News
2025
- Manhattan’s master mycologist — Distinguished biologist leads fungal research, education
- Martha Smith Caldas receives 2025 Commerce Bank and W. T. Kemper Foundation Undergraduate Outstanding Teaching Award
- Little mouse on the prairie: What undergraduate research tells about big changes in Kansas nature
- K-State’s 85th Goldwater Scholar leads study of one of North America’s most important grasses
- K-State graduate students to conduct cancer research with support from Johnson Cancer Research Center
- The charismatic partner of a K-State researcher
- Distinguished professors Dodds, Coetzee receive Higuchi-KU research awards
- Inaugural Roots of Research awardees announced
2024
- Robert 'Robbie' Bear recognized as Professor of the Week
- Tari Philips selected as recipient of the September Staff Spotlight Award
- Retirement reception for Tari Philips
- K-State researchers determine molecular interactions in plants
- Backyard biology: Professor studies native plants in home state
- K-State biologist receives $1.87M grant to explore cell interactions that fight inflammatory diseases
- Research and teaching awards presented at Division of Biology's annual awards ceremony
- Biology presents Haymaker Award to outstanding seniors
- Emily Tolbert (junior, microbiology) recipient of the University Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Student in Research
- Kansas State University junior named Goldwater scholar
- Johnson Cancer Research Center supports next-gen student research with new award
- K-State researchers chosen as 2023 AAAS fellows
- College of Arts and Sciences teaching, advising and staff awards announced
2023
- K-State biologists receive more than $1.8 million for wild turkey research
- K-State researcher receives $1M+ for cancer research
- Division of Biology professor receives grant from American Lung Association to study influenza A infection
- Division of Biology professor receives grant to enhance biodiversity resources at K-State
- K-State researcher to explore increasing effectiveness, reducing toxicity of chemo for cervical cancer
- Ashley Rhodes receives Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching
- Biology graduate student recognized with Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award
- Welti receives honor from American Society for Plant Biologists
- K-State Graduate School recognizes faculty for outstanding mentorship with inaugural award
- Biology awards outstanding senior with Haymaker Award
- K-State biologist Sonny Lee receives NSF CAREER award
- K-State names newest university distinguished professors
- Allison Louthan named Early Career Fellow of Ecological Society of America
- K-State graduate students receive awards for Capitol Graduate Research Summit presentations
- Biology professor awarded grant to study pathogenic features of a microbe
- K-State scientists publish long-term research about woody vegetation and grassland ecology
- Biology professor awarded grant to study bird population declines
- Stamey and Gaches teaching and advising award winners announced
2022
- K-State scientists receive collaborative grant to advance biofuel production and agricultural economy
- Teaching & Learning Center Highlighted Teacher: Robbie Bear
- Reintroducing bison to grasslands increases plant diversity, drought resilience, study finds
- Collaborative virtual fencing research study aims to advance conservation, ranching outcomes
- Division of Biology names most promising students
- K-State biologists identify chemical markers that may unlock future therapeutic uses of mRNA
- Biology awards outstanding senior with Haymaker Award
- Greg Tooley,master's student in biology, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship honorable mention
- Division of Biology welcomes 2022-2023 class of Biology Ambassadors
- Two students recognized by NSF National Graduate Research Fellowship program; three recent grads also honored
2021
- Nippert awarded NSF grant to study water and carbon fluxes
- K-State biologists find new therapeutic target to neurodegenerative diseases
- Division of Biology graduate student honored for research project
- Biology researcher receives Humanities Kansas grant
- Division of Biology presents annual awards to outstanding graduate students
- K-State students and alumna recognized by Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Celebrating successes of the Biology Ambassadors
- Spring 2021 Kim Dierks Tutor of Distinction Scholarship recipient selected
- Biology awards outstanding senior with Haymaker Award
- Fourteen Kansas State University graduate students receive cancer research awards totaling $95,439
- Division of Biology names most promising students
- Four instructional faculty members promoted in the Division of Biology
- Kansas State University promotes 77 faculty members, 46 receive tenure
- Doctoral candidate in biology receives Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Fellowship
- K-State's Dodds leads special journal issue on macrosystems biology
2020
- Jesse Nippert awarded College of Arts and Sciences' 2020 Karen Ann Griffith Research Award
- Eva Horne, recipient of the 2020 William L. Stamey Award for excellence in teaching
- Biology faculty member earns NSF award to study cell movement during development
- Mark Ungerer named director of Division of Biology
- The write stuff: Biology professor's landscape ecology book honored for influence on field
- Biology faculty member named president-elect of American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- Biologist receives national funding for cervical cancer research
- International Student and Scholar Services names scholarship winners
- K-State biology professors honored by American Society of Mammalogists
- Biology researcher receives NSF CAREER award to measure soil microbe, grazer interactions
- Priscila Guzman selected as 2020 Yale Ciencia Academy fellow
- Ecologist uses scientific approach to rank world's worst problems in new book
- Graduate student receives presentation award from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology