Education Stories

Event series explores AI’s unglamorous underbelly: the place where innovation breaks or sticks

Kansas City-built AI platform Intuidy is inviting engineers, business operators, entrepreneurs, students, and civic and technology leaders to bring their real-world problems to Spark Coworking on Oct. 29 for Let’s Build It — an evening of breakout sessions led by Intuidy’s team, engineers and customers. 

Innovative leader wins Kauffman’s $75K prize: KC is stronger when it rallies together, school founder says

Accepting the first-ever Kauffman Uncommon Leader Visionary Award, Tysie McDowell pointed to the team who helped her build Crossroads Charter Schools — and challenged those gathered in celebration of her Thursday to create legacies of their own.

K-State names Garmin ‘company of the year’ for putting Kansas talent on innovation’s front lines 

A leading source of top engineering talent is honoring Garmin for the global tech company’s commitment to a Kansas university-to-corporate workforce pipeline — fueling development of its GPS-enabled navigation, fitness, and outdoor wearable devices.

Longtime workforce, philanthropy exec tapped to lead Great Jobs KC, ‘carry Mr. Kauffman’s vision’

A former Kauffman Foundation leader who helped design the KC Scholars program that ultimately would evolve into one of the region’s most successful workforce training initiatives is coming full circle — taking the helm as CEO of Great Jobs KC a decade after he helped launch its predecessor.

Architecture professor designs 3D-printed concrete shelters to withstand Kanasas tornadoes

As extreme weather intensifies, Reese Greenlee is testing the limits of 3D-printed concrete to create stronger, more accessible storm shelters for vulnerable communities. While the technology and materials have existed for years, they remain an active area for innovation, the K-State professor said.