The Kennesaw State cross country teams opened the season on Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Bulldog Invitational, with both the men's and women's teams coming away with third-place finishes. The meet was hosted by the University of Georgia and marked the 32nd all-time season of cross country for KSU. Junior Katie Meyer led the Owls in the women's 4K with...

Kennesaw State students presented at the Birla Carbon Symposium sharing STEM-focused research on Aug. 29, with junior Destiny Paige winning the Top Poster Award. Paige conducted research in which she "introduced a novel composition of bioactive glass containing mixed-valence cerium oxide nanoparticles into hamster kidney cells," according to KSU News. As the top presenter, Paige received an additional $2,000 stipend...

Sportswriter Jason Kirk graduated from Kennesaw State with a degree in English in 2006, and for the past nine years, he has worked as the college football editor of SBNation.com, among the country’s top producers of digital sports media. Kirk does far more than his job title suggests. He writes a daily newsletter, regularly publishes articles and is a host...

Kennesaw State recently selected Dr. Michael Whitman to serve as the new executive director of the Institute for Cybersecurity Workforce Development."The institute will strive to increase the quality and availability of security-related instruction on campus, as well as serve to increase the public and private sectors’ awareness of what KSU has to offer," Whitman said. Whitman said he is both...

The Kennesaw State football team won its first game of the season for only the second time in program history last night, scoring eight touchdowns in a 59-0 victory over Point University. Fielding an offense that returned only one starter from last season, the Owls wasted no time by scoring three rushing touchdowns in the first quarter. The opening drive...

Kennesaw State Big Owl Bus drivers have been a vital piece of the school's operation for more than a decade. These drivers ferry students around the Kennesaw and Marietta area, getting to know them and making sure they have a comfortable and safe journey. They come from a variety of backgrounds, tolerate negative behavior and enjoy the positives of the...

Kennesaw State students Jess Osborn and Debbie Caleb wanted to learn American Sign Language on their own but struggled to find the time. After finding a defunct Owl Life page for a previous ASL club in 2018, they revived the club to learn the language as a community. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports that one...

The Kennesaw State soccer team began its season by splitting two matches, falling 2-1 at Mercer on Thursday, Aug. 22, before defeating Georgia State 4-1 Sunday night. Head coach Benji Walton is looking to take a veteran team to an Atlantic Sun Conference title this year, beginning the season by facing two teams that KSU played last year in close...

With 21 candidates as of Monday, Aug. 26, bidding for the Democratic Party nomination in November, potential voters are overwhelmed with options and many have become apathetic or simply uninformed. The candidates are very diverse, representing demographics never before displayed in a presidential campaign. Yet the diversity of candidates holds little value if the Democratic electorate does not take the...

What Happened? The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Friday, Aug. 23, that a patient who contracted a severe lung disease after vaping has died — marking the first death possibly linked to vaping in the U. S., according to CBS News. NBC News reported Aug. 23 that the department has not released any information about the patient who died...