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Kennesaw State professor changing lives of the underrepresented
August 28, 2024
Born at the height of the Civil Rights movement as the son of one of the nation鈥檚 first black physicists, Alan Shaw stands on the shoulders of giants who changed the course of history. Now an associate professor and the associate chair of the Computer Science department at Kennesaw State University, he is carving his own path by impacting the lives of countless students through educational technology and the theory of social constructivism.
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Kennesaw State embraces AI as valuable tool for students, researchers
August 21, 2024
On Nov. 31, 2022, a group of students gathered around Jeanne Law鈥檚 computer and stared in wonder. It was the day after OpenAI released an early demo of ChatGPT, and Law, a professor of English at Kennesaw State, was curious to see what the chatbot could do. 鈥淚n that moment, I knew it could have a profound impact on all of us,鈥� Law said.
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Kennesaw State maps path to growth, increased national prominence
August 08, 2024
Kennesaw State University leaders have unveiled 鈥淭aking Flight,鈥� a new strategic plan that embraces the institution鈥檚 色色啦 as an emerging top public research university, while expanding its impact through excellence in teaching, relevant research, and community partnerships that benefit the region, state, and nation.
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Kennesaw State student finds focus, motivation in promise of DNA research
July 23, 2024
Toni Kamau is a digger. When something grabs the Kennesaw State University sophomore鈥檚 attention, she wants to find out everything about it she can, which serves her well in research. 鈥淲hen I assigned a goal for Toni and she reached that goal, she had the initiative to go further,鈥� said Chloe Xie, assistant professor of information technology and Kamau鈥檚 research mentor in the First-Year Scholar鈥檚 Program. Last fall and spring semesters, Kamau worked with Xie, along with other students to examine processes of how DNA is damaged and how it repairs itself.
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Kennesaw State student finds learning, service opportunities wherever she turns
July 22, 2024
From crochet to calculus, and much more in between, Mercy Olaniran鈥檚 interests seem unlimited. But the rising Kennesaw State University sophomore said she is certain her career interest lies in computer science, which is her major in the College of Computing and Software Engineering.
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Freshman Kennesaw State student has unprecedented success in research
March 15, 2024
Most people know someone with a 鈥済o-getter鈥� personality 鈥� that person who is energetic and determined to be successful. There might not be a person who better encompasses the idea of being a go-getter than Kennesaw State University student Tashin Kazi. While still a junior at Woodstock High School, he started emailing professors at Kennesaw State asking to join a research team. It was through that outreach that Kazi was connected to Maria Valero, an assistant professor of information technology in KSU鈥檚 College of Computing and Software Engineering (CCSE).
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Kennesaw State University to offer Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
February 13, 2024
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia today approved a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) degree program at Kennesaw State University, beginning in the Fall 2024 semester.
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Dad's cancer diagnosis inspired Kennesaw State student's award-winning research
January 30, 2024
One of the most important lessons students who venture into data science are taught is that the data they analyze tell stories. At Kennesaw State University鈥檚 Fall Analytics Day, Desyne Martinez鈥檚 project told a powerful personal story through data. Martinez, a senior, presented his semester research project on stage 3 of multiple myeloma, a rare form of bone marrow cancer. It was exactly what his father, who Martinez idolizes, had been diagnosed with in 2020 and is still battling.
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Kennesaw State receives $2.5 million grant to foster student success in calculus
January 02, 2024
The brainchild of three Kennesaw State University professors will introduce concepts of calculus into high school math earlier to help students be more successful when they get to college. The National Science Foundation awarded Kennesaw State a $2.5 million interdisciplinary grant for a project being called 鈥淐alculus for All.鈥� The thought behind it is relatively simple 鈥� if students are exposed to concepts of calculus in high school, they stand a better chance of passing calculus classes in college and can pursue STEM-related careers.
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Rocket scientist counting down to final launch of her career
November 21, 2023
The notion that it鈥檚 never too late to start something new runs through Karen Gandy鈥檚 head now the same way it did in the 1990s. Gandy was then in her 30s, and despite trying several different jobs, she had yet to find a career that ignited her passion. She applied and was accepted to Southern Polytechnic State University, now Kennesaw State University. That choice launched Gandy鈥檚 career in rocket science and down a path in life that she is reflecting on as she prepares for her final satellite launch and then retirement.
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