GRA wins elevator pitch competition at robotics conference

by Emile Creel A graduate research assistant with the Social, Therapeutic, and Robotic Systems (STaRS) Lab recently placed third at the 2021 Human Robot Interaction (HRI) international conference Elevator Pitch competition. Sayantani Dutta, a doctoral student in computer science and… Continue Reading GRA wins elevator pitch competition at robotics conference
SSRC GRAs place in Graduate Student Research Symposium

By Bethany Deuel Two graduate research assistants at the SSRC received awards for their presentations at the 19th annual Mississippi State University (MSU) Graduate Student Research Symposium (GSRS) held virtually on February 27th. Robert Kolbila received the third-place award in… Continue Reading SSRC GRAs place in Graduate Student Research Symposium
Mississippi’s Forum for the Future sets a new tone in the early childhood development community

By Bethany Deuel Mississippi’s first “Forum for the Future: Communicating about the Early Years” hosted earlier this month was a success with over 160 participants. The Child Health and Development Project: Mississippi Thrive! (Mississippi Thrive!), the Children’s Foundation of… Continue Reading Mississippi’s Forum for the Future sets a new tone in the early childhood development community
Addressing Inequalities at Home and Abroad: How the Gender Impacts Lab’s work cover continents

“Gender and health disparities cut across all of our work, and we constantly see so many similarities even though the people we work with are living in very different countries and cultures,” said Kathleen Ragsdale, co-director of the Gender Impacts… Continue Reading Addressing Inequalities at Home and Abroad: How the Gender Impacts Lab’s work cover continents
Social Relations Collaborative’s 4-Year Study Comes to a Close

The Social Relations Collaborative, which was formerly known The Advanced Social Psychology Lab, was founded at Mississippi State University in 2005. Since its transition in 2012, the Collaborative has been inviting the perspectives of multiple fields in which its collaborative… Continue Reading Social Relations Collaborative’s 4-Year Study Comes to a Close