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Champions of the classroom and beyond

May 6, 2026

Great mentorship has a quiet way of changing everything. When graduate students feel supported as a whole person, the path forward becomes clearer. This year, K-State is honoring Ganga...

Faculty and staffAgricultureArts and SciencesGraduate School
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Small talk, big impact

May 4, 2026

Sarah Fenn, master's student in kinesiology, is developing a toolbox that doctors can use in speaking with women and helping them reduce their risk for major heart disease.

SeekGraduate SchoolStudent storiesNext-Gen K-StateHealth and Human Sciences
A female graduate student in a lab coat and a woman in an exam chair pose for a portrait inside an exercise lab.

The heart behind the classroom

April 27, 2026

In her Spanish classroom at Kansas State University, graduate student teacher María Camila Ramírez Quimbayo goes beyond grammar, guiding students through meaningful conversations...

Graduate SchoolAcademic innovationStudent stories
A graduate teaching assistant wearing a tan long coat walks between students sitting at desks and teaches a Spanish lesson.

K-State Graduate School gives students top-notch experience in nationally ranked programs

April 24, 2026

For more than 150 years, the Graduate School has been preparing master's and doctoral students to be next-generation leaders. Its tradition of excellence continues with new national...

Campus lifeStudent experienceEngineeringGraduate SchoolEducation
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Fighting cancer by building nature's most complex molecule from scratch

April 22, 2026

Vidya Nadar’s journey in the Three Minute Thesis Competition takes her from the Little Apple to the national stage —illustrating why communicating research beyond the lab matters...

Student storiesGraduate SchoolResearchArts and SciencesAcademic innovation
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New Graduate Council members to help shape K-State’s graduate education

April 17, 2026

The Graduate School has completed its annual elections for Graduate Council membership, with new faculty representatives set to begin three-year terms in fall 2026. Representing six...

Graduate SchoolFaculty and staff

'Cats in the Capitol

April 16, 2026

Ten graduate students represented K-State at the Kansas Capitol on March 25, where they presented their research to state representatives and the public at the Capitol Graduate Research...

EngagementResearchTop storiesNext-Gen K-StateGraduate School
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From the ground up

April 10, 2026

Chelsy Champlin is a passionate educator who has built her career in rural schools across southeast Kansas. Now in the third year of the master's program in agricultural education at...

Community health and well-beingNext-Gen K-StateGraduate SchoolEducationStudent stories
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Unwrapping the sweet mystery

April 1, 2026

Shivaprasad Prakash is driving techniques that will make flour-based products, like raw cookie dough, safer for everyone.

Graduate SchoolResearchAgricultureTop stories
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Champions are made in the lab

March 10, 2026

From brainstorming the flavor profiles of a cookie to envisioning it on grocery store shelves, four bakery science and management students showed off their passion and skills on a national...

Student storiesGraduate SchoolAcademic innovationAgriculture
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