Two Mississippi State undergraduates are the latest recipients of the nationally renowned Astronaut Scholarship, a prestigious designation that recognizes the best and brightest science-, technology-, engineering- and mathematics-focused students in the U.S.

Mississippi State’s Max Wamsley, a chemistry Ph.D. student from Vicksburg, is a recipient of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship, which provides him full tuition for up to five years and full-time employment with America’s largest government agency after graduation.

Amari Cooper, a junior biological sciences and social work double major from Madison, is Mississippi State’s fifth David L. Boren Scholarship recipient in the last six years.

Two Mississippi State honors students are among a distinguished group of only 55 Udall Scholars from across the country for 2023.

Mississippi State’s College of Arts and Sciences this spring recognized graduate students for their academic accomplishments and successes at an April ceremony in their honor in the Grisham Room of MSU’s Mitchell Memorial Library.

Two Mississippi State students will study abroad this summer through the nationally competitive Fulbright UK Summer Institute scholarship program.

Mississippi State University alumni and current students are among this year’s recipients of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship.

FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television (“FAST”) weather service, has named Mark Kimoto as its second annual scholarship recipient in partnership with Mississippi State University, announced Sharri Berg, president of the platform. The scholarship was first announced in November 2021 as part of a long-term partnership between FOX Weather and Mississippi State. Additionally, inaugural scholarship recipient Haley Meier will join FOX Weather as a meteorologist/multi-media journalist in July following her graduation.

Two Mississippi State undergraduates will study foreign languages virtually and abroad this summer as recipients of the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship.

Students in Mississippi State’s Department of Sociology got hands-on presentation experience this spring, joining sociology faculty in showcasing the strength of the department at a national social work conference in Birmingham.

More than 40 Mississippi State seniors have been inducted into the Gamma of Mississippi Chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society for 2023.

A sophomore member of Mississippi State’s Reserve Officer Training Corps will spend this summer studying Russian overseas thanks to a prestigious language program.