“This is very bittersweet, but I am excited for this new and unique opportunity to continue doing my life’s work of advancing bold programs and policies that promote the health of all communities,” Michigan's former Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said in a statement.
While students have complained about shortened hours and lack of weekend service at some halls, taking away weekday dinners brought more difficulties for those living in some areas of campus.
The annual Second Amendment March at the Capitol Sept. 23, garnered a variety of gun rights advocates and speakers to advocate for Second Amendment rights.
The Graduate Employees Union protested MSU's COVID-19 policies on Friday night, asking for more reliable contact tracing and flexibility for switching to online instruction.
UNTF president Kate Birdsall kicked the meeting off by explaining her issues with how the university is handling the pandemic in regards to the lack of information they are being given.
All residential dining halls will be closed to the public until further notice. Anyone entering a dining hall must have an MSU issued ID.
MSU Police Public Information Officer Chris Rozman and Deputy Director of the Management Services Bureau John Prush presented SafeMSU with the return of students this fall along with the ongoing issue of campus safety.
"Black people lived in East Lansing and bought homes likely through white proxy-buyers, but Dr. Green sued the Lansing Board of Realtors and then prevailed in that lawsuit, really effectively in being the ability for people to discriminate against you based on your skin color," East Lansing's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Administrator Elaine Hardy said.
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There have been an estimated 145 cases this past week which are related to MSU, according to Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail.
According to the statement from the Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel, three antisemitic incidents took place the weekend of Sept. 10.
The National Weather Service predicts a possible rainfall of more than four inches in East Lansing from Tuesday evening through Thursday.
Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon aimed to reduce racial disparities in felony firearm charges by introducing a new policy to forbid charging a felony firearm offense except under "most extreme circumstances." At an East Lansing City Council meeting Sept. 14, Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth appeared before the council to share his displeasure with this new policy.
A number of graduate assistants and graduate fellows at Michigan State University claim they are experiencing a lack of healthcare, pay and safety at the start of the 2021 fall semester.
After working for the East Lansing Fire Department for 27 years, Dawn Carson has become the department's first woman fire chief.
Michigan State University hosted a series of special, in-person commencements for these now-alumni on Sep. 17 to Sep. 19. The graduates had originally received a virtual commencement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The three-phase project will start with an accessible walkway that will run from the lake’s handicap parking all the way to the water’s edge.
University Activities Board hosted a free Knockerball event for students on Sept. 16.
The ceremonies will be held at the Breslin Student Events Center and will be livestreamed this weekend.
“It’s what comedy is for,” comedian Elvis Mujić said. “Levity, which is alleviating pain, and giving them joy, and who better to do that with than people who are near death, every day.”