Curt Brown, retired U.S. Air Force colonel and six-time space shuttle veteran, visited campus Wednesday [March 4] to help celebrate Mississippi State Astronaut Scholars James “Brittin” Perdue and Spencer Lile.

As a teenager growing up in Toronto, Thalia Vrantsidis often sought out popular books on physics, relativity and quantum mechanics from her high-school library and spent her time poring over them in search of deeper perspectives. Reading about complex subjects such as the curvature of spacetime or the source of gravity gave her deeper insights into everyday life and shifted how she viewed daily goings-on and the world around her.

Mississippi State University’s College of Arts & Sciences invites you to take a break and explore research in a fun, relaxed setting during its second annual “Cookie Crawl,” set for April 7 from 3:30–5 p.m. in the John Grisham Room of Mitchell Memorial Library.