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Kennesaw State receives APLU Public Impact Research Award for veteran suicide prevention research
November 13, 2025
With behavioral health challenges on the rise among service members and first responders, Kennesaw State University’s Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working to support resilience and well-being, an urgent mission given that an estimated 17 veterans die by suicide each day. The center has received the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Public Impact Research Award, which recognizes institutions that have implemented one or more impactful Public Impact Research (PIR) efforts and produced exceptional outcomes.
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Radow College researchers exploring AI in humanitarian crisis simulation design
November 13, 2025
Researchers at the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences are bringing their humanitarian crisis response simulation to a new audience as they investigate how AI could play a role in the future.
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Kennesaw State associate professor receives NSF grant to improve student success in engineering
November 10, 2025
Can helping engineering students see the value in their studies help to improve their performance and degree progress? Kennesaw State University researcher Ordene Edwards is exploring that possibility. An associate professor of Educational Psychology in the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Edwards has received a five-year, $700,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to explore how motivation can improve retention and academic success among engineering students.
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Debate team at Kennesaw State rising to the challenge
November 05, 2025
Kennesaw State University’s new debate team is driven, resourceful, and ready to tackle any challenge that comes their way during the heat of competition. Their performance at the 2025 University System of Georgia Regents Cup gave no indication that becoming a team required a leap of faith. Robin Mathis, Ph.D., associate professor of communication, associate director of the School of Communication and Media at Radow College, and director of debate for the KSU team, said there were some challenges to overcome before the Regents Cup. She had less than three months to build a team from scratch, and none of the students involved had any prior debate team experience.
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Student projects mark 25th anniversary of Kennesaw State, Montepulciano partnership
October 22, 2025
Some 5,000 miles away, in the heart of Montepulciano, Italy, a city famous for medieval architecture and world-class wines, Kennesaw State University students are uncorking creativity and making an impact. In a truly global collaboration, graphic design students in the School of Communication and Media at the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences are getting a taste of real-world design experience creating a commemorative wine label and promotional materials for a bottle of red wine that will be released to celebrate the 25-year partnership with KSU’s campus in Montepulciano.
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Kennesaw State history professor helps shape Georgia's environmental future
October 21, 2025
A Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences history professor is part of a statewide class to lead Georgia’s environmental conservation efforts. History professor Albert “Bert” Way, Ph.D., is an environmental and agricultural historian who teaches the history of land use and conservation to Kennesaw State University students. This year, he is one of 30 people across the state selected to join the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership’s Class of 2025 (IGEL).
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Kennesaw State alumnus looks ahead as new leader of Georgia's Supreme Court
September 04, 2025
Inside the chief justice’s chambers at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center sits a shelf adorned with Kennesaw State University memorabilia — miniature football helmets, a stuffed bear, mugs, and awards. These tchotchkes belong to alumnus Nels S.D. Peterson, who in December assumed a lead role in Georgia’s highest court. It is also in this room, among others at the judicial center, that Peterson bears the weighty responsibility of precedents that will shape the law for years.
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Kennesaw State program earns 2025 Regents' Award
August 26, 2025
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents has honored Kennesaw State University’s geography and geospatial sciences programs with the Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Program. Housed within the Department of Geography and Anthropology in the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the programs were recognized for their interdisciplinary approach to learning.
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Kennesaw State student earns competitive internship with NBC's Today Show
August 20, 2025
An early morning phone call confirmed for Raymond Kalra what once felt like a long shot – he had been selected for a competitive internship with NBC’s The Today Show. Out of more than 500 applicants nationwide, the Kennesaw State journalism and emerging media student was one of only four chosen for the internship, which runs from September to April. The news came just days after his second-round interview, in a call that began as a routine follow-up.
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Kennesaw State researchers examine how parents navigate children's smartphone use
August 04, 2025
Kennesaw State University student Mikalah Cloward and associate professor Mackenzie Cato are collaborating on a research project that investigates why parents give smartphones to children and how they choose to monitor their usage and access. The study is based in KSU’s Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences and launched through the university’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program.