Here is a list of local gems that you should take a moment to explore during your time at MSU.
Navigating campus doesn’t have to be intimidating. This guide will help you figure out the bus system, driving, biking and walking all around MSU.
Over the summer, the Detroit Tigers host youth camps throughout Michigan. This year's East Lansing camp took place from July 20-24, and had a turnout better than it had seen in previous years.
The MSU College of Veterinary Medicine launched the Community Medicine Program and a mobile surgical unit last month, offering spay-and-neuter services to shelters that struggle to access veterinary care. Most shelters in Michigan don’t have access to a veterinarian, which can be difficult because animals need to be spayed or neutered before they’re adopted.
This five-track assortment was selected to accompany the adventure of going abroad and provide a backdrop for the life-changing trip that you are bound to reference for the rest of time.
Enslaved.org, launched with MSU's help, connects Black Americans with their ancestors.
Isabel Olson, a student at The University of Sydney (Australia), collects MSU merchandise after spending a summer in Michigan and experiencing an MSU football game and community.
Austin Oting Har, a professor in RCAH, further explores his own art with new opera album.
In December 2025, Louie, a Michigan State University professor and chair of the university’s department of anthropology, published "Chinese American Mothering: Toy Len Goon’s Legacy and the Myth of Model Minority" – a story chronicling her own grandmother's life.
From Rick's to recording studios, MSU alum tributes his time at school with new single "Michigan."
From May 29-31, Lansing Roller Derby is hosting the Women's Flat Track Derby Association North America Playoffs at the Lansing Center.
The Spartan Reunion, where alumni are invited to revisit familiar campus gems, explore things they never got the chance to and continue to make MSU a part of their history, takes place from May 27-29
A central element to MSU assistant professor Suban Nur Cooley’s tenure as the 2026-2028 Greater Lansing area poet laureate is empathy. Her hope is to help people understand each other, connect, and in doing so, foster a better world.
The “Critter Corner" mural, painted by MSU’s Art & Design fraternity, city workers and a Girl Scout Troop, was collaboratively created and finished on April 30.
