TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. 18 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * Commerce Announces 12 Rural Mural Awards to Enrich Kansas Communities Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that the agency has awarded $75,000 in Rural Mural funding to support 12 public art projects in rural communities across the state. "Our rural communities are the backbone of what makes our state so great -- they're rich in cultur more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Sept. 18 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * A next-generation collaboration for community health and well-being K-State, Stormont Vail Health celebrate two years of partnership to connect researchers, physicians and patients. By Jennifer Tidball, K State News and Communications Services It's been two years into a research collaboration between Kansas State University and Stormont Vail Health, and the two organizations are already seeing results, f more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 18 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * 2024 Kansas Statistical Abstract now available By Jessica Moore The Kansas Statistical Abstract 2024 is now available online. This data compendium is published annually by the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas. It includes information on a wide range of topics about Kansas, with information in downloadable tables, maps and graphs. "The Kansas Statistical Abstract more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 18 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * NSF grant will support new research for pharmaceutical drug discoveries By Brad Stauffer Zarko Boskovic, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry in the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, has been awarded a $575,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will be used in the Boskovic Lab to shed light on the process of efficiently and selectively creating new molecules that hold pote more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 18 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Researchers will develop spectrum technologies for safer, more reliable communication for drones and air taxis By Brendan M. Lynch In a few short years your retail orders and even medical care may arrive via drone delivery. You might hop aboard an air taxi to glide to an important business meeting. Meanwhile, a drone-delivered defibrillator might save a neighbor's life because it came before the ambulance more PR