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Many police agencies are using ineffective methods to determine how many patrol officers they need and how to best deploy them, an MSU criminologist says.

Medical organizations that make race-based recommendations are misleading some patients about health risks while reinforcing harmful notions about race, argues a Michigan State University professor in a new paper published in the journal Preventive Medicine.

A Michigan State University faculty member is taking a lead role in a national initiative designed to improve the quality of undergraduate teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the so-called STEM fields.

A long-standing afterschool program created by MSU has been honored as having one of the nation's most innovative approaches for helping middle school students succeed.

The class of 2011, the first group of students exposed to the Michigan Merit Curriculum for their entire high school careers, saw mixed results, according to a study released today by a research consortium that includes Michigan State University.

Art patron, philanthropist and MSU alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, have donated 18 works by artists including Jonathan Borofksy, Terry Winters and Sue Williams to the Broad Art Museum at MSU. This new gift is in addition to “Containment 1” by Roxy Paine, the signature work for the museum’s sculpture garden, also donated by the Broads.

Twitter, best known as the 140-character social-networking site where Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga chit-chat with fans, has become a new literary format that is improving student learning, a new study argues.

Faded and sometimes tattered, letters and journal entries written 150 years ago by hopeful and homesick Civil War soldiers will forever be preserved online, thanks to digitization by Michigan State University archivists.

Michigan State University is the site of the 2012 Meaningful Play International Academic Conference, a gathering of the world’s top game makers, researchers and experts in game design.

A few minutes of exercise can help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder perform better academically, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University researcher.

A network of food safety researchers and educators led by Michigan State University will soon be working with the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, a new Saudi Arabian government authority responsible for regulating the safety of food, feed and pesticides in addition to drugs and medical devices.

A strong showing in the final two presidential debates could help Barack Obama regain some of the ground lost to Mitt Romney after the first verbal showdown in Denver, argues MSU's head debate coach.

It was the 1950s — more than 50 years ago — when the accounting doctoral program began at MSU. This year during Homecoming 2012, the Department of Accounting and Information Systems will reminisce on the past, review success stories, and plan for the future at events celebrating those 50 years plus of the accounting doctoral program.

Michigan State University has invited three Central Michigan University faculty members to participate in an academic initiative at MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.

Contrary to past research, private school students in India do not outperform their counterparts in public schools, finds a new study by an MSU education researcher.

The new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Nov. 10, kicking off a weekend of opening events. The dedication, previously scheduled for Nov. 9, is free and open to the public.

How plants handle stress in space and what astronauts can learn from them is the subject of a new study at Michigan State University.

Liberal arts colleges continue redefining their historical missions or flat-out disappearing – a trend that threatens to diminish America’s renowned higher education system, argues a study co-authored by an MSU scholar.

An estimated $4 billion is being spent on political advertising during the 2012 election cycle, dwarfing the $500 million or so spent in 2008, Michigan State University advertising expert Robert Kolt says.

Researchers at Michigan State University will use a $1.5 million grant to help India manage its forests and reduce the developing nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.