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MSU

$7.1 million renewed to MSU-led CucCAP project

“Control measures are expensive due to chemical costs, time and labor,” Grumet said in the release. “The most cost-effective and environmentally desirable solution is disease-resistant varieties in combination with effective integrated disease management strategies.”

MICHIGAN

Feds thwart plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, according to FBI affidavit

Seven individuals were charged by the Attorney General’s Office for acts of terrorism under Michigan state law with alleged attempts to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them and training for an operation to attack the Capitol building. Additionally, the FBI charged six individuals for allegedly conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. 

MSU

ASMSU provides update on recommendation for spring semester, approves two bills in committee meetings

President Abii-Tah Bih provided an update that recommendations for the spring semester from the Academic Calendar Task Force were made to President Samuel L. Stanley. The recommendations were made based on a survey open to the MSU community. The committee is still meeting, and these suggestions are not final decisions, just recommendations. The initial suggestions are as follows.