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October 14, 2024
Inspired by his two brothers who attended ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University, biochemistry major Jacob Erasmus has wasted no time getting involved on campus. Through ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ’s First-Year Scholars program, Erasmus found a laboratory and a research project within his first month on campus and parlayed that work into a summer internship at a nature-based ingredient company. Now he has continued his research and has shown no signs of slowing down as a Sophomore Scholar.
October 11, 2024
As a 12-year-old, David Madrigal-Giraldo arrived in the U.S. speaking no English. Fast forward a decade, and he’s an information technology student at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University actively shaping his future.
October 08, 2024
Marketing students in ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program now have an extra credential to go with their degrees thanks to the MBA program’s recent accreditation by the Digital Marketing Institute, one of the world’s largest marketing industry certification bodies.
October 08, 2024
Inspired by successful revitalization projects like Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ students are immersing themselves in one block of MLK Jr Blvd., reimagining Macon’s historic Greenwood Bottom District with bold, innovative ideas.
October 07, 2024
At a time when data is doubling every two years, the U.S. is projected to create over 40 billion gigabytes of data by 2025. To prepare for the influx, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University associate professor Yong Shi, an expert in quantum machine learning (QML), aims to unlock insights from the data surge and educate future QML researchers. Shi was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop open-source, hands-on QML training materials to address the shortage of researchers and its limited presence in higher education.
October 04, 2024
Having long been interested in science and the outdoors, Adamina Bilbrey recently leveraged her participation in the Birla Carbon Scholars program to study the conservation of an endangered plant native to Georgia. The ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University environmental science major spent most of her summer studying a beneficial native plant called the royal catchfly in a field in Dade County, Georgia, and discovered the plant flourishes best in areas that experience both sun and shade.
September 30, 2024
Within ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University’s Department of Public Safety is a resource that is one of a kind in Georgia. The Safety, Advocacy, Forensics, Empowerment (SAFE) Center provides comprehensive services to students and employees who are victims of crime on or off campus. What sets the SAFE Center apart from other campus-based sexual assault and domestic violence centers in the state is ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ’s law enforcement-based, collaborative approach to providing services.
September 25, 2024
A 2023 cybersecurity breach that compromised the data of 37 million T-Mobile customers highlights the need for better privacy solutions, something ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University’s Xinyue Zhang is working to deliver. Zhang’s research focuses on the crucial intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. Her goal is to develop secure AI models that not only protect personal information, but also reduce energy use.
September 24, 2024
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that more than 40,000 people died last year in vehicle crashes across the United States, many of those accidents being preventable. To improve roadway safety for motorists everywhere, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University researchers are studying how existing technology can be used to reduce collisions and save lives.
September 23, 2024
A partnership with a school system in Georgia has provided a ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University education program the opportunity to benefit from a grant to prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. As part of multi-year grants of up to $8.6 million from the Toyota USA Foundation to Fulton County Schools (FCS), the iTeach program in the Bagwell College of Education at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State will provide enhanced professional development for teachers around STEM topics.