Mississippi State students choosing to pursue a degree in nursing now have a new route through a partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing that allows completion of an MSU degree in interdisciplinary studies alongside a UMMC nursing degree.

Sarah R. Lalk, an assistant clinical professor in Mississippi State’s geosciences department, is receiving this year’s Rod Nave Award, designated for those who represent a “significant connection between the sciences and the science education community.”

MSU's Lia Merivaki, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration discusses Midterm Election Voter Intimidation and Laws.

Tommy Anderson is the new dean of Mississippi State University’s Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.

This Veteran’s Day, Lt. Col. Christopher S. Evans, head of Mississippi State’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 425, said he wants American citizens to recognize the time service men and women sacrifice for the protection and defense of this country.

Mississippi State’s Graduate Student Association is honoring 41 winners of the university’s 22nd Graduate Student Research Symposium.

As one of the nation’s most veteran-friendly universities, Mississippi State also is now the home of a “Veteran Champion of the Year.”

A Mississippi State University English faculty member is the winner of the third annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, a prestigious prize presented to a living poet who is not a U.S. citizen for a full-length book of poems published in the previous year.

Mississippi State Department of Communication Instructor Amy Knight is the university’s first Luckyday Scholars Program Faculty Fellow.

A Mississippi State University communication graduate student is among five MSU students recognized at the Southern Public Relations Federation’s conference in Baton Rouge this month, winning “awards of excellence” for exceptional work in the field of public relations in the Southeast region.

“I usually mention the TV show ‘Bones’ when people ask what I do. Even though it is a fictional version, it helps give people a context for what a forensic anthropologist does,” said Jesse Goliath, a Mississippi State assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures.

Now in its second year, Mississippi State University’s Institute for the Humanities has awarded fellowships to three associate professors to assist in their research goals.