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BOT approves 2021 budget, discusses COVID-19 testing and announces required masks on campus
Required masks, budget approval and more from Friday's MSU Board of Trustees meeting.
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President Stanley recommends interim VP for research
The recommendation was made in accordance with the Academic Governance Steering Committee and Interim Provost Teresa Sullivan, following the resignation of Stephen Hsu.
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MSU pauses several capital projects, looks to save $77 million
Alterations and renovations on the Hannah Administration Building and Wells Hall are among the projects put on hold.
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8 Ingham County Jail inmates and 1 employee test positive for COVID-19
Ingham County Jail reports positive COVID-19 cases, mitigation measures.
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Michigan State cuts faculty wages amid coronavirus budget implications
MSU is also reducing its retirement plan matching contributions from 10% to 5% of employees’ compensation.
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Michigan State BOT to hold June 26 virtual meeting
Dr. Jack Lipton from the College of Human Medicine will be giving a presentation on the “innovation, adaptation, and scaling up” of COVID-19 testing.
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Students share experiences with balancing mental health and activism
In the wake of a global pandemic and a human rights movement, mental health matters though it is often put second to other types of wellness. MSU students share their experiences with balancing activism and mental health.
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'There's a much longer fight ahead of us': MSU community reacts to Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ+ employees
This ruling involves multiple cases in which an employer allegedly fired an employee for being gay or transgender. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is held this is unlawful.
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Michigan State VP of Research Stephen Hsu resigns
MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. plans to appoint an interim VP in the coming days.
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ASMSU holds impromptu summer meeting, talks MSUPD reform and more
ASMSU held the first of three impromptu summer Zoom meetings to discuss MSUPD reform and advocate for the removal of Vice President of Research Stephen Hsu.
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ASMSU calls to remove Stephen Hsu as Research VP
The final bill passed nearly unanimously, with one abstention.
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Michigan State facilities employee under investigation for racist Facebook posts
The university was made aware from complaints that came in over the weekend, Guerrant said.
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Dueling petitions: Calls growing both for removal and support of VP of research Stephen Hsu
The GEU did not call to strip Hsu's tenure or professorship in the physics department, rather to remove him from a leadership post that determines who gets research funding.
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Faculty asked to move 75% of courses at least partially online
Campus will technically be open, but only a quarter of classes will be held completely in-person.
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Greek life raising support, money for Black Lives Matter
In raising money and support for various organizations and causes related to the Black Lives Matter movement, many of those who have gone Greek are dedicated to using their platforms to enact change across the nation.
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'Equity over equality': MSU students and alumni march, demanding university to represent their community
The event was organized by current MSU students and alumni, all of whom were minorities, who saw MSU’s campus as a diverse community but with no support for these diverse groups. Their demands were to make MSU what it says it is: inclusive and united.
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Hundreds of MSU professors, GEU call to remove VP of research Stephen Hsu
Hsu has been an outspoken advocate for eugenics or discouraging reproduction from those with genetic defects and disabilities with the intent of improving the quality of the human species.
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Michigan State begins implementing online and in-person instruction schedules
MSU began implementing changes to courses to fit its planned hybrid instruction.
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MSU Honors College recommends interim dean
Matthew Zierler will be begininng this role during the COVID-19 pandemic and while the university plans to transition back from the online instruction of the spring semester to hybrid, in-person instruction on campus.
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MSU Library receives its largest donation in history
MSU Libraries received its biggest donation in history: $5 million given by research scientist Keelung Hong.