Stories that Define Us
Enriching stories of the impact and influence of the people of the MSU community
Student
- Spartan Family Connections: Empowering families for student success, July 19, 2023
- Burgess New Venture Challenge announces 2023 winners, May 19, 2023
- Apparel and textile design student wins trip to New York Fashion Week, March 15, 2023
- Benning lab receives NSF grant to bring research into the undergraduate classroom, December 16, 2022
- MSU opens new collaborative engineering student space, October 6, 2022
- Pilot partnership with Uwill to expand mental health service capacity for students, April 27, 2022
- MSU Debate achieves historic result at national tournament, March 10, 2022
- Michigan State University student earns Gates Cambridge Scholarship, February 17, 2022
- Recent alumnus educates youth about STEM, plastics, and sustainability, January 10, 2022
- MSU student earns Marshall Scholarship, December 13, 2021
- First-generation farmworker student begins college career at MSU, September 15, 2021
- Student view: Finding my path, July 7, 2021
Leadership
Faculty
- Researcher gaining insight into rising concern over air pollution, July 26, 2023
- The hidden complexity of the Montmorency tart cherry genome, May 22, 2023
- Gov. Whitmer appoints MSU’s Wu to agriculture commission, March 16, 2023
- MSU food safety expert to lead international organization, December 22, 2022
- MSU's James Tiedje receives prestigious lifetime achievement award, October 12, 2022
- MSU’s Lisa Cook becomes first Black woman on Federal Reserve board, May 10, 2022
- Paving a new path for the future of data science, March 14, 2022
- Two Michigan State researchers awarded 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships, February 15, 2022
- MSU’s Lisa Cook to become first Black woman on Federal Reserve board, January 14, 2022
- Muhammad Rabnawaz: Confronting the plastics problem, December 7, 2021
- Faculty Voice: Forging a new legacy, September 8, 2021
- Faculty voice: Centering equity in academia, June 28, 2021
Outreach
- Growing success: Spartans support first-generation farmers, July 24, 2023
- Prevent 2 Protect project launches, aims to prevent mass violence by addressing mental health, May 18, 2023
- Spartan innovation feeds Michigan’s food and agriculture industry, March 21, 2023
- Growing vital talent and innovation for Michigan industries, November 30, 2022
- Nearly $3 million in grants to support mental health services, October 12, 2022
- MSU Forestry partnering with Ecotek Labs to promote K-12 science learning, May 13, 2022
- MSU and Detroit: Partnering for a better future, March 10, 2022
- Fighting COVID and future diseases, February 16, 2022
- MSU helps increase computer science equity and access in Detroit, December 22, 20221
- MA-ABA program offers classroom-based experience for students, December 7, 2021
- Van Egeren elected president of Engagement Scholarship Consortium, September 7, 2021
- MSU announces Gilbert Family Foundation, Rock Family of Companies support for opening Apple Developer Academy in Detroit, June 17, 2021
Research
- New joint French-U.S. laboratory to advance fundamental nuclear physics and astrophysics research at MSU, July 18, 2023
- MSU hits record $759M in research expenditures in 2022, May 16, 2023
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center receives funding renewal, March 20, 2023
- MSU researchers to study Asian aquaculture with new NASA grant, January 3, 2023
- MSU researcher awarded $2.5 million NIH grant to study mammary gland development, October 5, 2022
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams opens its doors to discovery, May 2, 2022
- Broad research moves the needle for health care, March 17, 2022
- MSU researcher receives $750K grant to examine effects of wildfire burn severity on soil health, February 17, 2022
- Opening doors to discovery and opportunity: MSU at the forefront of nuclear science research, January 11, 2022
- A doubly magic discovery, November 25, 2021
- Yuan Wang: Understanding the cause of infertility, September 14, 2021
- A biological fireworks show, 300 million years in the making, July 7, 2021
Priority/Initiative
- Drawing high schoolers to STEM with plants and creativity, July 17, 2023
- Faculty and staff honored, celebrated at MSU Awards Convocation, May 9, 2023
- MSU receives nearly $1.5M in energy efficiency rebates, March 20, 2023
- Training the STEM ‘leaders of tomorrow’, December 13, 2022
- $5.5M MSU Federal Credit Union gift to support the arts at MSU, October 11, 2022
- MSU ranked highly for global impact on sustainable development, April 28, 2022
- Burgess New Venture Challenge announces semifinalists, March 1, 2022
- Setting a new standard in STEM education, February 8, 2022
- MSU forms quantum alliance with Purdue and University of Michigan, January 6, 2022
- Newly renovated space supports student success and STEM education, December 10, 2021
- MSU officially unveils new academic building, September 10, 2021
- Nobel-winning chemist appointed Visiting Hannah Distinguished Professor, June 17, 2021