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New K-State research complex to drive innovation for the future of agriculture

K-State is expanding its capacity to develop crops, technologies and management strategies to support producers from Kansas to the world with the opening of...

Dan moser, L. Eldon Gideon and Ernie Minton

Leading from day one

As a partnership with K‑State's Staley School of Leadership and Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, the E-LEAD program gives engineering students hands-on...

A group of people sit in a small study room and write on a whiteboard on a wall.

Cooking up great research

What do you get when you put an entomologist, journalist, engineer, statistician and graphic artist around the same table? At K-State, you get a recipe for...

A woman writes with a marker on a whiteboard.

People with Purpose: Kevin Santos Flores

Through his role as director of student engagement and belonging, Kevin Santos-Flores works to cultivate a community of connection and collaboration.

Kevin Santos Flores stands smiling with a student.

Bringing space down to Earth

The International Space Station has landed in Kansas — virtually, at least. K-State Salina students partnered with the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson to create...

A couple of high school students wear and try virtual reality goggles at a space museum.

Playing for the prairie

Inspired by the Kansas prairie, K-State undergraduate researcher Lauren Seybold’s LeafSpan board game has middle schoolers explore climate science through...

Lauren Seybold.

Tick talk

Do ticks jump? Will I get Alpha-gal syndrome from a tick bite? While tiny in size, ticks raise a large number of questions. Cassandra Olds breaks down the facts...

A close-up image of gloved hands using tweezers to examine a tick.

People with Purpose: Erika Geisbrecht

As a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Erika Geisbrecht is helping to answer some of science's biggest questions — while...

Geisbrecht analyzes lab samples with two students. All three wear blue lab coats and goggles.

People with Purpose: Kim Coy

For Kim Coy, supporting students goes far beyond the classroom. Through thoughtful gestures, meaningful connections and a commitment to making every visitor...

Kim Coy

A cooler kind of capsaicin

Could the chemistry behind chili peppers help protect the heart—without the burn? Doctoral student Nik Carpenter is studying a capsaicin-inspired compound...

A graduate student in a white lab coat holds a green pepper up for the camera.