Category: Discoveries

Coastal Extension finds solutions to empower coastal partners For MSU’s Coastal Extension program in Biloxi, success means its associates have worked themselves out of a job. One such job came up when commercial shrimpers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast got tired of losing time and...

GRI continues coastal impact In 2004, a group of Mississippi State researchers began digitizing land and water records for communities along the Mississippi Coast—documenting water movement, watersheds, topography and topology. A year later, those digital files proved invaluable when Hurricane Katrina decimated the state’s Gulf...

David Perkes, director of Mississippi State’s Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, has worked alongside Turkey Creek residents since 2013 to develop long-term strategies that support the historic community’s preservation and resilience. In 1866, a group of formerly enslaved individuals on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast established a...

MSU professor’s backyard discovery puts Mississippi on the asteroid map When Jean-Francois Gout missed discovering an asteroid by just a few days, the Mississippi State computational biology professor didn’t get discouraged. He used the near-miss to improve his focus. “At first I was worried that...

Eric Michel, left, and Jacob Dykes lead Mississippi State’s Deer Lab, a nationally recognized research program in the Forest and Wildlife Research Center celebrating 50 years of studying white-tailed deer. (Photo by David Ammon) National leader studying South’s most significant wildlife species celebrates milestone Deer...

Imagine sitting at your desk, going about your workday, when someone walks in and thrusts a bag of bones your way—a plastic bag containing a smattering of ribs and long bones among leaves, dirt and other debris that looks alarmingly like pieces of a human...

Even though business is good right now for the Coblentz family, nobody can clearly predict the future.Patriarch Robbie has operated the award-winning media production company Broadcast Media Group in Starkville for almost 30 years, and he and his wife, Bonnie, own two popular University Drive...

Continuing its commitment to innovation and responsible leadership in technology, Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum announced the appointment of former MSU Vice President for Research and Economic Development Julie Jordan as the university’s first Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance. Jordan...

MSU helps high school students, teachers explore innovative applications of AI  When you think of artificial intelligence, what comes to mind? For many, it’s text-based prompts. But for Mississippi State researchers, it’s much broader. As they look to the future of AI applications, they’re introducing...

MSU entomologist discovers 50 species, contributes to university’s ‘library of life’ Before he was the director of the Mississippi Entomological Museum at Mississippi State, JoVonn Hill was a curious kid in Meridian chasing bugs through his backyard. He spent countless hours outdoors, collecting insects without...