NOAA selects Mississippi State to host new Northern Gulf research institute with up to $100 million in funding

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected Mississippi State University to host its new Cooperative Institute in the Northern Gulf of America, an award valued at up to $100 million over five years.
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Though he was born years after September 11, 2001, Mississippi State sophomore Bradyn Long carries a deep connection to that date’s national tragedy, shaped by more than a dozen childhood visits to a quiet field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

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Artist in residence at MSU helps mark nation’s semiquincentennial through Craft in America celebration

Mississippi State is one of 10 universities nationwide selected to host a one-week artist residency as part of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026.

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Poet Joy Priest brings prize-winning collection ‘Horsepower’ to Mississippi State

Mississippi State’s Department of English welcomes acclaimed poet Joy Priest to campus Sept. 21 as the featured guest for the 2026 Price Caldwell Visiting Writers Series.

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NOAA names MSU to host new Northern Gulf research institute

NOAA has selected Mississippi State University to host NOAA’s Cooperative Institute in the Gulf of America.

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