Some students are learning to expect the unexpected as the automotive industry, a foundation of Michigan’s economy, crumbles around them. The impact of the bankruptcies at Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp., has not passed by MSU and instead is hitting hard on the lives of students.
Young adults who spend extended periods of time in correctional facilities continue to show a high rate of psychiatric disorders, according to an MSU-related study released June 3.
A seascape painting featuring the remnants of a flooded town is the newest addition to MSU’s Kresge Art Museum. Susan J. Bandes, director of the the museum, said the painting — “An Estuary with Row and Sail Boats,” by 17th century Dutch painter Jan van Goyen — is an important addition to the museum’s collection not only as an individual piece but as an addition to the collection of other 17th century Dutch paintings of different types.
One of the first milestones on the road to bring the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to MSU was announced Monday. MSU and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a cooperative agreement that will allow the DOE Office of Science to begin funding the project, according to a statement from MSU.
Young adults who join gangs are more likely to be victims of violence, but their membership makes them feel safer, according to a study by an MSU professor. Chris Melde, an assistant professor of criminal justice at MSU, led the federally funded study that found pressure for gang members to show nerve or fearlessness distorts their perception of risk and feelings of fear.
After an almost yearlong search, Brett Berquist was hired as the executive director of the MSU Office of Study Abroad Wednesday. Berquist, currently the executive director of international programs at Western Michigan University, was chosen from about three dozen applicants, said Eric Freedman, assistant dean of International Studies and Programs. Berquist will start at MSU on July 15.
MSU appointed Brett Berquist, executive director of international programs at Western Michigan University, to the position of executive director of the Office of Study Abroad at MSU, according to a statement from MSU. Berquist is set to arrive at MSU July 15.
No LOLing, txting habits could b harmful 2 ur health. Teenagers in the United States sent and received about 2,300 text messages per month in 2008’s fourth quarter, an average of almost 80 messages per day, according to a recent Nielsen study. The 80 texts per day represented a more than 50 percent increase from the same time in 2007.
Although learning a foreign language can be a time-consuming endeavor, Ibro Chekaraou, an MSU African languages coordinator, said one could become proficient in Hausa, a language spoken primarily in West Africa, in eight weeks. Chekaraou will serve as director of the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute, a federally funded program held at MSU from June 15 to Aug.
The MSU Community Music School will host the seventh annual Eric ‘RicStar’ Winter Music Therapy Camp next week for individuals of special needs as well as their siblings.
msu Great Lakes web site ranked no. 2 The Great Lakes Echo Web site, produced by the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at MSU, was named the No.
MSU will receive almost $400,000 in stimulus money for health-care research and training, according to a press release from U.S.
James Pivarnik, an MSU professor of epidemiology, added a line to his résumé last week when he took over as president of the American College of Sports Medicine, the world’s largest exercise medicine organization, at an annual conference in Seattle.
It started with a question the Monday after daylight-saving time in April 2008: How did you like your short night of sleep? For MSU doctoral students Christopher Barnes and David Wagner, finding the answer to that question led to a research project and an article that will be published in the September issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Do you think summer classes are more difficult than during the year, and why?
To his colleagues, friends and students, Aimé Ellis was an ambitious, intelligent, kindhearted and creative man, with a knack for engaging his students and challenging their preconceived notions of the world.
From Friday until Sunday, the MSU Pavilion will host the Half Arabian Association of Michigan horse show. The Half Arabian Association of Michigan is a state-wide horse club that promotes the breeding, showing and use of half-Arabian horses, said John Schauer, show manager for this year’s show and association treasurer.
When MSU biochemistry and molecular biology professor Robert Last identified two new genes and enzymes in the tomato plant, his view of the vegetable was forever changed. “It is almost like discovering one of your best friends really isn’t what you thought he or she was,” Last said. “This compound is fundamentally different than was thought.”
Most college graduates won’t face an uphill battle paying off student loans according to a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The report, published in the Chronicle’s May 22 issue, said 65 percent of college students leave school with debt, and the average debt is about $20,000.
Drivers might have to pay more to fill up their tank because of proposed national climate change legislation, but it could result in positive long-term effects for Michigan, state officials said.