MSU summit shows businesses how to ‘Make it in America’ STARKVILLE, Mississippi – A Mississippi State University reshoring summit Aug. 11 aims to help businesses profitably bring manufacturing jobs back home to the U.S. The Make it in America Summit takes place at the university’s Franklin Furniture Institute, located on campus at…
STARKVILLE, Miss.— A faculty member of Mississippi State’s Department of Geosciences has been selected to participate in a University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Chief Scientist Training Cruise Program. Under the guidance of senior scientists in the oceanographic research community, MSU Assistant Professor of Geology Adam D. Skarke is participating…
JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi’s supportive policy landscape for telemedicine, including services for residents coping with mental illness, has earned the state an overall “A” rating from the American Telemedicine Association in its 2016 state-by-state report card. Mississippi is among only eight states earning that highest score in the association’s evaluation…
By Josh Mabus, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, July 14, 2016. I've been watching a lot of Golden State Warriors basketball this season. They are an unreasonably talented team that is dedicated to practicing fundamentals and shooting, and they make high-risk, high-reward shots. Watching Steph Curry’s pregame workout, it’s no…
Aims focus towards connecting business leaders to colleges By Becky Gillette, Delta Business Journal, Feature Article, June 9, 2016. Dr. Glenn Boyce, Mississippi Commissioner of Higher Education, has quite a few accomplishments under his belt to show for his first year in office. That includes partnering with the Mississippi Research Consortium, the…
By Becky Gillette, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, July 14, 2016. When Marissa C. Simms was graduating from Jackson State University, she looked around and saw many of her fellow graduates were having trouble finding jobs. She decided to solve that problem herself by creating her own job going into partnership…
AT&T is bringing gigabit internet speeds to even more businesses in 13 Mississippi communities. With AT&T Business Fiber, more businesses can download and upload at speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps).¹ “Elected officials at the state and local levels have created an environment to support investment in Mississippi. AT&T’s continuous investment…
By Associated Press, Mississippi Business Journal, Economic Development, July 11, 2016. Officials with Aerojet Rocketdyne say assembly and testing of its AR1 advanced liquid rocket engine will take place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. As a result, the company is expanding its Center of Excellence for Large Liquid Rocket…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, July 21, 2016 Few can argue that technology has made the world smaller. Steamships, then planes and jets cut travel times drastically. Telegraph, then phones, then cellphones and live video streaming cut communications times even more dramatically. At this point, any two people who want…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, July 14, 2016 In this final installment on peer-to-peer businesses, I want to pose the simple question that I hope you’ll think about and respond to: What’s the next big peer-to-peer business opportunity? I’ve previously talked about what it takes to create a peer-to-peer…