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May 30, 2025
A game that began as a class project is now headed to digital storefront as the most recent release from the Ƶ Game Studio. Chiba, which was released May 30 on Steam, is a 2D box-pusher style puzzle game where the user plays as a “chef dog,” traversing different culinary-themed levels and pushing food-themed boxes around until players solve a puzzle allowing them to progress to the next level.
May 30, 2025
A dual major in biochemistry and psychology, Emily Clarke has taken the road less traveled at Ƶ. The rising junior is working toward a career in cognitive neuroscience and engaging in interdisciplinary research, with one hand in the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the other in the College of Science and Mathematics.
May 29, 2025
Parsed into three groups, students in a public relations capstone course at Ƶ discuss campaigns they have implemented after a semester of research, planning, and collaboration with their clients, three KSU campus organizations. The course operates as a fully functional PR agency. Under the auspices of Peak Communications, students assist organizations on and off campus to appeal to broader audiences through social media content, flyers, tabling, and event planning.
May 28, 2025
Adjudicated dance performances earlier this year ultimately paved the path to summer enrichment for three Ƶ dancers. Recent graduates George Chavez and Allison Behrend, along with rising junior Charlene Font, have all received scholarships to prestigious dance workshops. Chavez will attend the Professional Intensive Summer Division at the Alvin Ailey School in New York City, while Behrend and Font travel to the American Dance Festival at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
May 27, 2025
Research shows that chronic social isolation can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and perhaps no group is more at risk than the elderly. In response to this health crisis, Ƶ researchers are developing an AI-powered tool to help older adults match and reconnect with others in meaningful, human-centered ways.
May 23, 2025
Two Ƶ students recently became the latest to earn their degrees as beneficiaries of the Paul Radow Scholars Program, an initiative aimed at supporting engineering students with financial aid, mentorship, and career-building opportunities. The program supports nine mechanical engineering students in KSU’s Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, helping them thrive through graduation.
May 22, 2025
An illustration in his ongoing graphic narrative project has earned Ƶ faculty member Geo Sipp the Merit Award for Illustration from the Art Directors Club (ADC), a global arts organization.
May 21, 2025
According to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, up to 40 percent of global crop production is lost annually due to pests eating them. To stem the tide, a Ƶ researcher is tapping into low-cost robotic systems as a chemical-free method to protect strawberry yields.
May 20, 2025
Ƶ recently earned the Overall Community Improvement Award from Keep Cobb Beautiful during the Cobb County Sustainability Forum and Expo.
May 19, 2025
Ƶ alumnus Ali Shilatifard ’89 has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, an internationally renowned association of scientists conducting cutting-edge research that advances society.