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Kentucky State University receives funding to study soybean production
Kentucky State University received nearly $600,000 in funding to study nitrogen management in soybean production to improve seed quality for producers in Kentucky and beyond. The research, titled “Optimizing nitrogen management in soybean, integrating manual and high throughput aerial phenotyping,” is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture for 2023-2026. “I’m very excited about this research project because of the ur...
Kentucky State University professor secures 1.5 million Dollars for stipends and International experiential Learning for Minority Students!
Dr. Buddhi Raj Gyawali, Professor of Geospatial Applications and Environment, recently obtained 1.5 million dollars as a share of his collaboration with other 4 HBCUs on the recently funded grant "Generating And Sustaining The Next Generation Of The Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources, And Human Sciences (FANH) Workforce Through International Experiential Learning, Outreach, And Engagement" for four years funded by USDA-NIFA's ne...
KSU Math Faculty participates in workshop on innovative strategies in the classroom
Dr. Fariba Kashan, assistant professor of Mathematics and STEM mentor, attended the On Course workshop on Innovative Strategies for Empowering and Engaging Students in California from May 30-June 2, 2023. The purpose of the workshop was to provide educators with learner-centered structures and strategies for helping students learn more deeply, as well as empowerment strategies for helping students become active, responsible, and su...
Kentucky State University faculty, staff and students travel to Dominica to collect field data, continued collaboration
Two Kentucky State University undergraduate students recently traveled to Dominica with Kentucky State faculty and staff to collaborate on research with Dominica State College (DSC). Agriculture, Food & Environment sophomore Jinniah Ali and Agriculture, Food & Environment senior Daniel Woods went on the trip with Dr. Buddhi Gyawali, Professor of Geospatial Applications, Human Dimensions and Climate Studies, and Tara Maynard, Resear...