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MSU Museum to appoint new director, Mark Auslander, in July

The MSU Museum will gain a new leader come this July. Sociocultural and cultural anthropologist Mark Auslander will become MSU Museum’s new director and an associate professor of history and anthropology at MSU. His mission? Get more members of the MSU community to engage in the museum and explore new ideas.

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College of Veterinary Medicine ranked top 5 in U.S.

For the second year in a row, MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine has secured the top spot in the Big Ten for its veterinary program, according to recent rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education data provider. The College of Veterinary Medicine holds the fifth spot nationally and the twelfth spot internationally for the program.

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Nassar in the news: Alleged victims and attorneys challenge gag order

Ingham County Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina issued a gag order last week to bar both parties in former MSU employee Laray Nassar’s alleged sexual assault case. Now more than 80 alleged Nassar victims and their attorneys are suing the judge claiming Nassar’s attorneys are “trampling (the plaintiffs’) First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and expression.”

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VIDEO: Embrace the Rain

Students gathered in the Erickson Hall Kiva on Wednesday night to express their struggles with mental illness through testimonies, music and art during MSU’s Mental Health Awareness Week.

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Statements on Nassar from prominent officials

Former MSU employee Larry Nassar’s lawyers are focused on avoiding a trial by media.ch At the request of the defense, Ingham County Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina signed an order last week which limits what can be said publicly about Nassar’s sexual assault trials.