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  • Banks family

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State honors inaugural Family of the Year

    December 03, 2024

    Recognizing the vital role families play in the lives of their college students, ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State University’s Division of Student Affairs (DSA) recently awarded the Banks family of ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ the inaugural Family of the Year distinction. Following a monthlong nomination and review process, first-year anthropology student Julia Banks and her family were selected by DSA staff to be honored during Family Weekend.

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  • walens signing ceremony

    Walens family commits $4M to ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State Athletics

    November 26, 2024

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  • Olivia Walker

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State biology student studies links between soil and tree health

    November 22, 2024

    Olivia Walker grew up with a love of hiking in the woods, not realizing at the time she might be walking among endangered species of trees. After graduation from Dunwoody High School, she arrived as a freshman at ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State University with a strong interest in environmental science, where she was accepted into the First-Year Scholars Program to study longleaf pine forest ecosystems with biology professor Paula Jackson.

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  • Todd Pierson

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State researcher earns NSF grant to study urban amphibians, create undergraduate research opportunities

    November 21, 2024

    A ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State University researcher recently earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the evolution of salamanders’ behavioral habits in urban streams, which will in turn fund more undergraduate research opportunities for ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ students. Assistant professor of biology Todd Pierson has received a three-year, $380,238 grant from the NSF through a program called Building Research Capacity in Biology (BRC-BIO). The program is designed to broaden research participation at minority-serving universities and Carnegie-designated R2 institutions like ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ.

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  • Austin Brown

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State researchers take big steps in obesity research with NIH grant

    November 19, 2024

    As our population continues to age, the need for accessible health solutions is more urgent than ever. A recent grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ faculty members, including principal investigator Bob Buresh and co-principal investigators Brian Kliszczewicz and Austin Brown, in investigating how walking can be a transformative and cost-effective approach to fighting obesity.

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  • Siam Sarower

    First-generation student follows physics curiosity to ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State

    November 18, 2024

    Equipped with an insatiable curiosity, Siam Sarower has set his sights on learning as much about his world as possible. In his pursuits, Sarower has landed himself on the President’s List, earned a Coca-Cola First-Generation Scholarship, and joined the ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ Journey Honors College. He credits his parents and older brother, now a civil engineer, for supporting his journey as one of the first in his family to seek a degree.

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  • Kerrigan Larkin

    Early childhood experiences set ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ master's student on right path

    November 14, 2024

    An animal lover from a young age, Kerrigan Larkin found her calling long before enrolling at ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State University. During walks in Marietta’s Laurel Park with her grandmother, Larkin learned about the plants and animals she saw. She applied that knowledge first as an Honors biology major at ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ, and now as a second-year student in the Master of Science in Integrative Biology program.

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  • NOMAS competition

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State student architecture team takes second place in national design competition

    November 13, 2024

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State University’s National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) team recently earned second place in the 2024 Barbara G. Laurie (BGL) Student Design Competition, besting institutions like Cornell University, UCLA, and Clemson University.

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  • Wellstar School of Nursing

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State and Wellstar double nursing student enrollment

    November 12, 2024

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State University (²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ) and Wellstar Health System have doubled the number of students at ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµâ€™s Wellstar School of Nursing in the last four years, helping to fill the need for more nurses in Georgia.

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  • Aaron Adams

    ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State engineering professor appointed to Idaho National Laboratory

    November 08, 2024

    A ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ State University professor has received a joint appointment with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), a collaboration that will enhance engineering research within the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SPCEET). This partnership will also offer engineering and engineering technology students valuable hands-on experience and the chance to study applied engineering in nuclear applications. Aaron Adams, associate professor of mechanical engineering technology and assistant department chair, is the first ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ professor to earn this appointment.

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