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‘He is an institution’: Students and colleagues remember longtime aerospace engineering instructor Calvin Walker

Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering is mourning Calvin Walker, a longtime instructor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, who died Sunday, Sept. 27. He was 61. “For those of us ...
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Open enrollment for 2027 benefits begins today [Oct. 1] for MSU employees.

The Mississippi State Human Resources Management Benefits Department is pleased to announce Open Enrollment for 2027 benefits will take place today through Oct. 31. Any benefit elections or changes ...
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MSU celebrates researchers, innovators with annual universitywide research awards

Mississippi State is celebrating the researchers, innovators and professionals advancing knowledge and addressing real-world challenges with its annual Research Awards Celebration this week. MSU ...
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MSU physicist Ben Crider selected for prestigious $1.35M Moore Foundation investigator award

Mississippi State Professor Benjamin Crider has been selected as a 2026 Experimental Physics Investigator by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Ben Crider (Photo by Grace Cockrell) With an award ...
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MSU announces road, access updates as ‘SEC Nation’ spotlights Bulldog battle with Bama

STARKVILLE, Miss.—“SEC Nation Presented by Regions Bank” is returning to Mississippi State this Saturday [Oct. 3] when the SEC Network live broadcast visits the Junction, 8-11 a.m. CT, just before the ...
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MSU alumnus Christine Powell promoted to director of NASA’s Stennis Space Center

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State alumna is now leading NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Biloxi native Christine Powell has served at the Gulf Coast center and other NASA locations since 1995 after ...
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MSU designated ‘Distinguished Military College’ by Sec. Hegseth as War Dept. unveils six major changes in operating, training policies

Mississippi State University is one of five universities designated as a new “Distinguished Military College” by order of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The announcement came during Secretary ...
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MSU’s Department of Kinesiology seeks participants for cardiovascular, fitness health research study

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Department of Kinesiology is seeking individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate in a cardiovascular and fitness ...
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Tickets available for Thursday’s ARRIVAL From Sweden at MSU’s Riley Center

MERIDIAN, Miss.—Tickets are available from $25 to $70 for this Thursday’s [Oct. 1] ARRIVAL from Sweden: The Music of ABBA at 7:30 p.m.
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MSU cybersecurity program receives ABET accreditation

Mississippi State Bagley College of Engineering’s cybersecurity program receives its accreditation by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, the standard in accrediting computing, engineering ...
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MSU-Meridian to seat inaugural Doctor of Physical Therapy cohort in 2029

MERIDIAN, Miss.—Mississippi State University-Meridian is expanding its health professions offerings with a new Doctor of Physical Therapy degree program.