Community college would benefit from OK of Education Research Triangle

Kansas City Star
By TERRY A CALAWAY

Right in the middle of the proposed Education Research Triangle is Johnson County Community College.

In Fairway, the University of Kansas would establish a Cancer Clinical Research Center, providing a Phase I clinical trials unit. The new center would help KU obtain a National Cancer Institute designation.

In Olathe, Kansas State University would build a National Food and Animal Health Institute, a research, education, outreach and innovation facility.

In addition to conducting research in biomass, bioenergy and other new technologies, the institute would offer master’s degrees in bioscience and biotechnology and new certification programs for biotechnology professionals.

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