The ensemble “Trio con Brio” will be playing in concert as part of the Lansing Symphony Chamber Series at 3 p.m. Nov. 15 at Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 Grand River Ave., in Lansing.
The Lansing Board of Water and Light received the Regional Growth Award from the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. The award was given to the board because of its leadership in various energy projects, such as constructing and operating Michigan’s largest solar array and being the first utility in the state to adopt a renewable portfolio standard, which is a regulation requiring the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources. It is one of seven companies and organizations receiving the Regional Growth Award from the Chamber of Commerce.
MSU’s Next Job Idol contest began Sunday and students have until the end of the month to enter.
Tuesday’s election turnout of 8.74 percent might seem low at first glance, but compared to East Lansing’s last odd-year election, it was an increase.
Shortly after state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, proposed legislation to cut legislators’ pay when they slash education funding, the Democratic senator announced she would donate her monthly legislative stipend to the East Lansing Education Foundation, or ELEF.
The city of East Lansing is offering students and recent graduates a chance to showcase their art skills for a regional population.
An MSU professor and a team of researchers from several U.S. institutions received national recognition last month for their research on maternal obesity and its impact on successful pregnancies.
A Pakistani movie premiering at MSU is starting to change people’s opinions not only about the country, but about it’s predominant religion, Islam.
The Midwest Roosevelt Institute Campus Network 2009 Fall Policy Workshop will be held Nov. 13 and 14 at the MSU Detroit Center, 3408 Woodward Ave., in Detroit.
The head of the Chinese consulate in Chicago, Consul Huang Ping, will visit MSU at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 6 in the Business College Complex Room N100.
Brooklyn-based artist Chitra Ganesh will be part of a guest lecture series through the Department of Art and Art History at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 in room 109 of South Kedzie Hall.
The MSU Museum and Museum Store will offer extended hours until 7 p.m. Nov. 4 and 11. The museum also is holding a holiday benefit sale, which includes toys, books and gifts that celebrate world cultures and natural history.
Aaron Vande Wege will conclude The Children’s Concert Series at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
Professional theater company Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam St., in downtown Williamston, Mich., will open its production of “This Wonderful Life” by Steve Murray at 3 p.m. Nov. 27. and is scheduled to run until Dec. 20. Tickets for the 90-minute production go on sale Nov. 9.
A group of MSU researchers is helping fruit farmers across the state increase their crop yield and cut costs with the help of sex chemicals from female moths.
MSU researchers are concerned regulations on embryonic stem cell research proposed in a Michigan Senate Committee would interfere with their progress.
The Lansing Art Gallery, 113 S. Washington Square, in Lansing, will hold a community reception from 7-9 p.m. Friday in honor of three new exhibitions.
A one-night seminar designed to answer questions involving photography will be held from 6-9 p.m. Monday, at Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, in Meridian Township.
Jennifer Connarn learned this past summer not to believe everything you hear about MSU’s study abroad program. The finance junior said most people expect to ace the courses they take overseas, but her experience did not live up to the hype.
Two East Lansing neighborhoods north of Saginaw Street soon could restrict new rental units.