MSU's YEP program works to reduce disparities and advance the overall well-being of marginalized youth and families through community-driven research.
Attorneys representing the families of Nate Statly and Troy Forbush, survivors of the Feb. 13th mass shooting on MSU’s campus, filed a notice of intent to sue Michigan State University. Court documents cite the University’s failure to resolve complaints with regard to defective safety measures and a lack of restrictions to access University buildings, amongst other reasoning to file suit.
MSU receives two new websites for information on police and parking services.
SB 40, sponsored by Sen. Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing, would prohibit discrimination based on hair, particularly protective or textured hairstyles often worn by Black people. The bill amends the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include hairstyles as an aspect of racial identity that cannot be discriminated against in the workplace.
Michigan State University announced its plan for the distribution of $2 million donated to the Spartan Strong Fund. The funds will go to the families of the three students who died, the education of the physically injured students and people who witnessed the violence. They will also pay for professionals who responded to the shooting and a memorial on campus.
Last week, MSU parents and students received several messages inviting students to participate in the new MSU Global Tech Experience. The only problem: the constant messages, informal wording and too-good-to-be-true statements led many recipients to believe it was all a scam.
Michigan State University announced Wednesday that they would begin rolling out new methods of receiving security alerts, including through a smartphone app and using a speaker system on tornado sirens. The university also announced policy changes and progress on the previously announced door locks and third-party review meant to enhance campus security.
The family of Phat Nguyen, a 21-year-old Michigan State business student who died in 2021 during a Pi Alpha Phi pledging event, is suing eighteen individuals in pursuant of the Michigan Wrongful Death Act.
MSU bands the peregrine falcon chicks, homed on top of the Spartan Stadium, to track their survival rates.
Hours after the publication of a State News story detailing the experience of David Batterson, a male Nassar survivor who was recently denied access to the fund, the policy was updated to include all survivors of his abuse regardless of gender, a university spokesperson said.
David Batterson, a survivor of disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar, applied to receive support from a Michigan State University fund for counseling and mental health services, but he was rejected.
MSU agriculture researchers successfully sequenced the tart cherry genome to find which genes assist with late blooming. The resulting genome sequence was "beautifully complex" and can make the breeding of related species more efficient.
The East Lansing City Council passed four resolutions recognizing the impact of the Feb. 13 mass shooting on MSU campus. The resolutions also honored first responders, mental health professionals and city staff for their efforts during and after the shooting.
An upcoming film chronicling MSU's trailblazing integrated 1965 football team is reportedly rife with fabrication and racist tropes. The source material? A book published by the university's academic press.
Students discuss what it's like to be on MSU's campus during the summer semester. "Campus is really quiet ... I've only seen a couple people (here) right now," genomics and molecular genetics senior Alex Stevens said.
Michigan State University’s top administrators motioned for a complete dismissal of a lawsuit from controversial former business school dean Sanjay Gupta, describing the suit as a “desperate, last-ditch plea for this court to take on the role of super-personnel department.” Gupta’s suit alleges that seven MSU leaders defamed him in a presidential succession plot, with then Provost Teresa Woodruff ousting him for a mandatory reporting failure to best position herself to become the university president.
The popular party store Jonna’s 2 Go recently changed its name to Manny’s 2 Go. The store owner said he preemptively changed the name to avoid being involved in legal action.
The northern lights were visible across East Lansing on April 27 as a geomagnetic storm hits Earth. MSU astronomy professor Horace Smith explains solar cycles and why we may see more of the aurora this year.
Each year during the move-out season, MSU’s Surplus Store and Recycling Center team works to collect as much unwanted material from students as they can. In a 48-hour period during this past semester's move-out, 500,000 pounds of materials were gathered from students and 155,000 were diverted from landfills.
Many homeless individuals in Greater Lansing have felt unsupported by the city programs that are supposed to protect them from harmful situations, such as poor housing and cycling through hotels and homeless shelters instead of finding long-term housing in their own communities.