Haley Zelenka’s time at Mississippi State University is marked by both academic growth and formative campus involvement, including her work as an orientation leader. That experience, paired with her English studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, helped shape a successful legal career built on service and communication.

For Desirée Goodfellow Emmich, the phrase is more than a clever description. It captures the path she has taken from being a Mississippi State anthropology student to an assistant public defender, where she now advocates for the constitutional rights of people who might otherwise struggle to have their voices heard.

The shift from daylight-saving time to standard-time and then back is more than just an inconvenience—it’s a public health issue according to Mississippi State University psychologist Michael Nadorff.

Mississippi State husband and wife Greg and Becca Thorn work in two different areas of the university, but both help students discover their own voices.

Laura Álvarez was halfway through an undergraduate degree in the South American country of Colombia when her path changed. After her mother joined the Mississippi State faculty, Álvarez had the opportunity to continue her studies in Starkville. She chose to make the move—leaving a familiar academic track behind to start again at MSU and take on a new challenge.

As the recent disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has drawn renewed attention to forensic anthropology, a Mississippi State faculty member’s research is helping bring answers to families searching for missing loved ones across Mississippi.

Two Mississippi State University faculty members in the Department of Biological Sciences have received prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER awards supporting research into the biological mechanisms behind genetic errors and the spread of invasive species.

Allie Koenig, a 2025 Mississippi State University graduate, first fell in love with the university as a junior in high school while attending fall preview day with her father. “I was in awe of the beautiful campus and felt so welcomed by so many kind people. I was so impressed by Hannah Coleman’s presentation on all the amazing things offered in the College of Arts & Sciences. I distinctly remember sitting in a Q&A session with the biological sciences ambassadors and listening to their stories and plans for when they graduate, hearing that some of them would be going to medical school and hoping that would one day be me,” said Koenig.

Keith Moser, professor of French and francophone studies at Mississippi State, delivered a keynote address this month at an international conference in China focused on the intersection of environmental literacy and language education.

Mississippi State University chemistry Ph.D. student Azeezat Abdulraheem recently was selected to attend the 2026 ACS Green and Sustainable Chemistry Summer School, an intensive program that brings together emerging scientists committed to developing more sustainable approaches to chemistry.

A Mississippi State faculty member’s research is helping inform federal lawmakers as they discuss how private equity impacts one of America’s most important public services: national security.

A new memorandum of understanding between Mississippi State and Universidad ORT Uruguay highlights the significance of research and global exchange between the two partners.