The East Lansing Public Library was buzzing with children, activities and public officials Tuesday evening, as the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, Fire Department and library teamed up to host the annual National Night Out and Touch-A-Truck joint event.
The East Lansing City Council has selected DTN Management Co. over Lurvey White Ventures, as the preferred developer for the Park District project, in a unanimous. DTN’s proposal includes a 400-space parking structure and 10-story building with hotel and residential units.
In America, cerebral malaria isn’t typically on most patients’ vaccination checklist. But in African countries such as Malawi, where MSU has brought relief efforts for the past 25 years, the disease, usually found in children, kills thousands each year.
The endless streams of fliers, event invitations and political discussions dominated campus during the 2012 elections, as student groups rallied around their chosen candidates, furiously corralling those around them to their cause.
With strike pads, golf clubs and birdies in hand, young athletes in the Lansing area are taking up a new sport. Meridian Township Parks and Recreation is hosting their first four BirdieBall events, each one at a different park, with North Meridian Road Park hosting the Meridian Open Championship on Monday.
A decision at tomorrow’s East Lansing City Council meeting could revitalize the underused buildings on the west side of downtown. After a summer of deliberation, the city council is set to recommend either DTN Management Co. or Lurvey White Ventures as the private development partner for the Park District project, formerly known as City Center II.
The annual Big Ten Emergency Managers conference, entitled “2013 Big Ten Emergency Managers Conference, Strategic Partnerships in Emergency Planning,” kicked off this morning at the Henry Executive Center.
Whole Foods Market, the eighth-largest food and drug store in the U.S., will open a new location in the East Lansing area in 2015. Founded in Austin, Texas in 1980, with a staff of 19 people, Whole Foods will build its newest Michigan location on East Grand River Avenue, engulfing the space currently home to Velocipede Peddler, 2758 E.
After remaining on the agenda for nearly five years, plans for MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, have begun to move forward. The facility initially was put under review by the U.S.
The annual International Bath Tub Races held in Bath, Mich., is much more than a series of tubs on wheels flying down Main Street. For Bath residents, it’s war. The bath tub races, one event out of the many during the Bath Days Festival, was held Saturday, drawing a crowd of 2,000-3,000 spectators. JD Larner, MC for the event and a lifelong Bath resident, said the races, a beloved Bath tradition, began in the early 1980s. There are a few rules as to what a tub used in the race can feature.
Few things get blood pumping like going from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than five seconds. MSU’s Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, Formula Racing Team is winding down its successful season and gearing up for next year.
For years, when policymakers were asked how they would protect the public, the answer was to put more people behind bars. Although this policy applied to the entire nation, Michigan saw the effects more than most states. The effect was an explosion in prison populations and, in turn, an explosion in the budget for correctional facilities, MSU economics professor Charles Ballard said.
From Friday night football games, to homecoming dances, to simply schmoozing with friends, high school is remembered by most with a certain nostalgic aura. But Michigan might see significantly less students trekking across gymnasiums to receive their diplomas, according to research from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, or WICHE. The report, Knocking at the College Door, details shifts in graduation rates state by state, placing Michigan in the dwindling product category, saying the state is expected to lose 15 percent or more high school graduates in the near future.
Last week, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon signed an open letter to Congress and President Barack Obama, taking a stand against federal funding cuts geared toward higher education and their research ventures. Her mission? To end an innovation deficit. To fill a gap between what research does and what it can do.
MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to proceed with the project on Friday morning.
Two MSU researchers quashed a spin on evolutionary game theory from 2012 that held coercion as a more favorable action than cooperation. “In an evolutionary setting, these zero determinant strategies (those using coercion) will go extinct,” said Christoph Adami, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics.
Whole Foods Market has announced plans to open an East Lansing establishment in 2015.
While the internal combustion engine fundamentally changed lives for individuals in the 1900s, faculty and students at MSU are working to bring about another monumental technological advancement for the 21st century through work with hybrid and electric cars.
In April, President Barack Obama released his plan for the BRAIN Initiative, a $100 million project to investigate further into the depths of the brain: how it learns, retains and recovers from injury. Teams of MSU researchers have worked to stay ahead of the game with various projects, including two discoveries made this month.
Woven Arts, located at 325 Grove St., is one of the “hidden gems” for Lansing’s knitters, weavers, crocheters and spinners, according to Lansing resident Kathy Scieszka, who has been an active knitter there for a while. The store, however, offers more than hand-painted and hand-spun yarns. For many it offers a sense of community.