Mississippi Business Journal » Duke University http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 With Brent Christensen, Mississippi Development Authority gets its man http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/20/with-christensen-mda-gets-its-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-christensen-mda-gets-its-man http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/20/with-christensen-mda-gets-its-man/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 06:01:53 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=57320 In Gray Swoope, Mississippi lost its last top economic development professional to Florida in the spring of 2011. Now Mississippi has reached into Florida to bring Brent Christensen, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce chief, to the Magnolia State as a replacement. Christensen, a 10-year-year president and CEO of the Gainesville Chamber, will start work sometime [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/20/with-christensen-mda-gets-its-man/feed/ 0 Wiesenberg appointed provost http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/wiesenberg-appointed-provost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wiesenberg-appointed-provost http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/wiesenberg-appointed-provost/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 06:01:11 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=56832 University of Southern Mississippi vice president for research Dr. Denis Wiesenburg has been named the university’s next provost, pending approval by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. The change is effective July 1. Wiesenburg, who has served as the university’s vice president for research since 2010, also became interim provost [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/wiesenberg-appointed-provost/feed/ 0 Harvesting high-tech ‘Garden’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/harvesting-high-tech-%e2%80%98garden%e2%80%99/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harvesting-high-tech-%25e2%2580%2598garden%25e2%2580%2599 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/harvesting-high-tech-%e2%80%98garden%e2%80%99/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:01:04 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=52576 >> Technology and business park carries promise of transforming knowledge to jobs for Mississippi HATTIESBURG – Six-hundred acres that once made up the University Golf Course represent an ambitious plan to commercialize University of Southern Mississippi scientific and engineering research. The goal: Jobs and paychecks for everyday Mississippians. It all starts on the ground floor, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/harvesting-high-tech-%e2%80%98garden%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 USM professors published http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/12/usm-professors-published/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usm-professors-published http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/12/usm-professors-published/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:22 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=52250 Dr. Frances A. Karnes, distinguished professor of curriculum, instruction and special education and director of The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Dr. Kristen R. Stephens, assistant professor of education and licensure officer at Duke University, have co-authored another book on girls titled “Sports and Athletics: A [...]

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