Archaeologists and construction workers both spend a lot of time in the dirt, but as construction crews dig foot by foot, Chris Stawski would prefer to use a trowel and dig inch by inch.
Cell phones, e-mail, research — just some of the pressures facing students and faculty outside of class and personal life.
Cheating on tests and quizzes, once near impossible with teachers roaming the aisles of a classroom, becomes easier when the only contact with the instructor is via e-mail.
Thomas McGuane remembers talking with excitement to other young writers about literature as an MSU student during the early 1960s — but that’s not all he remembers. “It seemed like MSU always had a lot of beautiful girls,” the now acclaimed writer said. “That probably stands out more in my mind than anything else.”
Two MSU professors won the 2008 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their work in pollution prevention.
Mariam Sticklen said she has found a way to produce affordable ethanol without adversely affecting the cost of food — and she did it with the help of cows.
Spring tuition for the 2008-09 academic year may be on the rise again after a less-than-expected bump in state appropriations.
Michigan business, economic and political leaders met last week to announce a statewide effort to help MSU win a national competition for the $550-million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, that would update the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory on campus.
After facing charges of using the computer for criminal behavior, an MSU visiting research associate from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center had his plea entered as not guilty at his hearing Thursday, as he wished to remain mute.
Michigan business, economic and political leaders met Tuesday to announce a statewide effort to help MSU win a national competition for the $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that would update the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory on campus.
For the second time in a month, tuition for the 2008-09 academic year could be on the rise.
Sparty riled up a unique crowd in the Auditorium on Wednesday as alumni from decades past and children still in grade school were brought together on campus for Grandparents University.
Canola and barley crops were showcased Wednesday at the MSU and MSU Extension alternative crop research and demonstration tour.
Professor emeritus Elvin Lashbrooke has been recommended to the MSU Board of Trustees for the position of interim dean of the Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at MSU, effective July 1.
A two-part research program studying autism in children is being conducted by MSU psychology professors and several students this summer at MSU’s Psychological Clinic.
The lower summer enrollment on campus has emptied out more than just residence halls, as graduate students trying to complete dissertations in the Department of Psychology are left without subjects for their research studies.
When proposed updates to the Americans with Disabilities Act are finalized, MSU will have little to worry about.
America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don’t feel their religion is the only way to eternal life — even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise — and MSU students said they felt the same.
Algae grown from sewage could be used to produce biofuels, says a company seeking a $7 million state grant to help prove it, along with help from MSU researchers.
In a time of hardship in the Midwest, MSU and 11 other research universities from eight states will gather Thursday and Friday to discuss the economy.