Features
25 Students, Alumni Named National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows
Twenty-five exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, and alumni, from Michigan State University have been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), along with eight honorable mentions.
Increasing Crop Yield and Reducing Water Consumption with Precision Irrigation
Younsuk Dong, an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist at the MSU Department of Biosystem and Agricultural Engineering, has created a system that will improve irrigation and plant disease management
Burton Receives AAAL Graduate Student Award
J. Dylan Burton, a doctoral candidate in the Second Language Studies (SLS) Ph.D. program at Michigan State University, received a 2023 Graduate Student Award from the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
Graphic Design Students Earn Multiple ADDY Awards
MSU’s Graphic Design students took home 24 ADDY Awards including two Judge’s Choice, one Mosaic, seven Gold, six Silver, and eight Bronze Awards.
Arts MSU
Arts MSU is a strategy that moves creativity to the center of university life by integrating the arts into our educational experiences, our research activities, our outreach, and our campus culture.
Experiment Explains Mansplaining and its Impact
A new study conducted by Caitlin Briggs, a graduate student in the College of Social Science, and her colleagues reveals that the negative impact of mansplaining on women is very real.
Climate Change Threatens Asia’s Water Tower
MSU researchers are identifying policy changes that need to happen now to prepare for the future impacts projected by climate models. The rapid melting of glaciers and snowpack due to regional temperature increases has caused an unprecedented decline in water availability. This creates cascading impacts on water, food and energy security.
Learning From the Meltwater Stonefly Before We Lose It
These alpine insects face a dire future, but MSU researchers are helping make sure we learn the valuable lessons they can still share
From Research to Reality: The Apple Developer Academy
Dr. Gretter is an educational researcher, author of Design for Change in Higher Education with John Hopkins University Press. She received her Doctorate in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology from the college of education at MSU, and holds a Masters in Education from Harvard University. She is currently a Sr. Academic Specialist in the Office of the Provost at Michigan State University and the Director of the Apple Developer Academy with MSU in Detroit. Her work lives at the intersection of research, practice, and innovation in higher education.
Wilson to Lead Comprehensive Assessments of Police Staffing
Jeremy Wilson, professor in the School of Criminal Justice, and his team of researchers are set to address the national police staffing crisis by developing data-driven lessons for administrators and lawmakers.