At the end of Michigan Avenue, a street where slews of dispensary storefronts stand closed and dark, more than 1,000 people toting colorful signs gathered on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon to protest a recent Michigan Court of Appeals ruling that made commercial sales of medical marijuana illegal.
Forty-five engineering industry leaders have committed to doubling the amount of engineering internships available to students in 2012, according to a release from The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Professional writing senior Kevin Marheine stopped by the Earn, Learn and Intern Fair on Wednesday afternoon to find a company where he could get some real-world experience without some of the consequences of a full-time job.
Students preparing to take the Graduate Record Examination, or GRE — an exam required for admission to most graduate schools — are among the first to experience the most drastic changes made to the exam in its history.
About 18 members of MSU’s Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, are paying less for classes this semester through a new 100-credit tuition pool, which offers a waiver of some additional tuition costs.
The East Lansing Police Department appointed two new lieutenants at Tuesday night’s East Lansing City Council meeting.
When employees of Dublin Square Irish Pub found out their establishment made Nightclub & Bar Magazine’s Next 50 list, they thought it might be a hoax.
Okemos resident Ella Sackett and her family moved out of Spartan Village Apartments a few years ago, but she still makes the trip to East Lansing to bring her youngest child to Red Cedar Elementary.
Henry Brimmer is working to make Grand Rapids a little more green and white.
Two MSU employees created a new, environmental-based business that locates illicit substances in public water — all by sense of smell.
Chemical engineering sophomore Ibrahim Gulamhusein always had an interest in math and science, but it wasn’t until he arrived at MSU and chose a major that he started to wonder about the type of career he could see himself doing.
The seven Lowrider bikes on display in Snyder Hall’s LookOut! Gallery don’t have many miles on them, but the meaning behind the American Indian-themed vehicles is more of a metaphorical journey than a physical one.
Jim Detjen’s love for environmental journalism began more than 40 years ago during his first newspaper job along the polluted Hudson River in New York when environmental issue stories rarely were displayed in mainstream news.
Every year, roads are torn up and resurfaced because of erosion and other natural conditions. But that could change thanks to new research being done at MSU.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is starting off this school year with momentum from the last, working on various initiatives to promote partnerships among graduate and professional students, COGS officials said.
As President Barack Obama infused optimism into crowds in downtown Detroit Monday in his Labor Day speech regarding the current state of the job market, a new report raises more doubts about Michigan’s progress in developing an employment-friendly environment.
During the holiday weekend, the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education hosted more than 175 llamas and 40 alpacas during Lamafest 2011, the nation’s second-longest running llama and alpaca show.
MSU’s Neighborhoods initiative opened up new offices in two different campus locations this year, a move officials said is designed to bring more basic services closer to students.
Although droves of Spartan fans flooded the streets of East Lansing Friday before and after the football home opener, crimes and calls for service were fewer than that of a normal football weekend, officials said.
A 2,000-year-old Chinese tradition was introduced to Grand River on Sunday. Dragon boats sped through the Lansing waterway in an event that brought people from the Lansing area and MSU community together.