Mississippi State University won two first-place “Best of Show” awards at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Media Convention held in New Orleans last month, continuing a string a dominance from MSU’s Department of Communication.

Candace Lukasik, an assistant professor in Mississippi State’s Department of Philosophy and Religion, is joining a highly selective program for emerging scholars poised to shape the future of religious studies.

Students seeking scientific medical knowledge at Mississippi State University now have a cutting-edge resource to help them dissect human anatomy with the most-advanced medical education system available—state-of-the-art Anatomage Tables.

Two Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College seniors are Mississippi State’s newest Rhodes Scholarship finalists.

Christopher Ferguson, retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, celebrated three Mississippi State Astronaut Scholars on campus Monday [Oct. 28].

Sarah Randolph, a senior biological sciences major from Vicksburg, receives the Mississippi State University crown during the annual pageant Thursday night [Oct. 17] at Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. Miss MSU is a preliminary pageant for Miss Mississippi and Miss America. Crowning Randolph is 2024 Miss MSU Morgan Nelson of Vicksburg.

Mississippi State University is part of a European-American collaboration studying how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants which are crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems by adding nitrogen to the soil.

Shawn Lambert, associate professor of archeology and undergraduate coordinator for Mississippi State’s Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, will discuss the historical significance of enslavement at Prospect Hill Plantation during two public events next week.

Mississippi State University Associate Professor of Sociology Rachel Allison has earned a prestigious Fulbright Specialist position and will visit the University of Lucerne in Switzerland next month to teach, present research and engage with international faculty and students.

Two Mississippi State juniors are ready for their next steps in higher education after participating in Harvard University’s immersive networking and graduate school-preparatory experience for outstanding undergraduates interested in public policy.

Mississippi State University is recognizing excellence in research and innovation with its annual research awards.

Mississippi State University Assistant Professor Kemeshia Swanson is this year’s recipient of the Eudora Welty Prize for her new book “Maverick Feminist: To Be Female and Black in a Country Founded upon Violence and Respectability,” a 2024 University Press of Mississippi publication.