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Excellence for impact
Making plants more productive
By 2050, the global population could reach 9 billion. With limited natural resources, feeding and supporting that many people will be challenging. In Federica Brandizzi's lab, researchers are finding ways to make plants part of the solution.
Latest news
At the top
In its 2023 America’s Best Graduate Schools rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized five of MSU’s graduate programs as first in the nation, with several others appearing in the top 20.
Autism research
A team of researchers at MSU has received a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to study language in young children with autism.
Commencement speakers
Extraordinary Spartan alumni will help celebrate the accomplishments of more than 9,200 MSU graduates during the university’s commencement ceremonies on May 6.
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April 11, 2022
The week in photos: April 4–10, 2022
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MSU programs ranked in the top 25 nationally
Important info
Get vaccinated
Making sure this school year is a healthy and safe one takes the entire MSU community working together. All students, staff and faculty members are required to be vaccinated. By getting a COVID-19 vaccine, Spartans can protect themselves, each other and our communities. We are all in this together and, together, we will keep campus safe.
Do your part and get your vaccine now.
Campus Initiatives
Strategic Plan: MSU 2030
MSU used an inclusive and comprehensive strategic planning process to create a shared vision for the future and a common set of principles and values to guide our work.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan
To recognize the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion as a foundation for university, MSU is using a comprehensive DEI planning process focusing on those values and working in collaboration with the overall strategic planning process.
Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Plan
The RVSM Strategic Plan stems from work by leading researchers and experts in the field to develop a plan for survivor services, prevention efforts, and climate and culture change initiatives.
Podcast
Conversations with leaders
Check out the fifth installment in a series of podcasts with MSU leaders who are advancing implementation of the university’s strategic plan. This edition focuses on the diversity, equity and inclusion theme of the plan with its executive sponsor, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Jabbar Bennett.
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