Anyone interested in stargazing can attend the free open house at the MSU Observatory next weekend. Open to the public, the events will be on June 10 and 11, and they run from 9:30-11:00 p.m.
With temperatures nearing 90 degrees, the timing couldn’t be better for the seasonal opening of the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center. The water park, located at 6400 Abbot Road, will open its doors at 11 a.m on Friday.
A new program by the Fair Food Network will help offset the high price of fresh fruits and vegetables, allowing bridge card holders to “double up” their purchases.
MSU has been ranked the fourth-most economically diverse college in the country, according to data collected by the Department of Education and analyzed by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The department’s study looked at the 50 wealthiest colleges and universities across the country and ranked them according to the percentage of undergraduate students who received Pell Grants for the 2008-09 academic year.
MSU’s Model United Nations team, the International Relations Organization, or IRO, was ranked among the top 10 college teams in the world. The ranking was compiled by bestdelegate.com, a website operated by a group of Model U.N.
With record-setting rainfall hitting Lansing this spring, flooding has been an ongoing problem for Lansing residents. Following Sunday’s thunderstorms, the rain accumulation since March has totaled 14.96 inches, making this the rainiest spring in Lansing’s history, National Weather Service meteorological intern Kimberly Hoogewind said.
East Lansing residents might see an increase in their monthly natural gas bill because of a rate increase by Consumers Energy, said Debra Dodd, a spokeswoman for the company.
A new study led by MSU researchers has found that sustained involvement in artistic activities could be linked to success in starting a new business or producing an innovative product. MSU’s Center for Community and Economic Development surveyed 86 MSU Honors College graduates from 1990-95 and found that exposure to the arts among the graduates was closely related to producing patentable products or leading creative business ventures in the future. The findings are critical for retaining creative people in the state and generating additional funding for arts programs, said Rex LaMore, the director of the center. “I hope it will help us reconsider how we treat the arts — not as an add-on or frill but as an essential component,” he said.
Although it’s been more than 85 years since the Union first opened, Kat Cooper said the original mission of the building isn’t any different. “We like to think of the Union as kind of being the living room of campus — that really hasn’t changed,” said Cooper, the communication manager for Auxiliary Resources, the department that operates the building.
East Lansing’s Project Pride event might see a higher turnout this year as a result of offering electronic recycling free of charge for the first time.
Volunteers from East Lansing’s Environmental Stewardship Program have one focus: preserving and improving the city’s public parks. Saturday the group will be planting seedlings at Hawk Nest Park, 3750 Kiskadee Dr., a newly established park.
For some MSU students, the opportunity to travel abroad is just out of reach, but for journalism junior Chloe Hill, her dreams of visiting another country are being realized.
East Lansing fire officials have reported no major damage in the area after Sunday night’s severe weather.
Tornado Warning for Ingham County is in effect until 5:45 p.m.
The Michigan Democratic Party submitted a map this week to the state Senate Redistricting Committee with its recommendation for how redistricting lines should be redrawn by the Republican-led Legislature.
The Council Of Graduate Students, or COGS, has teamed up with MSU’s Culinary Services and three other on-campus organizations to offer support for tsunami and earthquake relief efforts in Japan.
In an effort to expand its academic reach abroad, MSU will begin offering a new master’s program in public health this fall at its campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to increase academic involvement for students in the Middle East.
MSU Alumni John Heffern has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Armenia.
According to a recent study in Obesity, a research journal, the effects of eating a breakfast rich in protein are felt not only in the stomach but in the brain as well.
As the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum continues to take shape, it is becoming clear MSU is going with a modern look to display modern art. The $45 million project is on schedule — expecting to be completed in December and opened in April 2012 — despite an additional $6 million to $7 million to be raised, museum director Michael Rush said.