One of two counts of sodomy is dropped due to insufficient evidence in the continuation of Joseph Hattey's preliminary trial on Thursday.
Ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar faces additional charges of sexual assault in Texas.
The announcement of a permanent MSU president will come in June 2019, according to a timeline detailing the selection of the next president that was presented Wednesday by Trustees Dianne Byrum and Melanie Foster.
The MSU Board of Trustees will announce a "presidential search timeline" tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Plant and Soil Sciences building, according to a Tuesday press release.
MSU is to pay off its $500 million settlement between the university and survivors of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse with general revenue bonds.
Bonds, not tuition or state funding, will pay for the $500 million settlement negotiated between MSU and survivors of ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar.
The university will implement a tuition freeze for in-state freshmen in 2018-19 and a tuition freeze for all undergraduate students in 2019-20. The $500 million settlement between the university and the plaintiffs in the Larry Nassar sex abuse case won't affect tuition rates.
Community concerns, a 2018-19 fiscal budget, tuition rates and trustees' thoughts on interim President John Engler were all points of discussion at the MSU Board of Trustees' June 22 meeting.
A motion to terminate John Engler as interim president of MSU failed 6-2 at Friday's Board of Trustees meeting.
Evidence from an investigation into MSU health physicist Joseph Hattey was evaluated in the 55th District Court on Thursday. Hattey, charged with two counts of bestiality, is set to be back in court in July for a continuation of his preliminary hearing.
Interim President John Engler has released a statement apologizing for an email released last week in which he disparaged Nassar survivor Rachael Denhollander.
A petition put forth by student, faculty and alumni group Reclaim MSU that calls for interim President John Engler's resignation has reached over 1,000 signatures.
The MSU Board of Trustees will hold its next meeting at the Hannah Administration Building on June 22 amid continuing calls for Interim President John Engler's resignation.
120 survivors of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse called for the resignation of MSU Interim President John Engler on Tuesday.
MSU police report that a sexual assault occurred in a University Village residence between the hours of 3 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Sunday morning.
Interim President John Engler faces mounting calls for his resignation this week after emails were released in which he disparaged attorneys for the survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse.
An April 11 university statement regarding a Title IX investigation filed against MSU and employees of the MSU Counseling Center for discouraging a woman from reporting a 2015 alleged rape by three members of the MSU's men's basketball team could have violated a federal privacy law and jeopardized funding to the university's counseling services.
The Lansing State Journal reports that six past and present MSU medical personnel with connections to the crisis involving ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar are under investigation by Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, or LARA.
A scholarship fund established under ex-MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and her husband’s name at a 2015 MSU Board of Trustees meeting did not exist prior to March 2018, documents obtained by The State News show.
Ex-MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and USA Gymnastics officials appeared before a U.S. Senate subcommittee panel on Tuesday to testify about their roles in handling matters related to Larry Nassar.