Role in Tobacco Use.

May 3, 2007 / Vol. 29, No. 20