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Dr. William B. Bynum, Jr. Inauguration Recap 0
- Slider, University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
Dabbing away tears as his daughter Chelsea Bynum-Grant spoke, Dr. William B. Bynum Jr. was celebrated as a father, friend and mentor at his formal installation ceremony at Jackson State University on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, inside the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium. “My family and I have had the unique pleasure of witnessing the evolutionREAD MORE
Preventive Care: Newly accredited School of Public Health aims to make doctor visits, 911 calls less frequent 1
- Featured, University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
By L.A. Warren The 16-year-old already was struggling to raise his younger siblings because his mother was strung out on drugs, but then things got more complicated when a 20-minute rapid test revealed he was HIV-positive. Christopher Lane, now a Jackson State University employee and doctoral student, was the teenager’s mentor as part of a
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University Highlights – Winter 2018 0
- University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
College of Business students encourage financial literacy among their peers Officers of Thee Financial Club are pictured from L to R: Josh Goodwin, vice president; Don Jones,president; Tory Patterson, second vice president; and Larry Day, visiting instructor of Finance.Charles A. Smith/JSU Student officers from Thee Investment Club are taking the initiative to create conversation regardingREAD MORE

JSU prepares for launch as prime contractor through NASA program 0
- University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
JSU made history recently when it became the nation’s first HBCU to sign a pact to become a protégé in the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) program that will allow the academic institution to learn how to land major government contracts. Jackson State University’s mentor is Enterprise Services LLC, a prime contractor formerly known as
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State’s colleges will use $4M NSF award to increase minorities in STEM 0
- University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
Mississippi Democratic Congressman Bennie G. Thompson recently announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $4 million to Jackson State University and an alliance of Mississippi institutions of higher learning to help train minorities for careers in STEM. JSU is the lead institution of the Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Pathways
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$20M NSF research grant will allow Mississippi universities to collaborate 0
- University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
Jackson State University will share a $20 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation that will spur creative discovery and economic opportunities through Mississippi’s research universities. With the grant funding, the state of Mississippi will establish the Center for Emergent Molecular Optoelectronics, an inter-disciplinary, multi-institution materials research program. Mississippi State University will serve as
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