The National Council on Teaching Quality, or NCTQ, released its ratings on teacher preparation programs for colleges across the U.S., last week, giving MSU two out of four stars in their undergraduate and secondary education programs.
MSU researchers are developing an in-orchard harvesting aid, or sorting machine, which would provide a technique to help farmers gather apples more efficiently and safely.
Looking ahead to Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting, the public can expect a lengthy list of issues to get through on the agenda.
For some art is a life long passion. “I’ve been doing art since as long as I can remember. When I was a little kid it was my favorite thing to just draw pictures all the time,” East Lansing resident and recent graduate from MSU, Amelia Larson said.
MSU will help fill the national shortage of professionals qualified to treat autism by offering online courses for students beginning this fall.
Wedged between the Life Sciences Building and the Clinical Center, MSU has broken new ground. In honor of a new on-campus bioengineering facility on Service Road, a ground-breaking ceremony was held Wednesday afternoon, with figures such as MSU President Lou Anna K.
A free massive online open course, or MOOC, offered by MSU opens July 1 and will offer ways to improve writing skills to both students and nonstudents.
Underneath the bulk of MSU’s campus, there lies an array of history, begging to be discovered. Over the years, the MSU Campus Archaeology Program has found boiler buildings and old dormitories, as well as prehistoric artifacts dating back to 1500 B.C.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is looking forward to the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, as it gets the organization one step closer to the renovation of Chittenden Hall. Chittenden Hall will be a building solely meant for graduate students at MSU.
With MSU Board of Trustees meeting quickly approaching, estimates on tuition rates for the 2013-14 academic year have been released.
From the dust, smoke and rubble of Morrill Hall, a commemorative plaza arises. The plaza outlines where Morrill Hall once stood with lines of shade trees, flowering shrubs and features a main walkway that aligns with the path of the old hallway, MSU Landscape Architect Deb Kinney said. The walkway juts out, covering where Morrill Hall’s front porch originally was, and contains brick and concrete design resembling the hall’s window motif.
The hardest decisions to make in life often involve those who are most dear to us, including animals. MSU researchers have developed a questionnaire aimed at finding common ground between the owner and the veterinarian for helping pet owners make those difficult decisions.
MSU computer science teaching assistant, or TA, Cameron Keif was voted as one of the top three TAs in America by CengageBrain.
That tuna you ate for lunch is causing a significant environmental shift thousands of miles away.
Be careful when going through your yard if you are looking for something to eat, or you might end up in the hospital.
Two MSU researchers have made history — or, rather, they’re re-interpreting it.
Be wary of what you touch — a recent MSU study published in the Journal of Environmental Health shows only 5 percent of people who use the bathroom wash their hands long enough to rid them of dirt and germs.
What started out as an effort to raise money for netting expanded to a full-fledged campaign to educate children throughout Kenya, undertaken by the Students Taking on Malaria and Poverty, otherwise known as STOMP.
With student programs housed in cities across Michigan, the MSU College of Human Medicine plans to expand its presence even further.
John Besley, an associate professor in MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences, became the first MSU faculty member to be honored with the Krieghbaum Under-40 Award by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, or AEJMC.