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Kennesaw State University
It didn't take long for Kennesaw State University student Lilianna Kocai to discover a passion for research. All it took was a little nudge from assistant professor Carl Saint-Louis. As a freshman in 2023, Kocai took a course called Culture of Science and Mathematics, designed by Saint-Louis to open young eyes to research at an early stage in their college careers. "Before I came to KSU, I didn't really plan on doing research," said Kocai, now a sophomore biochemistry major.
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On the outside, Will Chilvers appears to be the pinnacle of success. Currently a director of radiology services at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, he leads a team of more than 250 people at 22 locations throughout metro Atlanta. Still, Chilvers is dreaming of an even brighter future.
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.
As music thumped and students mingled on the Campus Green, Kennesaw State University freshman Weilly Cabrera of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, surveyed the scene at SplashBash.
If she's not in the lab, you can find Kennesaw State senior Ariane Charland-Martin on one of her favorite hiking trails around the area. This is where she decompresses from life as a dual bachelor's and master's student studying chemistry. In combining her love of the environment and her love for chemistry, she helps create conjugated polymers from which organic electronics can be made, and that can be degraded when their usefulness has passed. That excites Charland-Martin, who said she feels she is doing something to reduce pollution and help the environment.
A new Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Analytics has been approved for Kennesaw State University. The undergraduate degree rounds out a full suite of degree opportunities in the discipline.
Kennesaw State University students and faculty members are bringing energy and productivity assessment services to small and medium-size manufacturers in the Southeast thanks to a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Kennesaw State University students have an inside track to working in Georgia's booming entertainment industry, through the Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business program.
Kennesaw State University has launched a research center that its founders hope will help reduce suicide, anxiety and depression among Georgia's approximately 1 million military and public safety personnel.