Feature Articles

Teaching and Research: Two sides of the same coin

Teaching doesn't exist in a vacuum--or in an ivory tower. Research is as necessary to college-level instruction as getting some grease under the fingernails is to teaching auto mechanics. And the benefits of university research are evident in fields and factories across Mississippi.

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• Making pesticides safer
• Understanding fluid dynamics
• Finding uses for kenaf
• Utilizing super magnets
• Planning for technology
• NSF puts Mississippi State at No. 95 in research
• Stemming violence in schools
• Research support reaches new high
• Waging war against potholes

Absolutely positive: FedEx's Mary Alice Taylor says that with the right attitude, anything's possible

Taylor believes in the power of attitude. Considering her position as senior vice president for the Central Support Services Division of federal Express Corp., she seems to have proved the point.

The way they were

In 1942, the 30 young men of the Advanced Infantry ROTC Class at Mississippi State were busy planning their futures: ballroom dances, graduation, careers, marriages, and children. Then there was a war.

In and Out of A&M: Women and the strike of 1912

Tension over a number of issues was building in 1912 between students and administrators at Mississippi A&M. The incident that brought the crisis to a head involved women, the senior class, and the governor. When it was over, coeducation had been abolished and was not reinstated for 18 years.