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Chinese Consul to speak Friday at MSU
The head of the Chinese consulate in Chicago, Consul Huang Ping, will visit MSU at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 6 in the Business College Complex Room N100.
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Artist to lecture at MSU Thursday night
Brooklyn-based artist Chitra Ganesh will be part of a guest lecture series through the Department of Art and Art History at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 in room 109 of South Kedzie Hall.
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MSU Museum to extend hours
The MSU Museum and Museum Store will offer extended hours until 7 p.m. Nov. 4 and 11. The museum also is holding a holiday benefit sale, which includes toys, books and gifts that celebrate world cultures and natural history.
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MSU researchers improve yield of Mich. fruit farms
A group of MSU researchers is helping fruit farmers across the state increase their crop yield and cut costs with the help of sex chemicals from female moths.
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Ease of study abroad courses debated by professors, students
Jennifer Connarn learned this past summer not to believe everything you hear about MSU’s study abroad program. The finance junior said most people expect to ace the courses they take overseas, but her experience did not live up to the hype.
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Prof. to run flame in Olympic Torch Relay
James Pivarnik, an MSU professor who specializes in exercise habits of women and children, will get a workout of his own in January when he carries the Olympic flame as part of the 27,000-mile Olympic Torch Relay leading up to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
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MSU receives grant to develop robot fish
Although Xiaobo Tan has been working with robotic fish for the past few years, his work is diving to deeper depths. Tan, an electrical and computer engineering assistant professor, uses robotic fish to study data such as oxygen level, algae concentration and pollution in water settings in his lab.
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Grammy-winning group to visit MSU
As part of the celebration for the Julian Samora Research Institute’s 20th anniversary, the MSU Graduate Brass Quintet will perform with the Grammy-nominated Chicago folk group Sones de México.
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MSU hosts forum for contractors
Hundreds of contractors and builders will come to MSU from 2-4 p.m. this Thursday in Union Parlors A, B and C to learn about construction projects in the university’s future.
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Visiting professor to host discussion
George Washington University professor Jenna Weissman Joselit will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Union Green Room as part of the lecture “Romancing the Stone: America’s Embrace of the Ten Commandments.”
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Singh set to speak at union ballroom
Former East Lansing Mayor and MSU alumnus Sam Singh will speak at 6 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Union Ballroom as part of the lecture “Community Service: Strengthening Humanity Locally and Globally.”
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Facebook hosts vote for concert
MSU students have the chance to bring the band Weezer to campus for a free concert by voting in a Facebook poll contest sponsored by T-Mobile to promote the new Motorola CLIQ phone.
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$2.5M grant awarded for new hybrid engine concept
For a group of MSU researchers, the future of ultra-efficient hybrid vehicles starts in their lab.
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Breast cancer help found in Lansing
Breast cancer survivors struggling with long-term side effects of the disease, such as fatigue and depression, are set to receive individualized advice from MSU’s Breslin Cancer Center.
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Environment to be discussed on campus
Experts will discuss the threats of climate change in Michigan from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Kellogg Center, Room 106, 55 S. Harrison Ave.
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Alpha Phi Omega tries to raise $1K this week for cancer
An MSU fraternity kicked off a 30-year-old, weeklong fundraiser Monday, raising $230 in six hours with the hope of finding a cure for cancer.
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Fall commencement speakers confirmed
Three commencement speakers will send December graduates on their way. Nancy G. Brinker will speak at the 2 p.m. Dec. 12 commencement ceremony.
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Day of Dead honors border-crossers
It’s pitch-black when lights flash on in the auditorium of the MSU Museum and four spirits stand in front of the audience. “We are a bronze people of a bronze culture,” they all say in unison. “We are Aztlan.”
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Olin will not excuse class absences for flu
Coughing and sneezing students who stay home because of flu-like illness might not receive excused absences in their classes. Olin Health Center Communications and Planning Coordinator Kathi Braunlich said Olin is not providing excuses for students experiencing flu-like symptoms unless it is a rare situation. Olin never has given excuses for flu-like illnesses and will not start because of an influx of students coming into Olin, she said.
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Court to look further into Higuchi kidnapping charge
Whether an MSU instructor charged with criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping could face a life sentence is expected to be determined this month by a local judge who wants further analysis of the kidnapping charge.