Kennesaw State's Department of Mechanical Engineering named senior mechanical engineering major Ian Durr the Professional Student of the Year in early February after conducting nanotechnology research to provide clean water. For a little over a year, Durr said he has been working with his mentor, KSU Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering Jungkyu Park, on a research-intensive nanotechnology project.“We simulate carbon...

Chief Technical Architect and Head of Product Management at Resicap David Fraser shared his industry experience with Kennesaw State students at a Lunch and Learn event Tuesday, March 10, in the Burruss Building. The interactive event was organized by KSU's Women in Technology organization, the Department of Information Systems and the Association of Information Systems. Fraser has over 20 years...

Kennesaw State Professor of computer science Dr. Dan Lo and his team of students created a program last semester to data mine Chinese social media sites in partnership with the U. S. Embassy in Beijing, China. Lo said the program retrieves and deciphers posts on popular Chinese social media outlets like Weibo and WeChat. Lo’s team of student researchers —...

Kennesaw State Professor of art education Dr. Diana Gregory is an award-winning artist, researcher and educator who helps stimulates her students' critical thinking. As a Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of art education in the School of Art and Design since 2006, Gregory helps current students prepare to become teachers of art themselves. The Art in Society class taught...

The All-Access Business Series is a weekly informational session held six to eight times a semester by the Coles College of Business on Wednesday afternoons. This semester's event kicked off on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Burruss building with senior executive representatives from Northwestern Mutual, a financial services mutual organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During the events, businesses were invited...

As Kennesaw State students diagnosed with type 1 diabetes start living independently and away from the comfort of their homes, they are supported by a strong peer network in the KSU chapter of the College Diabetes Network. CDN is a nonprofit organization that supports young adults diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as they transition to self-sufficient lives at colleges nationwide,...

This year, the theme of Kennesaw State's Constitution Week is “Democracy on my mind." Various events are being held on campus to teach students that their voices matter as the 2020 election approaches. Continuing the theme, the Citizens’ Climate Lobby conducted a Climate Advocacy Training workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 18. CCL is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization focused on changing government...

With a country motto that reads “Forward, Upward, Onward Together," it is fitting that Bahamian native and Kennesaw State senior international affairs major Malik Lyder decided to take on the Hurricane Dorian relief effort in Kennesaw. "It's a great feeling to see people wanting to help others in need," Lyder said. "Some KSU faculty have actually reached [out] to me...

“Have you ever wondered which of the earth’s renewable resources had the potential to be the world’s largest and most sustainable energy source? Or, perhaps which country had the strongest influence on the price of oil?” asked president of the Kennesaw State Association of Energy Engineers Carnell Tate. At an event called "A Beginner's Guide to Being a Sustainability Rockstar"...