Parents always tell their children not to play with food, but these artists are breaking rules by using food as the inspiration for their artwork. At the “Food for Thought” art exhibition in the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, 325 E. Grand River Ave., artists explore different mediums to show how food affects everyday life.
ASMSU will decide Thursday whether to move forward with a proposed tax referendum to fund its Readership Program and a proposal to create two new scholarship opportunities for students.
Mussa Maingu moved to East Lansing in 2000 with the goal of becoming a dentist. From Mwanza, Tanzania, he said the shortage of health care professionals in his home country was a primary influence on his career path.
When Cathy Leonard first heard about the recommended elimination of MSU’s Deaf Education Teacher Certification program, she did not believe it. Leonard, who is deaf, joined about 100 MSU students, faculty and members of the deaf community at the Administration Building Friday to protest the program’s possible elimination.
A new art exhibit called Food for Thought, which features work focused on food, will open between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday at the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, 325 E. Grand River Ave.
A holiday concert featuring three duos is scheduled for 8 p.m. Dec. 19 at Stage 1210, 1210 Turner St., in Lansing’s Old Town.
The last two weeks of the semester should bring some of the coldest weather students and residents have seen this season, but meteorologists said this winter should be a milder one in comparison to previous years.
To Javier Pescador, racial biases of Mexicans during the Great Depression era still can be seen today. Pescador, a history professor, gave a lecture Thursday at the MSU Museum Auditorium examining the work of photographer Dorothea Lange and the racial biases her photos show.
Following Wednesday’s filing deadline, candidates for the primary election for the Ingham County Board of Commissioners’ 8th District include a local grassroots activist and an East Lansing attorney.
Shouts in protest of the proposed cuts to MSU programs and departments echoed in a lecture hall full of students as it became the venue to voice concerns about recent university discussions to deal with a tight budget.
The MSU Museum, the Chicano/Latino Studies Program and the Julian Samora Research Institute will co-sponsor a presentation titled American Lenses, Mexican Aliens: Photography of the Mexican Experience in the United States, 1930-1965, from 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. today at the MSU Museum Auditorium.
The Red Cedar Review, MSU’s undergraduate-managed literary digest, will host a winter literary interlude open-mic night Friday.
ASMSU’s POP Entertainment will host a rock show featuring local bands Loune, Cloud Magic with Dave Menzo and Black Jack Persia.
Tickets for comedian Brian Regan’s Feb. 28, performance in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Performances of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas the Musical” will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center Series.
Organizations serving low- to moderate-income households might see a boost in funds for the coming year.
As climate change continues to take center stage in domestic and foreign policy discussions, Jinhua Zhao will be taking his expertise in environmental economics to a national setting.
Students might want to sleep extra tight in the future, as bedbug infestations increasingly are becoming prevalent nationwide, especially in university-type settings.
Despite a $500 gift card reward on the line, student turnout this week to MSU’s talent competition auditions has been lower than past years, event officials said.
East Lansing will host its Winter Bowl Soup & Chili Cook-Off from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in downtown East Lansing.