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NOAA selects Mississippi State to host new Northern Gulf research institute with up to $100 million in funding

STARKVILLE, Miss.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected Mississippi State University to host its new Cooperative Institute in the Northern Gulf of America, an award valued ...
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Fall MSU Institute for the Humanities events bring music, history, Southern culture to campus

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Institute for the Humanities is bringing a diverse lineup of public events to campus this fall, beginning with an evening of poetry, conversation and live music ...
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‘This Will Always be a Part of Me’: 25th anniversary of 9/11 sees MSU sophomore earn Flight 93 scholarship honoring pilot

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Though he was born years after September 11, 2001, Mississippi State sophomore Bradyn Long carries a deep connection to that date’s national tragedy, shaped by more than a dozen ...
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Poet Joy Priest brings prize-winning collection ‘Horsepower’ to Mississippi State

STARKVILLE, Miss.––Mississippi State’s Department of English welcomes acclaimed poet Joy Priest to campus Sept. 21 as the featured guest for the 2026 Price Caldwell Visiting Writers Series.
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Artist in residence at MSU helps mark nation’s semiquincentennial through Craft in America celebration

Coulter Fussell, a visual artist who lives and works in Water Valley, is spending this week in residency at MSU, engaging with students and the community with lectures, critiques and workshops.
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MSU poultry scientists recognized with early career awards

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Two faculty members in Mississippi State’s Department of Poultry Science have earned early career awards from the Poultry Science Association, an international organization dedicated ...
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MSU hosts fall Adapted Swim Camp for individuals with special needs

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Department of Kinesiology offers the MSU Adapted Swim Camp this fall to teach children and teenagers with special needs the foundations of swimming and water ...
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A Mississippi Story: MPB airs MSU documentary on Vietnamese immigrants ‘The Fisher People’

Mississippi State Television Center Senior Documentary and Special Projects Producer James Parker interviews Vietnamese immigrant Charlie Nguyen on a shrimp boat off the back bay of Biloxi. “The ...
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MSU faculty members named SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Four Mississippi State professors are serving as 2026-27 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows, a designation recognizing emerging leaders in higher ...
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MSU’s Priddy selected for 2026 Tau Beta Pi–McDonald Mentor Award

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Bagley College of Engineering Associate Professor Matthew Priddy is the 2026 recipient of the Tau Beta Pi–McDonald Mentor Award, an honor recognizing excellence in ...
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Amazon executive to headline MSU College of Business Seal Speaker Series

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A global human resources executive with more than two decades of leadership experience is the featured speaker for the 2026 Leo W. Seal Jr. Distinguished Speaker Series, hosted by ...
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MSU Extension marks Mississippi LIFT Resource and Referral Network Center opening in Brookhaven

Representatives from the Mississippi State University Extension Service were in Brookhaven last week for the opening of the new Mississippi LIFT Resource and Referral Network Center. MSU is a partner ...