A Manhattan man was selected as the recipient of a graduate research grant from the honor society Phi Kappa Phi on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Roselle Barretto was chosen as one of 20 recipients of the award, and will receive up to $1,500 to support his research.\u00a0Barretto, a Ph.D. student in biological and agricultural engineering at Kansas State University, will use funds from the award to complete all experimental work and data analyses of his hempseed bio-based adhesive research in preparation for publication.<\/p>\n
Barretto’s project demonstrates that hempseed proteins, when properly extracted and chemically modified, can match the adhesion properties of commercial bio-based adhesives while eliminating toxic chemicals like formaldehyde. His work opens new possibilities for sustainable adhesive manufacturing, adds value for farmers and strengthens the circular bio-based economy.<\/p>\n
Phi Kappa Phi is a selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines and the oldest academic society in the nation. The grants of up to $1,500 are designed to support graduate students who are active society members seeking funding for research in support of career development opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is not Barretto’s first time receiving a grant from the society. In June 2025 he was awarded a Phi Kappa Phi literacy grant to launch a STEM literacy initiative for Indigenous youth in the Philippines. Barretto’s project, \u201cScience in the Mountains: STEM Literacy for Indigenous Youth\u201d was designed to bring culturally responsive, hands-on STEM learning to children ages six to 15 years from the Manide Indigenous Tribe in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Manhattan man was selected as the recipient of a graduate research grant from the honor society Phi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[70845,21292,70843,70842,70841,70840,70846,75,84,83,10784,9,24,63,60538,70844,2585,70847],"class_list":["post-173741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-clubs-and-societies","tag-educational-organizations","tag-fraternities","tag-fraternities-and-sororities","tag-honor-societies","tag-honor-society","tag-honour","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-men","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-student-organizations","tag-student-societies","tag-students","tag-university-folklore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}