The Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, will meet today to discuss a request from the Department of French, Classics and Italian to merge with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Teach for America Day and Alumni Panel will take place from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Kellogg Center.
There was a chilly autumn wind whispering across the grounds of the MSU campus on Sunday morning. But for East Lansing resident Dan Leyman, the weather was pristine for competing in the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, Dinosaur Dash.
A cell phone was the game piece, and downtown East Lansing and MSU’s campus were the interactive game board in the second annual “Becky Beauchine Kulka Diamond Dash,” Sunday afternoon.
Glass steins full of frothy beer and spätzle with schnitzle, combined with lively polka dancing on a brisk fall evening, made for a festive weekend at Old Town’s Oktoberfest in Lansing.
Researchers hope to more accurately identify factors that might increase the risk of developing breast cancer in some minority and socioeconomic groups, funded by a $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Body size, childhood growth, diet and the physical activity of women will be considered to foster an understanding of how cancer occurs, said Ellen Velie, lead researcher and associate professor of epidemiology at MSU. Although it appears cancerous tumors are unique to each woman, more information is necessary to grasp how and which people are affected, she said.
Lyman Briggs sophomore Nicholas Tisdale pleaded guilty to charges of receiving and concealing stolen property Friday.
Every semester students brave the crowds on Grand River Avenue, rummaging through shelves in the slew of bookstores available, usually with a lengthy book list in hand.
Stacks of pizza boxes, gallons of pop, dozens of cookies and one giant plastic cow greeted students Thursday at the Veterinary Medical Center. More than 100 veterinary medicine students gathered in the cafeteria of the Center for the Large Animal Clinical Science, or LCS, program’s first “BIG Event.”
For foodservice business management junior Tracy Garley, there’s more to the college experience at MSU than spending four years on the banks of the Red Cedar.
Even though he doesn’t have a Facebook, junior quarterback Kirk Cousins still knew about the Facebook event dedicated to him, “Shoes TIED Like Kirk Cousins Day.”
Brendan Sinclair was searching for a “deeper connection” to his food when he started volunteering at the Student Organic Farm two years ago.
Those looking to buy champagne for their Sunday morning mimosa won’t have to buy the night before, if a bill passed by both the state Senate and House on Wednesday is signed by Gov.
MSU police are investigating a report of an armed robbery against an 18-year-old male student that occurred at about 3 a.m.
Sophomore tight end Dions Sims pleaded guilty this morning at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property, said Maria Miller, Wayne County assistant prosecuting attorney. Sims alledgedly was involved in an organized operation to steal and sell 104 computers, valued at $158,000, from Detroit Public Schools.
The MSU Sierra Student Coalition will host a planning session to encourage MSU to end its use of coal energy on campus at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 114 of Berkey Hall.
MSU baker Rita Lyon will roll out bagels in an unusual color for the month of October: pink. She’ll be baking about 600 dozen bagels in the shape of ribbons to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in honor of her mother, Gwen, who died of breast cancer in 1972.
The city of East Lansing’s cost of living is one of the lowest compared to surrounding communities, according to the 2010 Mid-Michigan Residential Cost Comparison.
Under tents decorated with red, white and blue balloons, packaging sophomore Kelsey O’Keefe signed her name on her voter registration application, planning to vote in the Nov.
Local residents now have a bridge to fresh food because of an initiative at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market.