Thessalia Merivaki, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, featured.

Mississippi State Associate Professor Anna Osterholtz is part of a team of scholars featured in a current trio of articles in Science—the premier journal for researchers published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science—for their research tying together genetic data and linguistic movement as people migrated across early civilizations.

Christie Collins, a lecturer in Mississippi State’s Department of English, pairs “art with poetry” in her full-length book of poetry—The Art of Coming Undone—anticipated to be published this spring.

Mississippi’s Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce adds another accolade to her distinguished list of honors this month with her selection as a Poet Laureate Fellow by the Academy of American Poets, one of only 22 recipients this year.

A Mississippi State faculty member in the Department of Chemistry is the principal investigator of a $390,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop an optical spectrometer to study materials’ spectral chemical sizes, shapes and chemical compositions, as well as their optical properties. The research could lead to new discoveries about materials and their makeup.

Hannah Strong, a Mississippi State geosciences graduate and meteorologist for WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky, recently helped her station bring home three Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards.

Mississippi State faculty and staff are well-represented again at the annual Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson this weekend, with four MSU employees participating in the literary event which connects hundreds of authors with their fans.

Becky Hagenston, a professor in Mississippi State’s Department of English, is receiving a literary artist fellowship for fiction from the Mississippi Arts Commission.

Mississippi State faculty member Tara E. Sutton is serving as senior personnel on a five-year National Institutes of Health grant investigating the sexual assault experiences of sexual and gender minority men and expanding insight into victimization and related outcomes.

Rachel Allison, Associate Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University, featured.

Mississippi State University’s student-produced weekly newscast, “Take 30 News,” is the winner of a Best Newscast award from the Student Production Awards presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Southeast Chapter.

Alivia Roberts may hail from a small town, but she’s always had big dreams.