The future of alternative fuels and economic freedom might be as simple as grass clippings and wood chips. Biomass such as straw, switchgrass and wood chips can be used to produce cellulosic ethanol, a potential replacement to ethanol produced from corn, wheat and rice, said Bruce Dale, associate director of MSU’s Office of Biobased Technologies.
The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office received a request from the East Lansing Police Department for a fugitive warrant for Leo Wales III, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said.
All Secretary of State offices will be closed in observance of President’s Day on Feb. 15. Driver’s licenses and plates set to expire on Feb. 15 can be renewed the following day without penalty.
Shauna Sly is not a registered organ donor, but the special education and deaf education sophomore said that could change. A team of MSU researchers are turning to social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to attract more student organ donors.
Symone Ayers lost five family members to cancer and cites her grandmother, a survivor, as her major source of inspiration. Kelly Knupfer lost her uncle to brain cancer and aspires to work for the American Cancer Society after graduation. Chelsea Lewis watched some of her closest friends fight cancer, and now she fights for them.
In celebration of Black History Month, MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine is sponsoring a lecture series slated to open at 5 p.m. Thursday at Kellogg Center.
To one MSU researcher, a rift between two opposing schools of thought on how to treat children with autism needs to close in the interest of advancing the field.
The North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, is hosting its 27th annual Pow Wow of Love Feb. 13-14 at Jenison Field House.
La Casa, an MSU student group, will be holding a fundraiser all day Friday at Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern, 3950 E. Grand River Ave., in Howell.
Jumping into water filled with sharks is probably not a wish most people want to come true.
A sea of white medical jackets is lacking color. A University of Michigan study on minority students in U.S. medical schools shows the number of underrepresented minorities is low compared to their percentage of population in the U.S.
Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey plans to announce her candidacy for Michigan Secretary of State today.
Students, faculty and residents of East Lansing will kick off their Relay for Life fundraising efforts tonight at 7 p.m. at Erickson Hall Kiva.
Jeffrey Cohen sees Mexican immigrants as an important part of America’s past, but Ruben Martinez considers them a crucial link to America’s future.
Research completed by a team of scientists, including an MSU professor, might lead to a new type of treatment in curing diabetic blindness.
MSU Students Today Leaders Forever, or STLF, will be holding its first Pay-It-Forward tour informational meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the North Case Hall study lounge.
The discussion about how to potentially reorganize MSU’s course scheduling could reignite today, almost three months after a university committee postponed such talks.
More than a dozen people were crowded in an octagonal room stuffy with the smell of paint fumes Saturday at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing.
WKAR is set to host a community conversation from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 9 in Lansing Community College’s Board Room.
Redshirt freshman wide receiver Myles White and junior defensive tackle Oren Wilson pleaded not guilty last week to charges stemming from a Nov. 22, 2009 altercation in Rather Hall.