Despite racking up 18,500 flights-worth of miles last year alone, MSU doesn’t track frequent flier miles on flights for university business. MSU officials said they continue to evaluate this policy as the university weighs a possible tuition increase, program cuts and layoffs to address shortfalls in a budget plagued by rising costs and decreased state funding.
The case of the man arrested last month in connection with two sexual assaults has been sent to circuit court.
Eric Poinski has seen many people walk in and out of his smoke shop since it opened three weeks ago, including a couple of elderly women who inquired about using a water pipe as a vase.
Author and poet Stephen Haven will speak at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in the RCAH Theatre in Snyder-Phillips Hall as part of the Center for Poetry’s Poetry in the Spring series.
MSU undergraduates will present research projects today at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum in the Union. The forum, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., features the projects of more than 600 MSU undergraduates that range from genetic mapping to creative writing.
The search for a new children’s choir director for the MSU Community Music School is over. University officials sought applicants from as far away as Italy and Australia, but the search concluded with one of MSU’s own.
A Lyman Briggs College alumnus will speak at the first commencement held by the college since the decision to reinstate it in 2006. Capt. Kenneth Earhart is commander of the Cairo, Egypt-based infectious disease research facility U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, or NAMRU-3.
Water, sewage and aging city infrastructure were among items in the 2009-10 fiscal year budget discussed at Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council work session. Council members were presented with the first section of the of the city’s 2009-10 fiscal year budget, which involved general funds.
Health officials investigating the campus outbreak of a stomach virus two weeks ago have determined a time frame in which they believe most students were infected.
Two female students reported belongings stolen from the Main Library when they left items unattended after a fire alarm was pulled, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
When Abhinav Katiyar looks back on his first few weeks in the U.S. as a freshman at MSU, he remembers sitting alone in the cafeteria. And he remembers one person — his resident mentor — waving him down and carrying his tray over to join him.
Author James McBride will visit the Capital Area District Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., in Lansing, at 7 p.m. on April 20. McBride will be discuss his novel, “Song Yet Sung,” and partake in a question-and-answer session with readers.
Members of Spartan Students Against Drunk Driving, or SSADD, braved a damp, cold day to spread their message of drunken driving awareness Tuesday during the first-ever Spartan Students Against Drunk Driving Day.
MSU researchers have spent years working on technology to assist the development of hybrid vehicles, but until last week there was little incentive for that research to be put to use in Michigan.
A fire in a fourth-floor room in Owen Hall caused between $10,000 and $15,000 worth of damage Tuesday and prompted 200 to 300 people to evacuate the building, police said.
An arsonist set a newspaper box owned by The State News on fire Monday morning outside of West Fee Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said
Individual homeowners aren’t the only ones being hit by the slumping housing market. Cities across Michigan and the nation are struggling with property tax revenue losses, a problem that could lead to drastic funding cuts for everything from public safety to infrastructure repair.
A majority of students and faculty in the Chicano/Latino Studies program have formed a group they say has a different mission than the original program director, whose job performance recently has come into question.
Growing budget deficits could force state lawmakers to retool Michigan’s proposed budget with additional cuts, but higher education funding likely won’t see further cuts in addition to those included in Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s February budget proposal.
The sled dogs who run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race might not only be rushing toward the finish line, but also toward possible new treatments for conditions such as type 2 diabetes and obesity.