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Local students graduate from Mississippi School for Mathematics & Sciences
The Meridian Star - Mississippi
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June 19, 2025
Published 10:48 am Thursday, June 19, 2025 Five local students were among this year’s graduates from the Mississippi School of Mathematics & Sciences. Submitted photo Meridian and Lauderdale County students were among those to receive diplomas as...
Screening of Fannie Lou Hamer film highlights fundraiser for Mississippi Humanities Council
The Vicksburg Post - Mississippi
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June 19, 2025
Screening of Fannie Lou Hamer film highlights fundraiser for Mississippi Humanities Council Published 9:24 am Thursday, June 19, 2025 Written by Mississippi Today Mississippi Today A screening of the award-winning film “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America”...
Arkansas Federal Highway Administration office to merge with Mississippi, state highway commissioners told during meeting
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 19, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Arkansas is sharing a Federal Highway Administration office with Mississippi due to federal staffing cuts, the Arkansas Department of Transportation's chief of...
Study: Mississippi River's 2022 low water levels reduced soybean crop value by up to $293 million
Magnolia Reporter - Arkansas
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James Mitchell and Hunter Biram’s findings are in “The effects of extreme weather on rural transportation infrastructure and crop prices along the Lower Mississippi River,” published in the journal Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Their...
Joe Canizaro, real estate developer who reshaped New Orleans skyline, dies
Nola - Louisiana
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Joseph C. Canizaro, a prolific real-estate developer who thought and built big, resulting in a series of projects that changed the skyline of downtown New Orleans and a fortune he dedicated to philanthropy and support for Republican politics, died...
Mississippi Construction Workers Earn 7th Least in U.S.
Laurel Leader-Call - Mississippi
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The U.S. construction industry is navigating a period of heightened uncertainty in 2025, marked by shifting trade policies, restrictive immigration enforcement, and persistently high interest rates. New tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have...
USM Digital Hub hosting workshop to help preserve Mississippi history
WDAM - Mississippi
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June 19, 2025
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - New, cutting-edge technology has been developed that will help better preserve Mississippi history. College faculty, librarians and museum staff from across descended on the University of Southern Mississippi this week...
Michigan State Researchers to Combat Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in Soybeans
Food Manufacturing - Wisconsin
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June 18, 2025
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A national research team led by Michigan State University has received a $500,000 grant from the United Soybean Board to develop new diagnostic tools for herbicide-resistant weeds in soybeans. The award currently covers one...
Trustees approve ‘Dream Team’ of administrators at Alabama healthcare high school
Elmore-Autauga News - Alabama
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June 21, 2025
From Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Top Photo courtesy of ASHS, with cutline: L to R: Susanna Speegle, admissions director; Laura Bailey, dean of curriculum and instruction; Dr. Antonio Cooper, Jr., dean of students; Dr. James Martin,...
Local students named to Mississippi College Spring 2025 Dean’s List
The Vicksburg Post - Mississippi
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June 18, 2025
Local students named to Mississippi College Spring 2025 Dean’s List Published 3:41 pm Wednesday, June 18, 2025 The Mississippi College Office of Academic Affairs releases the Dean’s List after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic...
National Hydrography Day: How marine science impacts our region
WXXV 25 - Mississippi
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June 18, 2025
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WXXV) – The Naval Oceanographic Office, or NAVO, is the largest subordinate command within the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. NAVO is responsible for providing oceanographic products and services to all elements...
Most Americans Opposed To Cultivated Meat Ban After Tasting It, Says Study
Plant Based News
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June 21, 2025
Research suggests that most Americans oppose cultivated meat bans, regardless of their political affiliation, and see it as an issue of consumer freedom and national values. A group of researchers from Boston’s Tufts University has written a paper...
Three MSU students receive Mississippi Professional Educators scholarships
Mississippi State University
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June 18, 2025
Contact: Bethany Shipp STARKVILLE, Miss.—Three Mississippi State College of Education students are recipients of prestigious Mississippi Professional Educators scholarships. Graduate students Susan Bender of Brandon and Shelby Griffin of...
The "Ancient Rome" Of America Holds Secrets To A Massive Lost City
The Travel
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June 21, 2025
The Mississippi River defines the landscape of much of the United States of America, stretching from its headwaters in northern Minnesota to the wide deltas of Southern Louisiana, where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. However, the tributaries...
Hill Named To President’s List At Mississippi College
North Mississippi Herald
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June 18, 2025
CLINTON — Ashlyn Hill of Water Valley was named to the Spring 2025 President’s List at Mississippi College. The Mississippi College Office of Academic Affairs releases the President’s List after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic...
Mississippi Launches an AI Talent Accelerator Program
Gazebo Gazette - Mississippi
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June 15, 2025
The Gazebo Gazette MISSISSIPPI (GG) — Governor Tate Reeves announced Thursday, June 12, 2025, the launch of the Mississippi AI Talent Accelerator Program (MAI-TAP). MAI-TAP is a new initiative that fosters the development of artificial...
Student-led neuroscience club leads to new minor at MSU
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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June 21, 2025
STARKVILLE – When Zoe Ishee first started out as a Mississippi State University student in 2021, she didn’t know much about neuroscience, but she knew she wanted to learn more about how the brain functions. The only problem was, as Ishee searched...
Creating Space in Science: LGBTQIA+ Voices on Belonging in Pharma
Technology Networks
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It’s essential to celebrate diversity and amplify the voices pushing for lasting change across science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) fields, especially during Pride month. Despite the progress made, LGBTQIA+ scientists...
How Clinton’s Gen X Is Embracing Technology Like Never Before
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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June 17, 2025
The Mississippi town of Clinton presents an image of spacious lawns together with tranquil streets, which blend with a tight-knit community spirit. The first impression shows no similarity between this place and the fast-changing digital...
Longest-serving Christian Studies faculty member at Mississippi College announces his retirement
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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June 17, 2025
Dr. Roger Greene has retired from the Department of Christian Studies after spending parts of six decades as a faculty member at Mississippi College. While interviewing to become an associate professor of religion at Mississippi College, Roger...