Annual blood drive pits MSU against Penn State
Although the MSU and Penn State football teams don’t square off until Nov. 21, Haley Pearson already has started the competition between the two schools.******
Although the MSU and Penn State football teams don’t square off until Nov. 21, Haley Pearson already has started the competition between the two schools.******
The fate of Olin Health Center and several other student health services remain unknown as officials wait for MSU Provost Kim Wilcox to announce his recommendations regarding their futures.
The host of radio program Loveline and star of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab” series will speak about health issues affecting college students Nov. 23 at Wharton Center, MSU’s Residence Halls Association announced Wednesday.
Iranian students gathered Wednesday afternoon at the rock on Farm Lane to take part in a protest that won’t just raise awareness at MSU, but will support demonstrators thousands of miles away in Iran.
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.