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Student wins regional data challenge for ocean acidification visualization tool
June 06, 2017
Kennesaw State University computer science student John Mwaniki was recently honored by the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association as the winner of the SECOORA Data Challenge. The inaugural competition seeks new data visualizations, mobile applications, products or data synthesis tools that use publicly available Southeast coastal and ocean data to better understand the coastal ocean. Mwaniki won in the undergraduate category for creating a computer application that offers a visual translation of SECOORA’s archived pH data and engages citizens in oceanographic science through crowdsourcing.
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More than 3,200 graduate during Commencement ceremonies
May 02, 2017
More than 3,200 students will graduate during Kennesaw State University’s spring Commencement. Among the speakers who will deliver addresses are the first black female Air Force general, an internationally recognized entrepreneur, and a high school dropout who became a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and will graduate from medical school this month. Kennesaw State President Samuel S. Olens will preside over the five graduation ceremonies in the KSU Convocation Center on the Kennesaw Campus, beginning Tuesday, May 9, at 10 a.m.
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Seven receive 2017 Presidential Diversity Awards
April 21, 2017
Six members of Kennesaw State’s faculty and staff were awarded 2017 Presidential Diversity Awards recognizing their service and contributions toward creating a more inclusive and welcoming campus environment.
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Statistics students win major award
April 20, 2017
Kennesaw State’s Three Amigos team took first place at the SAS Global Forum Student Symposium in Orlando, beating out teams from Cal Poly, USC and Oklahoma State, with their deep dive into a bank’s data sets that help marketers predict which potential term-deposit customers to target to maximize profits.
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Board of Regents sets Kennesaw State's tuition increase at 2 percent for 2017-18
April 18, 2017
Tuition for Kennesaw State University students will increase by only 2 percent for the 2017-2018 academic year based on a vote by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) at its monthly meeting today. The increase impacts all 28 colleges and universities within the USG.
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Math educators receive Improving Teacher Quality grants
March 23, 2017
A trio of Kennesaw State University professors are recipients of Improving Teacher Quality grants to fund summer workshops for Cobb County high school math teachers. The goal of the program is to provide training and ongoing support for teachers at some of the county’s highest need schools.
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Kennesaw State opens Equifax Data Science Research Lab
March 22, 2017
Kennesaw State’s Ph.D. program in Analytics and Data Science officially opened the Equifax Data Science Research Lab at Kennesaw State University this month, thanks to a $75,000 research grant from Equifax. Central to the lab’s mission is to investigate business challenges and opportunities created by non-traditional sources of consumer and commercial data.
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National Institutes of Health awards grant to study neuron activity
February 14, 2017
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Kennesaw State University neuroscientist Martin Hudson $378,561 to research how neuron shape affects function and behavior in the nervous system.
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National Science Foundation awards grant for limb development, birth defects research
February 14, 2017
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $358,803 to Kennesaw State University developmental biologist Marcus C. Davis for research that ultimately could lead to eradicating limb birth defects and allowing humans to regrow limbs.
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STEM Innovators Conference honors nine Kennesaw State students
February 13, 2017
Nine Kennesaw State students were honored recently for their outstanding research at the STEM Innovators Conference in Savannah. The students are Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholars.
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