MSU News

Hundreds of mid-Michigan tenants facing eviction could keep their homes throughout the next year, thanks to the pro bono work of Michigan State University College of Law students.

Michigan State University scientists and their colleagues at the University of Michigan have awarded six grants to help communities in the Great Lakes basin adapt to climate change.

Support for gay marriage is growing in Michigan, mirroring changing attitudes in many parts of the United States, according to MSU’s State of the State Survey.

The MSU College of Human Medicine’s Secchia Center was awarded First Place for New Construction in the Downtown Awards, presented by the Grand Rapids Downtown Alliance at the organization’s Nov. 15 annual meeting.

A team of MSU researchers will soon be heading into the rainforests of Nicaragua to help an endangered species known as a Baird’s tapir co-exist with local farmers whose crops are being endangered by the animals.

The university will be closed Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The MSU News weekly email will resume Nov. 30.

MSU psychiatry professor James Randolph Hillard is glad that November has been designated National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Hillard said he hopes a month of education and outreach will help people recognize symptoms of the disease sooner, ultimately saving lives.

An MSU medical student took top honors for research he presented this month at a meeting of the American Medical Association.

As Michigan State University’s Recruiting Trends report shows, college students are experiencing a mixed bag of outcomes when it comes to finding a job.

The job market for new college graduates, hampered by a lackluster economy and political uncertainty, will increase at a sluggish 3 percent this academic year, predicts MSU's annual Recruiting Trends report.

Nearly 6,000 people visited the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU during the Nov. 9-11 dedication weekend. Grand opening festivities included museum tours, a public talk with Eli Broad and the museum’s Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, live concerts, discussions with Broad museum staff, art-making activities and more.

MSU and regional partners have been recognized for a project to strengthen Michigan’s health care workforce.

Why do so many beginning teachers quit the profession or change schools? Surprising new research from MSU finds it’s not a heavy workload or lack of resources that has the most significant effect, but instead the relationship between teachers and their principal.

A study led by a Michigan State University researcher offers the strongest evidence yet that reflexology – a type of specialized foot massage practiced since the age of pharaohs – can help cancer patients manage their symptoms and perform daily tasks.

Michigan State University is one of only four higher education institutions in the nation to rank in the top 10 for study abroad participation and international student enrollment, according to the Institute of International Education’s annual Open Doors Report released Nov. 12.

China’s endangered wild pandas may need new dinner reservations – and quickly – based on models that indicate climate change may kill off swaths of bamboo that pandas need to survive.

A pair of MSU professors will visit Lumen Christi High School in nearby Jackson Nov. 12 to teach students some basic physiology and stoke their interest in science and technology.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU, a new Zaha Hadid-designed contemporary art museum, will open Nov. 10 following a 10 a.m. public dedication ceremony.

MSU and Sparrow have launched a new pediatric resource and referral service that will match the region’s youngest patients with the specialty care they need, cutting down on wait times and making it easier for families to navigate the health care system.

Joel Ferguson and Brian Mosallam have been elected to the MSU Board of Trustees.