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MSU selected for NSF accelerator project to develop new technologies for persons with disabilities

An MSU team is receiving $750,000 in phase 1 funding for its multidisciplinary effort to develop new independent driving technologies for persons with disabilities. The team, which includes experts in behavioral psychology, rehabilitation counseling, human-centered computing, autonomous vehicles and more, will spend the next year developing virtual reality models that incorporate adaptive driving equipment.

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MSU remains Mississippi’s leading research institution: NSF survey

MSU ranks 97th overall among public and private institutions in the country, according to the recently released NSF Higher Education Research and Development Survey for Fiscal Year 2021, based on the university’s approximately $275 million in total research and development expenditures. The land-grant university ranked 60th among non-medical school institutions and 65th among public institutions.

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Job Ready: MSU boasts 94% success rate in employment after graduation

Mississippi State graduates continue to enjoy a more than 90% success rate for being employed or working on advanced degrees after graduation. The 2021-22 career success rate from MSU’s First Destination Survey report is particularly impressive at 94%, measuring higher than the overall national percentage of 84.1% for bachelor’s degree graduates in the most recent 2021 report administered by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

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