Big Blue got a dose of green and white as the first group of MSU graduates started work at the new IBM facility in East Lansing this past Monday. Of the 36 people hired, 15 are related to MSU, with nine being 2009 graduates and six being past graduates, said Garth Motschenbacher, director of employer relations in MSU’s College of Engineering.
Posting on someone’s wall or adding pictures from the latest bash is more than Facebook fun — it’s a field of study for a team of MSU researchers. The university has one of the largest research teams studying Facebook use in the Big Ten.
With a statewide average of $2.93 per gallon, gas prices in Michigan were the highest in the country Monday, said Jim Rink, a spokesman for AAA Michigan. One month ago, gas prices in Michigan averaged $2.25 per gallon, according to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
One of the first milestones on the road to bring the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to MSU was announced Monday. MSU and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a cooperative agreement that will allow the DOE Office of Science to begin funding the project, according to a statement from MSU.
We have problems. I don’t think a single person currently living in Michigan, or even the U.S., could deny that fact. The real question, one that will probably be debated for years, is where exactly do the origins of our current problems lay?
Mayor Virg Bernero and the city of Lansing are doing their best to welcome young professionals to the city by starting a promotion that should help them get to meet potential employers.
The Lansing area will be under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. tonight, said Jim Geyer, a meteorologist for WLNS Channel 6. A tornado watch means conditions are right for tornados to develop, but none have been spotted. “There’s a batch of severe thunderstorms coming out of Chicago and heading for us,” Geyer said.
The cooperative agreement between MSU and the U.S. Department of Energy for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams was signed today, university officials said.
An associate dean from MSU was recommended by a search committee last week to be the next dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Pamela Whitten, MSU associate dean for research and graduate studies and professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, said she was “simultaneously delighted and honored” to be recommended for the position.
Almost 16 years after a woman was found dead in an East Lansing apartment complex, her unsolved homicide case will take national spotlight today as the featured case on the homepage of the “America’s Most Wanted” Web site.
The pushy guy you hooked up with after $2-pitcher night might have had real evidence when he slurred, “It’s OK, baby, I’ll just pull out.” The pull-out method, often considered for those “better-than-nothing” situations, competes with condoms in effectiveness, according to a study published in the June issue of Contraception magazine.
The Lansing community is celebrating its 150th anniversary and the Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame’s current exhibit highlights the often-forgotten contributions of Lansing’s founding women.
An offer has been accepted on the building formerly housing The Temple Club, 500 E. Grand River Ave., in Lansing’s Old Town.
Pancakes and ice cream were the main attractions Sunday at Patriarche Park, 1100 Alton Road, where the combined attendance at two community events reached the thousands. Community members ate breakfast from 8 a.m to noon at Pancakes in the Park, a fundraising event hosted by the East Lansing Rotary Club, and later had the opportunity for dessert from 3-6 p.m. at the 25th anniversary celebration for Melting Moments, 313 E. Grand River Ave., an ice cream restaurant in East Lansing.
Young adults who join gangs are more likely to be victims of violence, but their membership makes them feel safer, according to a study by an MSU professor. Chris Melde, an assistant professor of criminal justice at MSU, led the federally funded study that found pressure for gang members to show nerve or fearlessness distorts their perception of risk and feelings of fear.
President Barack Obama has been in office for about half a year. In that time, he has ended both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Confused? You can stop scratching your head now.
More than 200 of the most dangerous people in the world could be moving to Michigan, possibly for the rest of their lives. U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, sent a letter to President Barack Obama offering to house the detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Manistique, Mich. If Obama were to approve the site, the prisoners would move into a prison that has been closed since 2007, far from any major cities in the state.
Associate dean and professor in the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences Pamela Whitten might be the college’s next dean, according to a statement from MSU. Whitten’s approval is pending on a decision from the Board of Trustees. Whitten is the current associate dean for research and graduate studies and a professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media. “Pamela’s academic credentials, administrative history, and active research and teaching agenda will serve her well in her new role as dean,” said MSU Provost Kim Wilcox in the statement. For more on this story, read Monday’s print edition The State News
A 12-year-old Iraqi boy who was burned as a child received the first in a series of life-changing surgeries May 28, after a Michigan National Guard physician’s assistant who was inspired by his story brought him to America for medical attention. The surgeries are being performed by MSU surgeon Edward Lanigan free of charge at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital.
The recession might come to an end this year, national economists predict, but MSU faculty and students are skeptical of a complete economic turnaround by the end of 2009. A National Association for Business Economics, or NABE, economic outlook survey released last week forecasted an end to the recession by the end of the year.