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  • University Dining

    Phone app boosts Kennesaw State's Takeout Club waste reduction initiative

    March 05, 2025

    A program where takeout food containers at Kennesaw State University dining halls are returned, washed, and reused has seen its effectiveness skyrocket through use of a phone app. KSU’s Takeout Club program has been in existence for years, but when dining services managers pivoted to an app called Fill it Forward, the return rate for meal containers increased significantly. The system lets dining managers keep accurate track of the inventory of containers in circulation, as well as letting them and Takeout Club members know how much waste is being diverted from garbage dumps – more than a half ton so far.

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  • Sylvia Bhattacharya

    Kennesaw State boosts tech profile with launch of CYPHR

    March 04, 2025

    A research center launched by Kennesaw State University in January seeks to boost the university’s profile in technological advancement and specialize in extended reality and artificial intelligence research. The Center for Cyber Physical Realms (CYPHR) aims to position itself as a national leader through the creation of immersive training modules and adaptive virtual environments that hold transformative potential in healthcare, education, and national defense.

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  • Shifa Jiwani

    Kennesaw State student prepares for career in health care with long-term research project

    March 04, 2025

    Kennesaw State University biology student Shifa Jiwani has spent hundreds of hours on a research project that explores how bacteria can synthesize arsenic-containing antibiotics to kill neighboring competitors.

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  • CSM faculty

    College of Science and Mathematics honors 2024 externally funded researchers

    February 28, 2025

    The College of Science and Mathematics at Kennesaw State University honored 39 faculty members across all five departments for receiving or retaining external funding in 2024 with a reception on Tuesday, February 25.

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  • Jen Self

    Kennesaw State graduate program shines at national orthotics and prosthetics conference

    February 27, 2025

    A current student and two graduates of Kennesaw State University’s Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics program earned honors recently at the Hanger Live Conference in Nashville, a celebrated event in the prosthetics and orthotics industry. Second-year MSPO student Jen Self earned the Student Research Award, and recent graduates Joyc’lynne Williams and Brianna “Taylor” Beard were named Residents of the Year. The three were among a nationwide pool of applicants.

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  • Marissa Alban

    Student ignites passion for singing in Kennesaw State's Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music

    February 26, 2025

    Passion drove Marissa Alban to Kennesaw State University and from one potential career path to another. She came to KSU to study nursing, a field driven by the passion of its practitioners. Unable to shake her love and talent for singing, however, she channeled her passion into a music major with a focus on vocal performance, where she remains on a path toward a career as a professional singer.

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  • Kathy S. Schwaig

    Kennesaw State president, provost lead Honors course on leadership

    February 25, 2025

    It’s not every day that students get the opportunity to take a class with the two highest ranking administrators on campus. However, Kennesaw State University President Kathy S. Schwaig and Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Ivan Pulinkala are redefining what it means to be a university leader. This semester, they led HON2400, an Honors Discovery course called “Cultivating Leadership Skills,” offering their expertise and wisdom to about two dozen students. Schwaig shared her personal leadership journey, and Pulinkala focused on the theoretical principles of leadership.

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  • KSU at Capitol

    KSU students to share research at Georgia Capitol

    February 21, 2025

    Each year, Kennesaw State University undergraduate researchers participate in Posters at the Capitol in Atlanta, hosted by the Georgia Undergraduate Research Collective. The event provides undergraduate students a unique opportunity to present their innovative and impactful research projects to state officials, policymakers, and Georgia’s constituents.

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  • Chen Zhao

    Kennesaw State researcher earns American Heart Association award for innovative study on heart disease diagnostics

    February 21, 2025

    Kennesaw State University researcher Chen Zhao has earned the 2025 American Heart Association Institutional Research Enhancement Award (AIREA) for his unique research on non-invasive blood flow prediction in cardiovascular disease diagnosis. The $194,032 award will allow Zhao to continue developing technology aimed at evaluating Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), a measurement used to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD).

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  • Mason Hipp

    Kennesaw State chemistry student capitalizes on numerous research opportunities

    February 20, 2025

    Mason Hipp isn’t content to go through the motions during his college years. The sophomore chemistry major chose Kennesaw State University for its early research opportunities and brought with him a love of all things science and mathematics. Today, he has flourished in one laboratory and is learning how to conduct a different type of chemistry in a new laboratory, presenting his findings at regional conferences, and serving as an active member of the Undergraduate Research Club (URC).

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