Theatre MSU debuts its holiday-themed children’s radio play, “Snowing in Mississippi” on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m., marking the final installment in a new storytelling collaboration with Mississippi State’s campus radio station, 91.1 FM The Junction.

Mississippi State’s Jada Johnson is this year’s Mississippi Field Educator of the Year, earning the recognition at the 53rd annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference at Auburn University.

A Mississippi State University faculty member has made a celestial discovery in Starkville: the first asteroid identified from the state of Mississippi.

Mississippi State University’s College of Arts and Sciences is recognizing four faculty members for exemplary achievements in teaching, research and service, honoring their lasting impact on students, colleagues and the university community.

Mississippi State biologist Matthew W. Brown, the university’s Donald L. Hall Professor of Biology, is part of an international research team whose groundbreaking discovery is featured today [Nov. 19] in Nature—one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals. The published research unearths a new organism and phylum, reshaping the tree of life.

Mississippi State University’s Department of English recently welcomed high school students from across the state to campus for the inaugural “English Expo: Mississippi in the World,” an interactive event celebrating Mississippi’s literary heritage and showcasing the versatility of English studies.

Mississippi State’s Lamar Conerly Lecture Series welcomes University of Chicago’s Robert Pape for a discussion on terrorism, spanning the Middle East to America.

Mississippi State University Assistant Professor Thalia H. Vrantsidis has received the Psychonomic Society’s 2025 Best Article Award for her paper exploring why people often favor simpler explanations, even when more complex explanations may be more accurate.

Three Mississippi State students are finalists for the prestigious international Rhodes Scholarship.

Mississippi State English Department Head Lara Dodds is earning national recognition for advancing women’s contributions to early modern literature.

Mississippi State’s Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso, an assistant professor specializing in teaching English to speakers of other languages and linguistics, will help Magnolia State elementary students learn about environmental issues and their impact on communities.

Mississippi State Ph.D. student Kayleigh Addington took hands-on, experiential learning to a new level last month when she joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters for a research flight into Tropical Storm Imelda as it churned across the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas and Bermuda.