STARX competition is hosted by MSU for the first time ever after two years of the event being placed on hold due to COVID. The competition is a two day event, taking place on Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21.
The Department of Justice announced in a statement that it will not bring federal criminal charges to two former FBI agents involved in the ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar investigation. This statement follows recent testimony against the FBI for failure to conduct the investigation with urgency and violation of multiple FBI policies.
The Union of Non-Tenure Track Faculty reached a tentative agreement with MSU over its contract terms. The terms include a compensation package, higher job security, online teaching opportunities and mutual respect for UNTF members.
On May 10, Cook made history as the first Black woman on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors after she was confirmed on a party-line vote of 51-50. Here's how her path to confirmation went.
Provost Teresa Woodruff recommends Terri Miller as the new interim dean of MSU Libraries to replace the current dean who accepted a position at Duke University.
Parents of Sister Survivors Engage headed an effort to reach Republican delegates before the endorsement convention on April 23. They asked survivors to write letters encouraging delegates not to vote for Melanie Foster as a candidate for the Board of Trustees.
“Obviously he was an amazing basketball player, but what he did with Lacey, even how he died, he was trying to help someone,” Mulligan said. “That's what I feel like being a Spartan is all about, so this is a good way to honor him.”
The nursing commencement ceremony took place on Saturday, May 7 at 9 a.m. in the Wharton Center. There were a total of 84 graduates celebrated, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in nursing. Kathleen Nowicki Schwartz, the founding member of the College of Nursing Board of Visitors, served as keynote speaker.
Graduates of the Eli Broad Business College walked across the stage during the college’s spring 2022 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7.
In the history of Michigan State University, only three women have served as the college’s beloved mascot, Sparty. Advertising senior Maddie Scanlon is the third.
FRIB, a user facility for the U.S. The Department of Energy Office of Science, will hold what will be the most powerful heavy-ion accelerator. This accelerator will propel atoms to half the speed of light and will create collisions that produce rare isotopes. Previously, these rare isotopes were only found in the cosmos, but with FRIB’s technology, they will now be able to be produced on Earth.
President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 28. He was chosen due to his academic leadership and infectious disease research.
This shift towards flagship universities, or the most known universities in a state, is fueled by a number of factors, according to MSU College of Education associate professor Brendan Cantwell.
Michigan State will not require incoming students to submit SAT or ACT scores during the admissions process until at least 2026. During the admissions process, MSU is now using a calculated GPA based on historical data of students who have matriculated to the university from a particular high school.
MTV’s opening day is Friday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., but will be open on weekdays from 8 a.m. to midnight.
The new services will act as an extension of MSU’s current Counseling and Psychiatric Services. New options provided include free video, phone and message sessions with licensed mental health professionals.
Native American Institute interim director Christie Poitra resigned from her position at MSU on Wednesday, according to the Lansing State Journal.
SaMya Overall will begin her term as The State News Editor-in-Chief during the summer 2022 semester.
MSU professor Jonathan Reed said he was first contacted about the organ in June 2014. Dean of the College of Music James Forger first asked him to go over and evaluate the organ that was previously in the chapel, a 1952 organ built by a company in the Netherlands known as Pelz.
The spring 2022 semester at Michigan State University has been marked by progress, achievements and innovations, but also tragedy, loss and setbacks. Here are the biggest headlines of the semester.