STARKVILLE, Miss.—For his outstanding commitment to research and teaching in the humanities, Mississippi State’s Shawn P. Lambert, an assistant professor of archaeology, is representing the university as the 2024 William Winter Scholar at the 35th Annual Natchez Trace Literary and Cinema Conference this week [Feb. 22-24] in Natchez.

A Mississippi State University biological sciences faculty member is using more than half a million dollars in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Treasury to study the ecological impacts of bacteria in the Mississippi Sound and functions of the microorganisms.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State communication faculty member—with two recent projects on the state’s history lauded with awards—is premiering his documentary “Steve Holland: Jesus Was a Democrat” this month on McComas Hall’s mainstage.