JACKSON, Mississippi, April 25 -- Jackson Public Schools issued the following news: Tracee Thompson, a 20-year English teacher at Jim Hill Senior High School, was recently selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). The award is named after one of the organization's founders, Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes. The Educator of Distinction recognizes outstanding role models who have made a l  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 26 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A Mississippi State political scientist is among the inaugural slate of researchers granted funding through nonprofit Public Agenda's Democracy Renewal Project aimed at exploring and strengthening voter trust and experience as the country moves toward the 2024 presidential election. Thessalia Merivaki, an MSU associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, is using  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 25 -- Brown University issued the following news: In a spring semester course called Rural Public Health, students have been investigating the health impacts of a wood pellet manufacturing plant on a community in Gloster, Mississippi. Nine of the students are based at Tougaloo College, and the other 12 are based at Brown University. While analyzing their findings, the students are learning about the process of conducting a participatory research project in a rur  more