by Associated Press Published: February 6,2012
Tags: Alabamama, Baltimore, Bay High, Central Gulf Coast Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl, Chris Snyder, Florida, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory's Marine Education Center, hurricane, Hurricane Bowl, James S. Rickards High School, Jurricane Katrina, Long Beach, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, National Ocean Sciences Bowl, Poplarville High, Tallahassee, University of Southern Mississippi
OCEAN SPRINGS — Long Beach High School students will compete for a national title in ocean science knowledge after beating 21 other teams from five states.
Mississippi teams took four of the top five places out of 22 teams from Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Officials said it was the biggest group of Hurricane [...] [...]
Lisa Delaney is the new director of nursing at Southern Surgery Center. Delaney has 14 years of nursing experience and has worked at Forrest General Hospital and Stone County Hospital as an emergency services nurse.
She received her bachelor’s of science in nursing and a bachelor’s of science in business administration from the University of [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 31,2012
Tags: blood clot, Carl Hagstrom, Dr. Alex Seifalian, Dr. Robert Lochhead, Hybrid Plastics, medical, Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane, polymer science, POSS, Sweden, synthetic scaffold, UMMC, University College of London Medical School, University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Southern Mississippi
HATTIESBURG — Technology from a Mississippi company has been used in an international medical breakthrough: Hybrid Plastics’ unique technology called POSS (Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane) was recently used to enable the world’s first synthetic organ transplant.
In the surgery performed in June 2011 in Sweden, a terminally ill cancer patient received a new trachea, or windpipe, made [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: January 31,2012
Tags: Chimneyville Crafts Festival, December, Emmerson Daily, Greater Belhaven Market, Handworks, Inaugural American Style Honor Award, Jackson State University, Julia Daily, Millsaps College, Mississippi, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Craft Center, Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild, Mississippi Department of Education, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Tourism Association, Natchez Trace Parkway, Niche Magazine, Ridgeland, University of Southern Mississippi, USA Today
Julia Daily, executive director, Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild, has traveled around the country to visit art galleries and craft centers like the one she oversees, the Mississippi Craft Center. She has found that the work of Mississippi artists and craftsmen compares favorably to the best in the nation.
“I would place our artisans up against any in [...] [...]
Dr. Heather Stur, a University of Southern Mississippi history professor, has written a book that contends attitudes about the role of men and women in American society were unmasked in a profound way during the Vietnam War, including their impact in shaping U.S. foreign policy. Stur’s “Beyond Combat: Women and Gender in the Vietnam War [...] [...]
Josh Duplantis, assistant director for the Union in the Office of Community Service Learning at the University of Southern Mississippi, has been presented the Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Practitioner Contributions to Service Learning in Higher Education. The award is given to a practitioner who has demonstrated excellence in creating, providing and sustaining opportunities for [...] [...]
LW Hospitality Advisors, LLC of New York has opened an Atlanta office to be led by Tony Jenkins MAI, CCIM, ISHC. Jenkins will serve as managing director, and brings more than 25 years of experience in a wide range of hospitality operational, valuation and advisory services.
Most recently, Jenkins served as vice president with PKF Consulting [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 24,2012
Tags: Bracco Diagnostics, California, Carl Hagstrom, Center for Composite Matrix Science and Engineering, Dr. Bryan Brister, Dr. Paige Phillips, Dr. Robert Lochhead, Garden Grove California, HATTIESBURG, Hub City, KDL Solutions, LA Times, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Polymer Institute, National Materials Science Innovation and Commercialization Accelerator, polymer science, Princeton, Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion, Rehydration Solution, RSDecon, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, Sunny Webb Corral, The Accelerator, The New York Times, University of Southern Mississippi
Some new products developed in Hattiesburg sound like science fiction: Plastic composite materials that are lighter and tougher that steel, a lotion that neutralizes chemical warfare agents, a rehydration solution that helps identify finger prints from the deceased, and a makeup that can protect soldier from burns from road side bombs.
But they’re all real.
The technology [...] [...]
Merchants Foodservice in Clanton, Ala., has promoted Scott Casey to division president. Casey started his career with Merchants in 2005 as director of operations in Jackson. In 2007 Scott was promoted to general manager of Merchants Clanton distribution center.
Casey resides in Deatsville, Ala., with his wife, Cindy, and son, Micah.
Hal Hiatt has been promoted to [...] [...]
Linda Jordan, assistant to the dean for the College of Business at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, was recently presented the 2011 Office Personnel Staff Excellence Award, which came with a commemorative plaque and a $1,200 monetary gift.
Jordan, who has been working at Southern Miss for 20 years, was commended for her dedication [...] [...]
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