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A team of polymer science professors from the University of Southern Mississippi have made headlines recently with their new biodegradable oil dispersant that won’t stick to birds or beaches. They have caught the attention of National Geographic and most recently NBC Learn.
The USM team – consisting of Dr. Robert Lochhead, Dr. Daniel Savin and Dr. [...] [...]
A Jackson State University professor has found that a technique called “immobilization” can be used to make enzymes used for ethanol production more stable and cost effective.
Ethanol can be produced by microbial fermentation of sugar, and enzymes are used to convert polymer sugars such as starch into simple sugars. Dr. Huey-Min Hwang has shown that [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: July 24,2011
Tags: agriculture, corn, Elusieve, Ethanol, feed, fiber, Mississippi State University, MSU, Radhakrishnan Srinivasan, Vijay Singh
A Mississippi State University professor has found a unique way to remove fiber from corn and has filed for a patent for the process called Elusieve.
Dr. Radhakrishnan Srinivasan of the MSU Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering invented Elusieve with Dr. Vijay Singh of the University of Illinois.
The process is valuable for efficiency in producing [...] [...]
The late Mark Twain once said that he never let his schooling interfere with his education.
The celebrated author would have fit in perfectly at New Summit School.
Founded in 1991 by executive director Nancy New, the school began as New Learning Resources, a one-on-one learning laboratory with five students. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, New Summit [...] [...]
A famous horticulture writer once penned that gardens are a form of autobiography.
In the case of Oliver Young, that may be an understatement.
That’s because Young, the energetic president of Southwest Mississippi Community College has been nurturing vegetables and students the same way for the past five decades — with tender, loving care.
The Pike County native [...] [...]
Northeast Mississippi and the People’s Republic of China are a little more than 7,000 miles apart.
Culturally-speaking, the distance between the two regions is immeasurable, not unlike the difference between Oxford’s town Square and China’s Great Wall.
However, the Chinese Language Flagship Program at the University of Mississippi is chipping away the barriers between two cultures on [...] [...]
MAE executive director has seen a lot of good and bad in his years in education in Mississippi
A former public school educator, Frank Yates is mindful of how rewarding a teaching career can be.
But now as executive director of the Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE), the former Columbus high school mathematics teacher is all too [...] [...]
First-of-its-kind school of medicine in state shows William Carey’s vision
Mississippi will soon have its second school of medicine when the College of Osteopathic Medicine opens at William Carey University in Hattiesburg.
“This is not only a great addition to William Carey’s curriculum and campus, but it is a great addition to our state,” said Barbara Hamilton, [...] [...]
Economic development team launches program aimed at increasing enrollment in Hinds County
With an economic impact of nearly $3.5 billion in Hinds County, college education is big business. Because of that, The Hinds County Economic Development District (HCEDD) has launched a campaign aimed at increasing enrollment in the county’s colleges and universities.
“We just kicked off the [...] [...]
One-time influx helps keep schools afloat
With state revenues in decline because of lower tax collections linked to the ailing economy, the hundreds of millions in federal stimulus funding for education have been very welcome.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided one-time funding through three main education streams: the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), Title [...] [...]
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