Michael Feig enjoys life in the middle. Feig, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, switches between teaching in two other departments — Chemistry and Computer Science and Engineering.
A group of students get to eat their teachers at the end of the semester as part of a class. Seriously. Rather than fork-wielding students chasing professors down the hall, it’s more a case of a professor in the form of an organically grown carrot.
After opening its doors to students in August, MSU’s campus in Dubai officially will be inaugurated today at 5 p.m. Dubai time.
One of America’s top female sports and entertainment agent Molly Fletcher will visit MSU today to talk with students about how they can become their own career agent.
More than a year after university officials mandated longer hours for residence hall cafeterias on campus, local business owners said they’re still feeling the effects of decreased late-night sales. Beginning in fall 2007, at least one cafeteria in every residence hall complex expanded its hours from 8 p.m.
Semana Latina is a week of Latin-related events organized to expose MSU students to the culture. Culturas de la Razas Unidas, or CRU, prepared the week of Latino-enriched cultural events, from film discussions to dance lessons.
MSU linebackers weren’t the only ones doing the tackling this weekend. Several MSU students and community members did their part in donating to the second annual Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive.
From blue books to concerts, ASMSU wants students to be sitting happy in 2009. At Thursday’s Student Assembly meeting, the group’s main concern was students. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
On Saturday, seven people set out for the Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Road, in Okemos, strapped on their aprons and competed for the title of best fry bread recipe. The North American Indigenous Students Organization, or NAISO, hosted the fry bread cook-off to advertise and raise money for its annual Pow-Wow of Love, scheduled for Feb. 21-22, 2009.
With broken-down barriers and newly-erected bridges appearing in the headlines this year, the Muslim Students’ Association has followed suit by hosting a week of Islam-related events to inform students of facts about Muslim life.
A national center created to advance educational research in science, technology, engineering and math will aim to prepare students for an evolving job market.
MSU’s Division of Housing and Food Services and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are sponsoring the second annual Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive, continuing through Saturday’s football game.
Change: It was the platform of President-elect Barack Obama and the thing many Americans have been waiting for. For Marcus Mayberry, president of MSU’s Successful Black Men, Obama’s accomplishment means change is coming.
Students could be tapping their toes to some new tunes on campus next spring — at least if a $65,000 concert gets the OK. Last week, ASMSU passed a bill through its Student Assembly Finance Committee, which would allocate $65,000 to a spring concert. Tonight, the bill will be discussed by the Student Assembly, where it could become the second major concert sponsored by ASMSU this school year.
Doctors might soon have a new option for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Researchers at Paratek Pharmaceuticals, a Boston-based company, announced Oct. 26 that Phase II testing of the drug PTK 0796 yielded positive results.
By 1 p.m., the influx of students at the polls in Brody Hall increased after a slow period as students attended classes, bringing in a total of 784 votes, said election officials.
A visiting MSU research associate was sentenced Monday to between one and 20 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for illegal use of the Internet.
Four MSU students took first place Sunday at the International Design Competition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical engineering seniors Emily Duszynski and Jonathan Luckhardt, operational engineering graduate student Kyle Koepf and MSU alumnus Joshua Thomet won the competition with a robot that washes windows.
Recent nationwide raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to apprehend immigrants illegally working in the U.S. have prompted immigrant rights groups across the nation to take a stand.
Three people involved in April’s Cedar Fest riot were sentenced Friday to 80 hours of community service and 24 months probation.