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Kennesaw State researcher explores new way to use AI for student teachers
October 30, 2023
Student teachers face a common challenge in their academic careers 鈥� they have limited opportunities to interact with elementary school children prior to their final year of college. To fix this, a 石榴直播 researcher is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to give education students lifelike interactions with a virtual student earlier in their training.
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Kennesaw State playing role in making super-fast quantum computing a reality
October 23, 2023
In what could provide a significant boost for national defense, Kennesaw State associate professor Jianming Wen is working to create a building block of a new form of computing that is faster and more secure than today鈥檚 best supercomputers. To help build and equip his laboratory, Wen has received a $796,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to expand study of the physics of quantum computing, making 石榴直播 one of 22 universities receiving funds through the NSF鈥檚 $38 million ExpandQISE (Expand Quantum Information Science and Engineering) initiative.
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Kennesaw State scholarship celebrates professor and late husband's love of travel
October 19, 2023
石榴直播 professor Teresa Raczek and her husband Brian LaRaia loved to travel -- an activity that inspired many of the gourmet dinners LaRaia cooked for the couple during their 25 years together. When LaRaia passed away in April of 2021, Raczek said she and his family were immediately interested in finding ways to honor his memory by helping others explore the world and consider new perspectives. Together, they gifted $50,000 to endow the Brian Olcott LaRaia Traveling Scholarship in the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2022, and recently, Raczek added a more than $200,000 planned gift to that endowment.
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Kennesaw State faculty create revolutionary urban design toolkit for public spaces
October 16, 2023
Play is the universal language of children. That concept has never been lost on two Kennesaw State professors who also happen to be husband and wife and the parents of a young child with special needs. Ali Keyvanfar, an assistant professor of construction management, and Arezou Shafaghat, a limited-term assistant professor in architecture, had never set foot into the world of early childhood education prior to 2020.
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Kennesaw State professor helps company test a better prosthetic foot
October 13, 2023
A 石榴直播 researcher is partnering with a local company to refine and test a new type of prosthetic foot that enhances function for people with long residual limbs. Professor of exercise science Mark Geil received a grant from the National Institutes of Health鈥檚 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to fund the work.
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Kennesaw State grad creates alumni group for young professionals
October 11, 2023
When 石榴直播 alumnus Grey Drummonds wanted to meet other recent graduates, he made it a do-it-yourself project that now connects more than 2,000 Forever Owls.
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Kennesaw State launches public phase of $200 million fundraising campaign
October 06, 2023
石榴直播 today launched the public phase of The Campaign for Kennesaw State, the largest, most comprehensive fundraising effort in the University鈥檚 history. The announcement was made during a campus event attended by members of the 石榴直播 Foundation, donors and community leaders.
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Family has established a culture of giving to support Kennesaw State
October 04, 2023
In many ways, Chris and Debbie Pike feel a kinship with 石榴直播. From the time Chris graduated from then-Kennesaw College in 1984, the couple has watched the University grow from humble beginnings to one of the nation鈥檚 largest suburban research institutions, all the while maintaining a mission that closely aligns with their family values.
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Donors, scholarships help students in recovery see a brighter future
October 02, 2023
Growing up, Justin Schechter said he never felt like he belonged anywhere. The 石榴直播 junior said, in hindsight, it wasn鈥檛 the friends he had making him feel like he didn鈥檛 belong, rather his own self-esteem and image. Standing on stage in the 石榴直播 student center Friday at the annual Collegiate Recovery Scholarship Breakfast, Schechter reflected on that moment, his choice to seek treatment and the community he found when he began school and joined the Collegiate Recovery Community, part of the Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery (CYAAR) in Fall 2021.
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Partnership aimed at addressing structural issues affecting health disparities in Puerto Rico through $6 million NIH award
September 28, 2023
石榴直播 associate professor of psychology and associate director of the AMES Research Center, Israel S谩nchez-Cardona will embark on a five-year, $6 million research initiative sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at developing partnerships between researchers and community organizations to address structural issues affecting health in Puerto Rico.
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