Mississippi State Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Systems Shrinidhi Ambinakudige is a new fellow of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences for his significant contributions to geographical science.

Lara Dodds, professor and head of Mississippi State's Department of English, highlights the often-overlooked literary contributions of women in the early modern period in the new book “Early Modern Women’s Writing and the Future of Literary History.”

Wolf joins MSU from the City University of New York, where he held dual appointments as a professor of mathematics at the City College of New York (CCNY) and at the CUNY Graduate Center. Most recently, he led CUNY’s doctoral program in mathematics as executive officer, overseeing more than 100 faculty members and approximately 80 Ph.D. students. He previously chaired CCNY’s Department of Mathematics for five years and served as graduate advisor for three years.