STARKVILLE, Miss.--Sustainability isn't necessarily a reference to going green. It can also indicate a system that maintains, replenishes and pays for itself. That's what Charles "Chuck" Marohn, president and co-founder of Strong Towns, will mean when he talks about creating a sustainable community-growth model during his four-day Magnolia State tour beginning ...

A Mississippi State student team holds top honors in a national design and construction challenge, thanks to the collaboration of two university colleges. Civil engineering majors in the Bagley College of Engineering, with guidance from faculty in the College of Forest Resources, were overall winners of the recent 2013 American Society ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Imitation is sometimes considered the sincerest form of flattery, but in design, the boundary where homage ends and plagiarism begins can be unclear. Mississippi State University experts from the College of Architecture, Art and Design, and the Department of Landscape Architecture will discuss this issue Nov. 1 during the Plagiarism ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning today approved a series of interrelated agreements that finalize plans for The Mill development, according to Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum. "We have refused to settle for anything that did not meet our highest expectations--logistically, aesthetically or ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State University debuts the public phase of its $600 million comprehensive capital campaign this weekend during homecoming festivities for the 135-year-old institution. "As our institution unveils Infinite Impact: The Mississippi State University Campaign, it does so with a greater purpose of shaping not only the university, but the future ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--A leading Mississippi-based communication and technology solutions provider will build a new $20 million, 22,400-square-foot data center in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park. C Spire Wireless officials announced their plans during a Thursday afternoon news conference at Mississippi State University's High Performance Computing Collaboratory, which ...

During President Abraham Lincoln's press conference at Mississippi State University on Tuesday, he predicted emancipation would create true equality among all U.S. citizens. Lincoln, historically interpreted by George Buss, was one of many experts participating in the Symposium on Lincoln: The Movie and the Man. In addition to the press conference, ...

Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--A Mississippi State University Police Department investigation determined a female student's claim that she was the victim of a Sept. 11 abduction attempt was a hoax. "When interviewed, the student recanted her account of her initial report to the MSU Police Department," said MSU Dean of Students Thomas Bourgeois. He ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Founded in Texas in 2006, No Excuses University is a private network of U.S. elementary, middle and high schools working to promote higher education readiness among their students. In part, by exposing the young classroom members to specific collegiate symbols--including flags and banners--participating teachers in the network hope to forge ...

Mississippi State University's Tau Sigma Delta architecture honor society is sponsoring the "Sixty-Nine Seventy: International Ideas Competition" exhibit in Giles Gallery, on the third floor of Giles Hall. Open through Sept. 13, this exhibit showcases some of the work submitted for "The 69/70 Competition," an international ideas contest in which more ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State's School of Architecture will offer a free workshop for high school and college students who want to know more about developing quality resumes and portfolios in architecture, art, interior design or building construction. To be held Sept. 12 at 6 p.m., the College BOUND workshop will take place ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--By creating a new energy curriculum for high school students, the Research and Curriculum Unit at Mississippi State is developing yet another collaboration between education and industry. The latest career pathway constitutes the 17th developed by the university resource center, in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Education and Mississippi ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Alpha Delta Pi at Mississippi State University announced it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the sorority's new Epsilon Eta chapter home, to be located at Lot #17, Robert Louis Jones Circle, Starkville. The 4 p.m. campus ceremony will include Alpha Delta Pi international officers, members of the ...

Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum and Jones County Junior College President Jesse Smith announced Friday that JCJC students transferring to MSU's poultry science program can expect a smoother transition thanks to a new two-plus-two agreement. The agreement goes into effect this fall and allows specific courses in JCJC's curricula ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--A new online bachelor's degree available at Mississippi State is geared toward working adults seeking to become certified business and technology teachers. The Technology Teacher Education Distance Learning Program is an extension of the university's longstanding TTE bachelor's curriculum. During the upcoming fall semester, the complete program will be available ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Award-winning survey archaeologist Michael Galaty is the new head of Mississippi State's Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures. Before officially assuming his duties July 1, Galaty was an anthropology professor and chair of the sociology and anthropology department at Millsaps College in Jackson. "This department at MSU is excellent, and ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Representing Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Tennessee and Texas, nearly 50 majors in Mississippi State's School of Architecture are selections for awards and scholarships during the 2012-13 school year. The land-grant university offers the state's only curriculum leading to a professional degree in architecture. In addition to structured courses designed to ...