After a summer of renovations to Hubbard Hall’s interior, university officials ushered in a new phase of MSU’s living and learning experience, presenting it to the public during a grand opening event Thursday afternoon. Changes made to the hall is the first step in MSU’s plan to expand the Neighborhood Concept pilot project.
The MSU Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, project was issued a Finding of No Significant Impact, or FONSI, status by the U.S.
Wolfgang Bauer, an MSU professor of physics and astronomy, is giving a speech on quantum mechanics today in Anthony Hall titled “Quantum Computing, the Next Big Thing?” The speech will deal with recent advances in quantum mechanics that allow computers to process exponentially more information than conventional digital processors. Bauer, a native of Germany, has worked on the Cyclotron since 1988 and has been a professor at MSU since 1996. Bauer now works in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and in 2007 was named a University Distinguished Professor. The speech will take place at 11:30 a.m.
In honor of Celebrate Bisexuality Day, MSU students gathered Thursday at the LBGT Resource Center to share some of their struggles and victories as they held a discussion of issues affecting bisexuals.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is working to develop more graduate wellness programs and create a graduate student center on campus, after a survey sent out last spring showed graduate students were concerned about those and other issues.
Passersby on Farm Lane on Thursday might have noticed the fraternity rush signs usually seen this time of year looked a bit different. The signs were vandalized and knocked over sometime during Wednesday or Thursday, Interfraternity Council President Bill Zajac said.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton received the Michigan Local Government Management Association’s John M. Patriarche Distinguished Service Award on Wednesday.
Government and university officials will be on campus today to celebrate the announcement of five federal grants awarded in Michigan under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
A construction project MSU hopes will advance the university’s standing in the field of plant sciences and attract related grants for research is on track for completion, officials said.
The colorful camouflage patterns featured on cans of Four, as well as packaging on other alcoholic energy drinks, will face new scrutiny because of a motion from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
After being released from six years of service in the Navy this June, going back to college wasn’t on the top of Patrick Powers’ to-do list.
A one-on-one coffee meeting in Lansing on Wednesday between the gubernatorial candidates secured what five weeks of meetings between their lawyers could not — an agreement to a debate. Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder and Democratic candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero will debate at 7 p.m.
Hundreds of students gathered at Spartan Stadium to take part in the largest law school fair ever at MSU, Thursday evening. The fair welcomed 94 law schools from across the country and was open to all students in all majors and colleges.
Gordon Jensen had a plan — to graduate with a degree in computer science, spend a few years in the workplace and return to MSU for a master’s degree in business administration. Not all students take Jensen’s approach.
Sparty and the green splash screen will no longer welcome users to the World Wide Web — both will instead take a backseat to Microsoft Windows’ shade of blue. Employees at MSU Academic Technology Services, or ATS, implemented a new login system to 2,000 public university computers for the fall semester, creating a reduced system startup time, said Matt Kolb, assistant director of ATS. During a summer pilot program to compare the new and old systems, ATS employees noticed a 30 percent power reduction between the “green screen” and the new Windows login as energy-conserving settings could be enabled, he said. “The previous system was based on multiple-generations-ago technology,” Kolb said.
Changes to campus bus routes around East Neighborhood have been met by mixed reviews from students, while MSU officials said they’ve had few complaints. The changes, which took effect Aug.
A new federal financial aid policy will require students to enter a university-conducted appeal process to maintain their financial aid benefits if their GPA drops below a 2.0. Several hundred MSU students are expected to be affected by this change, said Rick Shipman, Director of the Office of Financial Aid.
ASMSU chairs expressed their excitement for the group’s upcoming fall higher education rally at Academic Assembly’s Tuesday night meeting.
A proposal to formalize a decades-old program devoted to providing adult day care services to local residents was approved at East Lansing City Council’s Tuesday night meeting in the Union’s Gold Room A and B.
Six different faiths came together Tuesday night for “Voices of Faith and Reason: Pathways to Peace,” an interfaith celebration of the International Day of Peace. The event, sponsored by the Shalom Center for Justice & Peace, 215 N. Capitol Ave., and the MSU Campus Interfaith Council, included speakers representing Baha’i, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims and secular humanists. Each representative spoke on their approach to peace and their traditions’ perspectives.