Children’s Mercy & KU Cancer Center Unveil Collaboration to Transform Pediatric Oncology with $10 Million in Local Philanthropic Support
A new collaboration with Children’s Mercy will strengthen The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s bid for the National Cancer Institute’s top designation. With $10 million in philanthropic support, the two entities jointly announced four endowed chair positions that would further pediatric research in the Kansas City area. Learn More >
K-State is the ‘Silicon Valley For Biodefense,’ According to Blue Ribbon Study Panel
What Silicon Valley is to technology, Kansas State University is to biodefense. When former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and the bipartisan Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense visited the Manhattan campus, for a series of agrodefense discussions, the university cemented its status as a national leader in animal health, biosciences and food safety research. Learn More >
MU Research Reactor Center (MURR) Receives New 20-Year Operating License from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center (MURR®) has received a new 20-year operating license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. MURR has been a crucial component for research at the university for more than 40 years. Learn More >