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Monday, Aug. 31, 2026

National/International

Kansas State's Zoonotic Disease Research Hub Lands $11.4 Million NIH Renewal
8/29/2026 Global Biodefense
Kansas State University has secured $11.4 million in continued National Institutes of Health funding to support the Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID), through April 2031. The NIH award extends the center into its second five-year phase and signals confidence in the research infrastructure and scientific pipeline K-State has built since CEZID launched in 2020.

Trump is letting in 300,000 tons of beef duty-free. Don’t expect cheaper burgers
8/29/2026 CNN Business
But even if the beef is sold for a lower price, that won't make much of a difference at grocery stores. "It'll be some additional pounds on the market that we didn't have before, and in that context, that could be good for consumers," said Glynn Tonsor, an agricultural economist at Kansas State University who studies meat pricing. "But I think it's easily overstated how much it might help."

State/Regional

K-State Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with President Linton
8/24/2026 Powercat Kansan podcast
Kansas State University touches all 105 counties in this state — training the veterinarians who protect our livestock, the biomanufacturers building tomorrow's jobs, and the students who choose to stay and build their lives right here in Kansas. On this episode of Ask a Kansan, Gus and Sydney sit down with Dr. Richard Linton, president of Kansas State University, to talk about what it really means to lead a land-grant institution built to serve every corner of the state. We get into the mentors who shaped him, the napkin sketch that mapped out his entire career decades before he became a university president, why athletics might matter more in Manhattan, Kansas, than almost anywhere else in the country, and the story of how he and his wife once snuck onto campus incognito before he ever took the job. We close out with his hopes for what Kansas and K-State will look like 100 years from now.

Kansas ranchers point to land, herd size in beef price debate
8/29/2026 KWCH
Kansas ranchers say the lowest domestic cattle herd in 75 years is an area that needs focus to bring down record beef prices for the long term. Ranchers upset about artificially discounted beef in the U.S. market point to the herd size as a key issue. Robin Reid, an extension farm economist with K-State, said there are several reasons pasture land prices are also at record highs.