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MSU station to host farm workshop
The MSU W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners will hold a one-day workshop for farmers from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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MSU Board of Trustees to vote on several projects
The MSU Board of Trustees will decide at its meeting today whether to green light several multimillion dollar campus construction projects and a new scholarship for student employees.
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Students open exhibit at Kresge Art Museum
When Kalia Barr first saw the room she would be required to fill with photographs as a final project, she said she had her doubts.
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Researchers attempt to protect bees from parasites
MSU researchers are one step closer to protecting honeybees from parasites.
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MSU professor develops new depression medication
A depression medication developed by an MSU professor could provide a more effective treatment of the mental illness with fewer side effects.
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MSU Museum opens exhibit on quiltmaker Benberry
A new exhibit premiering this week at the MSU Museum dedicated to quilt research is another installment in a line of exhibits about what officials said was one of the most understudied arts in the world.
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DeVos to be given honorary degree
MSU will present Grand Rapids businessman and philanthropist Richard DeVos Sr., co-founder of Amway, with an honorary doctorate of humanities at the Saturday graduation commencement ceremony.
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Print group elects Kresge director
Susan Bandes, director of the Kresge Art Museum, was elected Nov. 6 to the Print Council of America, an organization of more than 200 print specialists in the U.S. and Canada ranging from curators to university professors.
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Professor speaks about illegal selling of organs
In a country stricken by poverty, people sell their own organs just to get by.
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MSU assistant prof hopes to win seat in Mich. Senate
An MSU assistant law professor plans to run for Michigan Senate in 2010.
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MSU professors study different uses of social networking sites
Signing into Facebook during class normally is looked down upon by MSU faculty, but some MSU professors are taking a different approach through research on social networking sites. Nicole Ellison, an assistant professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media is part of a team using about $500,000 from a National Science Foundation grant to study how people use social networking sites such as Facebook. “The story of students using Facebook in class and not paying attention … (is) one small part of it,” Ellison said.
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College of Arts and Letters host exhibit
Students from the MSU College of Arts and Letters Curatorial Practices class will host a photography exhibition from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Kresge Art Museum.
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Design Day set to be held at the Union
The College of Engineering will hold its Design Day from 8 a.m. to noon Friday at the Union, which will bring MSU and pre-college students together.
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Students affect change with letters
Karin Bashir said students often talk and don’t take action, which is one of the reasons she participated in signing letters Tuesday at Case Hall as part of a week-long write-a-thon.
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Study: widowed people face higher mortality rate
Although the emotional roller coaster ride of marriage might be draining at times, research by an MSU professor suggests it might help people live longer.
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Asian carp might invade Great Lakes
State officials are hoping to fend off some unwelcome visitors with their efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, and MSU professors are stressing the importance of stopping any invasion before it starts.
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MSU senior receives scholarship to study in UK
Jessica Muir spent the past two summers studying abroad, but the physics and astrophysics senior’s next stay overseas will be extended after she received a prestigious scholarship.
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Wharton looks to manage Theater
A potential arrangement between Wharton Center and the city of Traverse City is expected to be finalized at a city meeting tonight, which would send some of the center’s programming to Traverse City, a city official said.
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ASMSU to vote on tax referendum, scholarships
ASMSU will decide Thursday whether to move forward with a proposed tax referendum to fund its Readership Program and a proposal to create two new scholarship opportunities for students.
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Students, faculty gather to show support for deaf education program
When Cathy Leonard first heard about the recommended elimination of MSU’s Deaf Education Teacher Certification program, she did not believe it. Leonard, who is deaf, joined about 100 MSU students, faculty and members of the deaf community at the Administration Building Friday to protest the program’s possible elimination.