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Alumna tapped to lead Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
A University of Central Arkansas alumna has been selected as the new executive director/CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. Janet Harris ’95 was selected to lead the Institute by the organization’s board of directors. She had previously served as the Institute’s chief strategy officer. “Carrying forward Winthrop Rockefeller’s legacy of convening on Petit Jean Mountain…
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Burch earns top research award for new faculty
A Mississippi State engineering faculty member has been recognized as one of the top young researchers in the southeast by the American Society for Engineering Education. Reuben Burch, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, recently earned the 2021 New Faculty Researcher Award from the Southeast Section of ASEE. The highly competitive award honors a faculty…
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Faculty Spotlight: Haitham El Kadiri
As the new department head for mechanical engineering, Haitham El Kadiri is responsible for helping to create a shared vision for one of the largest academic units at Mississippi State. And while his 17 years at Mississippi State have certainly helped to prepare him for the job, he can also draw on what might be…
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Tang earns NSF CAREER award for research into artificial intelligence
An assistant professor in Mississippi State’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has earned the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Bo Tang has earned a $500,000 grant from the NSF to study the lifelong learning capabilities of artificial intelligence systems. The goal of the research project, titled “Career: Towards…
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Student Profile: Katherine Walgamotte
For many students, college is a time to try new things and discover new interests. And while Katherine Walgamotte was certainly open to new experiences when she arrived at Mississippi State, she never dreamed that scuba diving would be high on the list. But when a friend invited her to learn more about the Scuba…
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ECE professor receives NSF CAREER award
An assistant professor in Mississippi State’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has earned the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is receiving nearly $1 million to develop better ways of teaching programming and other computing skills to undergraduate students across the country. The project, titled “CAREER:…
