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Reading a classic novel such as “Pride and Prejudice” can be entertaining, but, according to new research by a Michigan State University professor, it also can provide many other benefits beyond that.

Humans could learn from how plants handle stress.

The brutally repressive Soviet Union Vladimir Shlapentokh left behind 33 years ago may have opened its borders to the world, but today’s Russia has become wracked with greed, corruption and mass emigration that threaten the nation’s future.

Michigan State University’s supply chain program continues setting the national standard, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of America’s Best Colleges.

The people of Merida in Yucatan, Mexico, soon will have access to 40 dialysis units thanks to a unique four-way partnership led by MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine, with support from the community’s leadership, Project C.U.R.E. and the Bridge of Life Foundation.

The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition has announced they are phasing out their Youth Fitness Test, which dates back to 1966, and replacing it with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program.

Since its one-department beginnings two decades ago, a Michigan State University-developed online learning system has grown so much that more than 140 institutions around the world, from high schools to world-class universities, now use it.

People who commit cyber-attacks against the government also tend to download music illegally and participate in physical protests. Surprisingly, however, they don’t appear to be acting out of some sense of national pride or patriotism, according to an MSU-led study.

MSU’s enrollment for the 2012-13 academic year is expected to be about 48,800 students, according to the preliminary enrollment report presented to the MSU Board of Trustees at its Sept. 7 meeting.

The MSU Board of Trustees has given its approval to the next step in the development of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a world-class nuclear research facility that will attract scientists from all over the world to East Lansing.

MSU student enrollment for the 2012-13 academic year is expected to be about 48,800 students, a record number that reflects MSU’s status as one of the world’s top universities and maintains the number of in-state students attending the university.

A new addition to Michigan State University’s Wells Hall is open for business – 88,000 gross square feet of space that is now serving as the university’s language education hub.

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees will meet at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 7 in the Board Room of the Hannah Administration Building.

For the second year in a row, MSU's mascot Sparty is one of 16 mascots on the Capital One All-America Mascot Team that will vie for the title of "Capital One National Mascot of the Year."

Witch hunts are common and sometimes deadly in the tea plantations of Jalpaiguri, India. But a surprising source – small groups of women who meet through a government loan program – has achieved some success in preventing the longstanding practice, a Michigan State University sociologist found.

Tigers aren’t known for being accommodating, but a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the carnivores in Nepal are taking the night shift to better coexist with humans.

Bacteria in hyenas’ scent glands may be the key controllers of communication.

A new community-based HIV/AIDS registry, one of the first in the nation to include patients from rural areas, will provide a unique opportunity to find answers to myriad medical questions, from the impact of drugs such as marijuana on the virus to why some patients naturally ward off the disease.

Michigan State University is preparing for the first football game of the season, a nationally televised, Friday night showdown at Spartan Stadium against Boise State University.

International manufacturing and technology firm Robert Bosch LLC is partnering with Michigan State University’s College of Engineering, supporting the college’s first-year program – the Cornerstone and Residential Experience.