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Alcorn State students join global leaders at World Food Prize Summit

Alcorn State University students Samuel Brown and Je'Milya Hudson joined global leaders at the World Food Prize/Borlaug Dialogues in Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 21-23 to Read More

Alcorn State computer science program earns ABET accreditation

Alcorn State University's computer science program has earned accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The achievement places Alcorn among 20 ABET Read More

Alcorn students selected for Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program

Four Alcorn State University students have been accepted into the rigorous Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, a U.S. Department of Education initiative designed to Read More

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $42 million gift to Alcorn State

Alcorn State University received a $42 million unrestricted donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the largest single gift in the 154-year history of the nation's oldest Read More

Documentary screening of Tribeca award-winner ‘Natchez’ to be held at Alcorn State

  Alcorn State University will host a screening of the award-winning documentary "Natchez," which explores the complex interplay of history and memory in Read More

Alcorn alumna Destiny Mayfield awarded prestigious UNCF Capstone Scholarship

Destiny Mayfield, a Vicksburg, Miss., native and 2025 graduate of Alcorn’s biology pre-professional (Pre-Med) program, has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2025 UNCF Read More

Alcorn senior Allexus Smith receives Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants scholarship

Alcorn State University senior Allexus Smith, an accounting major from Magnolia, Miss., received the prestigious Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) Scholarship on Oct. Read More

Lion Elastomers names technology center after Alcorn alumnus Dr. Willie Burton

Lion Elastomers, a premier manufacturer of elastomeric polymers, honored Alcorn State University alumnus Dr. Willie Burton of Zachary, La., by naming its analytical and R&D Read More

Alcorn State celebrates 154 years of excellence and legacy

Alcorn State University celebrated its 154th Annual Founders’ Day Convocation on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in the Brian K. Waters Auditorium, focusing on the theme Read More

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