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MSU receives grant to continue plant study

Using a $4.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a research team in MSU’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology wants to continue its research on plant evolution and metabolism using cultivated and wild tomato species.

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Archaeology students explore old campus life

At an MSU archaeology field school last summer, Chris Stawski helped lead a team of archaeology students to uncover evidence that MSU students of 100 years ago are very similar to ones today — finding a trash pit on campus dating from the late 1800s that contained everything from a pocketknife to discarded inkwells to clay smoking pipes.

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MSU Cookie Club holds baking competition

Derek Tisler knows about cookies. On Thursday, Tisler put his cookie knowledge to the test and entered his batch of cookies in the MSU Cookie Club’s cookie baking competition in the basement of Mason Hall.