Targeted News Service logo

-- Preview Email Newsletter
State Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2024-12-12 ( 6 items )  
'Four-Year Educational Desert' No More: K-State, GCCC Partner to Offer Bachelor's Degrees in Southwest Kansas (10)
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Dec. 12 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: GARDEN CITY and MANHATTAN, Kan. -- In an innovative educational partnership, Garden City Community College and Kansas State University are joining forces to make bachelor's degree programs available to students in southwest Kansas without requiring them to relocate. This collaboration will allow students to complete their education locally, addressing a critical need in a region where only 17.9% of residen more PR

Garmin Continues to Grow Portfolio of Aircraft Approvals for GFC 500 and GFC 600 Digital Autopilots (10)
OLATHE, Kansas, Dec. 12 -- Garmin, a global positioning system technology developer for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor and sport activities and utilities, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced it has received additional autopilot approvals in several aircraft models for the GFC 500 and GFC 600 digital autopilots. The Beechcraft Baron A55 is approved for the GFC 600 while the GFC 500 has received certification for Robertson STOL (short tak more PR

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for Dec. 11, 2024 (10)
TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 12 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * 25-CONS-3195-CMSC Docket Type: CMSC - Miscellaneous Docket Description: Somerset Energy Application Date Filed: 12/11/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx more PR

Sterling College Announces Zero-Cost Textbook Initiative for Select General Education Courses (10)
STERLING, Kansas, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- Sterling College issued the following news release: Sterling College is excited to announce the launch of its Zero-Cost Textbook Initiative, a groundbreaking program aimed at reducing student expenses and enhancing academic accessibility by eliminating textbook costs for students taking some of the most-enrolled General Education (GE) courses. Set to officially begin in the fall of 2025, the initiative has already made significant progress, with over 165 cl more PR

Understudied But 'Significant Public Health Issue' FXTAS is Focus of First-of-Its-Kind Research at KU (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The most common inherited cause of intellectual disability, fragile X syndrome, is caused by mutations in a single gene, the FMR1 gene. FMR1 mutations occur when parents possess a smaller mutation, or "premutation," that then mutates further in the child. These premutations previously were thought to be benign outside of their potential to cause fragile X syndrome in offspring, but in the past 20 years,  more PR

University of Kansas: Relationship Between Propaganda and Public Reexamined Through New Research (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: By Jon Niccum Government propaganda is generally viewed as a pyramid, with all the information coming from the top downward. But new research suggests the structure is more like a two-way street, with the message being shaped by both parties. "In practice, a lot of people may not believe propaganda fully, but they take it seriously," said Anton Shirikov, assistant professor of political science at the Un more PR