A depression medication developed by an MSU professor could provide a more effective treatment of the mental illness with fewer side effects.
A new exhibit premiering this week at the MSU Museum dedicated to quilt research is another installment in a line of exhibits about what officials said was one of the most understudied arts in the world.
MSU will present Grand Rapids businessman and philanthropist Richard DeVos Sr., co-founder of Amway, with an honorary doctorate of humanities at the Saturday graduation commencement ceremony.
The H1N1 vaccine will be available from 9 a.m. to noon beginning Saturday at Hill Career Academy, 5815 Wise Road, in Lansing. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 16, a community clinic will be held at Holt High School, 5885 W. Holt Road, in Holt.
East Lansing drunken driving arrests increased 31 percent in the past five years following a citywide crackdown.
Susan Bandes, director of the Kresge Art Museum, was elected Nov. 6 to the Print Council of America, an organization of more than 200 print specialists in the U.S. and Canada ranging from curators to university professors.
In a country stricken by poverty, people sell their own organs just to get by.
An MSU assistant law professor plans to run for Michigan Senate in 2010.
Signing into Facebook during class normally is looked down upon by MSU faculty, but some MSU professors are taking a different approach through research on social networking sites. Nicole Ellison, an assistant professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media is part of a team using about $500,000 from a National Science Foundation grant to study how people use social networking sites such as Facebook. “The story of students using Facebook in class and not paying attention … (is) one small part of it,” Ellison said.
Students leaving town next week for winter break might be in a rush to get home for the holidays, but if they neglect to make arrangements for snow removal, they could return to an unwanted ticket.
Nine MSU football players have been charged with assault for their actions in the Nov. 22 altercation at Rather Hall.
Tickets for the 11th annual Common Ground Music Festival are now on sale for the seven-day event. As of Monday, tickets for the July 12-18 event are on sale for $93. Ticket prices will increase to $99 on July 1.
Michigan residents might notice fewer road and bridge projects being completed if state revenues are not increased, officials said. During the next three years, Michigan could lose $1.5 billion in federal stimulus money for road repair because of an $84 million shortfall for road repair in the state’s 2009-10 budget, said Keith Ledbetter, director of Legislative Affairs at the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association.
Despite a $4.6 million shortfall in the Ingham County budget, the city of East Lansing is not expecting to experience too much disturbance from any cuts made.
Students from the MSU College of Arts and Letters Curatorial Practices class will host a photography exhibition from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Kresge Art Museum.
Three faculty members from the MSU Community Music School will put on a free concert at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Turner-Dodge House, 100 E. North St., in Lansing.
The College of Engineering will hold its Design Day from 8 a.m. to noon Friday at the Union, which will bring MSU and pre-college students together.
The city of East Lansing is looking to help students find a place to prepare for their upcoming finals.
Meteorologists are predicting a significant change in the weather today and tomorrow, which might disappoint students hoping to avoid harsh winter weather.
President Barack Obama revealed a plan Tuesday to spur the economy by helping small businesses, investing in America’s infrastructure and creating green jobs.