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Quicker COVID-19 test: $200K grant could help identify killer virus fast with optical detection

June 25, 2020

The National Science Foundation has awarded JSU’s Department of Chemistry, Physics and Atmospheric Sciences a $200,000 Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant to develop a fast, sensitive and simple “optical technique” to[...]

Various academic disciplines (chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science and materials science) in Jackson State University’s College of Science Engineering and Technology will collaborate to enhance their cutting-edge research.

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$467K NSF grant will allow CSET to develop the next generation of minority scientists

June 17, 2020

The congressional office of Mississippi U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson recently announced that Jackson State University was awarded a $467,080 grant from the National Science Foundation to help develop the next[...]

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$30K scholarship helping new SGA president Daniels become future rural Miss. physician

May 26, 2020

Incoming SGA president Jacori Daniels has been a servant leader since arriving at JSU, and now his mission widens after being accepted into the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP).[...]

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W.K. Kellogg Foundation awards $390K grant to encourage African American breastfeeding

May 13, 2020

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has awarded JSU a $390,000 grant to increase breastfeeding among African American women, who lag behind others despite evidence that breast milk shields newborns from[...]

Jackson State University Ph.D. student Md Atiqur Rahman uses his skills to solve real-world problems and make people’s lives easier. He’s a data scientist working at Cisco in San Jose, California. His degree is in Computational and Data-Enabled Science in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology.

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At Cisco, graduating Ph.D. data scientist can predict outcomes using artificial intelligence

April 28, 2020

As a data scientist for IT giant Cisco in San Jose, California, graduating JSU Ph.D. student Md Atiqur Rahman is creating artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to save the company[...]

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Ph.D. student using computational data to aid FedEx in making informed business decisions

April 17, 2020

Bangladeshis have long believed that marriage, plowing fields and waging war can be predicted by watching the stars. Now, graduating JSU doctoral student Mahzabin Akhter says modern scientific data can[...]

Cameron Thomas, a native of Clinton and 2007 JSU alum, said the HBCU’s engineering program resulted in many “tough nights and long nights.” He added, there were “a lot of high expectations for us all because we wanted to be able to sell the program to the accreditation board.” He has been recognized for his work to protect military service members.

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2020 Black Engineer of Year: CSET alum is an explosive weapons analyst protecting soldiers

March 30, 2020

A 2007 Jackson State University alum who works as an explosive weapons analyst to save soldiers’ lives earned the 2020 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Award recently in Washington,[...]

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CSET gets nearly $1M to partner up and study the global impact of widely used insecticides

March 25, 2020

Dr. Yadong Li, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Jackson State University, recently received $984,200 from the National Science Foundation to partner with other universities to study the global[...]

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JSU, West Point cadets aid 11th-graders in ethics, leadership, STEM; officer stirs crowd

March 19, 2020

Eleventh-graders in the Jackson area learned about the importance of ethics, leadership and STEM with help from JSU and West Point ROTC cadets as motivational speaker Army Lt. Col. Adisa[...]

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JSU meteorologist joins effort to prevent more deadly wildfires from ravaging California

March 2, 2020

Blazes have scorched millions of acres of land in California, so a Jackson State University meteorologist is teaming up with other experts to prevent more deadly wildfires that threaten to[...]

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Tagged: Science

Quicker COVID-19 test: $200K grant could help identify killer virus fast with optical detection

$467K NSF grant will allow CSET to develop the next generation of minority scientists

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$30K scholarship helping new SGA president Daniels become future rural Miss. physician

W.K. Kellogg Foundation awards $390K grant to encourage African American breastfeeding

At Cisco, graduating Ph.D. data scientist can predict outcomes using artificial intelligence

Ph.D. student using computational data to aid FedEx in making informed business decisions

2020 Black Engineer of Year: CSET alum is an explosive weapons analyst protecting soldiers

CSET gets nearly $1M to partner up and study the global impact of widely used insecticides

JSU, West Point cadets aid 11th-graders in ethics, leadership, STEM; officer stirs crowd

JSU meteorologist joins effort to prevent more deadly wildfires from ravaging California

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