A recent MSU study looked at the relationship between local farmers and about seven school districts that buy produce from them as part of farm-to-school programs. The MSU team’s research, which appeared in the March issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, showed students preferred the local produce.
The fifth annual MSU Israeli Film Festival, hosted by the MSU Jewish Studies Program, began Sunday and will run through Monday in Room 147 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. The festival features four movies and two episodes of a popular Israeli TV show about a variety of topics.
Although the Michigan House Appropriations Committee recommended increasing statutory revenue sharing by 1 percent Thursday, East Lansing officials are uncertain whether the vital local government funding source will escape the chopping block when the Legislature sets its budget in October. Revenue sharing refers to cities getting a refund from the state in exchange for letting the state collect sales, weight and gas taxes.
The MSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital hosted its annual Celebration of Life on Saturday, honoring about 60 pets considered to be a medical miracle. About 100 pets were nominated by faculty and invited to attend the event based on medical obstacles they overcame.
A joint committee finalized details for an ASMSU scholarship Thursday night that could distribute $46,000 to MSU students throughout the next two years. The criteria for the newly named ASMSU Scholarship for Student Leaders was set by a committee of representatives from the Academic and Student assemblies. Students will need at least a 2.75 grade-point average and a minimum of 24 credits at MSU to be eligible for the scholarship.
Poetry wasn’t lost in any kind of translation Friday when 19 poetry readers from different backgrounds took the stage at (SCENE) Metrospace as a part of the second annual Festival of Listening. More than 60 people filled the performance space to attend the event, which was presented by MSU’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, Center for Poetry.
Crime Stoppers of Mid-Michigan is holding a fundraiser from 8-10 p.m. Monday at Harpers Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave. Crime Stoppers is a nonprofit organization that raises award money for people who give anonymous tips that lead to the capture of criminals. The organization is volunteer-run and is paid for by donations said Crime Stoppers President Joel Maatman.
The first MSU Food Film Festival, a part of an ongoing discussion at MSU on food, sustainability and the environment, was held Saturday in the theater in the basement of Snyder Hall.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm might have bit off more than she could chew when she declared Saturday Michigan Meatout Day. Many MSU agriculture students and agribusiness advocates found the proclamation thoughtless and insensitive.
The St. Patrick’s Day festivities in East Lansing didn’t get too out of control, East Lansing police Capt. Tom Johnstone said Thursday.
MSU researchers, graduate students and K-12 teachers will team up throughout the next few years under a multimillion dollar grant aimed at promoting science education in the lives of youngsters.
Last March, more than 12,000 visitors flooded the East Lansing area to hoop around in Jenison Field House just as Spartan stars such as Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Gregory Kelser did years before. This year, March Magic Hoopfest is back, and with the return of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, or MHSAA, girls’ state basketball tournament to Breslin Center, even more fans will be able to participate in the two-week event.
Eleven representatives — down five from last year — from the Academic and Student assemblies will leave Sunday for a three-day trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. representatives and senators about issues important to undergraduate students.
Towering pine trees, cascading waterfalls and an endless stretch of flowers and gardens marked the beginning of the 14th annual Lansing Home and Garden Show at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education on Thursday afternoon. The yearly show hosts around 300 exhibitors and 250 local businesses and draws in hundreds of gardening enthusiasts and spectators, running from Friday to Sunday. The show also has become a chance for the MSU Horticulture Club to show the public what it’s about.
The Malaysian Students Organization will host Malaysian Culture Night at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the East Lansing Hannah Community Center theater, 819 Abbot Road. The event will include multiple small performances woven into a bigger story called “When Hairi Met Se Li.”
George Axinn, a retired MSU professor, who continued to teach an MSU course online and at times returned to the university to teach free of charge after moving to Tucson, Ariz. in the late 1990s, died March 8 of natural causes after having seizures from unknown causes, his daughter, Martha Jerrim, said. He was 84-years-old.
Students and faculty gathered Wednesday for the first College of Veterinary Medicine Education Day to discuss current and future learning processes in the college. The day-long event featured breakout sessions ranging from the use of technology in learning and collaboration, the use of the Internet in education and discussions on teaching methods.
An MSU associate psychology professor, along with the help of a professor from Western Ontario University, recently found that America’s youth have changed very little throughout the past 30 years. Brent Donnellan, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, analyzed data from a University of Michigan survey and said he discovered the attitudes, attributes and personalities of youth have remained relatively the same since the survey began in 1976.
Apoorv Kalra, an assistant professor in MSU’s College of Human Medicine, was one of nine researchers chosen nationwide to receive Pfizer’s 2009 Young Investigator Antibacterial Research Award for his study on the effects of the antibiotic linezolid on the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a common cause of staph infections.
The College of Veterinary Medicine will honor more than 50 pets at the annual “Celebration of Life” event from 1-4 p.m., Saturday in the college’s Oncology Center, on Wilson Road. The celebration will honor pets that faced life threatening situations, as well as their owners and veterinarians, according to a statement from MSU.