A sea of white medical jackets is lacking color. A University of Michigan study on minority students in U.S. medical schools shows the number of underrepresented minorities is low compared to their percentage of population in the U.S.
Students, faculty and residents of East Lansing will kick off their Relay for Life fundraising efforts tonight at 7 p.m. at Erickson Hall Kiva.
Jeffrey Cohen sees Mexican immigrants as an important part of America’s past, but Ruben Martinez considers them a crucial link to America’s future.
Research completed by a team of scientists, including an MSU professor, might lead to a new type of treatment in curing diabetic blindness.
The discussion about how to potentially reorganize MSU’s course scheduling could reignite today, almost three months after a university committee postponed such talks.
WKAR is set to host a community conversation from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 9 in Lansing Community College’s Board Room.
Students staying in East Lansing for spring break could use the opportunity to get a head start on their future careers.
Although spring break can be a week full of unadulterated fun and relaxation, careless students traveling internationally could find themselves in trouble if they don’t take some precautions, MSU officials said.
A trip that started Wednesday in Detroit and culminated in Dubai could lay the foundation ASMSU needs to bring representation to MSU Dubai students. Kyle Dysarz, ASMSU’s Student Assembly chairperson, and Kristy Currier, ASMSU’s Academic Assembly chairperson, left for Dubai last Wednesday as part of ASMSU’s ongoing efforts to secure representation and recognition for students at MSU’s satellite campus in Dubai, ASMSU Spokesperson Portia McKenzie said. They are scheduled to return Thursday afternoon in Detroit.
Despite an 18.3-percent decrease in the value of MSU’s endowment from 2008-09, the university fared better than most Big Ten schools, according to initial results of new survey.__
Adam Duke’s house burned down from an electrical fire in 2006. No one was hurt, but his family’s home was destroyed. At the time, Duke was taking his first environmental science class as a freshman at MSU. As his parents started talking about rebuilding, Duke applied what he’d been learning in class, encouraging his parents to consider building a more environmentally friendly home.
Neon sunglasses, bright leggings and flower-patterned skirts crowded Demonstration Hall on Saturday as students from across campus skated their way back into the 1980s. The University Activities Board, or UAB, hosted the Rockin’ Retro Rollerpalooza for the second time since 2007.
Sidney Coupet wanted to help Haiti long before this month’s earthquake. Coupet, president and founder of Doctors United for Haiti, traveled to Haiti two days after the earthquake hit and spent 10 days helping patients, performing what he described as “battlefield medicine.” Coupet visited MSU on Friday to talk about his most recent experience in Haiti during two separate speeches — one to MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and one open to the general public.
Since the early days of the information superhighway, debates have arisen about the fair way to exchange ideas and intellectual property.
Who let the dogs out in MSU’s veterinary clinic? The cast of “The 101 Dalmatians Musical,” that’s who.
Despite disappointing results from a scholarship offer meant to boost enrollment at MSU’s campus in Dubai, university officials said they are exploring multiple avenues to expand the campus’s presence and prestige in the Middle East.
One academic program has been discontinued and further discontinuation proposals are expected to go through MSU’s academic governance system this semester, university officials said.
MSU football players B.J. Cunningham and Mark Dell pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of assault and battery stemming from a dormitory brawl in November 2009.
After President Barack Obama proposed a plan Wednesday night in his State of Union Address to cap student loan payments, members of the MSU community expressed mixed emotions toward the plan. Obama’s plan would cut loan payments to 10 percent of a borrower’s income after graduation and forgive student loan debt after 20 years.
The inboxes of university administrators could soon be filled with thousands of e-mails containing one sentence, “Please keep MSU’s Deaf Education Program for our deaf children who use ASL in Michigan.”