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State Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Friday April 19, 2024 ( 4 items )  

K-State Researchers Chosen as 2023 AAAS Fellows
MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 19 (TNSres) -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Kansas State University scientists Alice Boyle, Elizabeth Guertal and Raj Khosla have been selected as members of the 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, fellows. Boyle, Guertal and Khosla join 502 scientists, engineers and innovators recognized in the 2023 fellows class for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements. Boyle, associate professor of  more

K-State Students Receive Scholarships for Army Veterinary Corps
MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 19 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Two Kansas State University students in the College of Veterinary Medicine have joined the ranks of scholarship recipients in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps under the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program. Henry DeWitt, Lawrence, and Samantha Rice, Tega Cay, South Carolina, both first-year veterinary students, were selected for this program. The health professions scholarship pays 100% of the tuitio  more

K-State Veterinarian Collaborates on International Pain Relief Medication Guidelines for Cats
MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 19 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: A Kansas State University veterinarian is part of a new effort to make life less wild -- and less painful -- for feline patients. Meet Kate KuKanich, a small animal internal medicine expert in the College of Veterinary Medicine. She and a group of seven other feline pain-relief experts have just published new guidelines regarding the usage of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, to manage pai  more

Kan. Commerce Dept. Updates ROZ Student Loan Repayment Program
TOPEKA, Kansas, April 19 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced significant changes to the Rural Opportunity Zones (ROZ) program that could increase participation in student loan repayments for people moving to rural Kansas counties. Individuals who earn an associate degree or higher and move to a designated ROZ county they haven't lived in for the preceding two years a  more