To reduce costs but maintain its force, the East Lansing Police Department will be decreasing overtime, training and equipment spending, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said. “What causes us to have a good service is that we have good people,” he said. “And we want to keep them.”
The East Lansing City Council approved its 2009-10 $95 million budget Tuesday, making reductions that city officials said would minimally affect residents. Areas hit include the sidewalk repair program and the public safety departments.
For many baby boomer college faculty across the country, job satisfaction is a problem. According to a study conducted at the University of Washington that was released last month, baby boomers in the middle of their lives are less satisfied with their jobs than their older and younger colleagues. However, that might not be the case at MSU.
Some students might have easier access to health care because of a new health reform bill proposed by state Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, last week. “If you’re going to go to school, it’s hard to work many hours a week and keep up with your classes,” said Sherry Sofia, chief of staff for George. “It could be those people who have a part-time job and no benefits provided by their employer who are helped.”
Extra inches around the waist might promote cancer growth, according to a study published last month by MSU researchers. Jenifer Fenton, a food science and human nutrition researcher at the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, studied the link between a hormone found in fat cells and colon cancer.
Alma Gutierrez is making her version of the American dream work. At least for now. Gutierrez is the owner of El Oasis, two locations that serve Mexican food for customers at 1125 E.
A fire was reported outside Owen Graduate Hall on May 12, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funding has been allocated to MSU and East Lansing in the past 90 days. Ingham County is using its portion of the $3.8 billion given to Michigan on road projects, educational improvements and energy efficiency, among other issues.
In addition to possibly approving the 2009-10 fiscal year budget, the East Lansing City Council plans to discuss the future of two century-old houses located on Louis Street at tonight’s meeting.
Sheila Teahan isn’t a structural engineer, but the associate professor of English can surmise that Morrill Hall, the century-old building that houses her office, is on its last leg.
Construction crews are hammering away on projects across campus this summer. University engineer Robert Nestle said road and utilities construction is typically planned for summer because there are fewer people on campus. Inconveniences to students are expected to be minimal this summer, he added.
Eastbound I-94 near US-127 will be closed near Hawkins Road in Jackson County this evening beginning at 9 p.m. and is not expected to reopen until 7 a.m. Wednesday. A detour will be in effect until construction is completed.
MSU police will be on the lookout for unbuckled motorists Wednesday and next week as part of Mid-Michigan’s annual Buckle Up or Pay Up, Click It or Ticket mobilization, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
With a projected $12.5 million in federal funding during the next five years, researchers at MSU will investigate the implications of thermoelectric energy and contribute to a nationwide effort to understand and use sustainable energy.
MSU researchers studying children’s exercise will have new labs this summer in what was once unused locker space. Renovations turned half of the women’s locker room in the basement of IM Sports-Circle into a new workspace and laboratory for the Department of Kinesiology’s Human Energy Research Laboratory, or HERL.
MSU’s future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams might be getting a $2 million funding boost next year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s budget request to Congress. The request is slated to raise the amount allotted to FRIB from $7 million in fiscal year 2009 to $9 million in 2010.
A parked car was hit Thursday and was reported by a 20-year-old Lansing man, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU junior Melissa Rumrill will be tried for drunken driving causing one count of death and two counts of serious injury stemming from an accident that caused the death of MSU junior Joe Barton, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said.
The city of East Lansing plans to approve its $95 million budget for 2009-10 fiscal year during its meeting Tuesday. And despite the downturn of Michigan’s economy, East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis said the city has managed its budget well.
MSU upgraded ANGEL late last week, enhancing grading and discussion functions, among others. Changes in ANGEL version 7.4 include grading rubrics that enhance student-faculty communication, updated discussion forums that allow more people to engage in a dialogue and an easier tracking system for instructors to monitor course participation, said Katherine Ball, a spokeswoman for the university’s Academic Technology Services.