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  • Mackenzie Cato and Mikalah Cloward

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõresearchers examine how parents navigate children's smartphone use

    August 04, 2025

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ 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.

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  • Victoria Lagrange

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõlaunches Center for Interactive Media to drive innovation in VR, gaming, and digital storytelling

    August 01, 2025

    To meet the growing demand of the $380 billion film, gaming, and immersive technology industry, ÍøºìÍ·Ìõhas launched the Center for Interactive Media, designed to accelerate innovation in storytelling, virtual reality, and user-interface technology. Led by Assistant Professor of English Victoria Lagrange, the center will emphasize user-experience research that helps designers and product teams understand user needs, engage in immersive storytelling, and uncover real-world applications of interactive tools.

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  • Tom Okie

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõprofessor planting knowledge with his latest research

    July 15, 2025

    The historical significance of the eastern red cedar tree might not be commonly known, but ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ professor of history Tom Okie appreciates the role this particular juniper played in America’s industrialization. Eastern red cedar was commonly used for making a device that is taken for granted now but was a significant advancement in the 19th century – the pencil. The strong, splinter-resistant wood chosen for early American pencils was harvested from the Southeast.

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  • Bon Varlet

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõalumni awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships

    June 17, 2025

    Continuing a rich tradition of international scholarship, recent ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ graduates Bon Varlet and AKeera Ford have earned awards from the prestigious Fulbright Program to extend their studies abroad.

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  • Sustainable Journalism

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõstudents with Center for Sustainable Journalism hit the ground reporting

    June 03, 2025

    Gabby Miller, Juliane Balog, and Zaire Breedlove had never gone to the Georgia State Capitol before, let alone covered one of the dozens of committee meetings during the General Assembly’s legislative session. At first, they were intimidated by the imposing facade, the people dressed in suits, and the language lawmakers use to describe policies that could impact more than 11 million people. Undeterred, the trio of ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ journalism students hit the ground running at the start of their internships last semester with the Center for Sustainable Journalism.

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  • Emily Clarke

    Research helps dual major forge path at Kennesaw State

    May 30, 2025

    A dual major in biochemistry and psychology, Emily Clarke has taken the road less traveled at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ. The rising junior is working toward a career in cognitive neuroscience and engaging in interdisciplinary research, with one hand in the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the other in the College of Science and Mathematics.

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  • Peak Communications

    Student-led public relations agency at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõfinds success with client campaign work

    May 29, 2025

    Parsed into three groups, students in a public relations capstone course at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ discuss campaigns they have implemented after a semester of research, planning, and collaboration with their clients, three KSU campus organizations. The course operates as a fully functional PR agency. Under the auspices of Peak Communications, students assist organizations on and off campus to appeal to broader audiences through social media content, flyers, tabling, and event planning.

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  • Maria Valero

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõresearchers develop phone application to combat elderly loneliness

    May 27, 2025

    Research shows that chronic social isolation can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and perhaps no group is more at risk than the elderly. In response to this health crisis, ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ researchers are developing an AI-powered tool to help older adults match and reconnect with others in meaningful, human-centered ways.

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  • Roxanne Donovan

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõannounces 2025 Faculty Award honorees

    April 30, 2025

    Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences professor Roxanne Donovan has received the University Distinguished Professor Award, the highest honor given annually to ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ faculty.

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  • Andrew Bramlett

    First-year ÍøºìÍ·Ìõstudent, author recognized as versed local historian

    April 10, 2025

    Andrew Bramlett is well beyond his years, recalling history like a scholar who has long been in the field, longer than his lifetime. Some might say he’s prodigious. At 19 years old, the first-year history student at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ sits on the Kennesaw Historic Preservation Commission. A decade ago, though, he was appointed vice president of the Kennesaw Historical Society and served in this role until the group disbanded in 2023.

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