Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

Multimedia

NEWS

Officials commemorate grants awarded to MSU for Great Lakes research

Megan Durisin
September 24, 2010

Government and university officials gathered in the MSU Board Room Friday to celebrate the announcement of $1.8 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants for Michigan. MSU researchers have been awarded more than $3 million to educate health care providers about Great Lakes fish, manage harmful algae and forecast beach and near-shore health effects, among other projects.

NEWS

Bearing the burden

Lauren McKown
September 23, 2010

MSU is ranked second in the Big Ten in terms of median student debt; nationally, it ranks eighth in terms of total debt. As financial constraints take center stage along with global economic woes, students and experts are looking for ways to abate the effects of accruing student debt.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/24/10

Emily Wilkins
September 23, 2010

A 19-year-old female student had her laptop stolen out of her bedroom in the 10 minutes she was gone to take a shower, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MEN'S SOCCER

Big Ten, Big Opportunities

Pat Evans
September 23, 2010

The No. 15 MSU men’s soccer team found some added motivation before the season began after the team was projected to finish fifth in the conference in a preseason poll. The Spartans are the highest-ranked team in the Big Ten in the top 25 poll and aren’t looking back, moving toward their goal of the 2010 Big Ten Championship.

FOOTBALL

Cousins beginning to find form

Jeremy Warnemuende
September 23, 2010

After Kirk Cousins started all but one game for the MSU football team last season, expectations were high for the junior quarterback heading into 2010. Three games into the new season though, it has been the MSU running game that has paced the Spartans and led them to a 3-0 start and No. 25 ranking in The Associated Press poll.

MSU

Hubbard Hall celebrates renovations

Andrew Krietz
September 23, 2010

After a summer of renovations to Hubbard Hall’s interior, university officials ushered in a new phase of MSU’s living and learning experience, presenting it to the public during a grand opening event Thursday afternoon. Changes made to the hall is the first step in MSU’s plan to expand the Neighborhood Concept pilot project.

MSU

Professor to speak on quantum mechanics

Kyle Campbell
September 23, 2010

Wolfgang Bauer, an MSU professor of physics and astronomy, is giving a speech on quantum mechanics today in Anthony Hall titled “Quantum Computing, the Next Big Thing?” The speech will deal with recent advances in quantum mechanics that allow computers to process exponentially more information than conventional digital processors. Bauer, a native of Germany, has worked on the Cyclotron since 1988 and has been a professor at MSU since 1996. Bauer now works in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and in 2007 was named a University Distinguished Professor. The speech will take place at 11:30 a.m.

MSU

COGS hopes to develop grad student center

Megan Durisin
September 23, 2010

The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is working to develop more graduate wellness programs and create a graduate student center on campus, after a survey sent out last spring showed graduate students were concerned about those and other issues.

MSU

Fraternity rush signs vandalized

Kyle Campbell
September 23, 2010

Passersby on Farm Lane on Thursday might have noticed the fraternity rush signs usually seen this time of year looked a bit different. The signs were vandalized and knocked over sometime during Wednesday or Thursday, Interfraternity Council President Bill Zajac said.

MSU

Senator to visit MSU's campus

Megan Durisin
September 23, 2010

Government and university officials will be on campus today to celebrate the announcement of five federal grants awarded in Michigan under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.