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Kennesaw State rises in U.S. News rankings of top universities
September 23, 2026
Kennesaw State University continues to rise in stature among the nation’s universities while earning a top spot in Georgia for undergraduate engineering programs, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2027 Best Colleges rankings released on Sept. 22.
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KSU associate professor honored with 2026 Georgia Civic Excellence Award
September 17, 2026
For his efforts to strengthen and protect democracy, Kennesaw State University political science associate professor Eric Castater has been honored with a 2026 Georgia Civic Excellence Award from the Georgia Democracy Resilience Network.
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Two KSU students trade the Gold Dome for Capitol Hill
August 24, 2026
Six months ago, Jada Barronton and Saideep Chilukuri answered phones in House and Senate offices under the Gold Dome. Over the summer, they both helped track legislation and conduct policy research for U.S. congressional offices on Capitol Hill. The two Kennesaw State University students, who received the university’s D.C. Owls Scholarship, spent their summer interning in Washington, and both credit a semester at the Georgia State Capitol with helping them succeed.
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Kennesaw State student explores how children respond when adults lie
July 31, 2026
By age 6, most children know that lying is wrong. But what do they think when adults lie, especially someone they trust like a parent? Kennesaw State University psychology student Charlie Clement is examining how children ages 6 to 11 interpret lies told by people with varying levels of authority.
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Greece study abroad challenges KSU students to tell stories of the past with bones
July 28, 2026
In a small village on the island of Crete, just southeast of mainland Greece, anthropology major Jess Drilling learned to identify signs of osteoarthritis in skeletal remains, helping piece together the stories of people who walked the earth centuries ago. Drilling is one of four Kennesaw State University students who spent part of their summer at an archaeological research center, studying human skeletal remains dating from the fifth to seventh centuries to uncover clues about how people lived, what they ate, and the injuries and illnesses they experienced.
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Record number of Gilman Scholars at Kennesaw State travel the globe
July 24, 2026
Aaliyah Uchendu is one of a record number of KSU students awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship this year. The Gilman Scholarship is a prestigious award funded by the US State Department that provides recipients up to $5,000 to support study or internships abroad; only about 20%-25% of applicants are selected for the award.
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Journalism student plying her craft as a World Cup photographer
June 29, 2026
As a young soccer player growing up in Georgia, Sofia Cupertino never imagined that one day she would be standing on the sidelines of a FIFA World Cup match, camera in hand, photographing some of the game's biggest stars on the world’s biggest stage. Now a journalism student in Kennesaw State University’s Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cupertino is covering World Cup matches in Atlanta this summer with Soccer Down Here (SDH), an Atlanta-based soccer media outlet.
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Anthropology student explores digital tipping and customer behavior
June 26, 2026
As a barista, Alexandria Nottage has witnessed many customers hesitate whenever the digital payment screen asks whether they would like to leave a tip. Those daily interactions got Nottage thinking about how tipping had changed from a voluntary gesture of appreciation into something many customers now feel expected to do. To find out, Nottage, a Kennesaw State University anthropology major, conducted a research study examining how digital tipping influences customer behavior and perceptions.
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KSU study explores how childhood trauma affects body and mind
June 16, 2026
Traumatic events in childhood do not only leave emotional scars. Sometimes, they leave biological ones too. Saloni Patel, a first-year psychology major at Kennesaw State University, is studying how adverse childhood experiences — commonly known as ACEs — leave a measurable biological mark that can affect how we think, focus, and learn. Her research examines whether inflammation triggered by early-life stress contributes to the cognitive struggles some students face in the classroom.
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Psychology student examines link between overnight shift work and cognitive decline
May 29, 2026
After her grandmother was diagnosed with dementia, Kennesaw State University psychology student Maria Fata became interested in understanding whether the kind of work people do throughout their lives could affect their brain health as they age.