About 40 students performed a play in celebration of Nawriz, a Persian word meaning “new day.” It refers to Central Asia’s New Year, officially celebrated on the first day of spring. The play incorporated various musical performances as well as traditional Turkish, Kazakhstani and Iraqi dances Saturday at Wharton Center.
State News managing editor and history junior Justin Harris was appointed incoming editor-in-chief Friday by The State News Board of Directors.
The MSU Health and Risk Communication Center will host a bone marrow registry from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
In the final meeting of ASMSU’s Student Assembly on Thursday night, assembly members of the outgoing 46th session unanimously — but unhappily — approved new language for a tax referendum to support its Readership Program. The new language requires the tax to be revisited again in 2011.
Three MSU scientists recently received more than $1.4 million by the United States Department of Agriculture, or the USDA. Grants were awarded under a USDA program called National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or NIFA, to George Smith and Juan Steibel, both professors in animal science, and C. Titus Brown, an assistant professor in molecular genetics.
The indoor tanning industry might need some aloe for the burn of a 10 percent tax on the service included in the nation’s health care overhaul.
A new program announced Monday will give selected students in the University of Michigan-Flint’s premedical program early admission assurance in MSU’s College of Human Medicine, according to a statement released by MSU.
A man suspected of robbing an East Lansing bank Thursday is in police custody, East Lansing police Capt. Tom Johnstone said.
The MSU Muslim Studies Program hosted a lecture about Iran and the politics surrounding it Thursday. About 50 people attended the event, titled Iran at the Crossroads.
MSU is teaming up with a number of partners to discover community strengths statewide and concoct plans to use those strengths to help aid Michigan’s economic recovery.
Unless a compromise is reached during Student Assembly’s meeting Thursday night, student voters might not have a chance to vote on whether to fund the ASMSU Readership Program when ASMSU’s spring elections begin Monday.
Taking vitamins is important. And in a few years, taking corn might be too. Dean DellaPenna, a microbiology and molecular genetics professor, worked with a team of 20 scientists and several organizations to add more beta-carotene, or vitamin A, to corn.
Shawn Targosz never experienced anything like it before. Lemons tasted like the sweetest candy ever, and a Guinness beer tasted more like a chocolate malt. Targosz attended a flavor-tripping party Wednesday night at Reno’s East Side Sportsbar & Grill, 1310 Abbot Road. The MSU Outdoors Club hosted its first flavor-tripping party as a fundraiser and promotion for the Banff Mountain Film Festival it is hosting April 7.
Campus could get a little darker at 8:30 p.m Saturday as students are asked to shut down any unnecessary power for one hour. The event is part of Earth Hour 2010, which aims to increase awareness of climate change.
MSU students could be among participants at the Our Higher Education Rally noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Capitol as part of a statewide effort organized by the Student Association of Michigan, or SAM.
Michigan restaurant and bar owners are trying to clear the air before the state’s smoke-free law takes effect May 1. The new law, passed by lawmakers in December, prohibits smoking in all workplaces including restaurants and bars, and the owners of East Lansing hangouts are anticipating the change.
The Michigan Senate approved a higher education budget plan Wednesday, which included a 3.1 percent funding decrease to all state universities next fiscal year.
Students accustomed to using Spartan Cash for food purchases and tanning salon visits now have a new way to spend their money: at Lansing Urgent Care.
MSU will be hosting the Michigan Clean Energy Forum at 2 p.m. April 10. The theme “Jobs and the Clean Energy Race” will include panelists from various job sectors including several faculty members from MSU.
About 30 students gathered Wednesday at the Hillel Student Jewish Center, 360 Charles St., for an Ice Cream Seder night to get into the holiday mood for the upcoming Passover Seder on Monday.