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*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2024-11-28 ( 7 items )  
2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2 (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 28 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The second NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll of the season has a lot of movement with Arizona Christian taking over as the top team in the nation with 17 first-place votes. Georgetown (Ky.), LSU Alexandria (La.), and Montana Tech all climbed into the top five this week while the only team to remain in the top five was College of Idaho. Northwestern (Iowa), Cumberla more PR

2024-25 NAIA Men's Wrestler of the Week - Week 3 (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 28 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Rocky Raby of St. Thomas (Fla.) is the NAIA Men's Wrestler of the Week. The winner was selected based on their performances from November 18-24 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated group nominees. Wrestlers of the Week are announced weekly throughout the regular season on Wednesdays on naia.org, Instagram  more PR

2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches Top 25 Poll - No. 2 (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 28 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Dordt (Iowa) remains at No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll. Teams voted in spots 2-6 remained in the same spot as the last poll. No other teams stayed at the same spot as the previous poll. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) made the largest move up in the poll eight spots to No. 14. Benedictine (Kan.) and MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) moved  more PR

2024-25 NAIA Women's Wrestler of the Week - Week 2 (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 28 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Kelani Corbett of Missouri Valley has been named the NAIA Women's Wrestler of the Week. The winner was selected based on performances from November 18-24 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated group nominees. Wrestlers of the Week are announced weekly throughout the regular season on Wednesdays on naia.org, I more PR

K-State Engineer Developing Novel Electrical Method to Create Controllable Droplets (10)
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: A Kansas State University engineer is developing a new method for creating large quantities of liquid droplets with uniform and adjustable volumes through a novel electrical technique called electrowetting bursting. Shih-Kang "Scott" Fan, professor in the Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, received a three-year grant for more than $450,000 from the National Science Founda more PR

University of Kansas: History and Philosophy of Materialism Explored in New Book (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: By Jon Niccum The core idea of "materialism" is that all facts, events and objects are dependent on or reducible to physical processes. But like "totalitarianism" or "misogyny," materialism is more often a word used to negatively label one's philosophical opponents. "Historically, materialism has been ascribed to various positions by its enemies. It was only in the 20th century that people took on the  more PR

University of Kansas: Project to Document Medical Ableism Experienced by People With Disabilities (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: By Christina Knott From inaccessible facilities to inappropriate treatment plans or inaccurate assumptions, people with disabilities experience challenges in health care that may be rooted in prejudice, even by members of the medical community who are entrusted with providing care. A new project at the Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies (IHDPS) at the KU Life Span Institute aims to examin more PR