STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State's Paul B. Jacob High Voltage Laboratory simulates falling trees, thunderstorms, solar radiation, high salt concentrations, natural disasters and other likely scenarios plaguing electrical companies--like the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene. David Wallace, lab manager and MSU assistant clinical professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his students can recr  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: The latest cohort of Mississippi State's Institute for the Humanities Fellows is exploring expansive historical and cultural topics, including Central American national identity, American medical history and the role of satire in Elizabethan society. Awarded annually to three MSU faculty members to support their research, the fellowship includes a $1,000 stipend and one course release in the spr  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State University's Shalyn Claggett, professor of English, is the awardee of the 2024 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Book Award for her publication "Equal Natures: Popular Brain Science and Victorian Women's Writing" (SUNY Press, 2023). This honor is the most prestigious accolade presented by the association, recognizing scholarly excellence in literary studies and celebrat  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: During his two internships with Mississippi State, 17-year-old Oliver Yung discovered three ant species previously undocumented in the state. Yung, a Langley High School senior in McLean, Virginia, spent six weeks this past summer immersed MSU's Department of Agriculture Science and Plant Protection, where his passion for entomology--specifically ant taxonomy--took center stage. Ant taxonomy, th  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Far from lessening the value of debate, artificial intelligence reiterates it and makes it even more valuable going forward, according to a new paper from a University of Kansas debate coach. Brett Bricker is associate specialist and associate director of debate in the Department of Communication Studies. He and his frequent co-author, Jacob Justice, assistant professor of speech communication at the Unive  more