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.

"Professor Joseph Thompson’s exploration of the longstanding ties between the U.S. military and country music doesn’t just help you rethink country music, but the ways in which America uses popular music to its own ends."

Mississippi State University’s Joshua K. Foreman, an instructor in the Department of Communication and advisor to the student newspaper, The Reflector, has released the latest installment in his acclaimed Hidden History series.