When Jeffrey Riedinger, dean of MSU’s International Studies and Programs and director of MSU’s Center for Advanced Study of International Development, will travel to India as part of the Institute of International Education, or IIE, U.S. University Presidents’ Delegation to India. He will accompany U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter and officials from 12 other universities.
The East Lansing City Council plans to approve all city liquor licenses based on the recommendation of the East Lansing Police Department at its work session, 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. Councilmember Nathan Triplett also will present five council operational changes and council members will consider increasing taxi company license fees.
MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine celebrated the opening Monday of a new campus at Macomb Community College’s University Center in Clinton Township, said Kari Hortos, associate dean at the site. The new facility opened to about 50 students at the start of the spring semester, Hortos said.
Experts will discuss key food and nutrition issues and learn about food’s role in their overall health and well-being during the 2010 Choices Conference. The annual conference is scheduled for March 10 and 11 at Kellogg Center.
Those looking to enjoy a weekend of Michigan history can participate in the Michigan Barn Preservation Network’s 15th annual conference set for March 12 and 13 at Kellogg Center.
A pair of fundraisers scheduled for Thursday and Friday will raise money for relief projects in earthquake-torn Haiti. The fundraising efforts will begin with Taste of the Caribbean at 5 p.m.
Ed Noonan, a volunteer faculty member in the MSU College of Law Rental Housing Clinic, died Friday after a heart attack following a shoulder replacement surgery, close friend Lenny Provencher said. He was 67.
Consumer confidence still is low compared to past years, but the numbers show signs of improvement, according to a survey by economics professor Charles Ballard. Out of the 991 people between the ages of 18 to 95 surveyed, 32 of whom were age 25 or under, 54 percent felt they were worse off compared to one year ago. Although Ballard said the number might look bad on paper, it is the lowest since 2007.
About 25 performers will be debuting their talent of movement, dance and art at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Auditorium of Synder-Phillips Hall. One performance will be put on each day throughout the week through Sunday, with two concerts on Saturday.
No more than a few hours after Kalin Lucas quickly and quietly ducked out of the MSU men’s basketball team’s locker room before talking to media Sunday, he called his head coach.
Following the U.S. men’s hockey team’s 5-3 defeat of Canada Sunday night, all the talk on ESPN, MSNBC and Twitter was about goalie Ryan Miller.
How do you feel about the new rules restricting consumers under age 21 from applying for credit cards?
In this country, we tend to see two sides represented on an issue. For example, the battle over legalizing marijuana has those for and against, but there are more than two sides.
Mismanagement of credit cards happens because of inexperience and lack of knowledge, not always because one is young. There are responsible and knowledgeable 19-year-olds who use credit cards correctly, while a middle-aged adult might rack up mountains of debt.
With classes, homework, a job and involvement in student groups filling up your schedule, finding time to search for an apartment can be hard.
If ever there was a time for Tom Izzo’s patented big-picture outlook, it’s now. In a season of promise and high expectations recently maligned with disappointment, the MSU men’s basketball team was, for the second time in a row, sitting in its home locker room both mystified and disheartened Sunday.
More than 200 scientists from across the globe gathered in East Lansing this weekend to discuss plans for the $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams project. In a three-day gathering that will conclude Monday, the scientists are hashing out equipment plans for the particle accelerator expected to be completed by 2017.
Starting Monday, no student will be offered a freebie in exchange for a credit card plan as part of a new federal law. Also, no student under the age of 21 will be able to sign up for a credit card without a parental co-sign or proof of the ability to pay.
14 filmmaking teams competed in the East Lansing Film Festival’s 48/5 competition. The teams had to create a five-minute film in 48 hours using three required elements and a randomly assigned genre. The contest’s winner will be announced Monday night.
Student reports laptop stolen from dorm A 20-year-old male student reported his laptop stolen between 7:30 p.m.