A new exhibit in the MSU Museum took flight this week to coincide with the museum’s Darwin Discovery Day. The exhibit, called Avelution, focuses on birds highlighted by famed biologist Charles Darwin in his theories on evolution. The museum will host its Darwin Discovery Day from 1-5 p.m. Feb. 14.
After about six years of review by a university committee, revisions to what has been referred to as the bill of rights for MSU students made it to the next step of implementation Tuesday after it was approved unanimously by Academic Council members.
Academic dispute cases eventually could be handled by a new board of representatives from across the university if a set of proposed changes to MSU’s student rights document moves forward today.
After a year’s worth of setbacks, MSU officials are moving forward with construction of the multimillion-dollar Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, despite not having all the funds raised for the project.
When Steven Wildman first met James Quello 10 years ago, he expected to find an elderly man. What Wildman found instead was an energetic 85-year-old who “treated everyone as if they were the most important person in the world,” he said.
On the way to lunch in the International Center on Monday, comparative cultures and politics sophomore Scott Osdras made a brief stop in Antarctica. At least, that is how it will look on an online postcard that Osdras sent to his parents during the first of a five-day event hosted by the Office of Study Abroad. MSU’s first Study Abroad Week is replacing the spring study abroad fair and will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Friday.
Students planning for the future now can use an online tool that might make their lives a little easier.
Students in MSU’s College of Human Medicine will have the opportunity to study in China and work alongside Chinese students in East Lansing thanks to a medical education agreement.
Members of Generation Y want to purchase more hybrid vehicles but aren’t very willing to give up a significant portion of their hard-earned green without some benefits, according to an MSU-led survey.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, made an appearance on MSU’s campus Sunday addressing more than 50 students about the state’s progress since President Barack Obama’s inauguration and the importance of political engagement during the 2010 election season.
Daniel Clay sees Gashonga, a village in Rwanda, as one of MSU’s international links. Angelo Oricchio sees the village as a member of the coffee producing world. And 400 goats see it as their new home.
While most MSU students were taking the opportunity to catch up on sleep Sunday, Jo Tic frantically was checking her e-mail and coordinating rides to the MSU Bakery.
Just as a fingerprint or DNA can help police determine people linked to a crime, tattoos now will serve as an identifier thanks to research done by an MSU professor.
Liz Watson had to make a choice. The kinesiology junior was given an opportunity to write a report for her Spanish class last fall or do a service project for credit.
In most places, 40 degree weather, cold rain and 15 mph winds are not synonymous with ideal swimming conditions. The forecast didn’t faze the colorfully dressed pageant queens, Vikings, Care Bears and half-naked college students who dove into the frigid waters of Eagle Eye Golf Club, 15500 Chandler Road, for the sixth annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge.
MSU students looking for a taste of off-campus living without crossing Grand River Avenue will have an opportunity to do so next fall, thanks to a new student retention program that will increase the number of single room dorms on campus.
After removing the end date from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s employment contract last month, members of the MSU Board of Trustees said the action does not mean Simon intends to depart her post sooner than anticipated.
Kyle Martin was sitting in class — the same as any other day — when he received the news. He sprinted out of the lecture as soon as he got the text message: “What’s going on in Haiti is horrible.”
Billionaire alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, donated another $2 million to help the art museum bearing their name reach its funding goal of $40 million, the university announced Wednesday.
After hearing a tapping noise on her ground floor apartment window about two years ago, Kate found a sticky note with an online screen name secured to the glass. Kate, an MSU graduate student, assumed it was a prank until she found the same note attached to her car a few days later.