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Trinity Wilson, an Undergraduate Delta Scholar (2024 – 2025) from Alcorn State University, wrote an article in the Stennis Center for Public Service Review: Winter 2024, on the 17th Amendment and honors the election of Hiram R. Revels as the first Black…

On April 14, 2025, Jack Thomas Spears, an Undergraduate Public Health Delta Scholar from the 2023-2024 cohort and a graduating senior from Mississippi College, presented his documentary, “Helping Hands: The Mississippi Delta Food Community”…

Delta scholars and four faculty members from the Mississippi State University visited Boston from November 12-14, 2024 for the Boston Conference. The Delta Scholars program partner institutions, Harvard Law School and Brandeis University, hosted the…

Stories from the field. Learn about the summer practicums of our Winokur Fellows in Mississippi.

Samuel Guerrero, an Undergraduate Delta Scholar (2023 – 2024) from the University of Alabama, wrote an article in the Stennis Center for Public Service Review: Fall 2023, on the need for financial literacy education in U.S. public schools based on his…

Twelve Delta scholars and four faculty members from the Mississippi State University visited Boston from November 6-8, 2023 for the Boston Conference. The Delta Scholars program partner institutions, Harvard Law School and Brandeis University, hosted the…

Research in Rural Spaces: What Rurality Can Teach Us About Relationships and Connection. Sophie Hathaway, a second-year Master of Science Candidate at the Department of Global Health and Populations, and her reflections of her summer internship…

Q&A: Harvard Chan’s Program Leadership weighs in on improving Mississippi’s public health An interview with the Program Director of the Mississippi Delta Partnership in Public Health, Associate Professor Bizu Gelaye, and Instructor…

Can you please introduce yourself? My name is Oluwapelumi Shodubi, and I hail from Lagos, Nigeria. During my participation in the Delta Scholars program, I pursued a double major in Biology and Chemistry at Mississippi Valley State University. What…

Shifting the Narrative A beautifully written blog post by Jocelyn Chu on Shifting the Narrative in the Mississippi Delta.