With MSU's campus experiencing below-freezing temperatures for several weeks, hockey players and figure skaters alike have taken advantage of a frozen ice sheet behind Brody neighborhood.
Today, members of the East Lansing Human Rights Commission and East Lansing residents sat down to discuss how the city can better support its homeless population. Visibility, housing and access to resource were three of the top issues discussed.
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.
With a sprawling campus, Michigan State University can sometimes be hard to navigate, and many students turn to transportation methods like bicycles or buses. However, especially with winter settling in, the high volumes of students using MSU's Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, buses can make traveling a nuisance.
Food Fight! opened at the MSU Museum Thursday with a focus on spurring conversation about food production and security.
Since the rise of the Civil Rights Movement in 1954, protest marches have long been a form of activism in fighting to end racial segregation and exclusion. It was at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held in 1963, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the exalted "I Have a Dream" speech. Communications senior and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Brandon Foster will be the coordinator for the 2024 MLK Commemorative March. For Foster, who was also coordinator last year, the march "means a lot to him" because it brings diversity, equity and inclusion within MSU.
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.
Since its opening in 1828, the Library of Michigan is home to many selections of public interest in the surroundings of the Lansing area. However, there may be some interesting collections that the public may not know about, which serve as mementos from key points in the state’s history.
With winter break approaching, most of the campus will shut down and schedules will change, meaning MSU students will have to decide if they want to travel back to their hometown or stick out the three weeks on campus. Students staying on campus will have resources available to them during the break.
Roughly 6% of students at Michigan State University are Black, and with recent racial incidents going unaddressed by university administration, many Black students feel it has been hard to connect with departments like the Board of Trustees on campus to support and aid them in their issues.
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.
A new White House Initiative aims to address disparities in women's health research. Michigan State women's health scientists agree that increased funding will improve the field.
The replica of Lansing’s historic Turner-Dodge House which has been used as a Christmas and Fourth of July parade float for nearly 25 years is up for auction until Dec. 14 after the city sold the storage barn it is kept in.
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.