Kentucky State University professor secures 1.5 million Dollars for stipends and International experiential Learning for Minority Students!

Kentucky State University professor secures 1.5 million Dollars for stipends and International experiential Learning for Minority Students!

August 10, 2023

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...

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Kentucky State University receives funding to study soybean production

Kentucky State University receives funding to study soybean production

August 10, 2023

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...

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Kentucky State University faculty, staff and students travel to Dominica to collect field data, continued collaboration

Kentucky State University faculty, staff and students travel to Dominica to collect field data, continued collaboration

August 8, 2023

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...

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Kentucky State University receives Kentucky Commercialization Ventures funds to address health disparities

Kentucky State University receives Kentucky Commercialization Ventures funds to address health disparities

August 8, 2023

Kentucky State University was named a Kentucky Commercialization Ventures IMPACT award winner, receiving $25,000 to improve access to healthy food in West Louisville. The goal of the KCV IMPACT competition is “to encourage ideation relevant to the improvement of the social, health, or economic conditions and highlight the value of innovators from across the state of Kentucky,” according to a press release. Kentucky State University...

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