During the past year, MSU’s Board of Trustees initiated new renovation projects, addressed campus and national controversies and put new policies into place. Here are the highlights of the 2016-17 academic year.
From clowns to squirrels to joyrides, the 2016-17 academic school year saw a wide variety of crimes.
In a report based on hundreds of pages of records and emails obtained by the Washington Post, MSU missed multiple signals about Larry Nassar and his multiple alleged sexual abuses since his hiring in 1997.
The Park District project has taken a major step toward completion after months of back-and-forth uncertainty, capping off a period that, while volatile, has shaped the future of East Lansing's downtown development.
It has been a long year at MSU. Take a look back at some of the more noteworthy events during the 2016-17 school year.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University 54th Session met for the first time last night, and they got a taste of what a long ASMSU meeting is like.
The East Lansing City Council unanimously approved the site and brownfield plans for the latest iteration of the Park District project at their Tuesday night meeting, moving the long-awaited development one step closer to tangible action.
Former MSU football player Auston Robertson appeared in 55th District Court Tuesday for an arraignment.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, one of five candidates for the Democratic Party in the race to become Michigan’s next governor in 2018, visited MSU College Democrats on Monday night at Wilson Hall and delivered a speech outlining his policy positions heading into the campaign.
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed will be on campus Monday at 7 p.m. in Case Hall room 335A, according to the MSU College Democrats Facebook page.
MSU has begun installing solar carports for five parking lots on campus, updating the parking lots with covered parking which will save the university approximately $10 million dollars during the course of 25 years.
An MSU student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine died April 9 after a four-month battle with colon cancer. Marcus Moses, 26, was a full-time medical student and was at the top of his class before his death.
MSU police reported an alleged sexual assault occurred near Beaumont Tower between 1:08 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. on April 20, according to a Facebook post by the department.
MSU has been identified as one of 53 institutions poised to catch up with and overtake the world's best universities through Times Higher Education, or THE.
A propaganda poster from World War II, a coloring book created by Andy Warhol and 1920s issues of Harper’s Weekly are among the many items for sale at the 65th Annual Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show, which will take place Sunday at the Lansing Center.
The Ingham County Prosecutor's Office announced April 21 it has filed charges against Auston Robertson, a member of the MSU football team. He will be charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct charges.
As the March for Science is slated to take place at the State Capitol this weekend, meet some students looking to raise awareness.
Five protesters from Milo Yiannopoulos' visit to campus on Dec. 7, 2016, paid civil infraction fines on Wednesday and Thursday, according 54B District Court records.
The sexual abuse of children is a problem that plagues communities around the world, though people never expect it to happen in their own communities. Ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar is accused of sexually abusing and exploiting children as young as 6 years old, and new allegations continue to come to light.
