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Seven students receive Kansas Biological Survey Student Research Awards for 2024
The Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research at the University of Kansas has awarded $7,500 in funding this spring for student research to be conducted this year. Seven students will receive assistance through the research center’s 2024 Student Research Awards.
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Inside the debate over who should—and shouldn’t—have access to the medicinal plant called Colorado cough root
Also called oshá, the plant is sacred to many Native American and Indigenous people, who don't want it commoditized by the American herbal products industry. Because it often grows on public lands, the U.S. Forest Service has been put smack in the middle of the fight.
Senior scientist Sharon Billings named University Distinguished Professor
Billings is known nationally and internationally for working across disciplines to understand how whole systems — terrestrial ecosystems in a diversity of biomes — function and respond to environmental change.
Restoring native prairie plants? You may be missing one key ingredient—fungi
Vulnerable native fungi are easily killed off, but many native prairie plants can’t re-establish without them. Liz Koziol, a research professor at the University of Kansas, studies arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and their role in the success of native prairie plants.
13 students receive research awards from Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research
The research center has awarded $12,000 in funding this spring for student research to be conducted in 2022.
PHOTOS: A hike through the Breidenthal Biological Reserve
This photo feature in the Lawrence Journal-World showcases images from longtime Lawrence photographer Mike Yoder, taken during a guided tour through the Reserve, which is part of the KU Field Station.
Three students to compete for Udall Scholarships
Three students at the University of Kansas are nominees for Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, which recognize students who demonstrate leadership, public service and commitment in the fields of tribal public policy, Native health care or the environment.
KU’s nominees:
Four researchers named recipients of the University scholarly achievement award
Four midcareer faculty members at KU, including Amy Burgin, associate professor and associate scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, will receive the University Scholarly Achievement Award.
Water quality of Lake Miola to be monitored
Ted Harris, Kansas Biological Survey assistant research professor and assistant scientist, and his team will monitor Lake Miola, a City of Paola water body, throughout 2022 to better understand seasonal changes in water quality.
KU professors in biology, engineering and pharmacy named as AAAS fellows
Three University of Kansas professors, including Sharon Billings, senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, have been named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a distinct honor within the scientific community.
Experts advancing research on crustaceans, coronaviruses and drug design receive KU achievement awards
KU named three recipients of these special annual awards, including Christopher Rogers, associate research professor at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, who received the Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award.