Faculty & Staff Engagement

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Faculty & Staff Engagement

MSU creative writing faculty member earns national recognition from PEN America

Samyak Shertok, a Mississippi State assistant professor of English, is a finalist for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award for his debut poetry collection “No Rhododendron,” published in 2025 by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

February 25, 2026

MSU hosts institute students helping solve statewide, global challenges

High school students from across the Magnolia State convened at Mississippi State today [Feb. 20] as participants of the eighth-annual World Food Prize Mississippi Youth Institute, hosted by MSU’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

February 20, 2026

Mississippi State researchers publish landmark infectious disease study in ‘Science’

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.

February 20, 2026

Vayda named MSU-Meridian Physician Assistant department head, program director

Mississippi State University has named Pamela Vayda department head and program director for the Meridian-based Master of Physician Assistant Studies program.

February 20, 2026

Starkville-MSU Community Band opens spring season with March 1 concert

February 20, 2026

MSU, Partnership Middle School plant trees in Arbor Day celebration

February 13, 2026

Veritas Forum: Does science make faith irrelevant?

February 13, 2026

Grant helping MSU’s Lukasik unite scholars to rethink diaspora in American religion

February 12, 2026

MSU’s Rai earns national teaching award from USDA

February 10, 2026

T.K. Martin Center psychologist at MSU honored statewide for work spanning three decades

February 09, 2026

College of Arts and Sciences pairs books, MSU cheese at ‘book tasting’ event

February 05, 2026

MSU’s Brown earns PRSA outstanding educator award

February 04, 2026