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Ruth Welti wears a white lab coat and smiles for a professional portrait in a brightly lit greenhouse filled with different flowering plants.

Ruth Welti receives Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Award

Ruth Welti, university distinguished professor, has received a 2026 Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Award, the...

Jin Lee, wearing a black turtleneck and jeans, helps two students sitting at a table with computer work. Standing in the middle and leaning over the table, Lee points to the student's computer on his right. Both students look at the screen attentively.

People with Purpose: Jin Lee

Enhancing culture is the goal in every room Jin Lee enters. As an associate professor of psychological sciences, Lee aims...

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Ruth Welti receives Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Award

Feb. 17, 2026

Ruth Welti, university distinguished professor, has received a 2026 Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Award, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition...

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Ruth Welti wears a white lab coat and smiles for a professional portrait in a brightly lit greenhouse filled with different flowering plants.

Experience, reflection and relationships

Feb. 17, 2026

Hosted by the Staley School of Leadership, Alternative Breaks give K-State students the opportunity to spend their college breaks serving, building professional skills and connecting...

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Madeleine Pike stands to the left wearing a purple K-State shirt, and Roberto Maldonado Flores stands to the right, also wearing a purple shirt, with other students in Dallas, Texas.

People with Purpose: Jin Lee

Feb. 16, 2026

Enhancing culture is the goal in every room Jin Lee enters. As an associate professor of psychological sciences, Lee aims to make workplaces safer and healthier — and students more...

Community health and well-beingNext-Gen K-StateTop storiesArts and SciencesPeople with Purpose
Jin Lee, wearing a black turtleneck and jeans, helps two students sitting at a table with computer work. Standing in the middle and leaning over the table, Lee points to the student's computer on his right. Both students look at the screen attentively.