Midland — Tim Fredricks, an MSU zoology doctoral student, laid on his stomach in a Midland field owned by The Dow Chemical Company, peering through binoculars at a male eastern bluebird perched on a birdhouse about 50 yards away.
A credit card and debit card were stolen from a graduate student’s office at the Engineering Research Complex on Tuesday between 11:40 a.m. and 3 p.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Matthew Macon, who was convicted in May of killing two women and assaulting another last summer, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.
MSU is hosting 4-H Exploration Days this week, which will allow for 2,003 registered youth participants representing 80 of Michigan’s 83 counties to experience college while attending sessions of topics ranging from field hockey to animal science.
Two dairy judging teams from MSU were honored for placing in the College Division category at the Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging contest.
After his son’s death in 2001, John Hogg made a promise to himself to climb the highest point in every state.
A new job posting feature, NACElink Network, is now available through MySpartanCareer, according to the Career Services Network.
As MSU is venturing overseas with the opening of the MSU Dubai in the fall, the university is making adjustments that are needed to fit into a different set of cultural values — values Muslim Students’ Association members understand well.
David McKinley’s research in forensic science helped him dig up bullets and gloves at a crime scene Wednesday — and he’s only 11 years old.
Being a role model is one of the most important parts of being a resident mentor. The Department of Residence Life makes sure its resident mentors are held to the highest standard, both in the halls and on the World Wide Web.
A visiting MSU research associate from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center faces a court hearing at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hamtramck 31st District Court and possible deportation after allegedly planning a sexual meeting online with whom he believed was a teenage girl, according to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.
Robert Kensicki was acquitted of three misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges on Tuesday in relation to the Cedar Fest riots.
The East Lansing City Council took the first step toward making City Center II a reality at its meeting Tuesday.
Keeping access to Valley Court Park has been a concern with many residents since the initial proposal of City Center II, and the site plan the East Lansing City Council approved Tuesday reflected that.
MSU offers a variety of opportunities for affiliates and members of the surrounding community to learn the basics of astronomy, simply stargaze or conduct astronomical research.
MSU University Development, the university’s fundraising office, was honored last week for overall fundraising improvement in the last three years, the fourth time they received the award given to the top 10 percent of collegiate fundraising programs in the last 10 years.
In order to control aquatic vegetation, the swimming beach at Hawk Island County Park, 1601 E. Cavanaugh Road in Lansing, will be closed today to allow for treatment of the lake’s weeds.
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land and the U.S. Olympic Educational Center, or USOEC, at Northern Michigan University, are reminding motorists that they can show their support for the USA Olympic team by purchasing an Olympic license plate.
For local residents already facing the lofty combined costs of groceries and high gas prices, the loss of millions of acres of Iowan crops due to floods may bring an unwelcome jump in food prices.