As the autumn breeze and rain rushed through MSU’s campus, that didn’t stop members of the Spartan Marching Band and alumni from showing up for the annual Sparty Watch Wednesday night, rekindling the spirit and tradition that defines Rivalry Week against the University of Michigan.
Nearly one-hundred faculty, staff and managerial positions have been terminated as part of Michigan State's ongoing efforts to reduce its operating budget by 9% over two years. Another 83 positions have been slashed as a result of federal funding cuts, the university president wrote.
Non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) at Michigan State University have been seemingly pushed to the sidelines since the 9% budget cuts were made in the spring. They have felt the brunt of the reductions in their workload, impacting employee benefits and availability to students.
Faced with the tall tasks of the modern university president, Kevin Guskiewicz has sought to get by with a little help from a friend.
Title IX investigators talk regularly with university lawyers, sometimes even sending drafts of reports and seeking edits to them.
Attending a university to obtain a bachelor's degree has consistently been the most popular and recommended path for high school graduates. However, Michigan State University students and recent graduates say they're not seeing the benefits they expected.
Michigan State University faculty voted Tuesday to oppose the federal government's offer for schools to adopt conservative policies in exchange for preferential treatment. No school has publicly accepted the offer, and MSU says it's "monitoring developments on the issue."
Monday evening, the MSU College Republicans painted over The Rock that originally had artwork by the North American Indigenous Students Organization as part Indigenous Peoples Day.
Jackson burger and ice cream shop will open its doors in East Lansing on December 9
As petitioners swarm Michigan State University ahead of the 2026 midterms, some students say one group of petitioners is misleading students about the true purpose of their initiative. State legislators are trying to put an end to that often-reported phenomenon, though they face opposition from Republicans.
Students gather Friday to voice support for a pro-Palestinian student protestor facing disciplinary charges for allegedly making the MSU president feel unsafe during a protest at a campus event.
Unverified posts about possible enforcement actions spread across local forums and group chats throughout the day. None of those reports included confirmed arrests or documented activity on university property.
In an interview Thursday, Guskiewicz said he's never filed a disciplinary complaint against a student, and only learned of the one against Folts from a news article.
University funding for CORES & CAMS groups has been cut, and they are now required to revise their mission statements to meet university-approved standards to retain their status as Registered Student Organizations.
Michigan State University released a public-facing dashboard containing insights on how quickly the university process reports of sexual harassment, what type of conduct is reported most frequently and the status of open cases. University officials say the increasing public oversight reflects MSU's commitment to speeding up processing timelines.
After sifting through more than 6,000 files, publishing 12 stories and reporting for months, The State News reporters Alex Walters, Owen McCarthy and Theo Scheer were awarded the 2025 Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Michigan State University assistant professor Darryl Seligman has led the first-ever scientific paper published about 3I/ATLAS — a project he co-authored with Atsuhiro Yaginuma, graduate student Tessa Frincke and several other collaborators.
MSU says it's heard nothing from the Department of Education regarding the federal government's 22 open investigations into the university, raising questions about what will ultimately come from the probes.
Disciplinary charges against a student who confronted the MSU president underscore concerns around free speech on college campuses, and come as public figures adjust to an era of heightened political violence.
