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Kennesaw State biology 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 Kennesaw State University 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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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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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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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 Kennesaw State University. 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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Kennesaw State transfer student takes advantage of opportunities in physics
October 25, 2024
The word is out about Kennesaw State University’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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Kennesaw State keeps chemistry student engaged for second degree
October 17, 2024
Lyric Gordon found life-changing research at Kennesaw State University – 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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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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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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Kennesaw State student 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 Kennesaw State University 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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Kennesaw State researchers earn second NSF grant to advance theoretical particle research
September 12, 2024
The beat goes on for Kennesaw State University researchers Nikolaos Kidonakis and Marco Guzzi. The two have received their second joint grant in three years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance the study of the Higgs boson —also known as the “God particle,” the top quark, and the proton, which are relevant to the physics program of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland.
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