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Stimulus funding drives MSU research; Web site outlines efforts

With more than $1.5 million in federal stimulus funding grants already awarded, Michigan State University is helping lead economic recovery as its spurs innovation, creates jobs and furthers research addressing some of society’s most pressing challenges.

Publish Date: July 02, 2009

Michigan State University Dean's List for spring semester online

Grades for spring semester have been processed, and media outlets now can view Michigan State University's Dean's List online at www.reg.msu.edu/ROInfo/GradHonor/DeansList.asp.

 

Publish Date: July 01, 2009

Peer pressure plays major role in environmental behavior

People are more likely to enroll in conservation programs if their neighbors do – a tendency that should be exploited when it comes to protecting the environment, according to a pioneering study from Michigan State University.

 

Publish Date: June 29, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Carbon power: Attacking global poverty, climate change – MSU Special Report

Michigan State University is a world leader in using environmental research aimed at fighting poverty and slowing climate change. Called Carbon2Markets, the research encompasses many collaborative projects with researchers and farmers in Thailand, Laos and other Asian and African countries to incorporate new crops such as jatropha trees into farming operations.

Publish Date: June 26, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU researchers link carbon markets and tree-planting to fight poverty, protect the earth

Michigan State University scientists are combining sustainable forest production with emerging carbon markets in a unique effort to help some of the world's poorest people grow trees that will boost their standards of living and slow climate change.

Publish Date: June 25, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

New book challenges myths about women in Eurasia

A new book edited by two Michigan State scholars and published by MSU Press provides a sweeping perspective and analysis of women’s status in Eurasia in the two decades since the fall of the Soviet system. 

Publish Date: June 23, 2009

MSU appoints Siddharth Chandra as new Asian Studies Center director

Michigan State University has appointed Siddharth Chandra, a recognized expert in economics and international affairs, as director of the Asian Studies Center, effective Aug.15. Chandra will also serve as a professor in MSU’s James Madison College.

Publish Date: June 23, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Study highlights massive imbalances in global fertilizer use

An international team of ecologists and agricultural experts this week cautions against blanket solutions to global fertilizer pollution, considering that some regions still suffer greatly from lack of cropland nutrients.

Publish Date: June 18, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU student group receives Clinton Global Initiative University award

A Michigan State University student project to provide supplemental meals and build a safe house in Zonkiziziwe, South Africa, will receive funds from former President Bill Clinton's youth humanitarian program.

Publish Date: June 17, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU helps bring national refugee conference to East Lansing

As thousands of refugees come to Michigan and the rest of the United States, MSU and RefugeeWorks are hosting a first-ever conference on retraining and recertifying refugees.

Publish Date: June 17, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

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