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April 09, 2025
The 2025 Spring Symposium of Student Scholars will take place April 16-18 on the Kennesaw Campus.
April 08, 2025
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Lei Shi is working with researchers around the world to innovate cardiovascular knowledge and care. Partnering with 16 universities across seven countries, Shi is helping develop a software benchmark for a system that can create individualized, virtual models of patients' hearts.
April 08, 2025
Imani Adenuga can’t recall the exact moment science grabbed her by the heart, but she has always been inquisitive in nature, seeking knowledge no matter the subject area. “I always want to know the why,” said Adenuga, who studies chemistry in the College of Science and Mathematics. “I think that just goes with science—figuring out the why of things or what makes things happen.” The First-Year Scholar dove into research immediately upon arrival at KSU last fall, landing in the lab of chemistry professor Daniela Tapu where she took on a project involving sustainable catalysts. It constituted a huge leap for a freshman, given that the project is grounded in organic chemistry, a critical class for chemistry majors that she hasn’t taken yet.
April 07, 2025
For the first time in Kennesaw State University history, two architecture students earned recognition from the International Design Awards (IDA), a global competition that celebrates exceptional talent in design. Sean Spencer and Michael Rixom, both seniors in the Department of Architecture, earned Silver in Commercial Architecture/Cultural/Educational Architecture for “A Framed Story,” a sustainable, community-driven architecture project based in Marietta Square. Spencer and Rixom were selected among submissions from more than 80 countries.
April 04, 2025
Kennesaw State University researchers Chetan Dhital and Madalynn Marshall have received a three-year, $799,934 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to advance the understanding of magnetic topological materials.
April 03, 2025
Kennesaw State University junior Siam Sarower has been awarded the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the highest honors bestowed on undergraduate STEM students.
April 02, 2025
An undercurrent of restlessness and curiosity fuels Jess Maillet. The non-traditional, first-generation Kennesaw State University student has embraced change at every turn, from leaving her longtime restaurant job to enroll in college, to juggling several research projects across multiple disciplines as a mother of four. Along the way, Maillet has presented at the Symposium of Student Scholars, engaged in research as part of the First-Year Scholars program, and secured a spot in the President’s Parliament Scholars Ambassadors (PPSA) program.
April 01, 2025
The American Accounting Association (AAA) has named Kennesaw State University Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Private Enterprise and Professor of Accounting Dana Hermanson as one of the two 2025 AAA Presidential Scholars.
March 31, 2025
Growing up, Luke Gamage was often captivated by video games and found himself pondering his own future as a game designer. Now a student in Kennesaw State University’s College of Computing and Software Engineering, he’s turned a class project into a design studio with its first game set to launch on Steam in April.
March 28, 2025
Kennesaw State University Honors student Allisa George isn’t just studying science. She’s using it to change lives. Inspired by her family’s battle with Alzheimer’s and her passion for health policy, she’s forging a path at the intersection of neuroscience and public health. To address these critical areas, she has leveraged experiences at KSU that will allow her to make an impact upon graduation.