Kendell Pawelec, a materials science and engineering senior, was named a 2010 U.S. Gates Scholar and received a full-ride to Cambridge University in England.Pawelec is one of 29 students nationwide selected to receive the scholarship from about 800 applicants.
A pair of MSU sociology professors — Stan Kaplowitz and Harry Perlstadt — worked with Yale professor Lori Post to develop a simplified method of detecting lead poisoning in children. The research appeared in the March-April issue of Public Health Reports.
Not everyone runs a campaign expecting to win. So imagine 30-year-old Penelope Tsernoglou’s reaction when she learned she won the Democratic primary for the 8th District of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
Lauren Myers brought a little piece of Spain to Kresge Art Center on Wednesday, meshing her taste and artistic technique with that of renowned surrealism artist Salvador Dali. Myers, an apparel and textile design senior, exhibited a Dali-inspired gown and two other artistic design pieces in the 2010 Apparel and Textile Design Exhibition, along with 16 other undergraduate students, said Theresa Winge, assistant professor in the Department of Art and Art History.
The Michigan Political Leadership Program, or MPLP, will introduce its 24 newest inductees at fundraising events Thursday and Friday in Grand Rapids and Livonia. The 18-year-old political training program was founded by MSU.
The Ingham County Jail is losing 60 to 70 beds next year after the Ingham County Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate a post for budget cuts during its Tuesday meeting. The proposal passed by a 9-7 vote.
A new social media research partnership to improve Michigan’s economy, community engagement and future will be announced by MSU and INgage Networks at 2:30 p.m.
The Big Ten Counseling Centers Conference kicked off Wednesday at Kellogg Center. The conference brings together staff and students who work at counseling centers at schools in the 11 Big Ten universities and other institutions for collaboration sessions.
Preschoolers had the chance on Wednesday to ask Spartan athletes the important questions: How often do you practice?What do you eat? And, most importantly, what is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Women’s basketball player Mandy Piechowski and track and field athletes Max Goldak and Elizabeth Rohl spoke to about 70 preschoolers at Spartan Childhood Development Center, 1730 Crescent Road, about their sports and answered questions.
The 15th annual Quiet Water Symposium is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 6 at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. The symposium, which is part of Agriculture and Natural Resources Week at MSU, offers participants the chance to learn about human-powered outdoor recreation equipment and activities
Michigan schools will be first in the nation to use new virtual gardening tools at MSU’s Indoor 4-H Children’s Garden on Friday. MSU Extension, or MSUE, partnered with the Michigan Department of Education to give 20 Michigan school administrators the opportunity to learn how to plant a school garden and then harvest the produce for use in the cafeteria.
Nominations and applications for the 2010 Homecoming Court now are being accepted. Departments, units and organizations at MSU are encouraged to make nominations, but MSU faculty, staff and students are allowed to nominate as well.
Reno’s East Fire and Ice Winterfest, 1310 Abbot Road, will be home to many musical performances by local entertainment artists Jerry Sprague and Don Middlebrook, and there is no cover charge.
Finding open teammates, zipping passes through multiple defenders and making smart decisions with the ball are skills that come naturally for Chantae Miller.
The MSU women’s basketball team’s season was on the brink of collapse courtesy of a three-game losing streak in mid-January. The Spartans were at a crossroads — 11-7 overall and 2-5 in the Big Ten. Everybody knew something needed to be done.
They’ve been leaders throughout their stay at MSU, but the MSU gymnastics team’s four seniors took on a more direct leadership role before the start of the season.
A new deal has been made to consolidate Ingham County’s two 911 call centers. The project will save the county $6 million throughout a 10-year period and will combine the two centers in East Lansing and Lansing into one. Construction is slated to begin early this spring. And, despite the county’s savings, East Lansing officials aren’t happy about their financial obligations.
Often when people look at symbols, they find a general meaning has been given to them. Without that significance, the symbol merely is an inanimate object that almost is invisible to the eyes of society. But what is it that gives a symbol meaning? Is it the way it looks? Is it where it is founded or built? Is its meaning and significance based off of one person’s perception?
A 19-year-old female MSU student reported her wallet stolen from the Wilson Hall cafeteria Sunday, MSU police Sgt.
Fourteen years after Chris Berggren and friends traveled to Timbuktu — bribing officials at the Mali Embassy for visas, staying the night on the porch of a brothel and riding a construction boat down the Niger River along the way — the MSU alumnus has written a book he hopes will inspire new travelers.