Andrew Christlieb, an assistant professor of mathematics, has been awarded $300,000 during a three-year period by The Young Investigator Research Program. The program, which is supported by the U.S.
The Law School Admission Council created a new portion of the Law School Admission Test and removed another — the largest changes to the exam in 15 years. "(The changes) are not particularly earth-shattering changes," said Russell Schaffer, spokesman for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions. Beginning in June 2007, the reading comprehension section of the LSAT will include a new comparative reading portion, according to the admission council's Web site. The reading comprehensive section currently consists of four sets of passages, followed by four sets of questions. In the updated exam, one of the passages will be replaced with the new comparative reading section. "It will be based upon two passages where you compare what you just read," Schaffer said.
A tailgate open-house party will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Ingham County Animal Shelter, 600 Curtis St., in Mason. The open house will feature half-price adoptions on any spayed or neutered pet.
The 2006 Global Festival will be held to help define the relationship between the international community and the Lansing area from noon to 5 p.m.
Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs aides from Brody Complex, representatives from Purpose Magazine and several other students will be holding an open forum for all students at 7 p.m.
Army Staff Sgt. Gregory McCoy, a 26-year-old Webberville native, died Thursday in Iraq after an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle, according to a Detroit Free Press article. McCoy was a member of the Ft.
With cold and flu season in full swing, an MSU physician said bed rest and plenty of fluids aren't the only things that will protect people from viruses. Edward Rosick, a physician of family and community medicine, said natural supplements such as vitamin C or echinacea could help strengthen immune systems and even shorten the length of an illness. "The benefits for some of these supplements is there are not any prescriptions out there that shortens the duration of a cold," Rosick said.
A petition created by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, in favor of adding gender identity and expression to the university's anti-discrimination policy is circulating throughout campus.
For the second year in a row, MSU was recognized as the top public study abroad university in the nation, according to Open Doors 2006, an annual international education report. According to the Institute of International Education, or IIE, in 2004-05, 2,385 MSU students studied abroad — second to New York University in terms of student participation among all colleges and universities. MSU offers 232 study abroad programs in 62 countries and all seven continents. Kathleen Fairfax, director of MSU's Office of Study Abroad, said MSU was happy to receive recognition because the university is very committed to its study abroad program. "The study abroad program is a signature program for MSU," Fairfax said.
About 50 years ago, Carlotta Walls LaNier helped to break down color barriers in schools by being one of the first black students to attend an integrated school.
Name: Zachary Huang, associate professor Department: Entomology Type of research: Entomology Date of research: Huang has worked with bees since 1982, after he received a scholarship to conduct research in Canada.
The results from Tuesday's Congressional elections not only shifted Congress' power to the Democrats but signaled the appointment of Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S.
By Any Means Necessary, a political activist group in favor of affirmative action, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against legislation eliminating gender and race-based preferential treatment in university and other public institutions. The state's constitution will now be amended to include the new legislation, which bans affirmative action in certain cases. The proposal will go into effect Dec.
Name: Pamela Rasmussen, assistant curator of Mammalogy and Ornithology Department: Zoology Type of research: Ornithology, the study of birds Date of research: Rasmussen has been working with birds since she was a doctoral student but has had an interest in them since she was a child. Basics of research: The size of a bird's beak or how long its tail is may be the difference in two species of birds that were thought to be of the same species, Rasmussen said. "It is often very difficult," she said.
University officials are taking a step forward in their plans to expand MSU's College of Human Medicine into Grand Rapids. The MSU Board of Trustees will decide on the purchase of about one and a half acres of property in Grand Rapids at its monthly meeting Friday.
Newly renovated Snyder and Phillips halls and the new student apartment complex, University Village Apartments, plan to open their doors to students in August. The projected cost of the Snyder-Phillips project is $37.5 million and University Village Apartments is estimated to cost $16 million. Renovations in dorm rooms for Snyder and Phillips halls include higher ceilings, new lighting, new fire suppression features and fire alarms.
MSU's Parks and Recreation Club is hosting the Wishbone Classic, which is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Spartan Idol, a singing competition among MSU students, will be held 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in the Union Ballroom. The event is free to all MSU students and one guest. On Friday, the top 20 Idols will perform, and audience members will vote to determine the five who will advance to the final round on Saturday. Guests have a chance to various prizes. Last year's Spartan Idol, David Bailey is hosting the event.
In an effort to save money, MSU's libraries could stop subscribing to materials students use for research papers because of a drastic increase in the price of literary journals. This could make it difficult for students to get the information they need to pull that all-nighter. Commercial publishers that produce these journals have raised the prices of subscriptions, according to the MSU Libraries, Computing and Technology department.
MSU's College of Business is named after him. And with his latest bid, he could own the Chicago Cubs baseball team, among dozens of television stations and newspapers nationwide. MSU alumnus Eli Broad and supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle teamed up and submitted a bid for Tribune Co., according to The Associated Press.