About 40 students performed a play in celebration of Nawriz, a Persian word meaning “new day.” It refers to Central Asia’s New Year, officially celebrated on the first day of spring. The play incorporated various musical performances as well as traditional Turkish, Kazakhstani and Iraqi dances Saturday at Wharton Center.
State News managing editor and history junior Justin Harris was appointed incoming editor-in-chief Friday by The State News Board of Directors.
The MSU Health and Risk Communication Center will host a bone marrow registry from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
In the final meeting of ASMSU’s Student Assembly on Thursday night, assembly members of the outgoing 46th session unanimously — but unhappily — approved new language for a tax referendum to support its Readership Program. The new language requires the tax to be revisited again in 2011.
Three MSU scientists recently received more than $1.4 million by the United States Department of Agriculture, or the USDA. Grants were awarded under a USDA program called National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or NIFA, to George Smith and Juan Steibel, both professors in animal science, and C. Titus Brown, an assistant professor in molecular genetics.
A new program announced Monday will give selected students in the University of Michigan-Flint’s premedical program early admission assurance in MSU’s College of Human Medicine, according to a statement released by MSU.
The MSU Muslim Studies Program hosted a lecture about Iran and the politics surrounding it Thursday. About 50 people attended the event, titled Iran at the Crossroads.
MSU is teaming up with a number of partners to discover community strengths statewide and concoct plans to use those strengths to help aid Michigan’s economic recovery.
Unless a compromise is reached during Student Assembly’s meeting Thursday night, student voters might not have a chance to vote on whether to fund the ASMSU Readership Program when ASMSU’s spring elections begin Monday.
Taking vitamins is important. And in a few years, taking corn might be too. Dean DellaPenna, a microbiology and molecular genetics professor, worked with a team of 20 scientists and several organizations to add more beta-carotene, or vitamin A, to corn.
Shawn Targosz never experienced anything like it before. Lemons tasted like the sweetest candy ever, and a Guinness beer tasted more like a chocolate malt. Targosz attended a flavor-tripping party Wednesday night at Reno’s East Side Sportsbar & Grill, 1310 Abbot Road. The MSU Outdoors Club hosted its first flavor-tripping party as a fundraiser and promotion for the Banff Mountain Film Festival it is hosting April 7.
Campus could get a little darker at 8:30 p.m Saturday as students are asked to shut down any unnecessary power for one hour. The event is part of Earth Hour 2010, which aims to increase awareness of climate change.
MSU students could be among participants at the Our Higher Education Rally noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Capitol as part of a statewide effort organized by the Student Association of Michigan, or SAM.
MSU will be hosting the Michigan Clean Energy Forum at 2 p.m. April 10. The theme “Jobs and the Clean Energy Race” will include panelists from various job sectors including several faculty members from MSU.
About 30 students gathered Wednesday at the Hillel Student Jewish Center, 360 Charles St., for an Ice Cream Seder night to get into the holiday mood for the upcoming Passover Seder on Monday.
MSU’s Debate Team was crowned national champions Tuesday after participating in the five-day National Debate Tournament.
Philosophy senior Brittany Collins held perfectly still as needles were inserted into her ears and wrists Tuesday evening, while other students watched in amazement. Collins was one of several students who volunteered to try the treatment when East Lansing acupuncturist Shalena Havens visited the MSU Chinese Club Tuesday at Wells Hall. The presentation was one of several activities used to teach members of the club parts of Chinese culture and prepare them for study abroad in China.
A grant awarded to the MSU Extension will allow researchers to look into the feasibility of planting crops that could be used for biofuels on nontraditional croplands such as Michigan roadways, vacant lots and state-owned pieces of land. Provided by the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, or DELEG, the $24,950 grant was announced Friday.
It might have come as a bit of a disappointment that Felix Yeboah has never seen a tiger. Yeboah, a natural resource management graduate student, is one of MSU’s international students from Ghana, a small country in Western Africa. He spoke Tuesday at Holt High School’s fourth annual World Language Week. The weeklong event began Monday and will continue through Friday.
The fifth annual Women’s Health Fair will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The event will be held on the first floor of Union.