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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP OPENS DOORS FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GRADUATE
MANHATTAN -- Making it easier to clean up after disasters like last summer's Gulf oil spill could be the future career of Kansas State University's Emily 1xbet online games login , thanks to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship she has received.
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