Mississippi State’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration now offers a certificate program for graduate students that bridges theory and practices in the field of public procurement.

A Mississippi State faculty member is collaborating through a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance immersive learning environments for Latine multilingual learners (LML) with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math settings.

Robert M. West, interim department head of classical and modern languages and literatures and Mississippi State professor of English, this summer published the first book dedicated to poet, short story writer and novelist Robert Morgan.

Mississippi State’s Eric Anderson is receiving a $50,000 grant from the SMART Business Accelerator Initiative to continue developing a mobile application for his Portable Osteometric Device, a new tool created to ensure the efficiency of human skeletal remains analysis and measurement.

This July, Mississippi State University hosted 21 family members from across the U.S. in an intimate tree planting ceremony in memory of Joseph Blakeney “Blake” Burgess, a 2019 MSU graduate who passed away in February 2020.

NATCHEZ, Miss.—Debbie Cosey looked through tears of joy toward her backyard where 13 Mississippi State University Archaeological Field School students roamed around freshly dug holes in the ground on Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Natchez, Miss.

Joseph M. Thompson, a Mississippi State University assistant professor in the Department of History, shares the backstory of “Good Old Rebel”—a song written by Confederate veteran Innes Randolph—in his latest work featured in Project Muse, an online collaboration between libraries, publishers and worldwide scholars. Thompson’s article, “The ‘Good Old Rebel’ at the Heart of the Radical Right,” outlines the ironic popularity and circulation of the folk song by ex-Confederates and their supporters.

Thirty-seven Mississippi State University students are selections for the Roadrunner Class of 2022.

STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State faculty member is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER totaling than half a million dollars to research new chemical methods for removing harmful contaminants from petroleum and feedstocks. Vicky Montiel-Palma, an assistant professor of chemistry, received the five-year $691,886 grant from the NSF Division of Chemistry Chemical Synthesis Program for her proposal, “CAREER: Heterobimetallic Complexes for Facile Hydrodenitrogenation Processes with Low Hydrogen Intake.”

Below a garden fence wrapped in vines and buds of fuchsia, wrought iron hides in the dirt at Concord Quarters. It could be the structural support for a brick extension built in 1819 off of the main plantation house. Though the above-ground house burned down in 1901, Shawn Lambert, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and archaeology at Mississippi State University, hopes the iron feature will lead them to the base of a column. Lambert is two weeks into an archeological dig on the grounds where Concord’s mansion once stood.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—James Parker—a Mississippi State University alumnus and a senior documentary and special projects producer who also is the creative supervisor of MSU Films—directed “The Hungriest State,” a four-part docuseries illuminating the struggles Mississippians face for a stable food supply while also highlighting the resiliency and commitment of community members to serve in each town.

“July 4th is a day to be happy, thankful and free,” said Rohan Fisher, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and graduate of Mississippi State’s Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corp Detachment 425. “Take a moment to remember the men and women who defend our freedoms.”