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Speakers at the Graduate Employees Union of MSU's teach-in rally held Wednesday evening addressed many issues including the on-going contract negotiations taking place with university administration, low wages and needed improvements to RVSM policy.
Several MSU professors came together and formed the Climate Outreach Team years ago in order to inform the public on the impacts of the issue, and to foster dialogue within the MSU community.
The state capitol was moved to Lansing in 1847, and the city was officially founded in 1859.Since the capitol's founding, women began being integrated into universities, earned the right to vote in 1920, and have taken public office, beginning in 1950. From the first woman representative to the first woman governor of Michigan, here’s a timeline of how we got to where we are today.
Plans for a $30 million drain project and a $250 million development project could drastically reshape the Michigan Avenue corridor, bringing big changes to the Lansing-East Lansing border.
A bill allocating $32,500 to update the Student Legal Services office failed in ASMSU's finance committee last week due to concerns about the limited amount of money that would be left in its budget following the allocation.
Former MSU Interim President John Engler is refusing to sit for an interview with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's investigators unless her assistant attorney general recuses herself from the office's investigation into MSU, according to a letter obtained by the Detroit Free Press.
There were 12 arrests on St. Patrick's Day, according to the East Lansing Police Department and Michigan State University Police Department crime logs.
With a focus on mental and emotional health, food and nutrition, exercise, general health assistance and more, the MSU Health4U program aims to make wellness services accessible and available to university employees.
Quinn XCII will perform at MSU's annual spring concert on April 25.
Trustees Brianna Scott and Kelly Tebay held a town hall meeting for members of the university community Monday evening. They hope to hold these meetings quarterly.
The Know More @ MSU survey will be led by the Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Expert Advisory Workgroup, and aims to use the data collected for policy development and future programming.
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, discussed legislation to limit the influence of corporate money in politics at a public forum at Lansing's Pattengill Biotechnical Magnet School on Saturday.
The event, held on March 19 and 20, will feature speeches, workshops and a resource fair. It will also educate students and community members on how to advocate for environmental justice in business practices and more.
The bills passed through ASMSU's Thursday academic committee push for the Office of Institutional Equity to categorize violations of Title IX policy as evidence of harm in student rights cases, and for more transparency.
St. Patrick's Day is this weekend, and the Michigan State University Police Department has some safety tips for those celebrating around campus.
According to Local 4 WDIV Detroit and the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office, reports of an active shooter on the University of Michigan's campus stemmed from a group of teenage girls popping balloons.
An unknown burglary suspect entered a resident's room in Wilson Hall and committed an assault in the evening of March 15, according to the Michigan State University Police Department.
Michigan State students walked out of classes March 15 to protest climate change with other students across the world.
The strike — that around 60 students participated in — was MSU's version of the Global Climate Strike, a day designated by activists to raise awareness for climate change prevention.