A Mississippi State senior has bested applicants from more than 10 states in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival competition, winning the top prize in technical drafting for his lighting design in MSU’s fall production of “Banner: A Sea Turtle Saga.”

A Mississippi State graduate who will participate in the U.S. Department of State-sponsored Critical Language Scholarship Program this summer also is a Fulbright finalist selected to study in Germany.

More than 20 years after 9/11, a Mississippi State English assistant professor is helping students make sense of an important moment in history that shaped the world in which they were born and the media they consume.

As a qualitative researcher, Kenya Cistrunk focuses on service provisions for marginalized and/or oppressed populations and examines under-resourced communities and groups. These services range from tangible items to help meet basic life needs to the development of programs for underserved youth and at-risk families in rural communities.

MSU-Meridian recognizes outstanding graduates for the Spring class of 2022.

MSU's Catherine Pierce, Poet Laureate of Mississippi, discusses why poetry is for everyone.

Mississippi State’s Speech and Debate Council members have claimed five individual national titles from the recent International Public Debate Association National Championship in Abilene, Texas, and placed second nationally out of more than 100 teams, the highest finish in the program’s history.

Mississippi State is recognizing three distinguished faculty members with the university’s highest academic teaching award.

Mississippi State senior Flora Dedeaux is the 2022 Student of the Year for the Public Relations Association of Mississippi, joining other MSU students and professionals receiving honors during the organization’s recent PRism Awards ceremony.

Two Mississippi State University students from the College of Arts and Sciences are among three MSU students and two MSU alumni chosen to receive fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the country’s oldest fellowship program directly supporting graduate students in STEM fields.

The Department of Communication at Mississippi State University recently announced the winners of faculty awards for 2022 recognizing excellence in teaching, research and service as well as outstanding lecturer.

Mississippi State University’s Jesse Goliath, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, recently was appointed the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) liaison to the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA).