An MSU professor will work on turning cornstarch into medicine at the university’s Bioeconomy Institute in Holland, Mich. Afid Therapeutics Inc., owned by biochemistry and microbiology professor Rawle Hollingsworth, will be the first bioeconomy company to use the labs and production plant at the MSU-owned facility in Holland.
To those who knew him, Dorian Dawkins was a go-getter and a team player. The 14-year-old son of Saginaw High School basketball coach Lou Dawkins collapsed Friday night during his team’s game in MSU’s Team Shootout tournament at IM Sports-East. He died after being taken to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing by ambulance.
An employee from Adobe Systems Inc. will be on campus to display some of the company’s upcoming software at 7 p.m. on June 16 in Room 147 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.
Nationally renowned polar explorer Will Steger told an audience of nearly 100 people about his experiences of walking on thin ice because of the effects of global warming when he spoke Sunday at Playmakers Athletic Footwear, 2299 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos.
Some students are learning to expect the unexpected as the automotive industry, a foundation of Michigan’s economy, crumbles around them. The impact of the bankruptcies at Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp., has not passed by MSU and instead is hitting hard on the lives of students.
Young adults who spend extended periods of time in correctional facilities continue to show a high rate of psychiatric disorders, according to an MSU-related study released June 3.
A seascape painting featuring the remnants of a flooded town is the newest addition to MSU’s Kresge Art Museum. Susan J. Bandes, director of the the museum, said the painting — “An Estuary with Row and Sail Boats,” by 17th century Dutch painter Jan van Goyen — is an important addition to the museum’s collection not only as an individual piece but as an addition to the collection of other 17th century Dutch paintings of different types.
One of the first milestones on the road to bring the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to MSU was announced Monday. MSU and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a cooperative agreement that will allow the DOE Office of Science to begin funding the project, according to a statement from MSU.
Young adults who join gangs are more likely to be victims of violence, but their membership makes them feel safer, according to a study by an MSU professor. Chris Melde, an assistant professor of criminal justice at MSU, led the federally funded study that found pressure for gang members to show nerve or fearlessness distorts their perception of risk and feelings of fear.
After an almost yearlong search, Brett Berquist was hired as the executive director of the MSU Office of Study Abroad Wednesday. Berquist, currently the executive director of international programs at Western Michigan University, was chosen from about three dozen applicants, said Eric Freedman, assistant dean of International Studies and Programs. Berquist will start at MSU on July 15.
MSU appointed Brett Berquist, executive director of international programs at Western Michigan University, to the position of executive director of the Office of Study Abroad at MSU, according to a statement from MSU. Berquist is set to arrive at MSU July 15.
The East Lansing City Hall fell quiet at Tuesday’s City Council meeting during a presentation in which state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, warned of the economic turmoil tearing through Michigan, affecting the state budget and potentially hindering the city’s budget.
Moving prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula could either be a smart economic move or a dangerous plan, state officials said. During the Mackinac Policy Conference last week, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, spoke about a letter he sent to President Barack Obama in February, suggesting a Manistique, Mich., prison as the new home for more than 200 Guantanamo Bay detainees.
MSU Residence Halls Association allocated about 15 percent of its summer budget to help fund a trip for representatives to attend the National Association of College and University Residence Halls conference in Tucson, Ariz., on May 22-24.
Five people, including two former MSU students, could be held liable for providing alcohol to a minor who was convicted of stealing an MSU service vehicle, operating it under the influence and killing an Okemos man in a March 18, 2005, crash.
Melting Moments, 313 Grand River Ave., plans to celebrate 25 years of business by hosting an anniversary party from 3-6 p.m. Sunday.
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Although learning a foreign language can be a time-consuming endeavor, Ibro Chekaraou, an MSU African languages coordinator, said one could become proficient in Hausa, a language spoken primarily in West Africa, in eight weeks. Chekaraou will serve as director of the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute, a federally funded program held at MSU from June 15 to Aug.
Travelers thinking about heading to Canada this summer might have to put their plans on hold because of tighter restrictions at the border. New border crossing rules went into effect Monday as part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. All U.S. citizens are now required to show an Enhanced Driver’s License, passport or passport card when entering or exiting the country.
The MSU Community Music School will host the seventh annual Eric ‘RicStar’ Winter Music Therapy Camp next week for individuals of special needs as well as their siblings.