Kansas State University
 Kansas State University  (University)    | |
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| Motto | Rule by Obeying Nature's Laws |
| Formation | 1863 |
| Headquarters | Kansas, USA |
| Type | • Public • State • Flagship • Land-grant • Space Grant • University |
| Sponsored by | Open Philanthropy |
| Other name | Wildcats |
| Significant agrodefense and biodefense research | |
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.[1][2] It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester. Kansas State was founded with an agricultural and scientific college consistent with the land-grant college mandate, as well as departments for military science and literature.[3]
The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[4] Kansas State's academic offerings are administered through nine colleges, including the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Technology and Aviation in Salina. Graduate degrees offered include 65 master's degree programs and 45 doctoral degrees.
Branch campuses are in Salina and Olathe. The Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina is home to the College of Technology and Aviation. The Olathe Innovation Campus has a focus on graduate work in research bioenergy, animal health, plant science and food safety and security.[5]
Agriculture and Biosecurity
The university has had a long-standing interest in agriculture, particularly native Great Plains plant and animal life.
In 2006, K-State dedicated the Biosecurity Research Institute.[6] The BRI, in Pat Roberts Hall, is a safe and secure location in which scientists and their collaborators can study high-consequence pathogens. It was designed and constructed for biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) and biosafety level 3 agriculture (BSL-3Ag) research.[7]
Kansas State University has a long history in biodefense, a history that accelerated in 1999 with the publication of "Homeland Defense Food Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness Program." The 100-page document, informally called "The Big Purple Book", outlined the university's research programs in three major infectious disease components: plant pathology, animal health and food processing.
The university maintains numerous facilities, research collaborations and academic programs devoted to agrodefense and biodefense. Notably, the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center (NABC) unites biosecurity researchers with federal, state and local agencies to provide a response to emerging agricultural threats.[8]
Following the NBAF decision, leaders at two additional federal facilities announced they are coming to K-State. The Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit, or ABADRU, specializes in animal and plant diseases transmitted by insects. The lab relocated from Laramie, Wyo., to K-State in order to fully realize its research mandate.[9] The Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases, or CEEZAD, will research foreign animal, zoonotic and newly discovered pathogens that can have a consequential economic impact on U.S. agriculture, homeland security and human and animal health. It will be led by K-State's Dr. Juergen Richt.[10]
The university's extensive list of research facilities includes the James R. Macdonald Laboratory for research in atomic, molecular and optical physics and the NASA Center for Gravitational Studies in Cellular and Developmental Biology. The excimer laser, which made LASIK eye surgery possible, is a technology developed by Kansas State researchers.[11]
Sponsor
| Event | Description |
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| Open Philanthropy | Grant maker funneling deep state money among other things to pandemic planning. Financed Event 201. |
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Barnhardt | US | Activist Commodity broker Covid-19 dissident | US activist who wrote about the Lavender Mafia in the Vatican | ||
| Marlin Fitzwater | 24 November 1942 | ||||
| Pat Roberts | 20 April 1936 | Politician | |||
| Albert Thornbrough | September 1912 | 8 September 2004 | US | Businessperson |
References
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=xno1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA72
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=U98OAQAAMAAJ
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=U98OAQAAMAAJ
- ↑ https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=155399
- ↑ http://kstateoic.ksu.edu/
- ↑ K-State News Services "K-State's Biosecurity Research Institute to provide research, training space for food safety and security efforts"
- ↑ http://www.bri.k-state.edu/
- ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/seek/spring2017/biodefense/index.html
- ↑ K-State Collegian "City officials announce relocation of federal lab"
- ↑ http://www.k-state.edu/perspectives/documents/Perspectives-Winter_2011.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060905163446/http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/priorasaccomplishments.html
