Health
Cancer research gets a boost with $415,000 grant
Moriah Beck, assistant professor of chemistry at Wichita State University, has been awarded a three-year, $415,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institutes...
Horticulture
Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils
Iron chlorosis due to high pH soils is a significant problem in Kansas. Though Kansas soils normally contain adequate amounts of iron, a high...
Outdoors
State Wildlife Action Plan Revision Approved
The Kansas State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) comprehensive revision was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on Nov. 1, 2016. SWAP...
Outdoors
Greater Prairie Chicken Season Opens Nov. 19
Kansas is known nationally for its spectacular pheasant and quail hunting, but the true icon of this prairie state is the greater prairie chicken....
Outdoors
Chickadee Checkoff Small Grant Proposals Being Accepted Now
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism is accepting proposals for the Chickadee Checkoff Small Grants Program through January 1, 2017. Grant recipients...
Home Economics
Cook and freeze now to avoid holiday stress
University of Missouri
One way to reduce holiday stress is to prepare some of the food ahead of time and freeze it. From casseroles...
Horticulture
Bromeliads: Houseplants That Endure
David Trinklein - University of Missouri
Source: US Botanic Garden
When it comes to plants with beautifully colored leaves and novel flowers, the bromeliads have few...
Kansas News
Therapy dog helps ease anxiety among military, veteran students
By Lainie Mazzullo WSU
A 3-year-old rescue dog, Riley, is being certified as a therapy dog.
She'll be used to help ease anxiety and stress...
