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Thursday, February 9, 2012

It’s All A Question of Food Safety
2/8/12 The Toronto Star
Written by Dr. Douglas Powell, professor, food safety, Kansas State University.

*With Optimal Conversations, Young Couples Experience Less Relationship Stress, Higher Satisfaction: Study
2/9/12 USA Today via Medial Xpress
The happiest young couples may be involved in a different kind of engagement. Young adults who easily engage in rewarding conversations with their partners are less likely to hold onto anger and stress and more likely to be satisfied with the relationship, according to research from Kansas State University.

*UNL Scientists Receive Grant To Research E. Coli, Partner With Kansas State, USDA
2/8/12 Daily Nebraskan
The five leaders include Keen, Rod Moxley, a UNL veterinary & biomedical sciences professor, Harsha Thippareddi, aUNL associate food science and technology professor, Randy Phebus, a Kansas State University professor of animal sciences and industry, and John Luchansky from the USDA.

*New Guide Lists K-State Among The Best Values In The Nation
2/9/12 KTKA
A new guide lists Kansas State University as one of the top undergraduate schools in the nation offering excellent academics, generous financial aid and/or a relatively low cost of attendance.

*Graphene Based Carbon Nanotubes
2/9/12 Graphite Blog
A research team led by Gurpreet Singh from the Kansas State University is developing novel methods to synthesize and work with graphene-based carbon nanotubes, which pave the way to enhance the performance of rechargeable batteries and laser detectors.

INSIGHT KANSAS: Can Conservatives Govern?
2/7/12 Pittsburg Morning Sun
That conservative movement comprises an unwieldy coalition characterized by my co-author Joe Aistrup and me as a “polar alliance” arising from opposing cultural preferences: one pole advocates individual liberty and free markets and seeks to restrain the scope of government primarily on economic issues, such as taxing, spending, and governmental regulation; and the other pole strives to advance social order based on beliefs and expand the scope of government by intervening on issues such as abortion, school prayer, the teaching of evolution, election regulation, and even economic growth, among others.

Biomass Or Bust: Kansas Ethanol Plant Seeks Higher Ground
2/8/12 Harvest Media
“To the general public, they may think that you’ve taken the grain off and so all that other stuff out there, that’s just -- the old term we might have used was 'trash,'” said John Holman, an agronomist with Kansas State University Research and Extension. “Well, it’s not trash. We know there’s a lot of value to that.”

Kansas Senate Votes To Move Manhattan To U.S. House 1st District
2/8/12 Kansas Reporter
Officials in Manhattan, in northeastern Kansas, say they want that city to remain in the 2nd Congressional District because the interests of Kansas State University and of a new federal National_Bio_and_Agro-Defense_Facility— a federal animal disease research complex slated for Manhattan — are more in line with institutions east of Manhattan instead of those to the west.

Science Talk To Feature K-State Professor
2/8/12 Hays Daily News
Bharat Ratra, professor of physics at Kansas State University, will speak on dark matter, dark energy and the accelerating universe.

BHS Students Participate in Honor Band/Faculty Frank Tracz
2/8/12 Bainbridge (Ga.) Community News
Guest conductors for the clinic included Jody Dunn, Crestview, Florida, Dr. Michael Burch-Presses, Forrest Grove, Oregon and Dr. Frank Tracz, Kansas State University. 

Silver Lake District Finalizes Vision Statement
2/8/12 Topeka Capital-Journal
Freeman shared good news with the board about Silver Lake High School senior Jacob Schroeder. Earlier in the day, Schroeder was named one of two students in the state to be given the Presidential Scholarship — the largest award in the state — from Kansas State University. Schroeder was awarded a $20,000 per year renewable scholarship, which is worth $80,000 over four years.

 

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Kansas Lawmakers Surprised Brownback Sees Threat To Biolab
2/7/12 USA Today via Wichita Eagle
Brownback told two-dozen lawmakers during a Monday evening meeting at his official residence that he expects the legislative battle over the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility to last another five years. A site in Manhattan, near the Kansas State University campus, has been cleared for construction of the $650 million biosecurity lab.

 

Frankenfats: How the Food Industry Created a Monster
2/7/12 HUFFPOST HEALTHY LIVING
"A 2 percent absolute increase in energy intake from trans fat has been associated with a 23 percent increase in cardiovascular risk," note researchers from Kansas State University.

 

*Kansas High School Seniors Receive State's Largest Scholarship
2/7/12 KSNT
Two high school seniors from Kansas are receiving the Presidential Scholarship -- the largest award in the state -- from Kansas State University.

 

Huelskamp To Tour NBAF In Manhattan
2/6/12 Tim Huelskamp
Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp, who represents one of the largest agricultural congressional districts in the country, will tour and be briefed at the site of the National Bio- and Agro- Defense Facility (NBAF) and the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas on Monday, February 13, 2012. NBAF is set to replace the aging Plum Island, New York, facility. In July 2011, Governor Sam Brownback appointed Congressman Tim Huelskamp to serve on a steering committee aimed at finalizing the NBAF construction in Kansas.

 

Grocery Store Owners Lobby For Full Liquor License
2/7/12 Topeka Capital-Journal
According to a 2010 study by Kansas State University, nearly 40 percent of grocery stores in towns of less than 2,500 people had closed in the previous three years. Moon said the new liquor law would help boost sagging profits and attract new businesses to rural communities like the ones he serves.

 

Producers Told Animal Welfare Activists Here To Stay
2/7/12 Lincoln Journal Star
"I think it's helpful," Holoubek said of presentations by Kansas State ag economist Glynn Tonsor and Kimberly Stackhouse-Lawson, a Kansas State specialist in the welfare of feedlot cattle. "I think this shows how the industry is trying to do the right thing and trying to be good stewards of land and animals and to be ethical about it."

 

Weed Science Society of America Announces 2012 Winners in Annual Awards Program
2/8/12 Agri Marketing
Phillip Stahlman, Ph.D., professor and weed science researcher at Kansas State University and a specialist in dry land cropping systems. He has authored or co-authored 70 refereed journal articles and book chapters, more than 450 scientific abstracts, proceedings and research reports and is co-holder of a U.S. patent in the use of bacterial strains in weed control. Recently, Stahlman has been conducting training and establishing demonstration sites in the Republic of Malawi on herbicide use in maize and groundnuts. He is currently president of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.

 

Assessing the Food Safety Culture of a Manufacturing Facility
2/8/12 IFT
Two of the best references on food safety culture have been written by Yiannis (2009) and Doug Powell (Kansas State University) et al. (2011). Both publications point out the need to understand the food safety culture at a manufacturing establishment, as it is the basis for decisions, actions, and behaviors that impact the safety of the food being produced.

 

Outlook, inventory and COOL
2/8/12 Drover's Cattle Network
n a webinar Tuesday, sponsored in part by Drovers/CattleNework, Kansas State University economist Glynn Tonsor, PhD, offered analysis of several issues affecting beef cattle economics.

 

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

*The Right Recipe: Engineering Research Improves Laser Detectors, Batteries
2/6/12 Lab Spaces
Think of it as cooking with carbon spaghetti: A Kansas State University researcher is developing new ways to create and work with carbon nanotubes -- ultrasmall tubes that look like pieces of spaghetti or string.

 

*Google Maps Help Predict Meth Labs Before They Open
2/5/12 Fast Company
Max Lu, a professor at Kansas State University, developed a novel method of finding meth labs through geospatial predictive analytics. In the 2009 book Geography and Drug Addiction, Lu and partner Jessica Burnum applied spatial data analysis tools to compiled information on the informal meth industry in Colorado Springs and rural Kansas. Burnum and Lu examined data collected from 2002 to 2005 on seized meth lab equipment and where rogue chemists dumped the toxic by-products of methamphetamine manufacture.

 

"Super Senior" Graduation Rates Improving
2/6/12 Daily Nebraskan
UNL's six-year graduation rate is placed against a group of peer institutions, such as Colorado University, Colorado State University, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, Iowa State University, Kansas State University and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

 

Commission To Take Up Anti-Discrimination Changes In 90 Days
2/7/12 Salina Journal
David Silverman, a professor at Kansas Wesleyan University, and Hugh Irvin, professor at Kansas State University at Salina, said both of their schools have similar regulations to what was proposed to protect students and faculty.

 

'Prey' Tell
2/7/12 Salina Journal
A Harris hawk named Hannah Montana. Harris hawks are desert birds and hunt in packs, much like wolves, which is why they're known as "wolves of the sky," Lockwood said. In fact, they will perch on each other's shoulders to better reconnoiter the countryside.
Hannah had been abused before Lockwood got her. Her tail feathers were broken, she was blind from cataracts, underweight and had a nervous condition. Lockwood was able to nurture her back to health, and she regained her sight thanks to cataract surgery done at Kansas State University.