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  • Jazmin Dozier

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõbiology graduate, U-RISE scholar sets her course with research

    December 11, 2024

    From the moment she arrived at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ, Jazmin Dozier knew she wanted a science-based career. Now, she’s an aspiring researcher on the rise. Through undergraduate research with assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology Brandon Carpenter, she learned about careers in science while conducting groundbreaking research in epigenetics, resulting in conference presentations and publications in scientific journals.

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  • Olivia Walker

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõbiology student studies links between soil and tree health

    November 22, 2024

    Olivia Walker grew up with a love of hiking in the woods, not realizing at the time she might be walking among endangered species of trees. After graduation from Dunwoody High School, she arrived as a freshman at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ with a strong interest in environmental science, where she was accepted into the First-Year Scholars Program to study longleaf pine forest ecosystems with biology professor Paula Jackson.

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  • Todd Pierson

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõresearcher earns NSF grant to study urban amphibians, create undergraduate research opportunities

    November 21, 2024

    A ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ researcher recently earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the evolution of salamanders’ behavioral habits in urban streams, which will in turn fund more undergraduate research opportunities for KSU students. Assistant professor of biology Todd Pierson has received a three-year, $380,238 grant from the NSF through a program called Building Research Capacity in Biology (BRC-BIO). The program is designed to broaden research participation at minority-serving universities and Carnegie-designated R2 institutions like KSU.

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  • Siam Sarower

    First-generation student follows physics curiosity to Kennesaw State

    November 18, 2024

    Equipped with an insatiable curiosity, Siam Sarower has set his sights on learning as much about his world as possible. In his pursuits, Sarower has landed himself on the President’s List, earned a Coca-Cola First-Generation Scholarship, and joined the KSU Journey Honors College. He credits his parents and older brother, now a civil engineer, for supporting his journey as one of the first in his family to seek a degree.

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  • Kerrigan Larkin

    Early childhood experiences set KSU master's student on right path

    November 14, 2024

    An animal lover from a young age, Kerrigan Larkin found her calling long before enrolling at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ. During walks in Marietta’s Laurel Park with her grandmother, Larkin learned about the plants and animals she saw. She applied that knowledge first as an Honors biology major at KSU, and now as a second-year student in the Master of Science in Integrative Biology program.

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  • Matthew Garwacke

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõtransfer student takes advantage of opportunities in physics

    October 25, 2024

    The word is out about ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ’s Department of Physics, and Matthew Garwacke heard it loud and clear. The junior physics major transferred to KSU last year for the opportunity to conduct research with renowned physics researcher Marco Guzzi, and then took on a prestigious research opportunity over the summer – the latest step in his journey.

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  • Lyric Gordon

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõkeeps chemistry student engaged for second degree

    October 17, 2024

    Lyric Gordon found life-changing research at ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ – twice. After launching her student research career in an organic chemistry lab, she has shifted her focus to a biochemistry lab where she works with protein blockers that can help patients with dementia-related brain maladies, a major change in the final year of graduate study.

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  • Crawford Lab reopens

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõreopens state-of-the-art Crawford Lab research facility

    October 16, 2024

    Progressing toward its goal of accelerating research innovation and impact, ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ on Monday unveiled a newly renovated Crawford Lab Building on the Marietta Campus.

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  • Jacob Erasmus

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõbiochemistry major gains experience from First-Year Scholars, summer internship

    October 14, 2024

    Inspired by his two brothers who attended ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ, biochemistry major Jacob Erasmus has wasted no time getting involved on campus. Through KSU’s First-Year Scholars program, Erasmus found a laboratory and a research project within his first month on campus and parlayed that work into a summer internship at a nature-based ingredient company. Now he has continued his research and has shown no signs of slowing down as a Sophomore Scholar.

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  • Adamina Bilbrey

    ÍøºìÍ·Ìõstudent combines passion for research and the outdoors through Birla Carbon Scholars experience

    October 04, 2024

    Having long been interested in science and the outdoors, Adamina Bilbrey recently leveraged her participation in the Birla Carbon Scholars program to study the conservation of an endangered plant native to Georgia. The ÍøºìÍ·Ìõ environmental science major spent most of her summer studying a beneficial native plant called the royal catchfly in a field in Dade County, Georgia, and discovered the plant flourishes best in areas that experience both sun and shade.

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