Infrastructure Day

Infrastructure Day

On June 13 the ARISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program hosted an Infrastructure Day in Lawrence, Kansas for a total of 12 undergraduate students: 5 from the University of Kansas, 5 from Kansas State University, and 2 from Wichita State University....
Three First Awards seed novel research in Kansas

Three First Awards seed novel research in Kansas

This month Kansas NSF EPSCoR announced three First Awards to catapult the careers of assistant professors in Kansas. These seed grants are designed to help early-career faculty initiate novel research related to the ARISE project while also building grant writing...
Inspiring Teens with Data, Soil, and Kool-Aid

Inspiring Teens with Data, Soil, and Kool-Aid

Mary Patterson is an instructor for the Kansas City Kansas Community College Saturday Academy, a teen program partially funded by the ARISE project. For Mary Patterson, Kool-Aid is more than a colorful thirst quencher. It’s one of many lab tools she used this year at...