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  • Todd Pierson

    Kennesaw State researcher earns NSF grant to study urban amphibians, create undergraduate research opportunities

    November 21, 2024

    A Kennesaw State University 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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  • Austin Brown

    Kennesaw State researchers take big steps in obesity research with NIH grant

    November 19, 2024

    As our population continues to age, the need for accessible health solutions is more urgent than ever. A recent grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting KSU faculty members, including principal investigator Bob Buresh and co-principal investigators Brian Kliszczewicz and Austin Brown, in investigating how walking can be a transformative and cost-effective approach to fighting obesity.

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  • AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants

    AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants

    November 04, 2024

    The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working to preserve the legacies of United States veterans who fought oppression both abroad and at home.

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  • Liang Zhao

    Kennesaw State researcher earns NIH grant to investigate health factors related to obesity using AI

    November 01, 2024

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that obesity was prevalent in more than 40 percent in U.S. adults. To combat this, Kennesaw State University assistant professor Liang Zhao aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to explore health determinants that lead to obesity in rural areas. Zhao’s research, supported by a $51,747 National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIM-AHEAD grant, examines the social determinants of health, or SDOH.

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  • Maria Valero

    Kennesaw State assistant professor awarded Georgia Research Alliance grant to advance groundbreaking diabetes research

    October 30, 2024

    Taking the next step in changing the way diabetics monitor glucose levels, Kennesaw State University assistant professor Maria Valero has been awarded a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) grant to continue her innovative GlucoCheck project. The project looks to modify glucose monitoring for the millions affected by diabetes by offering a noninvasive alternative for blood sugar tests.

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  • Ella Smith

    Kennesaw State undergraduate researcher tackles end-of-life communication

    October 23, 2024

    Kennesaw State University student researcher Ella Smith is exploring how death and the final words between parents and children impact self-esteem and closure in mourning. A KSU Journey Honors College student from Cartersville, Georgia, Smith has focused on end-of-life communication through the university’s First-Year Scholars Program. The research is deeply personal, because she has experienced end-of-life communication with her grandmother.

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  • College of Computing and Software Engineering

    Kennesaw State and Go Studio launch research project to improve consumer shopping experience

    October 22, 2024

    Go Studio, the innovation hub of payments technology company InComm Payments, and Kennesaw State University (KSU) today announced the launch of a new research collaboration. The three-year project will connect KSU researchers and Go Studio innovators to create technology solutions that help retail businesses understand and resolve consumer pain points during the in-store shopping experience.

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  • Crawford Lab reopens

    Kennesaw State reopens state-of-the-art Crawford Lab research facility

    October 16, 2024

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

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  • AMES

    AMES continues $2.5 million VA-funded partnership with GDVS to prevent veteran suicide

    October 15, 2024

    The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research recently received funding to continue its collaboration with the Georgia Department of Veterans Services (GDVS) in an effort aimed at preventing veteran suicide.

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  • Jacob Erasmus

    Kennesaw State biochemistry major gains experience from First-Year Scholars, summer internship

    October 14, 2024

    Inspired by his two brothers who attended Kennesaw State University, 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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