STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Aug. 21 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU unveils mixed-use development featuring boutique hotel, cultural landmark A comprehensive master plan has been recently completed for a new 15-acre district featuring a boutique hotel, restaurants and retail stores on the land between the MSU campus and the Cotton District, developers announced Aug. 20. It is to be named the Crossroads District. The Crossroads District will feature and be an  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Aug. 21 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * NASA fellowship for AI land cover research awarded to MSU doctoral student A Mississippi State University doctoral student in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering has been awarded a prestigious NASA-affiliated fellowship through the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium. Dakota Hester, a Tishomingo native, received the award for his innovative research that applies advanced art  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * Rover technology helps USACE keep tabs on aging infrastructure, dredging operations By Tim Reeves and Chris Kieffer, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manages hundreds of locks and dams, which are critical components of a complex navigation system that is crucial to our nation's economy and security. Inspec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Secretary McMahon Visits Mississippi on the Returning Education to the States Tour * OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI - Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Oxford, Mississippi on her Returning Education to the States Tour. Secretary McMahon read to students and participated in a literacy roundtable at Oxford Early Childhood Center alongside Mississippi Congressman Trent Kelly. She then to  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Aug. 21 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * Student project builds safe habitat to relocate, protect local bats at MSU Mississippi State University celebrated the opening of a new bat house Tuesday [Aug. 19], a student-led conservation effort aimed at changing public perception of one of nature's most misunderstood animals. Led by students from the MSU Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, the new construction provides a sust  more