Breakthrough could end stem cell debate
A new technique to create embryonic stem cells without harming human embryos could bring about compromise for both sides of a long-winded debate.
A new technique to create embryonic stem cells without harming human embryos could bring about compromise for both sides of a long-winded debate.
More than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Michigan’s third try at banning what legislators have termed partial-birth abortions, state lawmakers are beginning a fourth attempt to ban the procedure.
Kristin Twiss was inspired by the operating room. As a registered nurse for five and a half years, Twiss has worked throughout the hospital, but it was observing nurse anesthetists at work that gave her the passion to pursue the position.
For the second year in a row, the “Survivor” search came to Lansing on Thursday in hopes of finding contestants for the latest installment of the reality TV show.
For Alicia Bray, raising a child is hard enough. Trying to raise a child on a university stipend is harder.
Lansing Township police are seeking two suspects in the Sunday morning armed robbery of Max & Erma’s in Eastwood Towne Center.
The MSU Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote on approving a teaching endowment, new recycling center and improvements to the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory in a meeting Friday.
Before taking the Medical College Admission Test in August, Jessie Haddad spent six months refining her physics skills at Far From Standard in East Lansing.
Nancy Cotter, the mother of MSU student Rylan Cotter, spoke out for the first time Thursday about her daughter’s death by issuing a request.
An ASMSU investigation launched after Student Life assistant director Richard Shafer allegedly broke university policy has found similar violations might have occurred in previous semesters.
Fun loving. Brilliant. Eccentric. Funny. A sister and mother-figure to friends.
Amid suggestions to expand rooms and install a bar in Owen Graduate Hall, graduate students got a chance to have their housing concerns heard at the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, meeting Wednesday night.
A pair of Gucci loafers, valued at $400, was stolen from a student’s room between 8 p.m. Friday and 1:30 a.m. Monday at East Holden Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The drop of a substance in a drink has sent Lansing police on a quest to solve a recent trend of sexual assault cases involving date-rape drugs. Four sexual assault cases were reported to the Lansing Police Department between November and December of 2007, Lansing police Lt. Bruce Ferguson said. Ferguson said police have pieced together the victims’ stories and suspect that narcotic date-rape drugs were involved in all four cases.
Michigan voters recorded the state’s third-highest turnout for the presidential primary Tuesday when 1.48 million voters headed to the polls — but MSU students’ level of contribution is difficult to determine.
When it comes to ideas, Kris Berglund is in full supply. From a sodium-free salt substitute to biofuels, the MSU chemical engineering professor has been performing research for much of his academic career.
Samba fans can dance and bid the night away when the MSU School of Hospitality Business holds its fundraising Samba Auction on Feb. 9.
When Michael Hagan was diagnosed with hepatitis, he was given 18 months to live. Two years later, Hagan received the liver transplant that saved his life, and he’s been rallying support for organ donation ever since.
Two of the 13 student organizations on ASMSU’s Programming Board recently lost access to funding after representatives failed to regularly attend meetings last semester.
MSU’s Confucius Institute is helping Wayne State University start its own Chinese learning center to promote knowledge of the Chinese language and culture in Michigan.