James Pivarnik, an MSU professor of epidemiology, added a line to his résumé last week when he took over as president of the American College of Sports Medicine, the world’s largest exercise medicine organization, at an annual conference in Seattle.
It started with a question the Monday after daylight-saving time in April 2008: How did you like your short night of sleep? For MSU doctoral students Christopher Barnes and David Wagner, finding the answer to that question led to a research project and an article that will be published in the September issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Luther Brown Sr. knows how to bring people together. He’s made a living doing just that for about 24 years. Mr. Party, as he’s more commonly known, picked up his name from friends growing up in Lansing. As an adult, he decided to start a business to capitalize on his unusual talents.
Students will have to show a passport, Enhanced Driver’s License, or passport card when crossing the border after new travel rules go into effect today.
Nicole Beckford never thought she’d be homeless, but after a fire destroyed her home in Lansing, she found herself at Haven House, 121 Whitehills Drive, a temporary shelter for homeless families.
Overcast skies and sporadic rainfall Saturday couldn’t dampen the spirits of 7-year-old Andrew Ferdig of Eaton Rapids, who ran a mile in seven-and-a-half minutes around Lansing’s Oldsmobile Park, 505 E. Michigan Ave.
Grills, shovels, bikes and computers were some of the items piled Saturday in the parking lot of Abbott Center, 1400-1500 Abbot Road, during Project Pride, the city of East Lansing’s 14th annual neighborhood recycling and cleanup project.
To his colleagues, friends and students, Aimé Ellis was an ambitious, intelligent, kindhearted and creative man, with a knack for engaging his students and challenging their preconceived notions of the world.
Jurors adjourned for the day after deliberating for about two hours Wednesday in the murder trial of Troy Brake, who is charged with killing MSU student Katherine A. Brown and three others.
Michigan is heading into the national spotlight this summer as millions of dollars are poured into advertising campaigns and promotions to spark tourism in the state. It may not be Florida or California, but Michigan is taking strides to compete with leading tourism industries across the country and, according to officials in the state, it’s standing on its own.
The National Weather Service reported the Lansing area had received about three inches of rainfall by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, causing headaches for East Lansing residents and drivers.
From Friday until Sunday, the MSU Pavilion will host the Half Arabian Association of Michigan horse show. The Half Arabian Association of Michigan is a state-wide horse club that promotes the breeding, showing and use of half-Arabian horses, said John Schauer, show manager for this year’s show and association treasurer.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced Wednesday he will run for governor, advancing the Republican race in the state. Cox, a Livonia resident, was elected attorney general in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006.
When MSU biochemistry and molecular biology professor Robert Last identified two new genes and enzymes in the tomato plant, his view of the vegetable was forever changed. “It is almost like discovering one of your best friends really isn’t what you thought he or she was,” Last said. “This compound is fundamentally different than was thought.”
Visitors to East Lansing can walk across the Breslin Center arena floor Saturday for $1 as part of the Be A Tourist In Your Own Town event. Breslin and more than 60 Lansing-area businesses and attractions will offer free admission or discounts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for the 15th annual tourism event, sponsored by the Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Most college graduates won’t face an uphill battle paying off student loans according to a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The report, published in the Chronicle’s May 22 issue, said 65 percent of college students leave school with debt, and the average debt is about $20,000.
MSU researchers are buzzing about a discovery they’ve made in the farmlands of Southwest Michigan. While conducting a three-year study in the region’s blueberry fields, researchers found seven species not previously known to inhabit Michigan. “Nobody had really surveyed the bees here, so that was sort of the premise for starting it,” said researcher Julianna Tuell, who conducted the study for her dissertation in entomology. The work accounted for more than 160 species of bees, 112 of which were present during blooming season.
President Barack Obama’s nomination of federal appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday created a divide in the MSU community, with some praising the nomination and others questioning Obama’s choice.
The 50-year relationship between MSU and Africa has opened doors and shaped the histories of both MSU and some of Africa’s nations. From study abroad to establishing research programs in developing countries, what began more than half a century ago has elevated MSU to the top of the nation’s African studies programs.
Before heading off to have brain surgery at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, Tom Cook and his partner, Jerry Ward, made the decision to commit their lives to each other. And after Cook made it through his 1996 operation, the duo was the first male same-sex couple to wed at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Lansing in November of that year.