A Mississippi State faculty member is featuring the university’s proposed interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science degree in Data Science at this weekend’s SEC Mini-Conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Curriculum.

Mississippi native Jesmyn Ward, the first woman and first person of color to win two National Book Awards for fiction, will present a public reading Tuesday [April 12], sharing with the Mississippi State community excerpts from her nationally acclaimed writing.

Mississippi State English Professor Catherine Pierce—also serving as Mississippi’s Poet Laureate—officially is being recognized for this prestigious, statewide appointment on April 11.

Mississippi State’s Theatre MSU will run its fourth and final production of the year this week.

Mississippi State Geology Professor Renee Clary is being honored this week as a new Fellow of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences.

Acclaimed novelist Deborah Johnson will be the featured spring guest on Tuesday [March 29] for Mississippi State’s Price Caldwell Visiting Writers Series.

What happens when a student finds themselves struggling in a class with nowhere to turn for additional instruction? Assistant Clinical Professor of Chemistry Eric Van Dornshuld anticipated this need, creating an online tool to benefit his students as well as students around the world.

A Mississippi State associate professor of history who specializes in Soviet/Russian history will give a lecture Tuesday [March 29], which is accessible as an in-person event—free and open to all—and as a simultaneous live-stream for online viewers.

A Mississippi State University political scientist said Russian President Vladimir Putin took a “rational gamble” when he directed the invasion of Ukraine last month. Regardless of their views on the conflict, many observers around the world expected the war to be over by now.

Vernell L. Allen, a senior communication major with a concentration in theater from Brookhaven, has worked in different areas of theater throughout his college years, but directing All American Boys was a new experience for him.

Under the leadership of a new executive director—longtime physician Dr. Katrina Poe—Mississippi State’s Longest Student Health Center is continuing to ensure each patient feels valued as they receive the utmost care, conveniently on campus.

Mississippi State University debuts a new opportunity this summer for young scholars to gain an in-depth understanding of human motivation through exposure to humanities-related courses.