The dry proceedings of the legal hearing – arguments about case law, testimony from investigators explaining their methods and a request from the defense about an ankle monitor – were overshadowed by a somber undercurrent, with even the judge calling Duncan’s situation “heartbreaking.”
MSU issued 85,052 parking tickets in 2024, bringing a total of $2.11 million to the university.
The Office of International Students and Scholars is monitoring changing policies and working with other universities to provide international students and scholars at MSU with accurate information, the office director said.
Hope Duncan — an 18-year-old political science student from Eastpointe — will appear in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing, though her attorneys argue the law being used against her has been deemed unconstitutional.
Smoke investigated at Butterfield Hall on March 19 was the result of a maintenance issue with a dryer that caught on fire.
A campus clinic employee reportedly bragged about past assault allegations, which are central to a federal probe that’s now in limbo.
Claims of an individual with a gun in West Holden Hall that circulated on social media early Sunday morning were deemed false, according to the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety.
MSU is not among the 51 universities being investigated by the federal government for alleged racial discrimination.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University at their general assembly meeting passed bills in favor of advocacy toward a campus Green New Deal and improved university communications on campus safety issues.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University general assembly agreed they should pass a bill addressing antisemitism on campus Thursday. What they couldn't agree on — and debated for over an hour — was the bill's inclusion of Zionism and its definition.
Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts will remain a priority despite threats from Washington, he said, and the university is honing arguments for state and federal policymakers in hopes of protecting funding in coming budgets.
The federal agency has monitored MSU relatively closely in the years following the Larry Nassar scandal.
A whistleblower complaint alleges the top HR administrator sought to covertly compile “derogatory information” stored in the personnel files of high-ranking employees at the behest of a trustee.
The departure represents further shake up in MSU's administration, which has undergone some restructuring since President Kevin Guskiewicz took the helm last March.
Michigan State University officially announced the launch of a strategic fundraising campaign to raise $4 billion, the first of its kind since 2014.
Mass layoffs at federal agencies have jeopardized internship and employment opportunities for MSU students. For one recent graduate, the layoffs meant losing her dream job.
The MSU community can provide feedback on the design proposals through the end of March.
MSU's accreditors reaffirmed the university’s accreditation for another ten years, nearly a year and a half after saying a trustee's alleged misconduct raised "potential concerns."
The group, which partners with counties throughout Michigan to provide educational services, is the first independently organized extension network in the country, organizers say.
President Kevin Guskiewicz sent a campus-wide update on an assessment of the university’s health sciences strategy Thursday, which included plans of a possible merge of two colleges of medicine.