Representatives from the state’s three research universities will begin shaping policy initiatives concerning the role of higher education in Michigan’s economy at a conference at MSU on Friday.
The Women’s Resource Center will host “Confessions of a Hip-Hop Feminist” 6 p.m. today on the second floor of the Union in Gold Room B.
Next time you pick up a glass of water, worrying about what’s inside could be less of an issue thanks to the work of one MSU professor.
While the contract currently being negotiated between university graduate student employees and MSU will guarantee rights for teaching assistants, student employees working similar positions won’t.
Common, a Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, will perform April 10 at the Auditorium, the Residence Halls Association announced Wednesday.
Ten-year-old Kalia McBride said what she was touching felt a lot like a snack she used to enjoy — Jell-O. But the “squishy” object McBride poked and prodded Tuesday was a real cat brain.
While MSU students may gain international awareness by studying abroad, efforts could be made for students to become more proficient in foreign languages, professors said.
An ASMSU official planning a quarter-million-dollar concert will meet with the artist’s agent today to see if they will perform at MSU.
The MSU chapter of the Student National Medical Association will host a bone marrow drive from noon to 5 p.m. today at E202 Fee Hall.
For journalism graduate student Wes Holing, hearing that MSU’s student radio station was named college station of the year was thrilling enough.
A computer tower and several video games were among the $992 in items reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room during spring break, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A $146 million renovation project for MSU’s Life Sciences Building could enter planning stages this year, potentially marking the first state aid toward university building restorations in three years.
The band Hellogoodbye will headline the seventh annual Sparty’s Spring Party on April 19 at Demonstration Field, according to a release. The University Activities Board, or UAB, announced Monday the free event will host local bands Bishop’s Collar and A Letter To You and another national band.
The first place Lillian Collins searches for her required text books is her computer.Collins, a social relations and policy junior, started purchasing books from Amazon.com after spending about $800 for books her freshman year.
After more than two years in bureaucratic gridlock, The State News may soon know whether MSU can withhold a 2006 police report detailing a campus assault.
To Liz Schweitzer, stories are the heart of the Catholic Church. So the best way to commemorate St. John Student Parish’s 50 years in East Lansing, she said, was to put personal stories of alumni on display. Collecting stories and experiences of at least 50 alumni from the past five decades was an easy feat, said Schweitzer, a pastoral associate who has been working at the parish for 30 years.
Ernest Delfosse will become chairman of the MSU Department of Entomology May 1.
The value of a mechanical engineering degree from MSU could increase after a cutting-edge, 250-ton hydraulic press is delivered to campus in July.
Clarification: The Oct. 17, 2006 letter mentioned in the page Page One article “Law school dean involved in possible conflict of interest” (SN 2/19), Page One article “College of Law seeks stable, reliable dean in new search” (SN 10/8/07), page 4a editorial “Stability, longevity needed for college of law” (SN 10/10/07) and Page One article “Move to strike” (SN 10/27/06) from the president of the law college to then-Dean Terence Blackburn said “the office of Provost has investigated the oral charges made against you by certain faculty members and found such charges to be unsubstantiated and without merit.”
Although some students choose to don bathing suits and relax on the beach during spring break, others are exchanging swimwear for shovels and paint brushes. Fifty-one congregates from Martin Luther Chapel will leave for mission trips to one of four sites today and Saturday: El Paso, Texas, Phoenix, Haiti and Nicaragua.