Two Mississippi State University students received awards from the university’s Gender Studies Program for their research and insights into gender studies issues as part of the Gender Studies Paper Award contest this spring.

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

Mississippi State English faculty member Shalyn Claggett’s new work focuses on the subversive ways women writers of the Victorian era used popular scientific rhetoric—associated with the now-debunked theory of phrenology—to challenge socially constructed forms of power and gender inequality.

Keeping track of numbers, accounts, policies and procedures is a major strength for Sheryl Kinard, but these valuable skills have become even more important to the university because she combines her knowledge with a helpful and collegial attitude.

The daughter of a teacher, Winata said growing up in a rural village in Indonesia meant there weren’t many teachers around, so she took on the role herself, teaching friends and peers to read and count during their elementary years. “I have always wanted to be a teacher,” said the assistant professor of geography and geospatial sciences in MSU’s Department of Geosciences.

Mississippi State University’s Story State, a competitive Department of Communication event that hosts storytellers from across the state, has been recognized by the National Broadcasting Society–Alpha Epsilon Rho, a national electronic media association.

Mississippi State’s College of Arts and Sciences now offers additional support for students’ professional development through the creation of a new scholarship, the Student First Undergraduate Excellence Opportunity.

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.

A Mississippi State physicist and her colleagues are the first scientists to observe how subatomic particles—known as lambda particles—are formed, helping researchers learn more about their production and formation in atomic nuclei, deepening the overall understanding of the dynamics of subatomic structure that governs most of the visible matter in the universe.

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.

For the second year, Mississippi State is offering a highly interactive summer experience for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, possibly the only camp of its kind in the U.S.

Assistant Professor Ling Li is the latest faculty member in the Mississippi State University Department of Biological Sciences to receive the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award.