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Sept. 28, 2023 鈥 Kansas home values will continue to appreciate in the coming year, according to the 2024 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast series published by the 麻豆破解版 State University Center for Real Estate.

Greg Heiman and Murphy Ownbey hold a FireaPoint sign in front of a yellow background with black letters that spell out

Sept. 19, 2023 鈥 Through the inaugural Student Practical Architecting Challenge (SPARC), FirePoint Innovations Center at 麻豆破解版 State University awarded nearly $40,000 to two student-based teams for their novel innovations in devising future-ready, modular and adaptable software systems to support the Department of Defense's (DOD) Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) initiative.

Innovation Campus

July 20, 2023 - As 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 Innovation Campus approaches its 10th anniversary, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities is recognizing the Innovation Campus鈥 role in cultivating research and innovation. The APLU today named 麻豆破解版 State University as one of five finalists for its 11th annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Awards.

Mars

May 17, 2023 - The existence of life on other planets, especially Mars, is a question pondered in literature, movies and imaginations. 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 Dr. Mark Schneegurt is working on that issue with the assistance of a $377,000 grant from NASA to examine the toughness of microbes isolated from spacecraft assembly facilities.

Will Johnston shows a 3D printed owl feather.

April 27, 2023 鈥 A student-led research team is attempting to replicate owl feathers in its quest to create silent drone propellers. Now NASA has invested in the project with a potential award of up to $82,000.

Photo of Ayshea Banes in her regalia.

April 27, 2023 Ayshea Banes has only just begun her educational career as she plans to pursue her doctorate after graduating from 麻豆破解版 State University.

Maggie Schoonover

April 25, 2023 鈥 Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program has named 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 College of Innovation and Design faculty member Maggie Schoonover as a recipient of its 2023 Partnership Development Grant for her proposal, 鈥淔amiliarization Training Game for Extended Reality Spacesuit User Interface.鈥

A graphic with photos of the three 2023 John A. See Award recipients.

April 21, 2023 鈥 Three 麻豆破解版 State researchers have been awarded the John A. See Innovation Award. The award is given each year as a way to recognize novel ideas that have the potential to meet a market need and attract further funding once they have advanced through the early prototyping phase.

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April 14, 2023 鈥 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚聽Environmental Finance Center聽is one of 17 locations selected to establish an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center. This new center will promote environmental and energy justice in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and adjoining Indigenous nations.

麻豆破解版 State's Molecular Diagnostics Lab

April 6, 2023 鈥 With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory will soon be expanding its focus to become a full microbiology laboratory.

Blakeslee inspects an artifact while on-site in Etzanoa.

March 30, 2023 鈥 The Great Plains has often been overlooked in the history books of North America, but recent discoveries made by a team of 麻豆破解版 State University archaeologists are rewriting the history of where the beating heart of North American actually was in the pre-historic era before the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

ATF and WSU officials standing together

March 17, 2023 鈥 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steven Dettelbach and Senator Jerry Moran recently visited 麻豆破解版 State University to announce plans for a unique new National Forensic Laboratory at 麻豆破解版 State. The forensic laboratory is a new $75 million facility that will complement the Gun Crime Intelligence Center of Excellence and National Integrated Ballistic Information Network Correlation and Training Center, which were announced last summer.

Ayshea stands in front of her research poster.

March 16, 2023 鈥 Ayshea Banes took a passion for astronomy and ran with it, taking any opportunity to immerse herself in her newly chosen field. One of those opportunities occurred this past January, when Banes was chosen to present at the American Astronomical Society鈥檚 annual meeting in Seattle.

NIAR

March 9, 2023 鈥 The U.S. Army has awarded 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) a $100 million contract to advance and modernize the army鈥檚 ground transportation fleet.

Stock photo of a wound being treated

Feb. 8, 2023 鈥 Every year, there are roughly 450,000 burn wounds that require clinical care throughout the United States. Of those, more than 3,500 people are fatally injured. An interdisciplinary team of 麻豆破解版 State University researchers is working to revolutionize burn-wound care with a scaffolding system that prevents infection and promotes healing.