MSU News
MSU Museum presents 'An Interwoven Christmas'
Adolescents under pressure to speak ‘properly’
Women's basketball heads to Oakland
Men's basketball hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Tackling urban growth on a global scale
Technology allows blind student to 'feel' images
Multiple media use tied to depression, anxiety
Listen up, doc: Empathy raises patients’ pain tolerance
2:00 Update: Wednesday,, Dec. 5
Energy savings – easy as dirt, heat, pressure
By using common materials found pretty much anywhere there is dirt, a team of Michigan State University researchers have developed a new thermoelectric material.
Holiday sales outlook ‘positive’; online sales booming
A Michigan State University professor said this year’s holiday shopping outlook is “positive,” especially when it comes to online sales which are expected to increase by about 12 percent compared to last year.
New noninvasive tool helps target Parkinson’s disease
Health professionals may soon have a new method of diagnosing Parkinson’s disease, one that is noninvasive and inexpensive, and, in early testing, has proved to be effective more than 90 percent of the time.
Law students saving tenants from eviction
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.
Grants will help Great Lakes region adapt to climate change
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 grows in Michigan
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.
Secchia Center named top new building in Grand Rapids
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.
Collaring tapirs – elephant look-alikes – to help them survive
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.
MSU News weekly email to resume Nov. 30
The university will be closed Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The MSU News weekly email will resume Nov. 30.
Survivor urges Spartans to learn about stomach cancer during awareness month
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.
MSU medical student nets AMA research prize
An MSU medical student took top honors for research he presented this month at a meeting of the American Medical Association.