Regions where people have “old-fashioned values” have discovered a way to have some newfound fun. People in states that tend to be politically and socially conservative subscribe to pornography Web sites more frequently than their more liberal counterparts, a Harvard study concluded.
Speaking out could have potentially unwelcome consequences for faculty participating in academic governance. A California case in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could define whether faculty speech during governance proceedings is protected under the First Amendment, said Steve Sanders, an attorney with the Mayer Brown law firm in Chicago, who is representing the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, in the court case.
MSU and Michigan Tech scientists will partner and use $1.4 million in federal funding to solve complex issues surrounding the biofuel industry.
The MSU College of Nursing will receive $1.1 million in grants to address a shortage of nurses and nursing educators.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon presented the university’s budget to ASMSU at a joint meeting March 5 and explained how a shortage of state funds has affected it.
The Michigan Nursing Corps is awarding more than $1.1 million in grant funding to the MSU College of Nursing to address a shortage of nurses and nursing faculty, MSU announced today. The grants are meant to increase the number of nursing faculty through financial aid to students in the College of Nursing’s graduate programs, by encouraging them to graduate faster and give back through nursing education.
Members of the Residence Halls Association general assembly showed their support Wednesday for an East Lansing City Council ordinance that would clarify riot conduct, following a presentation by East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert and Assistant City Attorney Tom Yeadon.
A new partnership between MSU, Lansing Community College and Capital Area Michigan Works!, or CAMW, hopes to supply trained workers to Michigan’s budding movie industry.
The Department of Student Life is seeking applications for 2009-10 judicial board members.
Regional agriculture enthusiasts will swarm to MSU next week as part of Agriculture and Natural Resources Week.
Even in the 21st century, there is one part of civilization that needs integrating. At the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, in February, MSU integrative studies professor Jon Miller and academics from around the world spoke at a symposium about the Chicago Council for Science and Technology, or C2ST.
The academic calendar survey and good manners were the main topics of discussion at Tuesday’s Executive Committee of Academic Council meeting. A version of the survey that was sent to faculty earlier this year about the academic calendar is now available to students via the ANGEL homepage, said Deborah Moriarty, a professor in the College of Music and a member of ECAC.
MSU alumnus Sam Hogg is an example of putting knowledge gained at MSU to real world use. Hogg, a 2008 graduate, launched his brainchild, online gift card kiosk GiftZip.com, late last year after dreaming up the idea in a supply chain management class taught by professor Steven Melnyk.
Two teams within MSU’s Debate Team qualified to participate in the National Debate Tournament, which is set to be held at the University of Texas in Austin. At least two teams from MSU have qualified to compete for the last 12 years. They have won the title twice.
Some students don’t think twice about participating in bar crawls, partying or drinking during spring break, but people going on an Alternative Spring Break, or ASB, will abstain from alcohol this year.
Students venturing outside the U.S. this spring break should be especially careful not to leave one thing behind: a concern for safety, cautioned the U.S. Department of State.
Using a unique mentoring program, MSU education specialists helped the Lansing School District prevent first-year teachers from quitting — a trend often seen in urban areas.
For almost 15 years, they have set up the lights, rolled film and made people across campus laugh. “Sideshow,” a sketch comedy show broadcast by MSU Telecasters, is celebrating the release of its 30th episode. The show has been entirely student-run since its creation in 1994.
Students and faculty can get a glimpse into Michigan’s economic future Wednesday when economics professor Charles Ballard gives a lecture at Fairchild Theatre. “Michigan’s Economic Future is Not an Oxymoron: Confessions of an MSU Economist,” is the second installment of ASMSU’s Last Lecture Series.
Richard Dawkins, a famous British atheist and popular science writer, will speak at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. Dawkins wrote “The Selfish Gene” in 1976, which popularized the gene-centered view of evolution.