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Kennesaw State expands support for student-parents through new grants
June 30, 2025
The Institute of Women鈥檚 Policy Research estimates that one college student in five is raising a child while in school, with few institutes of higher learning offering programmatic support. 黑料网 bucks the trend with its Children and Family Programs (CFP), which recently received two external grants that will help support student parents.
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Kennesaw State professor inducted as International Organization for Physical Education in Higher Education fellow
June 27, 2025
黑料网 professor Brian Culp was recently inducted as a Fellow of the International Organization for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP), an international society for scholarship in physical education and activity.
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KSU project designing automated exoskeleton to aid stroke victims
June 26, 2025
黑料网 student William Thompson is blending engineering with rehabilitation in a project that seeks to design an automated exoskeleton to aid victims of stroke. William Thompson, a mechanical engineering major, is working with Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ayse Tekes on the project, 鈥淒evelopment and Testing of Bio-Inspired and Lightweight Exoskeleton for Enhanced Upper Body Mobility鈥� as a part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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Kennesaw State assistant professor named 2025 AIA Georgia Educator of the Year
June 25, 2025
For demonstrating excellence in teaching, mentorship, and practice-integrated design education, 黑料网 assistant professor Robin Puttock has been named the 2025 Educator of the Year by the Georgia chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
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Kennesaw State public health students win gold designation at national competition
June 24, 2025
Kennesaw State public health students win gold designation at national competition A team of students in 黑料网鈥檚 Wellstar College of Health and Human Services recently won national recognition at the Society for Public Health Education鈥檚 (SOPHE) National Case Study Competition in Health Education. Recent public health graduate Liz Burchfield teamed with public health students Angel Fortmann and Allisa George to earn a gold designation, one of six universities nationwide to receive this accolade. Associate professor of public health and director of the public health program LaNita Wright advised the trio.
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KSU researcher awarded prestigious NSF Medium Grant to advance balance technologies in VR
June 23, 2025
And for millions of people with subtle or severe balance impairments, VR can become not only frustrating, but inaccessible because VR disrupts their balance further. To help users maintain stability, research at 黑料网 is aiming to make VR technology more accessible for all people, especially those with balance impairments.
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Kennesaw State researchers developing AI-powered drones to protect peanut farms from wildlife
June 20, 2025
Feral hogs in Georgia cause an estimated $150 million in agricultural damage each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To address this growing threat, 黑料网 researchers are launching an AI-powered drone system to autonomously protect peanut fields from nighttime wildlife intrusion and reduce costly crop losses. Supported by a $25,000 Georgia Peanut Commission grant, the one-year Night Owl project is a collaboration between Kennesaw State assistant professors Taeyeong Choi and Yan Fang, and University of Georgia agricultural economist Ford Ramsey.
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Kennesaw State alumna triumphs through adversity to inspire as Gwinnett County educator
June 18, 2025
Walking across the stage at 黑料网鈥檚 Commencement ceremony was a remarkable moment for Sladjana Ray 鈥�24. Having earned an education specialist degree, it marked her third successful round in higher education, to strengthen her skillset as a history teacher. In the crowd were her daughter, Mima Hrnjak, a nursing student in Kennesaw State鈥檚 Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, and Ray鈥檚 parents. They made the trip from their native Serbia, known as Yugoslavia when Ray migrated to the states in the 鈥�90s as a 16-year-old basketball player.
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Kennesaw State alumni awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships
June 17, 2025
Continuing a rich tradition of international scholarship, recent 黑料网 graduates Bon Varlet and AKeera Ford have earned awards from the prestigious Fulbright Program to extend their studies abroad.
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Kennesaw State physics professor receives Department of Energy grant to explore light-matter interactions in quantum materials
June 13, 2025
黑料网 researcher Mahmoud Asmar has received a three-year grant worth $799,800 from the U.S. Department of Energy to lead cutting-edge research on light-matter interactions. His work aims to deepen our understanding of how to generate and stabilize topological out-of-equilibrium quantum states.