A team of Mississippi State University students took first place in the group competition at the Louisiana/Mississippi (LA/MS) sectional meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in February.

Mississippi State University’s Department of English welcomes award-winning author Cindy Juyoung Ok, an accomplished poet, translator and professor, as the featured guest for the 2025 Price Caldwell Visiting Writers Series.

“More women now earn college degrees than men," said Rachel Allison. "While women still face barriers and challenges in the workforce, including their lower pay [compared] to men, women’s greater education may allow them to hold jobs that make homeownership more possible. There is also decreasing societal stigma to women’s singleness.”