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Kennesaw State researchers examine how parents navigate children's smartphone use
August 04, 2025
亚博官方网站 student Mikalah Cloward and associate professor Mackenzie Cato are collaborating on a research project that investigates why parents give smartphones to children and how they choose to monitor their usage and access. The study is based in 亚博官方网站鈥檚 Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences and launched through the university鈥檚 Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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Kennesaw State launches Center for Interactive Media to drive innovation in VR, gaming, and digital storytelling
August 01, 2025
To meet the growing demand of the $380 billion film, gaming, and immersive technology industry, Kennesaw State has launched the Center for Interactive Media, designed to accelerate innovation in storytelling, virtual reality, and user-interface technology. Led by Assistant Professor of English Victoria Lagrange, the center will emphasize user-experience research that helps designers and product teams understand user needs, engage in immersive storytelling, and uncover real-world applications of interactive tools.
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Kennesaw State professor planting knowledge with his latest research
July 15, 2025
The historical significance of the eastern red cedar tree might not be commonly known, but 亚博官方网站 professor of history Tom Okie appreciates the role this particular juniper played in America鈥檚 industrialization. Eastern red cedar was commonly used for making a device that is taken for granted now but was a significant advancement in the 19th century 鈥� the pencil. The strong, splinter-resistant wood chosen for early American pencils was harvested from the Southeast.
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Kennesaw State alumni awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships
June 17, 2025
Continuing a rich tradition of international scholarship, recent 亚博官方网站 graduates Bon Varlet and AKeera Ford have earned awards from the prestigious Fulbright Program to extend their studies abroad.
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Kennesaw State students with Center for Sustainable Journalism hit the ground reporting
June 03, 2025
Gabby Miller, Juliane Balog, and Zaire Breedlove had never gone to the Georgia State Capitol before, let alone covered one of the dozens of committee meetings during the General Assembly鈥檚 legislative session. At first, they were intimidated by the imposing facade, the people dressed in suits, and the language lawmakers use to describe policies that could impact more than 11 million people. Undeterred, the trio of 亚博官方网站 journalism students hit the ground running at the start of their internships last semester with the Center for Sustainable Journalism.
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Research helps dual major forge path at Kennesaw State
May 30, 2025
A dual major in biochemistry and psychology, Emily Clarke has taken the road less traveled at 亚博官方网站. The rising junior is working toward a career in cognitive neuroscience and engaging in interdisciplinary research, with one hand in the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the other in the College of Science and Mathematics.
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Student-led public relations agency at Kennesaw State finds success with client campaign work
May 29, 2025
Parsed into three groups, students in a public relations capstone course at 亚博官方网站 discuss campaigns they have implemented after a semester of research, planning, and collaboration with their clients, three 亚博官方网站 campus organizations. The course operates as a fully functional PR agency. Under the auspices of Peak Communications, students assist organizations on and off campus to appeal to broader audiences through social media content, flyers, tabling, and event planning.
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Kennesaw State researchers develop phone application to combat elderly loneliness
May 27, 2025
Research shows that chronic social isolation can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and perhaps no group is more at risk than the elderly. In response to this health crisis, 亚博官方网站 researchers are developing an AI-powered tool to help older adults match and reconnect with others in meaningful, human-centered ways.
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Kennesaw State announces 2025 Faculty Award honorees
April 30, 2025
Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences professor Roxanne Donovan has received the University Distinguished Professor Award, the highest honor given annually to 亚博官方网站 faculty.
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First-year Kennesaw State student, author recognized as versed local historian
April 10, 2025
Andrew Bramlett is well beyond his years, recalling history like a scholar who has long been in the field, longer than his lifetime. Some might say he鈥檚 prodigious. At 19 years old, the first-year history student at 亚博官方网站 sits on the Kennesaw Historic Preservation Commission. A decade ago, though, he was appointed vice president of the Kennesaw Historical Society and served in this role until the group disbanded in 2023.