Mississippi State University chemist Colleen Scott has been selected for the Bayh-Dole Coalition’s 2026 American Innovator Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors given annually researchers whose federally funded work leads to real-world impact. Past honorees include developers of mRNA vaccine technology, once-a-day HIV treatments and vision-restoring glasses.

Mississippi State University biologist Jean-Francois Gout’s contributions to a study highlighting key advances in the complexity of aging now are published in Science Advances, a leading peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Exceptional faculty and staff are being honored at Mississippi State with annual awards for outstanding teaching, mentoring and advising.

Deep cracks in the ground tell the story of drought, where only about half the normal rainfall has fallen so far in 2026, making it the 10th driest in Mississippi history. Mike Brown, state climatologist with the Mississippi State University Department of Geosciences, said February was the driest on record for Mississippi and March was the third warmest and 11th driest.

Mississippi State University psychologist Mary E. Dozier recently joined Amy Juravich on All Sides, a public radio program produced by WOSU Public Media, where Dozier discussed the psychology of clutter, spring cleaning and hoarding disorder.

Mississippi State’s College of Arts and Sciences recently honored seven faculty members for accomplishments in teaching, research and distinguished service at its annual spring awards ceremony.

The war in the Middle East is disrupting helium supplies. That's bad news for more than party balloons.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring Mississippi State University Professor John Bickle as an AAAS Fellow for his distinguished contributions to the philosophy of science and neuroscience.

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.

Spring is the season of renewal. That renewal can include cleaning and decluttering. While not everyone with an overabundance of stuff is a hoarder, it can take a physical and mental toll on our lives and loved ones.

Faculty at Mississippi State University are continuing groundbreaking work at the intersection of mathematics, statistics and climate science with the publication of a new peer-reviewed study examining regional snow cover trends across the Northern Hemisphere. The results suggest shrinking snow coverage as well as seasonal shifts for when the wintry layer comes and goes.

An article by Mississippi State Professor of Anthropology Molly Zuckerman and her graduate student Lydia Bailey has been published in “Science,” one of the foremost scientific journals in the world.