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Building a Resilient Kansas
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New Data Science Hub
Students AND organizations benefit! Here’s how. And, see photos.
Learning
Opportunities
2024 ARISE Annual Symposium
April 11-12
Olathe, Kansas
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Kansas Data Science Consortium Conference
Apr 26 | 10a – 4:30p
Wichita, KS
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Community
Engagement
Roundtable for Community Engaged Research
June 20, 2024 | 3:00 4:15 pm
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Topic: Equity as Praxis
Equity has various definitions for different audiences. This roundtable will delve into multiple definitions of equity and social equity; then, we will explore how it looks in practice, whether on a research project or the workplace; our panelist will share their experiences in promoting equity. Finally, we will share lessons learned from the field. You can submit questions about social equity, which will guide our inquiry and discussion. Through this collaborative dialogue, we aim to improve our collective knowledge of equity as praxis.
Presenter(s): ARISE program coordinator Alej Martinez will lead this session with Gabriela (Gaby) Flores, Associate Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at Metropolitan Community College; Cherayla Haynes, Community Partner Project Manager of the Frontiers Clinical & Translational Science Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center; and Rumana Sharmin, Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Kansas.
National
Events
Kansas NSF EPSCoR News
Doctoral student Emma Russin wins two awards at water conference
At the 15th Annual KWEA & KsAWWA Joint Annual Water and Wastewater Conference in August, University of Kansas doctoral student Emma Russin recieved both the KWEA Scholarship and the Terry L. McKanna Scholarship. Congratulations! Emma was honored with two awards...
Doctoral student awarded grant for tornado-ready research
Madison Graham, KU doctoral student in behavioral studies, was awarded a $15,000 research project from the Natural Hazards Center for Tornado Ready Research. Graham submitted as Principal Investigator to the solicitation with two co-investigators on the project: Brett...
Employment opportunity at KDSC
Come work with us! The Kansas Data Science Consortium (KDSC) is now hiring a project specialist to work with member institutions of the KDSC to develop data science programming and activities to enhance the data science ecosystem in Kansas. KDSC was launched in 2022...
Undergrad Research Talks
The ARISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program trekked to Manhattan, Kansas this month to give 3-minute research talks at Kansas State University. A montage of photos of the event is shown below. Links to individual talks coming soon.
NSF News
Archived MAPS Blog Articles
11/6/2019 SAVE THE DATE – MARCH 2, 2020!
11/5/2019 KU doctoral student teaches ecology to Kansas 3rd grade students through the MAPS KEES Program
10/21/2019 Geography and Atmospheric Science Doctoral Student Mentors HERS Students
9/26/2019 HERS Student Explores Cultural Losses Imposed by Ghost Forests
9/18/2019 MAPS REU Student Studies the Effectiveness of Disease Control Measures in Pathosystems
9/6/2019 Kansas NSF EPSCoR New Funding Opportunity for Early Career Faculty
9/5/2019 KSU-LSAMP Student Studies Groundwater Discharge across Kansas
9/3/2019 MAPS Researcher Receives Three New NSF Awards
8/26/2019 HERS Student Studies the Impact Warming Waters has on Westslope Cutthroat Trout
8/20/2019 KS-LSAMP Student Studies Interference Competition Among Biovar 1 Agrobacteria
8/12/2019 KU Distinguished Professor and MAPS Co-PI receive an NSF EPSCoR Track-2 FEC Award
8/6/2019 MAPS Student Wins Best Undergraduate Presentation at Society for Freshwater Scientists Conference
7/30/2019 Register for the DEPSCoR Northeast Regional Meeting
7/29/2019 MAPS REU and HERS students present posters at the 2019 KU Summer REU Poster Session
7/22/2019 Kansas Science Teachers Explore the Konza Prairie with the KSU MAPS Team
7/17/2019 New Funding Opportunity for EPSCoR States – DEPSCoR
7/16/2019 Registration is open for the 2019 EPSCoR National Conference a October 27-30, 2019
7/2/2019 HERS students prepare to present research at UCAR
6/17/2019 Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces Spring 2019 MAPS Research, Education and Innovation Awards
5/23/2019 MAPS Graduate Student teaches “Sunflower Science” to school aged children
5/15/2019 HERS student explores “Fire Sovereignty: Using Prescribed Burns to Conserve Tallgrass Prairies
5/15/2019 MAPS Professor publishes 3rd edition of textbook titled: Freshwater Ecology
4/22/2019 2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute collaborative project for HS students and teachers
4/9/2019 Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces First Awards for the Spring of 2019
4/1/2019 MAPS researchers discuss accomplishments at the 2019 MAPS Symposium
3/26/2019 KSU LSAMP student presents MAPS research at the Emerging Researchers National Conference
2/19/2019 Former HS Teacher studies Geomicrobiology and Microbial Ecology with MAPS Researchers
2/5/2019 Registration is open for the 2019 MAPS Research Symposium on March 18, 2019
1/22/2019 MAPS graduate student studies HABs and Kansas water quality
1/17/2019 The 2019 KS NSF EPSCoR MAPS Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute is now accepting applications
1/16/2019 REQUEST FOR WHITE PAPERS: (REI) AWARDS In Microbiome Research
1/10/2019 MAPS 2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute lessons making positive impacts in the classroom
12/12/2018 The Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) Institute is now accepting applications
11/28/2018 The MAPS KEES program teaches seed dispersal to third graders in Spanish
11/20/2018 MAPS graduate student researcher receives a Self Graduating Seniors Fellowship at KU
11/13/2018 MAPS science team meets to discuss year one accomplishments and plans for year two
11/6/2018 Girl Scouts of the Kansas Heartland learn about fungi
10/25/2018 HERS student studies the environmental impacts of bison and fire on the prairie
10/16/2018 Benedictine College student studies the impacts of fire severity on fungi
10/15/2018 Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces the MAPS REI Award Recipients
10/11/2018 KSU MAPS researchers receive award from Department of Energy
10/10/2018 ANNOUNCING MAPS First Award Funding Opportunity
10/8/2018 NSF-FUNDED GRADUATE POSITIONS AT KSU MICROBIOMES OF AQUATIC, PLANT OR SOILS (MAPS)
10/4/2018 UIUC Actuarial Science major predicts host infections in bird populations during KU REU
10/1/2018 MAPS investigator, Dr. Walter Dodds, receives the KSU Karen Ann Griffith Research Award
9/25/2018 KU MAPS researchers receive NSF ERA award to examine soil properties
9/21/2018 MAPS REU student studies soil microbial communities in the tallgrass prairie
9/19/2018 MAPS Researchers awarded NSF Earth Sciences Award
9/12/2018 KS-LSAMP student studies agrobacterial genetic diversity
9/10/2018 MAPS Researcher receives NSF Early Career Investigator Award in Plant Genome Research
9/6/2018 HERS student examines wetland viability
9/5/2018 NSF 2026 IDEA MACHINE Competition
8/30/2018 NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 FEC Solicitation
8/29/2018 Collaboration between KSU, Oklahoma State University and Langston University to boost crop yields
8/22/2018 MAPS REU student studies impact of soil microbial communities on native Kansas grasses
8/21/2018 Three Kansas Assistant Professors receive NSF EPSCoR RII Track-4 Awards
8/15/2018 HERS student studies the impact of rising sea levels on gentrification
8/8/2018 First generation student studies “Nitrogen cycling and metabolism in drought-ridden prairie stream”
7/24/2018 MAPS summer REU student from UMass studies fungal drought tolerance at KSU
7/18/2018 EEB/MAPS REU student studies the effect of climate and land use on methanotrophic communities
6/26/2018 “Kansas Farmers” exhibit to open August 11, 2018
6/6/2018 KS teachers Conduct Field Research the 2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute
5/23/2018 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS KANSAS NSF EPSCoR MAPS – (REI)
5/21/2018 Free NSF Webinar to highlight NSF Funding Opportunities to Broaden Participation in STEM
5/1/2018 Kansas Students travel to Nebraska for the 2018 Women in Science Conference
4/26/2018 Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces MAPS First Award Recipients for 2017 – 2018
4/12/2018 Two MAPS Researchers Receive an NSF DEB RAPIDS Award
4/3/2018 MAPS Investigator presents at Big Botany Symposium
3/19/2018 DOE EPSCoR Funding Opportunity
2/27/2018 Topeka Dual Language 3rd Graders Learn about Soils
1/23/2018 Applications are now available for the 2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute
1/8/2018 2018 Spring Semester begins with a Collaborative MAPS Course
12/14/2017 Informational Webinar for the EPSCoR RII Track-4
12/11/2017 Funding Opportunity EPSCoR RII Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows
11/15/2017 MAPS Outreach Team Teaches a Lesson on Seed Dispersal to 3rd graders
11/13/2017 MAPS Graduate Student Research Opportunities
10/20/2017 First Award Letter of Intent Submission Deadline Extended
10/17/2017 NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 Funding Opportunity
10/16/2017 First Awards – Kansas NSF EPSCoR Funding Opportunity
10/4/2017 Hays, Kansas Community Connections interviews MAPS Fort Hays State Researcher
9/29/2017 Researchers meet to strategically plan for the MAPS NSF EPSCoR Track-1 Award
9/28/2017 Former Kansas NSF EPSCoR First Award Recipient Receives NSF PIRE Award
9/11/2017 Two Kansas Assistant Professors receive NSF EPSCoR Track-4 Awards
9/6/2017 KS EPSCoR sponsors KU Natural History Museum’s present to KU TRIO Talent MS students
9/1/2017 KS NSF EPSCoR receives 20-million-dollar grant to study aquatic, plant and soil microbiomes