Central Michigan

MSU St. Andrews hosted 31 future teachers from the MSU College of Education on March 22 in hopes of encouraging the students to consider the Midland area as an area to work and live after completing their teaching degrees. More

A Flint nutrition prescription program, where fruits and vegetables are prescribed to young patients by their pediatrician, will expand nationally as a result of the recently signed U.S. Farm Bill by President Trump. More

MSU AgBioResearch will officially open the Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center on Nov. 28. The facility is the 14th AgBioResearch off-campus research center and will focus on natural resource issues. More

Nearly 1,200 interactive learning tablets were distributed to kindergarteners in the Lansing School District in November, as part of the PBS KIDS Playtime Pad Research Project. More

When a military veteran decides to hang up his or her uniform, there is often a void – a huge void, actually – in their lives. More

A “food desert” can be described as a city in which major conventional food retailers are the minority and smaller, local retailers with mainly unhealthy, old or spoiled food are the primary food retail option. Joshua Introne, MSU Assistant Professor, has helped develop a solution. More

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, an associate professor of pediatrics in the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, has been named a Great Immigrant by Carnegie Corporation of New York. More

A Michigan State University researcher has pinpointed areas in Flint, Mich., that have unequal access to healthy, affordable food, and he plans to use the information to improve those areas most affected – low-income and minority neighborhoods. More

Mentors as Teacher Educators, or MATE, to provide targeted support to classroom teachers who oversee interns across MSU student teaching intern’s year-long experience. More

Residents of Flint who were exposed to lead-contaminated water from the city’s water system can now pre-enroll for the Flint Registry. More

MSU researchers will work alongside Latino migrant farmers to reshape how Michigan harvests fruit – and cultivate a new workforce. More

Working with preschool classrooms in Flint to improve young students’ writing skills. More

Michigan State University researchers are providing leadership in a new statewide effort to improve literacy. More

More than 20 teams of Michigan State University undergraduate seniors are ready and waiting to help mid-Michigan businesses and nonprofits solve their digital problems. More

Health-care consumers, now and in the future, are the real winners in the $450 million McLaren Greater Lansing hospital project announced this past week. McLaren’s partnership with Michigan State University is integral to the project. More

For Michigan State University Spartans, entrepreneurship is more than a skill or discipline—it’s a mindset. More

Shari Spoelman's been going through 100-year-old reports a lot lately. She's found pictures of bear hunting, shirtless guys holding shovels and pictures of pine stumps. More

From East Lansing to Escanaba, see how MSU Spartans make Michigan a place of opportunity, innovation, and prosperity. More

Students of the Girls' STEM Club from Northeast Middle School recently visited Michigan State University St. Andrews, where they were introduced to 3-D printing and underlying computer-aided design (CAD) modeling through a 3D printing workshop. More

Michigan State University is investing in the future in Midland. In January 2016, it opened the MSU STEM Center. The center's curriculum targets K-12 students and also includes MSU courses for college students and teacher enrichment programs in collaboration with MSU's College of Education. More

Twenty eight high school interns from seven Midland area schools presented their research findings to an audience of their peers, families, and local supporters and scientists, at receptions held in their honor. More

Flint is one of the many Michigan communities where Michigan State University nurses deliver public health services to the people who need them most. More

MSU urban geographer and public health expert Rick Sadler is finding solutions to make Flint a healthier place to live. More

MSU will receive approximately $3.2 million this year to begin establishing a registry of residents who were exposed to lead-contaminated water from the Flint Water System during 2014-2015. More

Tablets loaded with educational games featuring characters from PBS shows were distributed to around 40 kindergartners at Lansing's Kendon Elementary School as part of a new research project at MSU. More

MSU will use a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help more low-income and minority high school students enroll in college. More