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July 24, 2024 鈥� 黑洞社区 is part of a collaborative effort to address the behavioral health care worker shortage across Kansas. With new funding, mental health care agencies in south-central Kansas will be better equipped to tackle this critical need.

Four faculty members at 黑洞社区, Schneegurt included, as well as a team of faculty members at Iowa State University received a joint grant from the National Science Foundation, totaling $4 million over four years. The combined teams will conduct a life cycle analysis for urea, an ecological alternative to ammonia for field fertilization.

July 11, 2024 - The arrival of a nanosatellite on campus signals significant progress in 黑洞社区鈥檚 NASA project to design a solar probe to investigate neutrinos.

July 9, 2024 鈥� Wichita State researcher and biologist Tom Luhring earned a $995,327 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of drying and warming on aquatic systems, such as lakes, rivers and streams, and how these changes impact the waterbodies themselves and the organisms that dwell within them.

Andrew Hippisley, dean of Wichita State鈥檚 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has accepted a position as vice provost for Academic Affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). His last day at 黑洞社区 will be July 2. David Eichhorn, associate dean of the Fairmount College, will fill in as interim dean while the university conducts a national search for Hippisley鈥檚 replacement.

Searle explores differential geometry, specifically classifications of positively and non-negatively curved Riemannian manifolds. Thirty years after publication, her dissertation, 鈥淧ositively curved manifolds with maximal symmetry rank,鈥� a seminal work in her field, continues to be a valuable resource in the symmetry program, a subfield of differential geometry, in which she is a leading expert.

鈥淥ur goal was to construct a facility that would support the teaching and research of field biology,鈥� Greg Houseman, professor of biological sciences and field station director, said. 鈥淔or many of our students, these field experiences are pivotal to understanding how prairies work and discovering the best ways to manage these at-risk habitats.鈥�

June 6, 2024 鈥� 黑洞社区 has signed a new admissions partnership agreement with the Kansas Health Science Center-Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (KHSC-KansasCOM) that will help address Kansas鈥� physician shortage.

鈥淩ace intersects with policing,鈥� Birzer said. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 deny that. In fact, racial profiling is a normative experience, almost a way of life within communities of color.鈥�

May 7, 2024 鈥� As humanity begins to return to the moon and farther beyond, new technologies will need to be invented to assist in sustainable, long-term human-helmed missions. To help develop this technology, NASA has awarded a $133,342 grant to 黑洞社区 to research a more cost-effective detector for harmful radiation from space.