Jennifer Connarn learned this past summer not to believe everything you hear about MSU’s study abroad program. The finance junior said most people expect to ace the courses they take overseas, but her experience did not live up to the hype.
James Pivarnik, an MSU professor who specializes in exercise habits of women and children, will get a workout of his own in January when he carries the Olympic flame as part of the 27,000-mile Olympic Torch Relay leading up to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Although Xiaobo Tan has been working with robotic fish for the past few years, his work is diving to deeper depths. Tan, an electrical and computer engineering assistant professor, uses robotic fish to study data such as oxygen level, algae concentration and pollution in water settings in his lab.
As part of the celebration for the Julian Samora Research Institute’s 20th anniversary, the MSU Graduate Brass Quintet will perform with the Grammy-nominated Chicago folk group Sones de México.
Hundreds of contractors and builders will come to MSU from 2-4 p.m. this Thursday in Union Parlors A, B and C to learn about construction projects in the university’s future.
George Washington University professor Jenna Weissman Joselit will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Union Green Room as part of the lecture “Romancing the Stone: America’s Embrace of the Ten Commandments.”
Former East Lansing Mayor and MSU alumnus Sam Singh will speak at 6 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Union Ballroom as part of the lecture “Community Service: Strengthening Humanity Locally and Globally.”
MSU students have the chance to bring the band Weezer to campus for a free concert by voting in a Facebook poll contest sponsored by T-Mobile to promote the new Motorola CLIQ phone.
For a group of MSU researchers, the future of ultra-efficient hybrid vehicles starts in their lab.
Breast cancer survivors struggling with long-term side effects of the disease, such as fatigue and depression, are set to receive individualized advice from MSU’s Breslin Cancer Center.
Experts will discuss the threats of climate change in Michigan from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Kellogg Center, Room 106, 55 S. Harrison Ave.
An MSU fraternity kicked off a 30-year-old, weeklong fundraiser Monday, raising $230 in six hours with the hope of finding a cure for cancer.
Three commencement speakers will send December graduates on their way. Nancy G. Brinker will speak at the 2 p.m. Dec. 12 commencement ceremony.
It’s pitch-black when lights flash on in the auditorium of the MSU Museum and four spirits stand in front of the audience. “We are a bronze people of a bronze culture,” they all say in unison. “We are Aztlan.”
Coughing and sneezing students who stay home because of flu-like illness might not receive excused absences in their classes. Olin Health Center Communications and Planning Coordinator Kathi Braunlich said Olin is not providing excuses for students experiencing flu-like symptoms unless it is a rare situation. Olin never has given excuses for flu-like illnesses and will not start because of an influx of students coming into Olin, she said.
Whether an MSU instructor charged with criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping could face a life sentence is expected to be determined this month by a local judge who wants further analysis of the kidnapping charge.
If students have questions about safe sex, MSU probably has the answers, according to university officials and sexual health report card results released last week by Trojan condoms.
MSU is raking in thousands of dollars in leaf disposal savings. Employees of MSU Landscape Services used to waste time and gasoline each fall hauling hundreds of yards of leaves to an on-campus compost site.
Although it still is waiting on finalizations of the state budget, the MSU Board of Trustees will meet today to discuss plans for the university and request appropriations from the state for the 2010-11 year.
Erin Ford’s eyes lit up as she watched Jody Wilfong’s hands fall across the strings of a guitar, its twang filling the space between them.