A Mississippi State sociology faculty member is a selection for the New Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division on Women and Crime.

A Mississippi State University political science and philosophy double major is among a select group of 189 students nationally to be named a finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

Russia’s threats to invade Ukraine have sent people looking at maps of Eastern Europe. But to understand the implications, it’s probably better to look at a globe, Vasabjit Barnajee said during Monday’s Starkville Rotary Club meeting.

Mississippi State’s Department of Biological Sciences is managing the largest amount of competitive federal funding at any time in its history and celebrating multiple major awards which are elevating research productivity and prestige.

A graduate student in Mississippi State University’s Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures (AMEC) will spend this summer in Italy studying art crime and cultural heritage protection.

A new online degree program at Mississippi State is giving new options for students interested in earning a communication bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in communication and media studies.

Mississippi State University is hosting award-winning author Ross Gay for an upcoming virtual writer-in-residence program, an annual campus event of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Thirteen first-year students at Mississippi State are receiving the university’s seventh annual Provost Scholarships.

Grayson Griffith of Starkville, a graduate student in applied anthropology, demonstrates how to make stone tools using antler tines.

“I enjoy the interaction with students and having that moment of seeing them ‘get it’ with concepts related to video production,” said Christopher “Chris” Misun, a broadcast instructor with MSU’s Department of Communication.

Archaeology finds from an expedition team including Mississippi State’s Edmond A. “Tony” Boudreaux III, a faculty member in the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, has been highlighted in “American Archaeology,” a national magazine for archaeology scholars and laypeople.

A dozen faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are receiving funds this year from the college’s Strategic Research Initiative programs -- SRIs -- designed to foster research productivity and achievement throughout the college.