On any given Saturday in the fall, “State” fever hits West Point, Mississippi. U.S. Route 45 runs through the town—lined with cars festooned with maroon and white, the colors of the Mississippi State Bulldogs. But what’s most noticeable is the clank-clank-clank of cowbells. View article. e Mississippi State Bulldogs. But…
Innovate Mississippi announces the Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Workshop will take place Tuesday, December 2, in Jackson at the Mississippi Manufacturers Association. Energy efficiency is an important, but often overlooked, mechanism for cost savings in the industrial manufacturing, commercial and institutional sectors. The CHP Workshop is designed to provide…
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is pushing a $3 million plan to pay for community college for students who earn a technical diploma in high school. Bryant first floated the proposal earlier this month while speaking at Nissan Motor Co. in Canton and repeated it Monday when he made his…
James Wilcox, director for the Center of Economic and Entrepreneurship Education (CEEE) at the University of Southern Mississippi, has received the Rising Star Award at the 53rd Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference Awards dinner. Wilcox has served as the director for the CEEE in the College of Business…
OLIVE BRANCH — The Cleantech Open Southeast says regional finalist NG1 Technologies of Olive Branch has been recognized as the 2014 Cleantech Open National Accelerator Grand Prize Winner. NG1 Technologies will receive a cash and in-kind services prize worth $200,000. View article.
Recognizing that technology drives exploration, NASA has selected four teams of agency technologists for participation in the Early Career Initiative (ECI) pilot program. The program encourages creativity and innovation among early career NASA technologists by engaging them in hands-on technology development opportunities needed for future missions. View article.
Kelcy Gooch and a team of his fellow Mississippi State University students set out last Friday to start a new social network. Their startup is called called College Fit, and Gooch said the goal is to let students access workout plans, nutrition plans, tutoring opportunities, fitness schedules at MSU’s Sanderson…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — More than 40 Mississippi State college students are gathering for the first Innovate Mississippi Startup Weekend in Starkville. The like-minded student entrepreneurs have only a few days to develop a business idea and turn it into startup company. Students, who range from entrepreneurs, to developers and…
STARKVILLE, Miss.--A Mississippi State University-led partnership has been honored with statewide recognition for its work to create jobs, strengthen communities and foster innovation among entrepreneurs and manufacturers. Innovate Mississippi presented MSU's Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Program with the John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award earlier this month at…
Monroe Jackson wants a business with no strings attached. The Jackson doughnut entrepreneur and survivor of a near-fatal workplace accident has added “innovator” to his life accomplishments. Next up is a marketing role for the inventor and winner of a design patent for a string-free apron he says will make…