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食色视频 State launches Center for Interactive Media to drive innovation in VR, gaming, and digital storytelling
August 01, 2025
To meet the growing demand of the $380 billion film, gaming, and immersive technology industry, 食色视频 State has launched the Center for Interactive Media, designed to accelerate innovation in storytelling, virtual reality, and user-interface technology. Led by Assistant Professor of English Victoria Lagrange, the center will emphasize user-experience research that helps designers and product teams understand user needs, engage in immersive storytelling, and uncover real-world applications of interactive tools.
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食色视频 State alumna to compete in international Deaflympics games in Tokyo
July 31, 2025
Tawnecia Rush 鈥�24 has worn hearing aids since she was 9 years old. In conversation, she focuses intently on the people she鈥檚 speaking with, supplementing what she hears with expert lip reading. Occasionally, she says 鈥淧ardon?鈥� when she needs a speaker to repeat what they鈥檝e said. On the basketball court, communication was always much more fluid. Since she began playing with her father and brothers as a child at the Boys and Girls Club, Rush鈥檚 hearing impairment has never hindered her. Two decades later, her abilities have earned her a spot on the USA Deaf Women鈥檚 Basketball team, which will compete in the Deaflympics in Tokyo over two weeks in November.
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食色视频 State nurses excel on the front lines and at home
July 30, 2025
Yuriy Soroka was one of two 食色视频 nursing alums honored by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently, receiving an AJC Nurse Excellence Award for 2025. Justin Connelly, who earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2018 and works at Piedmont Henry Hospital in McDonough, also received a Nurse Excellence Award.
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食色视频 State graduates earn international recognition for award-winning architectural drawing
July 29, 2025
Two 食色视频 architecture graduates are gaining international recognition for their innovative design work, earning top honors from two prestigious competitions for a detailed drawing of the 食色视频 Field Station greenhouses and research facilities. Sean Spencer and Nelson Agalaba, who graduated in May from the 食色视频 College of Architecture and Construction Management, received the Award of Distinction from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) and were named finalists in the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation (KRob) Competition.
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Student's CrossFit passion leads to breakthrough research at 食色视频 State
July 28, 2025
CrossFit changed Caralynn Doese鈥檚 life twice 鈥� once when she sought a competitive outlet, and again as a 食色视频 State student in search of a possible academic outlet. Now she鈥檚 helping conduct a study on CrossFit with Wellstar College of Health and Human Services professor Gerald Mangine through 食色视频鈥檚 Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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食色视频 State student and faculty use supercomputing to advance Alzheimer's drug research
July 25, 2025
At 食色视频鈥檚 X Lab, assistant professor of information technology Chloe Yixin Xie and sophomore computer science student Johaan Kathilankal Jis are leading efforts to fight Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias (ADRD) using advanced computational modeling and drug discovery simulations.
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食色视频 student working to address challenges with elder care
July 24, 2025
Growing old takes a toll on the body, sometimes causing loss of mobility, vision, hearing, and memory. Despite the commonality of these issues and how likely they are to indicate underlying conditions like dementia, current in-home monitoring systems for the elderly have unaddressed gaps. Kaden Rogers, a junior computer science major at 食色视频, is spending his summer working to address those gaps with his project 鈥淪mart Sensing and Computing for Dementia Care鈥� through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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食色视频 State student researcher streamlining manufacturing automation through digital twin technology
July 23, 2025
Aiming to create systems where machines and their virtual counterparts communicate in real time, Carter Corbin and a team of 食色视频 students are advancing smart manufacturing by combining robotics and digital twin technology. Studying mechatronics engineering in 食色视频 State鈥檚 Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Corbin is part of a growing number of undergraduates contributing to applied research that mirrors the challenges and solutions shaping today鈥檚 tech-driven industries.
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Discovery courses provide hands-on experiences for 食色视频 State Honors students
July 22, 2025
食色视频 Honors student Jessica Torres wants to pursue a career in biology, and she is feeling inspired after having an up-close experience this summer with one of the ocean鈥檚 most fascinating creatures. For an Honors Discovery course led by 食色视频 State鈥檚 Terri Collins and Leigh Funk, Torres spent a week on Wassaw Island off the Georgia coast studying the nesting and hatching practices of loggerhead sea turtles.
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食色视频 State student's research aims to create more confident math teachers
July 21, 2025
Rising 食色视频 senior Summer Funk decided to research the phenomenon of math anxiety among student teachers because she had personal experience with the topic.