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'U' students to meet Nobel winners

Rebecca Mcnulty

June 7, 2004

Because of their research and studies, two MSU graduate research students are getting the chance to mingle with Nobel Prize winners in Germany. Chemical engineering graduate student Dina Eldin and physical chemistry graduate student Deborah Davies, who are both working toward their doctorate degrees, will spend five days in Lindau, Germany with 498 other International graduate students and 58 American students at the 54th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students.

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WEB ONLY: 'U' professor to use grant to develop software

Evan Rondeau

June 3, 2004

An associate professor in Michigan State University's Lyman Briggs School said he is hoping he can use a grant of more than $255,000 to transform a computer program about evolution into a teaching tool to show students how the process works. Robert Pennock will use funds he received from the National Science Foundation to create a new interface for the existing program to make it more visually stimulating and easier to understand.

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'U' students could win $8,000 for film

Rebecca Mcnulty

June 1, 2004

The idea of sharing and downloading music in 1995 was unheard of. In 2025, however, file sharing, particularly that of Napster, has almost destroyed the record industry, so the band Metallica sends a machine back to 1995 to kill the fictitious creator of Napster, Don O'Conner.

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DPPS presented with flags flown in war by alumna

There are thousands of ways to say thank you - cards, flowers, flying a flag 7,000 miles away in the middle of Afghanistan. The latter was the choice of U.S.

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WEB ONLY: After nearly 4 decades, Agriculture prof bids goodbye to 'U'

In his fourth floor Agriculture Hall office, Joe Levine is surrounded by souvenirs. Some he has collected over the years on various travels, like the puppets and books from Indonesia and the lamp with the clarinet base he made himself after spending a summer as a clarinet student at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Most of them, though, are from former colleagues and students who have traveled abroad and returned with a gift-a testament to the legacy that Levine has left on their lives.

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MSU coalition to dole out $160K in grants

Sarah Al-ramadhan

May 27, 2004

Focused on supporting the well-being of children and families, the Families and Communities Together Coalition (FACT) at MSU is granting $160,000 to four research projects dedicated to preventing overweight children, domestic violence, sexual harassment of high school students and literacy about genetics research. "We believe each project has great potential to create significant impacts," FACT co-Director Janet Bokemeier said. Grant recipients will be examining gendered bullying among rural high schools, genetics literacy and informed consent, young child overweight prevention study, and evaluation of group intervention for women and children experiencing domestic violence.

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Group defends students' file sharing against RIAA

The nine MSU students who face punishment from the Recording Industry Association of America are not alone. Activist groups, fellow students and artists stand by the file sharers. One such group, the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, is no stranger to the struggle between file sharers and the RIAA.

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Mexican leader might visit 'U'

Agnes Soriano

May 27, 2004

President Vincente Fox of Mexico might drop by MSU during an upcoming visit to Michigan in June, MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said.

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Study finds low incomes and brain tumors might be realted

A recent MSU study found that people in Michigan who have low incomes might be more likely to develop brain cancer.

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DPPS tags bikes to be impounded

Campus is on orange alert. Brightly colored orange stickers have sprung up everywhere attached to unregistered bicycles because they are in violation of MSU Board of Trustees Ordinance 33.

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WEB ONLY: 'U' study shows back-up plans help businesses

Rebecca Mcnulty

May 25, 2004

An MSU study, commissioned by AT&T Corp., has discovered companies who don't get their supplies from other companies, could be in trouble if their main supplier goes out of business.

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Green roof planted on top of Plant Sciences

Rebecca Mcnulty

May 24, 2004

Instead of looking down on cement roofs, students taking classes at the Plant and Soil Sciences Building will be able to look down on plants and grass.

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Make-A-Wish to hold 5K walk on campus

Agnes Soriano

May 20, 2004

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan will host a 5K walk at 7:30 p.m. today, beginning and ending at the Auditorium.

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Lack of broadband hurts northern cities

Rebecca Mcnulty

May 18, 2004

A new report by the MSU Site for Information and Telecommunication Experimentation, or M-SITE, has recently found communities in northern Michigan without broadband service suffer because of it.

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'U' formula car cruises to international meet

Sarah Al-ramadhan

May 18, 2004

Lovingly, a few students wiped dew drops off their self-made formula racing car Monday, following a heavy rainfall - allowing the green gleam of the car's fresh paint to shine all the brighter. Starting Wednesday, the student-built race car will compete in the Society of Automotive Engineering International Competition at the Pontiac Silverdome. Last year, MSU placed third overall. After dedicating a full year to creating, building and designing the car, the MSU Formula SAE team is optimistic about racing its newly designed car against those from schools in 139 countries. "It's the best car we've had yet," said Nick Periat, an engineering arts senior at MSU and the project's chief engineer.

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Act to ease tuition fees

Agnes Soriano

May 18, 2004

Racial, ethnic and economic minority students will not be disappearing from MSU lecture halls and dorm rooms this fall if the College Access and Opportunity Act passes. The bill, which recently was proposed in the U.S.

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'U' upgrades ANGEL program

Rebecca Mcnulty

May 17, 2004

When students go to print their syllabus off of A New Global Environment for Learning, or ANGEL, they will see a very different program from the soon to be retired Blackboard system.

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$3 million in federal grants given to 'U'

Sarah Al-ramadhan

May 17, 2004

MSU researchers from the colleges of food safety, packaging and supply chain management are working to develop ways to protect the nation's food supply from any kind of contamination or terrorist attacks.

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Speakers to address agricultural issues

Sarah Al-ramadhan

May 17, 2004

MSU Extension Manure Management Team is sponsoring a two-day seminar from 9-4 p.m. May 25-26 at the DeWitt Banquet and Conference Center in DeWitt to discuss agricultural operations and how they impact the quality of air. Speakers include faculty from MSU and the University of Minnesota.

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Libraries team up to create one catalogue

Sarah Al-ramadhan

May 17, 2004

The Library of Michigan and MSU Libraries are working together to enhance both collections, by creating one combined card catalogue, which will help the former save more than $165,000 in costs throughout the next five years.