Brian Shoup, professor and head of Mississippi State’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration, delivers this year’s Constitution Day lecture as part of the Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture Series on Sept. 17. The lecture, “What We Owe to Each Other: Civic Responsibility in a Narcissistic Age,” focuses on the importance of civic responsibility in contemporary society.

Mississippi State scientists are studying new ways to mitigate heat stress in dairy cattle—a national problem costing the industry approximately $1.5 billion in lost production—thanks to a $300,000 New Investigator Seed Grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.