As the summer days grow warmer, the MSU Horticulture Gardens grow bigger and brighter. The gardens, which encompass 14 acres, are bursting with life this time of year.
MSU is stepping up its game when it comes to fighting chronic disease. MSU’s College of Human Medicine recently announced its membership in the new Michigan chapter of the National Chronic Disease Coalition.
On June 15, 1962, members of the Students for a Democratic Society, or SDS, gathered in Port Huron, Mich., to combine voices and opinions in the creation of a statement which still holds relevance almost 50 years later.
After the U.S. entered the war in Iraq, Chris Worland found herself asking for international students’ opinions to share the effect the event had on their lives.
Tuesday night at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing City Council discussed the potential risks and rewards to moving forward with City Center II redevelopment project.
Tomorrow evening at Wharton Center at 7:30 p.m., the Verdehr Trio will showcase their unique sound for music lovers to enjoy. Walter Verdehr, violinist for the trio and professor of violin at the College of Music, said that this concert will kick off the 40th year of performances by the group, which was founded with his wife in 1972. Verdehr said the trio has performed in many large-scale concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Sydney Opera House. Still, he said he continues to love working and performing at MSU. “MSU is a wonderful place to work because the administration encourages performance,” he said.
As the mid-Michigan August primary inches closer, two MSU alumni vying for the title of Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court judge received endorsements from friends in high places. Last week, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, a former NBA player who attended MSU in 1978, endorsed local attorney Wanda Stokes for the position.
When MSU law professor Mae Kuykendall found out she was being published in The New York Times, she knew it was a race against the clock. Kuykendall wrote an Op-Ed piece entitled “A Way Out of the Same-Sex Marriage Mess” that was published on May 23.
When Steve Hershfield was looking for a fun way to blog last year, he never expected companies would be sending him clothing for his friends to model and review on his website, stateofproper.com.
After leaving his job with Afghanistan’s government and fighting for his home country of Afghanistan, losing one of his legs to an exploding land mine and spending time in a refugee camp in Moscow, Mohamad Nurzayee came to the U.S. in 2003 with goals and dreams he is now fulfilling.
Several Michigan legislators are working to repair crop damage caused by an early thaw by seeking financial relief for fruit farmers who have suffered crop losses.
When MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant was flipping pancakes Sunday morning, she knew she was doing it for the right reasons.
Becoming a police officer for MSU was Sam Miller’s dream job. “It was the number one goal for a place to work,” he said. Miller’s dream became a reality on Monday morning as the recent graduate was sworn into the MSU police force by Chief Jim Dunlap.
Do you worry about a lot of things? Do you find yourself worrying all the time? Have you tried to control your worrying and had difficulty doing this?
The presidential general election continues to be close call for Michigan voters as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has made up ground on President Barack Obama in recent polls.
When patrons at the recently opened Moe’s Southwest Grill, 551 E. Grand River Ave., first walk through the door, they are greeted by an enthusiastic “Welcome to Moe’s!” from the restaurant’s employees.
For many people, the idea of working with low-income Peruvians might seem exhausting, but for fourth year medical student Joe Gorz, it’s what he was meant to do. “We just try to do a job,” he said.
For six summers, Kristie Phelps has made an annual trip to the Red Cedar River with her two friends to grab a few minutes of relaxation away from her kids and responsibilities and enjoy an evening of theater and nature.
Tears welled in the eyes of Regina Walker as she watched her son Tanner Maxwell up on stage singing “You’ve got a friend in me” for the final time at the MSU Community Music School’s music therapy recital Tuesday evening.
Ian Wenk decided to work at the Beal Botanical Garden as a summer job, not knowing it would lead him one step closer to figuring out his major.