Announcements
STEM Ambassadors Program Applications Open
STEMAP is recruiting MSU participants for a 6-month science communication and outreach training program, with application deadlines due on Friday, September 2, 2022.
Ewoldsen Named New Editor of Journal of Communication
Media and Information Professor David Ewoldsen, Ph.D., joins a team of editors (Natascha Just, Chul-joo “CJ” Lee, Karen Tenenboim) on his fourth renowned communication journal. The team will publish their first issue of the Journal of Communication in early 2023.
Dantus and Harel Receive W. M. Keck Foundation Award
The W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded Michigan State University’s Marcos Dantus and Elad Harel $1.3 million to start a new revolution in the way we use optical microscopes to understand the living world.
Keune Receives Fulbright Award to Research Buddhist Migrants
Jon Keune, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University, received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award for the 2022-23 academic year that will support his research on the effects of migration on the religious identities of Buddhists.
McNish selected by U.S. Department of State for Four-Month English Language Specialist Project
The U.S. Department of State has selected Deric McNish, associate professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, for a four-month English Language Specialist project in Russia, Estonia, Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania
National Resource Center for Less Commonly Taught Languages to Open at MSU
Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA), housed in the College of Arts & Letters, was awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant to create a national language resource center that will enhance and support the teaching of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) nationwide.
Hampton Receives American Sociological Association Career Achievement Award
Keith Hampton, Ph.D. has been selected as this year’s recipient of the William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions in the area of Communication, Information Technologies and Media Sociology (CITAMS).
Grosso Elected to Prestigious American Law Institute
The American Law Institute elected MSU College of Law Professor Catherine Grosso as a new member in July, recognizing her scholarship in the role of race and other extralegal factors in criminal investigations, trials and the administration of capital punishment.
MSU Joins Midwest Network Ensuring Success of U.S. Semiconductor and Microelectronics Supply Chain
Michigan State University has joined 11 other colleges and universities from Michigan, Indiana and Ohio to address national priorities for semiconductor and microelectronics research, education and workforce development.
Miller Recognized by W.K. Kellogg Foundation for International Community Engagement
A research collaboration by MSU professor of psychology Robin Lin Miller, entitled “Advocacy and Other Tactics to Challenge Barriers to HIV Care for Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender Women (Project Act),” has been selected as an Exemplary Project of 2022 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards program.