With record-setting rainfall hitting Lansing this spring, flooding has been an ongoing problem for Lansing residents. Following Sunday’s thunderstorms, the rain accumulation since March has totaled 14.96 inches, making this the rainiest spring in Lansing’s history, National Weather Service meteorological intern Kimberly Hoogewind said.
East Lansing residents might see an increase in their monthly natural gas bill because of a rate increase by Consumers Energy, said Debra Dodd, a spokeswoman for the company.
A new study led by MSU researchers has found that sustained involvement in artistic activities could be linked to success in starting a new business or producing an innovative product. MSU’s Center for Community and Economic Development surveyed 86 MSU Honors College graduates from 1990-95 and found that exposure to the arts among the graduates was closely related to producing patentable products or leading creative business ventures in the future. The findings are critical for retaining creative people in the state and generating additional funding for arts programs, said Rex LaMore, the director of the center. “I hope it will help us reconsider how we treat the arts — not as an add-on or frill but as an essential component,” he said.
East Lansing’s Project Pride event might see a higher turnout this year as a result of offering electronic recycling free of charge for the first time.
Volunteers from East Lansing’s Environmental Stewardship Program have one focus: preserving and improving the city’s public parks. Saturday the group will be planting seedlings at Hawk Nest Park, 3750 Kiskadee Dr., a newly established park.
For some MSU students, the opportunity to travel abroad is just out of reach, but for journalism junior Chloe Hill, her dreams of visiting another country are being realized.
East Lansing fire officials have reported no major damage in the area after Sunday night’s severe weather.
Tornado Warning for Ingham County is in effect until 5:45 p.m.
The Michigan Democratic Party submitted a map this week to the state Senate Redistricting Committee with its recommendation for how redistricting lines should be redrawn by the Republican-led Legislature.
The Council Of Graduate Students, or COGS, has teamed up with MSU’s Culinary Services and three other on-campus organizations to offer support for tsunami and earthquake relief efforts in Japan.
In an effort to expand its academic reach abroad, MSU will begin offering a new master’s program in public health this fall at its campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to increase academic involvement for students in the Middle East.
MSU Alumni John Heffern has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Armenia.
According to a recent study in Obesity, a research journal, the effects of eating a breakfast rich in protein are felt not only in the stomach but in the brain as well.
As the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum continues to take shape, it is becoming clear MSU is going with a modern look to display modern art. The $45 million project is on schedule — expecting to be completed in December and opened in April 2012 — despite an additional $6 million to $7 million to be raised, museum director Michael Rush said.
Two provisions, which would call for reporting requirements and benefit changes for Michigan’s universities, included in state budget legislation have been deemed unconstitutional and unenforceable by Gov.
A new mode of transportation with a Far East feel has been circulating across campus — the pedicab. Spar-Thai Green Cab Service has begun using pedicabs, or bicycles with electric assistance and a canopied seating area, giving students a new way to get around.
The East Lansing City Council discussed the city’s role in two redevelopment projects that will renovate the heart of downtown East Lansing.
There are very few places on MSU’s campus that aren’t open to everyone, but one of them is the Women’s Lounge inside the Union.
Many professors prohibit students from using Wikipedia for class assignments, considering it to be an unreliable source, but a nationwide initiative is working toward increasing the site’s credibility through student involvement. This past academic year, MSU teamed up with the Wikimedia Foundation to participate in the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative, a program that enables students to edit, contribute to and write their own public policy-related Wikipedia articles. The initiative started with 14 classes in fall 2010 and grew to 33 by spring 2011.
The Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, has recognized an MSU professor, along with the Department of English, for her work with graduate students during this past school year. Stephanie Nawyn, an assistant professor of sociology, was named Outstanding Supervisor by the union, and the Department of English received the nod for Outstanding Department. The GEU looked for departments and professors that support teaching assistants with balancing both schoolwork and research, said Sam Otten, president of the GEU.