Students from over 80 different universities gathered in the MSU STEM Building this weekend to compete in the ninth interaction of SpartaHack, a competition meant to foster creative tech-based solutions to everyday problems.
The Michigan State University Muslim Studies Department held their 3rd Annual Malcolm X Community Forum last night. The forum included a keynote speech from activist, author and former National Basketball Association player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
Students gathered in the Student Services building last night to attend a blanket and card-making event hosted by Michigan State University’s National Pan-Hellenic Council, or NPHC.
The Michigan State main library and the Digital Scholarship Lab are bringing back Open Virtual Reality walk-in sessions. These events, which occur from 3 - 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, allow students and staff to connect with technology by playing games, conducting research and browsing the system, all by using VR.
Michigan State hosted its seventh annual Diversity Research Showcase featuring MSU undergraduate student work on issues relating to diversity that advance inclusion. The event, which was a partnership of 10 different MSU associations, was part of the university's week-long Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration.
As the lights dimmed in Michigan State University's WKAR Studio A Thursday night, audience members were challenged to consider their individual impact as they watched the film "The Cost of Inheritance."
On Thursday, Wharton Center Student Marketing Organization put on "Mammia Mia!" College Night, their last college night of the year. The event took place above the Grand Cobb Theatre before the showing of Broadway’s "Mammia Mia!". Students in attendance were able to help themselves to food and drinks, and even hear from the show’s cast members in a Q&A segment.
MSU students filled the STEM building Thursday night for this year's Springticipation. Students could view and interact with some of the over 200 registered student organizations present at the event as well as see a cultural showcase put on by the MLK Commemorative Student Committee.
Boston University Faculty Director and Associate Professor Dr. Anthony Jack gave a talk at MSU on Thursday as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration that ran throughout the week. The talk, titled “Revisiting the Beloved Community: Health Colleges’ Supporting our most vulnerable as we work for Health Equity," focused on the ways in which differences in students' backgrounds can influence how they navigate college curriculum.
Food Fight! opened at the MSU Museum Thursday with a focus on spurring conversation about food production and security.
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching on Monday, Jan. 15, a variety of events on campus are commemorating and celebrating the holiday throughout the week.
A critically-acclaimed a capella group, Voctave, is bringing a festive performance to Michigan State University’s Wharton Center on Dec. 12 with a one-night holiday show.
The East Lansing community celebrated the eagerly anticipated annual community event, Winterfest, on Saturday at the Hannah Community Center, consisting of a variety of family-friendly activities and events.
Michigan State University's African American Celebratory, or AAC, hosted its annual Fall Black Grad event, which took place in the MSU Union Ballroom yesterday at 4 p.m. This is the 22nd Black Grad ceremony, and around 73 graduates were present with friends and family.
Throughout November, Tiktok Influencer Prayag Mishra has become a prominent figure of what has become known as the “sassy man apocalypse” on social media. Human biology freshman Isha Alsam said she feels culturally represented by Mishra. “As a Brown person myself, we’re very silly and I love seeing that one side in Brown men,” she said. “There needs to be more of that.”
Over the years, "sexual" marketing became more widespread, starting with tobacco companies but slowly moving on to others industries like clothing and appliances. While many may think that sexually suggestive ads would have gone down the drain in light of social issues like the #MeToo Movement, it turns out the concept is still very much alive ... it’s just taken on a new form.
Over 1,300 dogs and their owners gathered at the Michigan State University Pavilion this weekend for the annual Winterland Classic Dog Show Cluster. The show, hosted by the Ingham County Kennel Club, has been going on over 75 years and held in the MSU Pavilion since the building opened in 1996.
The University Activities Board hosted its 60th annual winter arts and crafts show in the MSU Union Building on Saturday and Sunday. Vendors from across the state attended with the hopes to grow their business and sell their products, while community members attended to purchase holiday gifts, decorations, tasty treats and more.
The Michigan State University School of Journalism hosted "Uplifting Voices, Empowering Communities," an event discussing the prominence of hip-hop and Black culture, as well as the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Organized by journalism Assistant Professor Dr. Christina L. Myers, the event took place in communication arts and science building's WKAR studio.
When MSU political science sophomore Katie Williams went to see "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes," she found herself terrified during violent and suspenseful scenes. MSU urban journalism professor Danielle Brown said this is because people are often drawn to violent media.