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Latest news
Undergraduate student named MSU's 13th Udall Scholar
Roxy Sprowl, an Honors College junior, is one of 55 students from 46 colleges and universities selected as 2023 Udall Scholars.
MSU and Audubon team up to protect the black tern
Researchers join forces to deal with data sparsity and inform new ways to conserve a disappearing bird species.
MSU hits record $759M in research expenditures in 2022
The total is a $49 million increase over 2021 and demonstrates strong progress toward the strategic plan goal of $1 billion in research expenditures by 2030.
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May 18, 2023
College of Human Medicine professor and collaborators named Inventors of the Year
MSU in the news
National Public Radio
Airline passengers could be in for a rougher ride, thanks to climate change: Peter Murray, MSU systems administrator, discusses and unpredictable type of turbulence called "clear-air turbulence" and its relationship to climate change.
Fast Company
AI is remaking the world on its terms, and that’s a problem: Zach Kaiser, associate professor of graphic design in the College of Arts and Letters, writes that artificial intelligence is making it harder for humans to have agency in their own lives.
Allure
Does manifestation work, or are we just doing it wrong? Tamura Lomax, an associate professor of religious studies at Michigan State University, say the roots and practices of manifestation go back centuries.
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.
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