Although Detroit is not the only reason for the economic downfall in Michigan, according to economics professor Charles Ballard, it plays a significant role.
A recent report showed Michigan’s University Research Corridor ranked second among the eight university innovation clusters in the country. According to the report, Michigan’s URC stimulated the state with $16.6 billion in state economic activity in the 2012 fiscal year.
The Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Student Association, or BLDSA, at MSU has once again kicked off the Gift of Life race, competing against several other universities in Michigan.
Before a victor is determined at Breslin Center, and the trash bins are overstuffed on game nights, two new recycling efforts already are working to minimize waste otherwise bound for a landfill.
As the children of Rob Voigt’s 5th grade classroom at Glencairn Elementary School took the stage Tuesday morning, some surveyed the visiting adults, checking whether or not they had dimples when they smiled.
A Purdue University student was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon when a gunman entered the university’s Electrical Engineering Building.
MSU students soon will have the opportunity to witness an educational event aiming to erase the stigma associated with failure. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, has allocated $25,000 from its Special Projects fund to host Failure:Lab, a storytelling event that allows spectators to listen in on strangers’ stories of failure. The student government hopes to be able to recover their investment in this event through ticket sales. Failure:Lab, which previously has performed shows in Grand Rapids and Detroit, invites well-known, successful people to share intimate stories of personal failure in their lives. The storytellers are not allowed to explain how their failure helped them later achieve their goals, but must instead focus on how failure is a normal component in reaching success. Jonathan Williams, co-founder of Failure:Lab, has been brainstorming ideas of bringing notable alumni into the event as a way to localize the event to a campus environment. The event is meant to reduce the fear many people have of taking a risk and falling short, Williams said. “Failure:Lab is an honest conversation about the struggles behind success,” Williams said.
In years past, MSU and student organizations have devoted Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to community service, drawing hundreds of student volunteers to give back to the Lansing area.
Despite the temporary reparation of a water main break in IM Sports-West, the building’s system will not return to normal until later this week, officials say.
More than 350 people attended the 11th annual community celebration dinner to honor the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr.
MSU will soon begin its search for a new university provost to replace Provost Kim Wilcox, who stepped down in July.
ASMSU’s committee meetings kicked off the semester broaching topics that included planning an event in honor of MSU’s Rose Bowl win and starting volunteer programs to help MSU students excel academically.
With the newest federal appropriations bill including $55 million to fund the construction of MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, university officials are waiting anxiously for Congress to approve the potential funds. Congress likely will vote on the issue within the next two weeks.
Michigan Clean Water Action Campaign Organizer Mary Brady-Enerson said getting university administration to produce a timeline for the removal of the power plant is their top priority for MSU.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is pushing for more accessible mental health care on campus, especially for graduate students.
Despite receiving an offer annually, President Lou Anna K. Simon has remained adamant in refusing any increases in her salary. At the December Board of Trustees meeting, Simon turned down a raise for the sixth year in a row.
Long-forgotten university policies soon might lay the foundation for how MSU is intending to handle conduct, ownership and social media in the classroom.
Inside the old, run-down walls of Demonstration Hall, members of the MSU Army ROTC swung down the walls from ropes, preparing for potential future endeavors outside of MSU.
Despite the worldwide increase in the number of smokers, MSU data reflects on the habit as rapidly decreasing.
MSU professor of geography Jeff Andresen spoke about the impact of climate change on agriculture on a panel for the Michigan Agri-Business Association’s 81st winter conference.