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Food prices are spiking. What's changing the most?: David Ortega, professor and Noel W. Stuckman Chair in Food Economics and Policy in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, explained rising food prices, including how and why increases vary by product.

Michigan State University opens upgraded Plant Science Greenhouses: George Smith, director of MSU AgBioResearch, discussed improvements to MSU’s greenhouses that will expand research and teaching opportunities, made possible through state funding.

America’s musical founding father: ‘Liberty songs’ by a self‑taught singer and tanner helped fuel the Revolution: David W. Stowe, professor in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Letters, published an article examining the role of music in shaping revolutionary sentiment and early American identity.

As MSU grows and continues to become more contemporary, connected and future-focused, the refreshed strategic plan introduces key themes that bridge organizational and planning structures.

MSU and partners across the state are working even harder to share free resources to support individuals, families, communities and businesses adapt during the COVID-19 health crisis.

The survey assesses the experiences of students, faculty and staff related to relationship violence and sexual misconduct, workplace incivility, help-seeking and perceptions of campus.