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ArcGIS 9.3.1 Available Now
2009-08-25 00:00
Students, faculty, and staff can get free ArcGIS desktop software for education and research.
K-State Student First Recipient of New Scholarship from American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
2009-02-28 00:00
Kansas State University's Nicole Wayant, senior in geography and mathematics, Topeka, is the inaugural recipient of the $1,000 Abraham Anson Memorial Scholarship from the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
The scholarship was created to encourage undergraduate students who have an exceptional interest in pursuing scientific research or education in geospatial science or technology related to photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying and mapping to enter a professional field where they can use the knowledge of their discipline to excel in their profession.
K-State Scientists Study How the Connectivity of the U.S. Agricultural Landscape Influences the Risks of Crop Pests, Disease; Finding Could Inform Subsidy Policies
2009-02-16 00:00
Agriculture in the United States is critical to global food security, but new pests and diseases threaten production. Ten such pests are estimated to enter the country every year, and the federal government spends more than $1 billion annually on research, emergency response and education related to crop pests.
That's why Kansas State University scientists have used an analysis of connectivity to evaluate the vulnerability of U.S. agriculture to the spread of pests and diseases in four major crops: maize, soybean, wheat and cotton. Their work was published in the February issue of the journal BioScience.
Time series and ArcGIS
2008-11-03 00:00
Mark Hollingshead's presentation on Timeseries analysis using ArcGIS can be viewed from here: http://ome.ksu.edu/webcast/ome/TSE-ESRI-08.html
(You may need to install the latest version of Adobe Flash to play the video (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/trigger/0/)
USDA National Science Program Leader to Present National Agricultural Biosecurity Center Forum at K-State on Protection of Plant Resources
2008-08-28 00:00
The protection of plant resources from pests and disease will be the topic of a National Agricultural Biosecurity Center Forum at Kansas State University.
Dan Fieselmann, National Science Program leader for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Plant Protection and Quarantine, will present "Strategies for Safeguarding American Plant Resources" at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, in Room 213 of the K-State Student Union.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is being held as part of the monthly forum series organized by the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center. The forum is designed to facilitate campuswide, interdisciplinary interaction to advance K-State's agricultural and food security programs. Fieselmann's lecture is co-sponsored by the K-State's departments of geography and plant pathology.