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A transformative $100 million gift from George and Kathy Bishop will create new opportunities for students to pursue their academic goals at Mississippi State University.

Mississippi State University has made history after being named the recipient of the largest contribution to ever be given to a higher education institution in the Magnolia State. The $100 million gift from George and Kathy Bishop is also among the largest contributions designated solely for scholarship support made to...

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State University has received the the largest gift in school history – and among the largest contributions designated solely for scholarships of any university in the world.

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State University has received the largest gift in school history — and among the largest contributions designated solely for scholarships of any university in the world.

Mississippi State University elevated its new branding campaign today [April 11] while also introducing Transforming MSU, a blueprint that boldly re-envisions the university’s role and impact in solving some of the world’s most critical challenges, including those close to home.

Two exalted figures in Mississippi politics called for Americans to sit down with each other, have difficult-but-civil conversations and work to better the nation as Mississippi State officials formally celebrated the dedication and opening of their political papers now housed at the university.

Qian “Jenny” Du, a distinguished professor in Mississippi State’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is MSU’s 2023 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award winner.

HOUSTON — Hassell Franklin, the founder and longtime chairman of the Franklin Corp. in Houston, died Sunday night. He was 87.

"Amplifying the Dream." That's the story that Lee Brand Jr. shared with a large crowd this morning as the Unity Breakfast returned to the Mill in Starkville.

Former Mississippi State athletic director Larry Templeton remembers vividly a crisp, clear fall day back in 1984, when his good friend and former MSU classmate George Bryan took him on an excursion into the backwoods of Clay County near West Point.