News and Events
Team Science Training for ARISE
Join us in-person! On November 28 we will host a half-day workshop designed to bolster collaboration for the ARISE team. Get ready to learn practical skills and strategies for team science success. Two fantastic facilitators are coming from Portland, Maine, to lead...
Roundtable features K-State Community Engagement Experts
Join us to discuss community engaged research with Jaime Menon, State Program Leader for Community Vitality through K-State Research and Extension, and Tim Steffensmeier, director of the K-State Office of Community Engagement. When: November 16, 2023Time: 3:00 – 4:00...
ARISE Webinar on November 13 features Dr. Lori Peek
Stories from the Field: An Ethical Toolkit for Long-Term Disaster Research November 13, 2023 | 3:30 – 4:30 pmRegister for Zoom link Lori Peek is director of the Natural Hazards Center and professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder....
Data Science Hub Benefits Students and Organizations in Kansas
Got data? Of course you do! Digital information flows freely across every segment of the economy. But harnessing the power of data takes specialized skills in math, statistics, coding, and more. The Kansas Data Science Consortium (KDSC) launched last year to build...
Kansas professor to lead new community project on energy resilience
Kansas State University engineering professor, Bala Natarajan, will lead a nearly $1 million project at KSU to enhance community power grid resilience in Ford County. Read press release. This research initiative complements the Kansas NSF EPSCoR project called ARISE,...
Resilience Research by Kansans for Kansans
With extreme weather events on the rise, a team of Kansas scientists aims to bolster resilience across the state. But rather than looking for answers just in the lab—this team is co-creating solutions with Kansas communities. “The community is not a bystander to this...
New staff member to engage communities, educate undergrads
We are thrilled to announce the newest member of our team. Alej Martinez is the new program coordinator for community engagement and education activities for the ARISE project. He will play a key role in helping this statewide initiative create Adaptive...
Happy Retirement!
This week we celebrate and say goodbye to our business manager, Candi Wilbur, who retired on September 5, 2023. Candi has worked at the University of Kansas in various roles since 2001. Starting in the spring of 2012, she began her stint with Kansas NSF EPSCoR,...
ARISE All-Science Meeting
Come dig deep into ARISE research! As we enter our second year of funding, this in-person meeting will foster information exchange among the team. Topics to discuss include research progress, methods, modifications, data management, collaboration, authorship, and...