Michigan needs to focus on building research, agriculture and manufacturing assets to be successful in a global economy, MSU President Lou Anna K.
History senior Zach Hodyna was only a few feet away from being a contender. While running for the Ingham County Board of Commissioners' 10th District seat, which includes most of MSU's campus and parts of central and southern East Lansing, Hodyna was forced to drop out of the race after the Aug.
The Stratford Festival of Canada is coming to Wharton Center from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1. The event will feature nearly a dozen actors and provide students with participatory learning activities, including lecture demonstrations and master classes.
The French government honored two MSU professors for their work in the humanitarian studies of French culture. Anna Norris and Ehsan Ahmed, professors in the MSU French, Classics and Italian department, were named Chevaliers dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, or Knights in the Order of Academic Palms — one of the oldest and most-honored awards a person can receive from the French government. MSU professors previously have been recognized four other times. Professor and department chairman John Rauksaid said both professors are great representations of what the department and university want out of their teachers. "We, as a department, are very honored by two of our professors receiving this title," Rauk said.
Mattresses lined the floor of Wonders Hall Kiva on Thursday night as part of a program teaching students about maintaining healthy sexual relationships. "Pimpology: It's About the Relationship," a program initiated by Case Hall resident mentor Evan Fowler-Guzzardo, is designed to teach students how to carry on healthy, meaningful relationships — including sexual ones. "It's about the relationship between you and your significant other, you and your roommate and even how you understand yourself," Fowler-Guzzardo said. Using the word "pimp" in the event's title puzzled some students who attended, but Fowler-Guzzardo said the reason for it was simple. "I chose the name Pimpology because I wanted to show that being a player or being a pimp isn't constructive to the kinds of relationships that are so meaningful in college.
Michigan construction workers could be first in line to build facilities for expanding businesses such as ethanol production plants — no matter what the cost. The Michigan Senate commerce and labor committee met Tuesday to discuss legislation that would give job preferences to in-state construction firms when an agricultural processing, renewable energy or forest products processing facility is created. The bill was introduced by state Sen.
When Mariam Sticklen watched gas prices nearly quadruple during the oil crisis of the 1970s, the then-Ohio State graduate student knew she had to do something to help. "Back in the '70s, we didn't do anything to start solving problems, and that was the time to start," Sticklen said. Sticklen then moved to Michigan and into the emerging field of biotechnology to research ethanol production.
MSU graduate James Glenn wants you to keep your money. In fact, he designed the School of Money to do just that. The School of Money seminar, scheduled at 6:30 p.m.
A study conducted by an MSU professor revealed that sexual assault educational services across the nation need improvement.
After spending more than two decades at MSU, Marsha Rappley said she's still learning. The MSU College of Human Medicine graduate and former nurse has been an MSU faculty member since 1988 and was named dean of the college Friday. "My learning curve was very steep and continues to be very steep," said Rappley, who served as acting dean of the college for the past year. Rappley said there will be a lot of hard work ahead, as plans for the college's expansion to Grand Rapids move into the final stages, and she begins collaborating with other MSU colleges. "It's a challenge to keep movement on all fronts, and it's important in research and clinical enterprise," Rappley said. The medical college is looking at creating joint-degree programs with other colleges, such as the College of Engineering, and integrating more technology into classes, she said. "The synergy between engineering and medicine is enormous," Rappley said.
It wasn't just any suit that an East Lansing dry cleaning company pressed years ago. Then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton handed off his dark-colored, two-piece suit to be cleaned at Twichell's Dry Cleaners and Tailors before he wore it in a 1992 presidential debate on MSU's campus. Mesung and Sangwon Lee, the third owners of the dry cleaner, watched the debate on television and admired their work. "I thought he looked good," Sangwon said. The former president is an example of and glimpse into the success of the dry cleaning business' history as it celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. Since 1926, the dry cleaning business has stood on M.A.C.
Name: Robert Last, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and other researchers from MSU, the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona Department: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Date of research: Last has been working with tomatoes for about six months. Type of research: Plant biology and genetics Basics of research: "We are interested in finding the genes that are involved in making trichomes, the little hairs on plants, and the chemicals involved in making the chemicals in the little hairs," Last said.
Victims of Hurricane Katrina will be warmer this winter as a result of a clothing drive that collected denim for insulation on Tuesday in front of Shaw Hall. Cotton Inc. and the MSU Public Relations Student Society of America, or PRSSA, hosted Cotton's Dirty Laundry Tour, which is a 14-stop nationwide event to educate students about cotton clothing. MSU is the second stop of the tour. The event served as an outlet for the "Cotton.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will meet with industry and university leaders from the U.S. and Mexico for a conference in Washington, D.C., today. The conference will be held by the Council on Competitiveness and the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness to talk about obstacles both countries face in a global economy. The groups will discuss forming strong links between higher-education institutions in the countries and workforce training.
The Roman Catholic Church isn't against stem cell research as long as the research has nothing to do with embryos, a nationally renowned priest and bioethicist said. The Catholic Church agrees with only three sources for stem cells: stem cells culled from miscarriages, umbilical cords and adult stem cells, said Father Tad Pacholczyk, who spoke in East Lansing last week on embryonic stem cell research. Pacholczyk said it is possible to conduct stem cell research morally if scientists use adult stem cells, which are stem cells already existing in humans. Bone marrow has its own stem cells, for example, but it is designed to make only bone marrow cells, thus making embryonic stem cells a preferred method of research by scientists because they can be used in any part of the body.
Kathy Kelly opened the Wheels of Justice Tour in South Kedzie Hall with a display of passion as she spoke of the young Lebanese woman whose pants fell off because she hadn't had food in days. The passion surfaced again when she spoke of the young man who drove her through bombed areas and found three cluster bombs in his Lebanese garden. Kelly and other presenters on the Wheels of Justice Tour seek to address environmental degradation, foreign policy and humanitarian issues in Iraq, Palestine and Israel, said Kelly, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. About 25 people from the Lansing area came to hear the three speakers on MSU's campus Monday. Before the event, Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstien said she just wants to change the world. With the Wheels of Justice Tour, she hopes she can do just that. Epstien was born in Germany before World War II.
The University Activities Board will be hosting an MSU Def Poetry Jam at 9 p.m. on Friday in the International Center.