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Mississippi State’s Graduate School and Graduate Student Association are recognizing outstanding students and faculty mentors.

A doctoral student and a recent graduate of Mississippi State University are selections for the Robert Smith, M.D. Graduate Scholars Program, part of the Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

A new report from an economic renewal institute praises the partnership of the University of Mississippi and the city of Oxford for building an entrepreneurial ecosystem that fosters strong growth for long-term economic success.

While COVID-19 has dampened “business as usual” for many, the Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory System, operated by Mississippi State University.

In response to social distancing, longtime teacher program takes programming online.

Board of Supervisors appointed George L. Freeland, Jr., Executive Director of the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation (JCEDF), to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Board of Trustees, At-Large.

The Bacot-McCarty Foundation has announced it is awarding over $40,000 in scholarships and gifts to deserving local students across the region.

Every year, members of the University of Mississippi senior class raise funds to leave a gift behind that represents their legacy.

Mississippi State University will use the $8.9 million it receives as part of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to directly assist eligible students who are facing financial challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the postponement of traditional summer camps and programs, the University of Mississippi is providing opportunities and scholarships for rising 11th and 12th graders that will allow them to try out college classes while still making friends and connections that prepare them for life after high school.

Thirteen students in Mississippi State’s Department of Art are being applauded for honors received from the American Advertising Federation.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil, a University of Mississippi English professor, has been named a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

In an effort to keep informing and entertaining science enthusiasts amid regulations that have cancelled most in-person events, organizers of the Oxford Science Cafe have created a way to bring the science to them.

With personal protective equipment in short supply nationwide, a team of engineers and researchers at Mississippi State University is turning to an unlikely combination of 3D printers and office supplies to aid medical personnel tackling COVID-19. 

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, for connected technologies in business and smart homes. The grant is an Applied Technological Education grant and will allow Gulf Coast to train technicians for both the residential and commercials fields. The grant will also focus on the recruitment of women and other underrepresented groups to Information Systems Technology programs at MGCCC.

Mississippi State mechanical engineering students have turned a conventional truck toolbox into a device that will sterilize face masks for the university’s John C. Longest Student Health Center staff.