James A. Bultema, president of the Ulysses S. Grant Association, and Heath Anderson, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate from Virginia, are featured speakers for Mississippi State’s 2025 John F. and Jeanne A. Marszalek Lecture Series.

Mississippi State University’s Agricultural Autonomy Institute, or AAI, is a new partner with the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida or SCGC. The kick-off meeting, held on campus this past week, marked the start of a research project to develop technology-based solutions for streamlining sugar cane harvesting procedures.