In 2010, Google’s Fiber for Communities project aimed to provide ultra-fast Internet connectivity to communities across the nation but only chose one location. With commercial providers having no plans to provide ultra-fast Internet to communities, a new team of universities have come together to pick up where Google left off.
Professor of teacher education Charles Anderson brought together more than 50 educators, researchers and policymakers last week for the Learning Progressions Footprint Conference in Washington, D.C.
Although the heat wave that has hit East Lansing this month resulted in an excessive heat warning, political science and pre-law junior Mark Hill said it’s been a nice change from the typically frigid Michigan winters. This July has been one of the hottest in Greater Lansing’s history and, with a few hot days expected to close out the month, could rank in the top ten hottest July’s in city history. Lansing’s hottest July occurred back in 1868 when the average high temperature was 90.6 degrees, National Weather Service meteorologist George Wetzel said. This month, the high temperature has averaged nearly 87 degrees, four degrees higher than normal, Wetzel said. The string of warm days has led to a major increase in profits for a number of local establishments. Lisa Foss is the owner of 7-Eleven, 918 E.
A Lansing-based medical marijuana clinic‘s promise to reward patients who vowed to vote with free marijuana incited outrage in state Sen.
The normally quiet first floor corridor of Bessey Hall turned into a bustling exhibition Thursday, as more than 200 people packed the building for MSU’s first annual Summer University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum. More than 125 student research projects and poster boards lined the narrow hallway during the event’s two-hour walk-through session, many drawing large crowds.
Amid constant rain and claps of thunder, the 2011 Summer Splash party soldiered on at the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center, 6400 Abbot Road, Wednesday afternoon.
When considering applicants for the Victory Congressional Internship program — a new leadership program that gives lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender college students a chance at a Washington, D.C., internship — Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute, or GLLI, Program Director Samir Luther said he and his fellow reviewers did not limit their acceptance only to students with aspirations of working in public office. They looked for students with an appetite for leadership, he said, and MSU social relations and policy senior Mitchell Rivard demonstrated that hunger. “It’s rare to find young people who already have so much experience while they’re still in college,” Luther said.
Using a condom isn’t always a guy’s first thought, and with that in mind, political science junior Josh Nemes said he’d be intrigued with new birth control options for men, resulting in less unprotected sex.
Two MSU students spent their summer exploring Michigan’s lower peninsula hoping to develop a better understanding of natural disasters.
In this day and age, with so many people — especially young people — using social media, political theory and constitutional democracy senior Don Higgins said political candidates who choose not to utilize Twitter are making a big mistake. “We live in a very fast-moving technological stage, and if that’s going to be ignored, it’s downright stupid,” said Higgins, who is treasurer of the MSU College Republicans. But according to University of Michigan researchers, whose findings were presented on July 19 at the International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media in Barcelona, Spain, plenty of politicians are using this social medium as part of their campaign strategy. They studied the use of Twitter by U.S.
Offices and departments at MSU are working to become more environmentally friendly, as the university ramps up its sustainability efforts and looks to fall in line with other schools across the nation. MSU is one of about 284 U.S.
Aspiring thespians have the opportunity to show off their talents to the Greater Lansing community this week during MSU Community Music School’s, or CMS, Music Theatre Camp.
Local aspiring performers gathered at Wharton Center Monday for the first day of a weeklong series of interactive workshops for youth interested in pursuing a career on Broadway.
Like many students preparing for college, incoming freshmen Alex Wrobleski and Jon Drury were looking for a summer job to earn money before beginning college.
For Cam Howie, firefighting has been a part of his life since childhood. His grandfather, the fire chief in Grand Traverse County, Mich., would let Howie ride in the back of his pickup truck when he went on calls.
It’s something almost every high school senior has to face at one point or another: touring universities to find the best fit for their university careers.
More people are jumping on the digital bandwagon and buying e-readers, the Pew Research Center said in a study published last month. According to the study, 12 percent of adults owned an e-reader in May 2011, doubling from 6 percent in November 2010.
Alongside about 30 other families who have been helped by the Michigan chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 3-year-old Charlie Waller ran through Potter Park Zoo Sunday and played with his 7-year-old sister, Esther.
A controversial education council released a new study Thursday showing that many student teaching programs across the nation are failing to produce good educators. The report, which was published by the National Council on Teacher Quality, shows that roughly 75 percent of the 134 programs it rated were sub-par — it did not rate MSU’s program — but included three others in Michigan.
Middle school and high school students from across the state are getting a hands-on crash course in three different types of media technology through summer camps held this July by MSU’s Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media. The first of three weeks of camps kicked off July 11, with high school students taking a course of their choice, geared toward either television production, music recording or video game design.