“From working big tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, floods, winter storms to supporting the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event and being deployed to support a Superbowl, they have all had a lasting impact on my journey,” said Kenneth E. Graham, a 1994 MSU geosciences graduate who today serves as the director of the National Weather Service. Before the NWS, he served as director of the National Hurricane Center.

Mississippi State University brought together one of the nation’s most active communities of microbial scientists recently when the university hosted the annual meeting of the South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology.

On Thursday [March 5] at 5:30 p.m., Mississippi State University faculty members will gather in McCool Hall’s Taylor Auditorium to model respectful, civil discussion through a structured debate on contemporary political issues. The “Political Ideology Debate” aims to demonstrate for attendees how to engage in constructive discourse and will highlight a range of political perspectives.