-
2007-12-12
Sao Paulo, Brazil, where MSU faculty helped to establish their graduate program in Business Administration in the 1960s and 1970s, is where the Getulio Vargas Foundation is located.
2007-12-10
Michigan State University’s panda habitat research team has spent years collecting mountains of data aimed at understanding and saving giant pandas. Now people can join a graduate student as she works to catch crucial data that’s black, white and furry.
Vanessa Hull, 25, a Ph.D. candidate, is in the snowy, remote mountains of the Sichuan Province of China – which also is the heart of panda habitat.
Read Full Article ...
2007-12-07
As the recently named executive director of Michigan State University’s academic site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Brendan Mullan plans on developing strong undergraduate and graduate programs, research and outreach efforts.
Read Full Article ...
2007-12-06
The results of a cross-national study which looked at the level of preparedness of middle school mathematics teachers will be released. The Mathematics Teaching in the 21st Century (MT21) study compared teacher knowledge, preparation and beliefs in six countries, including the United States, which did not fare as well as U.S. education officials would have preferred. By examining how the six countries (Taiwan, South Korea, Bulgaria, Germany, Mexico and the United States) prepared their middle school mathematics teachers,
Read Full Article ...
2007-11-15
In a paper presented recently to the Royal Society of London, Jon Miller said that as scientific issues such as stem cell research and genetic engineering become more political, people are going to need more of what Miller calls “civic scientific literacy.”
Miller, the John A. Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies and director of the International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy, said just within the past few years a number of science-related issues have appeared on ballots.
Read Full Article ...
2007-11-12
For the first time, Michigan State University is in the top 20 for both study abroad participation and international student enrollment according to Open Doors 2007, the annual report on international education released today by the Institute of International Education.
Read Full Article ...
2007-11-02
The theme of this year’s event, which runs from Saturday, Nov. 10, through Sunday, Nov. 18, is International Education: Fostering Global Citizenship and Respect.
Among the week’s activities are lectures, an international film festival, an international dance night, photography and essay contests, and a global festival featuring country-specific activities and food themes in cafeterias.
“International Education Week at MSU has an impact on the MSU community including students, faculty and staff, and the Greater Lansing community,” said Patricia Lambert, assistant to the dean of International Studies and Programs. “The major International Education Week events are free and are supported by and advertised in colleges and residence halls across the campus as well as in local businesses.”
Read Full Article ...
2007-10-29
The largest classical repertory theater in North America, the world-renowned Stratford Festival of Canada, will again visit Michigan State University and Wharton Center for Performing Arts from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 for the second of several annual teaching and performing residencies in East Lansing.
The visiting company will include many actors, including Tony Award-winning English actor Brian Bedford.
Read Full Article ...
2007-10-22
The computer program Captain’s Log – originally used with individuals diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, brain injuries or learning disabilities – is being adapted to rehabilitate Ugandan children who are survivors of cerebral malaria.
Michael Boivin, a Michigan State University associate professor of neurology and ophthalmology and of psychiatry, and Bruno Giordani, a University of Michigan associate professor of psychiatry, are leading the project.
Read Full Article ...
2007-10-17
A team of Michigan State University researchers will attempt to identify future hotspots of “sleeping sickness” in Kenya by developing a new model that ultimately could be used to predict the path of other diseases. The four-year project, funded by a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will analyze factors such as climate change, land use and distribution of the tsetse fly in the east African country. The bite of the tsetse spreads the potentially fatal “sleeping sickness,” or trypanosomiasis, to humans and livestock, although it is currently impossible to predict where the disease will surface next, said Joseph Messina, MSU associate professor of geography and lead researcher.
Read Full Article ...
2007-10-08
Dean Jeff Riedinger will be traveling to China next week to advance MSU's China Initiative, focusing on Food Systems and Industry Development. He will be accompanying J. Ian Gray, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, on his first trip to China. Stopping points will be Beijing, Nanching, Hangzhou and Zhejiang University, among others.
Read Full Article ...
2007-09-26
Michigan State University has launched the first doctoral program in Chicano/Latino Studies in the Midwest – and only the second in the nation. The interdisciplinary graduate degree, which grew out of MSU’s undergraduate Chicano/Latino Studies program, is offered by the College of Social Science. Like many doctoral programs, it is starting small; five students are enrolled for the 2007-08 academic year.
Read Full Article ...
2007-09-25
Michigan State University is moving forward to forge a strong Middle East presence by today signing an agreement that will put into action the next steps toward opening not-for-profit MSU programs in Dubai International Academic City (DIAC).
Classes there will begin as early as fall 2008.
Read Full Article ...
2007-09-21
MSU senior and car enthusiast Eric Tingwall, of Novi, may have spent less than a week at an auto show in Germany, but the experience will last a lifetime.
The mechanical engineering and journalism student arrived in Germany on Sept. 10 to attend the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show for four days as a correspondent for Edmunds’ Inside Line, a high-speed automotive online magazine. Tingwall won the trip after he crafted a 500-word essay for a contest posted on the site.
Read Full Article ...
2007-09-19
Turkish novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk will present the College of Arts and Letters Signature Lecture on Monday, Oct. 1, as part of a series of events celebrating MSU’s Year of Arts and Culture.
He will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are $20 (free to MSU faculty, staff and students with ID at box office only, limit two); call 1 (800) WHARTON or visit www.whartoncenter.com.
Read Full Article ...
2007-09-14
For the first time, a paper published in the Sept. 14 edition of the journal Science synthesizes complex characteristics when humans and natural systems couple up, using six case studies from around the world. To understand the complex world and for good science to transform to good policy, specialization must ease up, according to the paper “Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems.” MSU Todcay story by Jamie Depolo.
Read Full Article ...
2007-09-13
For the sixth year, participants in the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program arrived on campus for a year of intensive graduate-level study and related professional experience. News Bulletin story by Jay Rodman, International Studies & Programs.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-27
A Michigan State University engineering design team has designed and developed a medical diagnosis device that would allow patients in developing countries like China to be inexpensively screened for a variety of medical problems.
Faculty facilitator Tongtong Li, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and students Joe Hines, Janelle Shane, Kevin Scheel, Thomas Casey and Kurtis Hessler teamed up with students from China and Italy in the project.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-24
Chemrec AB, a Swedish company, and the NewPage Corporation, which operates a paper mill in Escanaba, signed a memorandum of understanding to explore developing a plant to produce fuels from woody biomass at the Escanaba plant. Story by Jamie DePolo, Office of Biobased Technologies and Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Communications Manager.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-24
Gretchen Birbeck, an MSU neurologist, has witnessed firsthand what is a huge dilemma for many health care providers who care for patients in Africa who suffer from both AIDS and epilepsy. Story by Tom Oswold, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-14
Scientists from MSU are joining the governor and others in exploring possibilities in Sweden for growing Michigan's bioeconomy. Jamie DePolo from the Office of Biobased Technologies is chronicling their travels in an MSU Newsroom Special Report.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-09
The long-held belief that plant-eating insects in tropical forests are picky eaters that stay close to home – dining only on locale-specific vegetation – is being challenged by new research findings that suggest these insects feast on a broader menu of foliage and can be consistently found across hundreds of miles of tropical forestland.
These findings have significant implications related to the sustainability and conservation of these globally-important areas.
Michigan State University scientist Anthony Cognato and graduate student Jiri Hulcr were part of an international team that conducted this groundbreaking research, the results of which are described in the Aug. 9 online issue of the journal Nature.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-09
Cindy Chalou, associate dirfector in the Office of Study Abroad, reflects on her profound experience visiting this new and innovative program during the week of June 17.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-09
Permafrost – the perpetually frozen foundation of North America – isn’t so permanent anymore, and scientists are scrambling to understand the pros and cons when terra firma goes soft. Permafrost serves like a platform underneath vast expanses of northern forests and wetlands that are rooted, literally, in melting permafrost in many northern ecosystems. But rising atmospheric temperatures are accelerating rates of permafrost thaw in northern regions, says MSU researcher Merritt Turetsky. MSU News Bulletin article by Sue Nichols.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-09
Internal partnerships have helped boost Michigan State University’s freshman and overall international student population for 2007-08. This year’s freshman class, approximately 7,200 students, includes an expected 35 percent increase in the number of enrolled international students compared to last year. MSU News Bulletin story by Kristin K. Anderson.
Read Full Article ...
2007-08-09
Gretchen Birbeck, associate professor of neurology and ophthalmology and of epidemiology, was named an ambassador in Research!America’s Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research.
Birbeck becomes one of 51 of the nation’s top global health experts who have joined forces to increase awareness of the need for greater U.S. public and private investment in research to improve global health. MSU News Bulletin story.
Read Full Article ...
2007-07-26
Two Michigan State University researchers are promoting regional agricultural trade in three West African nations -- Mali, Niger, and Guinea -- by distributing up-to-date market data to farmers and traders in remote areas via radio broadcasts.
Read Full Article ...
2007-07-12
Tom Luster, an MSU professor of family and child ecology, was at the airport when the refugees known as "Lost Boys" arrived in 2001 and has documented their lives ever since. He leads a team of researchers whose study will form a chapter in a soon-to-be-published book, Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families.
Read Full Article ...
2007-07-12
MSU physician Terrie Taylor says the work she does trying to solve the mystery of malaria may now be a bit easier with the donation of an MRI unit to the hospital she works at in Malawi. ... Through the efforts of James Potchen, University Distinguished Professor of radiology and chairperson of the department, the General Electric Corp. donated an MRI unit to the hospital. And though it’s valued at more than $1 million, Taylor said the MRI unit will prove priceless in what it can bring to her work. MSU News Bulletin story by Tom Oswold.
Read Full Article ...
2007-07-12
MSU will be the first U.S. host of the International Equitation Science Symposium (IESS) Aug. 13-15. The event will bring a worldwide gathering of horse experts to mid-Michigan. MSU News Bulletin article by Natalie Ebig Scott, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Read Full Article ...
2007-07-12
Hsu Wen Chung, a doctoral candidate at National Sun Yat-Sen University in Tapei, brought his family along when he enrolled in a summer course through MSU’s Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP). Within 24 hours of the family’s arrival on campus, the MSU Bikes Service Center had them set up for local transportation.
Read Full Article ...
2007-07-12
After spending most of his life in Africa before settling in the United States, Ravi Ammigan, an international adviser for the Office for International Students and Scholars, feels right at home in his office at the International Center.
Read Full Article ...
-
2007-06-20
Jeff Riedinger is dean of MSU’s International Studies and Programs. The MSU Board of Trustees approved his appointment at its June 15 meeting.
Riedinger talks about the history of ISP at MSU and outlines his goals for the future. He talks about enhancing the international experience for all MSU students and about helping move MSU’s mission from land-grant to world-grant. And he tells us the biggest challenges he’ll face moving ISP forward.
Hosted by Russ White.
Hear the Show 17:41 - 10.1 mb mp3
2007-06-14
A delegation from Dubai visited MSU June 6 to 8 for a series of meetings and a formal signing session related to the development of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and research activities at Dubai International Academic City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Among those representing MSU were President Simon, Provost Kim Wilcox and John Hudzik, vice president for global engagement and strategic projects, who has led discussions on campus and in Dubai.
Read Full Article ...
2007-05-25
Jeff Riedinger, acting dean of MSU International Studies and Programs (ISP) since 2005, has been recommended as its new dean.
Riedinger’s appointment is subject to approval by the MSU Board of Trustees. If approved, his appointment would be effective immediately. It is scheduled to be on the agenda for the board’s June 15 meeting.
Read Full Article ...
2007-05-24
A group of students and teachers from a mid-Michigan high school will soon have the opportunity to chat with a group of their counterparts from a school in Algeria.
The students and teachers from Ovid-Elsie High School in Michigan and Cheikh Bouamama High School in Algiers, Algeria, will link for a one-hour video conference chat and culture exchange at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at the mid-Michigan school.
Read Full Article ...
2007-05-24
Two Michigan State University professors, Volodymyr Tarabara and Tom Voice, are leading an ambitious project to purify the world’s waters.
Tarabara and Voice are leading an international partnership of environmental engineers and scientists from two U.S. research universities, two research centers in France and three institutions in Ukraine and Russia that will create new technologies for the project.
Read Full Article ...
2007-05-23
Scientists at Michigan State University’s Global Observatory for Ecosystem Services – or GOES – have a treasure trove of resources many of their peers would envy.
Funded by NASA, these scientists rely on more than three decades of accumulated data for their research in tropical deforestation, forest regeneration and global climate change.
Read Full Article ...
2007-05-18
In an action described by Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon as “transformational for a university with an expanding ‘world-grant’ mission,” the Trustees of MSU today unanimously endorsed development of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and research activities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The resolution endorsed the administration’s efforts to develop such programs with terms and conditions “satisfactory to the president.” Simon said that “other U.S. institutions are likely to follow MSU’s path.”
Read Full Article ...
-
2007-04-27
Dozens of senior projects were on display at the College of Engineering Design Day on April 27 at the MSU Union. Among them was a team that has developed a new solar oven design for families in Tanzania. The multi-department team of students worked with Solar Circle, a non-profit organization based in Okemos, to develop prototypes of the solar oven.
Article by Kristin V. Johnson, ISP news intern
-
2007-04-27
There is a growing MSU resource for educators who want to internationalize their teaching. The Partnership to Prepare Global & International Educators (P-GLIE) is an interdisciplinary, collaborative project that is developing partnerships across the campus and the educational community to promote international teaching and curriculum at MSU and in Michigan schools. Article by Kristin V. Johnson, ISP news intern.
2007-04-20
A former Jordanian prime minister, scientist and educator, and a Grand Rapids businesswoman and philanthropist will be awarded honorary degrees during spring commencement ceremonies at MSU on Friday, May 4.
Former Jordanian Prime Minister Adnan Badran, and Kate Pew Wolters, chairperson of the Steelcase Foundation, will receive honorary doctors of science and humanities, respectively. Both are graduates of MSU.
Read Full Article ...
2007-04-17
High school students interested in exploring such diverse topics as Russian language, modern Middle Eastern dance, basic Kiswahili, the Peace Corps, the Nigerian film industry and French slang can take part in the third annual World Languages Day on Saturday, April 21, at Michigan State University.
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-28
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is joining with MSU to talk about the future needs and priorities of the developing countries in an upcoming workshop in Seattle in April. The two sides plan to build on more than 50 years of MSU’s history and vision for international problem-solving engagement.
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-23
Traffic use and weather conditions determine the state of roads anywhere – be it the cold winters of Michigan or the hot seasons of Pakistan. The difference between the two in managing the adverse effects on roads lies in Michigan’s maintenance culture and technological edge which Pakistan stands to gain from.
In a report just submitted to the National Academy of Sciences, MSU researcher Gilbert Baladi explained how asphalt recycling – a well tested method in Michigan – can transform the road management techniques in Pakistan.
MSU Today story by Ike Iyioke, University Relations
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-19
Eleven Michigan State University faculty, staff, alumni and students, as well as a fine arts camp director will be honored at the university’s annual International Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, March 21.
The MSU Office of International Studies and Programs has sponsored the annual event since 1991 to bring together MSU faculty, staff, students, community volunteers and others from the wider Michigan community to recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions toward international understanding.
The public ceremony begins at 3 p.m. on the third floor of the Delia Koo International Academic Center with MSU President Lou Anna Simon and Provost Kim Wilcox among those scheduled to give remarks.
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-19
Michigan State University will host a special Global Encounter-Africa on Friday, March 23, designed to plot future university endeavors in Africa.
The event, sponsored by MSU’s International Studies and Programs (ISP) and the African Studies Center (ASC), begins at 8:00 a.m. in the Delia Koo International Academic Center.
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-16
After nearly two years of tweaking and refining, MSU’s SOuthern Astrophysical Research, or SOAR, telescope, is looking to the stars and gathering data that are providing clues to how the light elements carbon and oxygen were originally formed.
Story by Tom Oswald, University Relations
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-08
High-energy physics may not be on your radar screen, but for Victoria Moeller, a senior at Michigan State University and a 2007 Gates Cambridge Scholar, physics is a way of life. The Chicago student served as a professorial assistant at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and as a teaching assistant in the physics and astronomy department. In her first project as a professorial assistant she, her supervisor from Chile, and her co-researchers from Russia and Spain, worked on accelerator research and development, as well as spending time conversing about their different cultures and governments.
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-02
A new study by an MSU researcher and his colleagues pinpoints causes of a recent finding by a working group of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change that global climate warming is due to human activities.
Principal factors affecting climate change are human population growth and consumption, according to research by Thomas Dietz, director of the Environmental Science and Policy program, and his colleagues Eugene Rosa of Washington State University and Richard York of the University of Oregon.
Read Full Article ...
2007-03-02
Thirty MSU students will trade their suntan lotions and swimsuits for hammers and nails to help rebuild New Orleans through MSU’s Alternative Spring Break program March 3-10.
Other locations in the United States where MSU students will be helping others are San Francisco, Kansas City, Washington D.C., South Dakota, Tennessee, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. International sites are Puerto Rico, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico and Canada. New sites this year are in Costa Rica, Panama, Alaska and Georgia.
Read Full Article ...
2007-02-16
People with epilepsy, who live in the African nation of Zambia and throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, tend to have a lower standard of living because of stigma related to the disease, according research conducted by an MSU neurologist.
The study was a joint effort by MSU’s Gretchen Birbeck and colleagues at the University of Zambia. As recently reported in the Lancet Neurology, Zambians who have epilepsy generally have higher rates of hunger and poverty, have less access to drinking water and are more vulnerable to physical abuse than those without the disease. MSU Today story by Tom Oswald.
Read Full Article ...
2007-02-16
More than 160 MSU faculty, staff and students filled the Union Ballroom Feb. 8 to participate in a forum to seek input on ways to better internationalize the undergraduate student experience at MSU.
The Internationalizing the Student Experience Summit sought input from the MSU community on a draft statement of student international competencies that reflect the knowledge, attitudes and skills essential to an MSU student living and working as a global citizen. MSU Today Article by Ike Iyioke.
Read Full Article ...
-
2007-02-15
Two MSU programs are merging to form a center that will focus on gender and women’s studies within a global framework.
MSU's Women and International Development (WID) Program in International Studies and Programs (ISP) will join forces with the Program in Women, Gender, and Social Justice (WGSJ) in the College of Arts and Letters to create the Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen). The new center will be a hub for research, teaching, and service related to gender and women in global perspective.
-
2007-02-08
"Big, Bold and Beautiful: African Household Pots" is the title of a new exhibition opening soon in the University Development display area. Developed by the MSU Museum, the exhibit of 14 clay pots runs from February 19 through August 15. The display area is at 300 Spartan Way in the new East Stadium expansion, open Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
2007-02-08
MSU is among the nation’s top 10 producers of Peace Corps volunteers from large colleges and universities.
MSU has 71 alumni overseas volunteers, representing the ninth highest total in the country.
News Bulletin by Ike Val Iyioke, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2007-01-29
China, Hong Kong and Singapore are considered the top three most attractive emerging markets, according to the recently released Michigan State University annual emerging markets potential index.
MSU’s Center for International Business Education and Research, or MSU-CIBER, in the Eli Broad College of Business has just released its annual index, which is available at http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/marketpot.asp
Read Full Article ...
2007-01-22
The first-ever North American conference exploring the multiple forms of contemporary and historical radicalism in an international context will take place Jan. 25-27 at Michigan State University.
Keynote speakers include Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at the University of Kent and author of “Politics Of Fear: Beyond Left And Right” (Continuum Press, 2005), and Michael Barkun, professor of political science at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, and author of “A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America” (University of California Press, 2003).
Read Full Article ...
2007-01-12
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability at MSU, is helping lead the discussion on China’s environmental future – and what it means to us.
Liu has an opinion piece in PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) evaluating the prospects of China’s environmental future – and making a case for why it’s cause for attention and concern no matter where one lives.
The piece accompanies a PBS series entitled "China from the Inside" which is airing in two two-hour parts on Jan. 10 and Jan. 17.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-12-18
The MSU Office of International Studies and Programs invites nominations for seven awards to be given at the 17th Annual International Awards Ceremony on March 21, 2007. Information about the ceremony and nomination forms for the current awards are available on the web at www.isp.msu.edu/iac and from Kathy Riel in the ISP Dean’s Office (517-355-2350, riel@msu.edu).
The deadline for all award nominations is Wednesday January 24, 2007.
-
2006-12-07
MSU commemorated World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 with a symposium focusing on the millions of children in Sub-Saharan Africa who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. The program, “No Place to Hide – World AIDS Day Symposium,” featured presentations of scholastic work and student field projects in addition to a showing of the video, “No Place to Hide.”
-
2006-11-30
Researchers at Michigan State University are helping female teachers at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut learn how to effectively use internet technology in their classrooms, preparing them and their students to better compete in the increasingly global marketplace. MSU College of Education Professors Joseph Codde and Rhonda Egidio along with Eric Freedman, an assistant professor of journalism and assistant dean for international studies and programs, are working to create a gender-customized educational technology certificate program at LAU for new and veteran Lebanese teachers.
2006-11-30
Donna J. Hrinak, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic and Lester R. Brown, pioneer in the environmental movement and founder of Worldwatch and Earth Policy institutes are two of three recipients of honorary degrees at upcoming commencement ceremonies.
Read Full Article ...
2006-11-21
Michigan State University alum Shanti A. Zaid wants to open doors and get the dialogues rolling on a topic many people fear to tread upon – religion.
As a 2007 Marshall Scholar, Zaid will have the opportunity to increase his knowledge and understanding of religions and African diaspora, or the movements and culture of African people throughout the world.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-11-15
With the fall sports season winding down, fans remember their teams’ wins and losses. But for the players, the camaraderie developed over the course of the season is often more memorable. This may be especially true for international student athletes – the team is their family at MSU.
Although players from abroad participate on more than half of the competitive sports teams at MSU, the women’s field hockey is a team with one of the highest percentages of international students. Of the 22 students on the MSU team, four are from the Netherlands and one is from Zimbabwe. Head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof is also from the Netherlands.
2006-11-13
For the second year in a row, Michigan State University is the top public university in the United States for study abroad according to Open Doors 2006, the annual report on international education being released Monday by the Institute of International Education.
During the 2004-05 academic year, the most recent year for which data are available, 2,385 MSU students studied abroad, second only to New York University among all colleges and universities. The IIE data reflect a growth in study abroad participation nationally to just under 206,000 students.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-11-10
Michigan State University’s College of Education has partnered with Canto University in Vietnam to open the CTU-MSU Center for Innovations in Education on the CTU campus. The center was dedicated at ceremonies on Oct. 17, and represents a milestone in expanding cooperation between the two universities.
2006-11-10
Within the last year and a half, MSU’s Mick Fulton has traveled twice to Afghanistan and once to the African nation of Rwanda, all in the name of disease prevention.
Specifically, Fulton has been using his knowledge and skills to help those countries and the United States from getting the deadly Asian strain of H5N1 avian influenza, a disease that has already claimed the lives of millions of birds and other animals and more than 100 people around the world, according to the World Health Organization.
MSU Today Article by Tom Oswald, University Relations
Read Full Article ...
2006-10-26
The largest classical repertory theater in North America, the world-renowned Stratford Festival of Canada, will visit Michigan State University and Wharton Center for Performing Arts from Oct. 30-Nov. 2 for the first of several annual teaching and performing residencies in East Lansing.
The visiting company will include nearly a dozen actors, artistic director Richard Monette, designer John Pennoyer and senior marketing director Anita Gaffney.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-10-24
The 'land of a thousand hills' is in the midst of an uphill climb back to normalcy. Known for the genocide that a decade ago claimed 800,000 lives in 100 days as Hutus massacred Tutsis, Rwandans may find that one road to healing leads through their country's thousands of coffee fields, where Hutus and Tutsis now grow their crop - together.
Through a program called PEARL, Partnership to Enhance Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkage, farmers are learning how to produce a top-quality coffee they can sell on the stable gourmet food market, bringing in four times what they made five years ago. Christian Science Monitor story by Melanie Stetson Freeman. Includes slideshow of images.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1024/p20s01-woaf.html
-
2006-10-04
Two current MSU Museum exhibits, "Workers Culture in Two Nations: South Africa and the United States" and "Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery," include significant international content.
2006-10-04
Grants from two federal agencies to Michigan State University and the Lansing and Dearborn public school districts that will help more students learn Chinese and Arabic were announced today by university, agency and school leaders. The federal government considers both languages are essential to the nation’s security and economic competitiveness.
Speaking at the announcement today were MSU Provost Kim Wilcox; Gail McGinn, U.S. deputy undersecretary of defense for plans; Raymond Simon, U.S. deputy secretary of education; U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers; E. Sharon Banks, Lansing school superintendent; and John Artis, Dearborn school superintendent.
Read Full Article ...
2006-10-02
This fall, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University will host its first international film festival with a focus on Middle Eastern films. The film festival will screen a wide variety of features, documentaries and shorts from Nov. 12-18. The film festival will take place during MSU’s International Education Week set for Nov. 11-19.
Read Full Article ...
2006-09-22
Thirteen individuals will be recognized by MSU for their achievements and contributions to local communities, states and the nation at an awards ceremony Sept. 28. Among them are three with international backgrounds: Michael Budman, Joon S. Moon, and Anan Chaikittisilpa.
Read Full Article ...
2006-09-22
The largest classical repertory theater in North America, the world-renowned Stratford Festival of Canada, will visit MSU and Wharton Center for Performing Arts from Oct. 30-Nov. 1 for the first of several annual teaching and performing residencies in East Lansing.
The visiting company will include nearly a dozen actors, artistic director Richard Monette, designer John Pennoyer and senior marketing director Anita Gaffney.
Read Full Article ...
2006-09-18
Two Michigan State University language professors have received the French government’s highest honor for academic achievement, an award that was established by Napoleon in 1808.
Anna Norris and Ehsan Ahmed, both of the MSU Department of French, Classics and Italian, have been named Chevaliers dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Knights in the Order of Academic Palms), a decoration given to those who have advanced the cause of French culture, education and the arts throughout the world. The Palmes Académiques is one of the oldest and most prestigious decorations a scholar can receive from the French government.
Read Full Article ...
2006-08-31
A Michigan State University linguistics researcher will spend the 2006-07 academic year in southern Tanzania, where he will conduct research to help preserve Kikisi, one of the more than 120 languages spoken there and one that is currently facing extinction.
Deogratias Ngonyani, associate professor in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, has been awarded a research fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation as part of the agencies’ joint “Documenting Endangered Languages” program.
Read Full Article ...
2006-08-15
A new ranking of Top 100 Global Universities released by Newsweek/MSNBC this week lists Michigan State University at #62. Newsweek sought to quantify the efforts of many universities around the world to adapt to a global economy by increasing their international engagement and profile. The result is a “ranking of global universities that takes into account openness and diversity, as well as distinction in research.”
Read Full Article ...
2006-08-10
Citing MSU’s commitment to strategic positioning and its strong international agenda, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges has granted MSU a full 10-year regional accreditation.
News Bulletin story by Kristin Anderson, University Relations
Read Full Article ...
2006-08-07
If globalization is the main attraction in the 21st-century economy, then the price of admission is an ability to speak multiple languages – one reason Michigan State University has long prioritized language instruction along side its noted study abroad program.
Now, renewed federal funding will bolster MSU’s capacity for international, area and foreign language studies, particularly in less-commonly taught languages such as Chinese and Arabic.
Read Full Article ...
2006-08-07
A select group of Michigan State University students will be among dignitaries and activists – including the likes of former President Bill Clinton, Bill and Melinda Gates, and World Health Organization representatives – to speak at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto from Aug. 13-18.
Read Full Article ...
2006-07-28
At mid-morning on July 20, a plane landed in Detroit carrying MSU study abroad students who had been evacuated from Israel. Their safe return capped several intense days that demonstrated the commitment to safety that underpins the MSU Office of Study Abroad.
“We take a three-pronged approach to safety,” said Kathleen Fairfax, MSU’s study abroad director, adding that all three components of existing safety procedures are relevant to her office’s present and future stance toward Israel.
MSU Today Aricle by Geoff Koch, University Relations
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-07-10
Four MSU doctoral students have been awarded prestigious 2006-2007 Fulbright-Hays fellowships supporting six to twelve months of dissertation research activities abroad. Three of the recipients are in doctoral programs in the College of Education and the fourth is in the Department of Anthropology in the College of Social Science.
-
2006-07-10
A recent reception at MSU’s new Beijing office provided an opportunity for around 20 newly admitted undergraduate and graduate students from China to meet and mingle with MSU staff and alumni, as well as a group of Michigan students participating in MSU’s new “China Adventure” study abroad program.
2006-07-05
Five large canvas bags filled with philosophy books and journals from Michigan State University arrived last week at a small university library in the West African nation of Mali.
They were the latest installment in an ongoing donation fromthe philosophy department at MSU. They were also a repayment, of sorts, for an act of hospitality. Lansing State Journal story by Matt Miller.
Read Full Article ...
2006-07-01
Eleven high-achieving high school students are about to put a week of intensive training in Chinese culture and language to good use. The students, including four from mid-Michigan, are heading to China today as part of a new "China Adventure" program through Michigan State University. Lansing State Journal story by Hugh Leach.
Read Full Article ...
2006-06-16
Michigan State University will join the China Education Association for International Exchange, a China-based education nonprofit, to co-host a fall conference on quality in online education. The event, International Forum on Online Education: Quality Assurance, will take place from Oct. 14-15 in Beijing.
Read Full Article ...
2006-06-09
An international packaging conference this month will explore how little things can become major obstacles.
Like a childproof cap.
Michigan State University’s School of Packaging is organizing Universal Package ’06 – a look at design and packaging and how it regards – or disregards – a range of abilities, behaviors, habits and sizes. The conference will be June 19-22 at MSU’s James B. Henry Center for Executive Development.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-06-01
Michigan State University, already a top Peace Corps producer, will offer a master’s level program combining campus coursework in East Lansing with Peace Corps volunteerism abroad.
The new MSU Master’s International program is based on existing master’s of science programs in the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
2006-05-30
William H. Schmidt, a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education.
Schmidt, an MSU professor of educational psychology and measurement and quantitative methods, is one of only three scholars in the world chosen for membership in recognition of their pioneering efforts in educational research and policy development.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-30
A $4.1 million grant extension to a Michigan State University agricultural initiative promises to bring aid to Nicaragua’s farming industry and provide food, jobs and sustainability to a region poorly in need.
That makes a total of $14.5 million that the Partnerships for Food Industry Development-Fruits and Vegetables has received in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development since July 2003 to continue helping Nicaraguan farmers and families sell their crops.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-26
For Pamela Rasmussen, assistant curator of mammalogy and ornithology at the MSU museum and a visiting assistant professor of zoology, birds are science. History. Intrigue. Morality.
Rasmussen is author of a new, exhaustively exacting field guide Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. On the way there, her work on uncovering the fraud of British Col. Richard Meinertzhagen has received international attention. Newsroom Special Report by Sue Nichols.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-24
According to new survey results, Africans support democracy but increasingly are dissatisfied with the way it is practiced in their countries. And despite mounting concerns about poverty, Africans’ optimism about their future economic prospects also is on the rise.
This continent-wide picture of public opinion has emerged from the third round of the Afrobarometer, an 18-country survey of more than 70,000 Africans from Benin to Madagascar to Zimbabwe that is jointly administered by Michigan State University and partner institutions in Africa.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-24
– Michigan State University will sponsor a two-week afternoon day camp from July 24-Aug. 3, for students in grades one through six who are interested in learning about German language and culture. ... This program provides a fun learning environment that focuses on games, songs and other playful interactions in the German language.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-19
A collection of personal papers and manuscripts that represent the life work of Ivan Il'in (IL’IN, pron. eel-yin), one of the finest Russian philosophers of the 20th century, will be making its way back home after a 40-year stay at Michigan State University.
A delegation will arrive in East Lansing on Sunday, May 21, including a personal representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Il'in Collection will be formally returned to the people of Russia in a ceremony at 1:15 p.m. May 22, in the MSU Main Library. The collection will be packed for shipment and dispatched by private carrier to an Aeroflot flight from New York City on May 26.
The Il'in Collection will be housed in an archive especially prepared for it at the Moscow State University Library.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-18
“Global Encounter: Framing MSU’s Global Engagement for the 21st Century,” held on campus April 20, provided members of the university with an opportunity to think collectively about the strategic direction of MSU’s international engagement.
...
Additional forums with either a regional or thematic focus will convene in the future, starting with “Global Encounter: China,” on May 18 in the International Center. Future forums will build on the broad themes that emerged from the April 20 event, while focusing on a specific area or topic. The China forum will likely serve as the model for looking at other countries and regions in the future.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-04
“Global Encounter: Framing MSU’s Global Engagement for the 21st Century” drew approximately 350 members of the MSU community to the Breslin Center on April 20. The all-day open forum, a first step in charting MSU’s future international direction, was hosted by Kim Wilcox, provost, and Jeffrey Riedinger, acting dean of International Studies and Programs.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-04
The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University is not only home to the nation’s premier rare isotope facility, it’s also home to the co-recipient of the 2006 Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences.
Thomas Glasmacher, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and associate director of operations at the NSCL, is one of two physical scientists selected from an international pool of researchers to receive the prize this year.
Read Full Article ...
2006-05-01
New research shows China’s farmers stretched to the breaking point between the country’s booming economy and slow-moving government bureaucracy. The data help explain the “significant public discontent in China’s countryside,” said Jeff Riedinger, acting dean of International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University and a co-author of the study that will appear this fall in the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-04-27
A new e-publication/website, MSU Today International Edition, debuted on April 27. The quarterly publication is a collaborative project of the units represented on the Forming International Partnerships Committee.
To view the publication on the web and to subscribe to future issues, go to
http://www.international.msutoday.msu.edu/
2006-04-26
Among spotted hyenas, being a supermom is less about packing lunches, and more about packing a hormonal punch that gives her cubs a powerful head start.
In a study appearing in the April 26 edition of the international science journal Nature, Michigan State University zoology professor Kay Holekamp and her former graduate student Stephanie Dloniak along with Jeffrey French from the University of Nebraska, report that high-ranking, dominant spotted hyena mothers pass to their offspring high levels of certain hormones that make cubs more aggressive and sexually vigorous – in other words more likely to survive, thrive and reproduce.
This MSU Newsroom Special Report on Holekamp's Kenya-based research, was written by Sue Nichols.
Read Full Article ...
2006-04-24
On the heels of the adoption of Michigan high school graduation requirements that include online and foreign language courses, a new Michigan State University partnership will establish a pioneering research-based institute providing online Chinese language courses for K-12 and adult learners.
The partnership with China’s National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and a major Beijing university forms the Michigan State University Confucius Institute. The center joins an expanding global network of Confucius Institutes, part of the Asian nation’s broad strategy to promote the study of the Chinese language and greater understanding of its culture and history. MSU Newsroom Special Report.
Read Full Article ...
2006-04-20
The downtrodden urban work horses of southern Brazil have friends at Michigan State University.
Nine undergraduate women and Animal Behavior and Welfare Group director Adroaldo Zanella will spend three weeks in Brazil in June working along side students and faculty there. The MSU Equine Welfare Interaction Strategy-Action team (EQWIS-Action) will assess and improve the lives of some of the more than 6,600 working horses in and around Porto Alegre and Passo Fundo, Brazil.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-04-18
MSU Federal Credit Union Study Abroad Scholarships Support 104 in 2005-06
In 2003 the MSU Federal Credit Union established a $2.5 million endowment for MSU study abroad scholarships. More than 150 MSU students have already received support through this program. In 2003-04 eleven students were awarded MSUFCU scholarships for a total of $14,000. 47 students received a total of $51,000 in 2004-05. The two funding rounds in 2005-06 yielded at total of 104 awards.
2006-04-11
Two Michigan State University professors who conduct international research with hyenas and pandas are among 187 winners of the 2006 Guggenheim Fellowships, awarded to artists, scholars and scientists for distinguished past achievements and exceptional promise of future accomplishments.
The MSU faculty members are Kay Holekamp, professor of zoology, and Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability. Both are faculty members in the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program.
Read Full Article ...
2006-04-06
Victoria Moeller, a Chicago native, will be working in the world’s largest particle physics laboratory this summer as part of an internship with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, one of the most prestigious research facilities in the world.
Moeller, a Michigan State University senior majoring in physics in the Lyman Briggs School of Science in the College of Natural Science, has been awarded an internship with the European organization also known as CERN, located on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. Her internship is part of the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates.
Read Full Article ...
2006-04-06
Recent global events involving terrorism, the rise of political Islam, and contested notions of free speech highlight the importance of discussions related to Islamic law and its interpretation.
Islamic law scholars from the United States and abroad will consider Islamic law approaches, trends in scholarship and the impact of external viewpoints during a conference, titled “The Future of Islamic Law Scholarship,” from 9:00-5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 13, at Michigan State University College of Law. The law building is located at Shaw Lane and Bogue Street.
Read Full Article ...
2006-04-04
More than a dozen scholars from the United States and abroad will gather at Michigan State University during a two-day conference to discuss Wahhabism, a form of Islam that insists on a literal and strictly constructed interpretation of the Islamic scriptures.
The Muslim Studies Program will host the conference "Understanding Wahhabism" Friday, April 7, and Saturday, April 8. The conference is free and open to the public and will take place in Club Spartan on the third floor of Case Hall. Five sessions will be offered beginning at 9:30 a.m. on both days.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-04-03
MSU announces the first competition for 10 awards of up to $5,000 each for foreign travel of MSU Ph.D. candidates at the predissertation stage in the Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arts and Letters, Education, and Social Science. These awards will support travel abroad to the awardees’ intended dissertation research sites for a minimum 60-day stay during 2006.
2006-03-30
A team of health-care workers, including MSU faculty and students, recently returned home from Playa del Carmen, Mexico, after spending a week providing volunteer medical care for the people of that area. Among us were physicians, nurses, surgical technicians, physical therapists and speech–language pathologists from MSU, Sparrow Hospital, and other institutions, all of whom provided a variety of services to the people of the region.
Story by Keith Apelgren, Lawrence Prokop and Peter LaPine
Read Full Article ...
2006-03-30
Three MSU students were honored for their winning entries in the university’s third annual international student essay contest.
More than 70 international students wrote responses to this year’s questions, designed to help students and people in the
greater Lansing community know, feel and appreciate what it is like to be an international student at MSU.
News Bulletin story by Geoff Koch
Read Full Article ...
2006-03-30
Michigan State University chemical engineering senior Timothy Howes has been selected to receive a prestigious 2006 Churchill Scholarship to pursue graduate study at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain. Hoew is the fifteenth MSU student in the history of the program to be named a Churchill Scholar. Only 10 to 12 Churchill Scholarships are awarded annually.
Read Full Article ...
2006-03-30
With a passion for protecting the environment and educating others about conservation, Jacob Phelps, a junior from White Lake, Mich. (by way of Escazu, Costa Rica), has been selected as a 2006 Truman Scholar, making him the 14th Truman Scholar from Michigan State University.
Phelps currently is an intern with the nongovernmental organization Community Conservation in La Democracia, Belize. He is working with residents of a rural community to create a group that promotes local involvement in conservation and to create local employment opportunities through ecotourism.
Read Full Article ...
2006-03-24
Eleven MSU faculty, staff, alumni and students, and two members of the greater Lansing community, will be honored at the university’s annual international awards ceremony on March 29.
The public ceremony, to be held on the third floor of the MSU International Center, begins with a 3:30 p.m. reception and will be followed by a 4 p.m. awards presentation. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and Provost Kim A. Wilcox are among those scheduled to give remarks.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-03-19
Phi Beta Delta, “the honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education,” has chosen MSU’s Alpha Alpha chapter for the 2006 Eileen Evans Outstanding Chapter Award, the top honor for affiliates of the international organization.
The award will be presented at the Phi Beta Delta / International Studies Association national conference in San Diego on March 23rd.
2006-03-14
Yael Aronoff, a senior associate at Columbia University’s Institute of War and Peace Studies, has been named the first Michael and Elaine Serling and Friends Israel Studies Chair at Michigan State University.
The Serling chair is a core position in MSU’s Jewish Studies Program, which is administered by the College of Arts and Letters. Aronoff will become a faculty member in James Madison College, the university’s prestigious residential college, in the area of public affairs.
Read Full Article ...
2006-03-13
Among the unique aspects of indigenous nations existing within the larger nations of the United States and Canada are the individual justice systems associated with each smaller nation and their relationship to the justice systems of their host nations.
Educators, students and attorneys from throughout the United States and Canada will gather Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, to examine tribal courts during the Indigenous Justice Systems of North America Conference at Michigan State University College of Law.
Read Full Article ...
2006-03-10
Ahmed Kathrada, a leading anti-apartheid activist, will visit the campus of MSU in March. Kathrada, who was awarded an honorary degree from the university in December 2005, will speak at a public reception and lunch at MSU. MSU Today article by Emily Young, student writer.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-02-27
MSU's Kresge Art Museum is hosting an exhibition of twenty prints by critically acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge, as part of MSU’s year-long focus on African Arts and Culture (see www.culturalconnection.msu.edu). The exhibit is the first showing of Kentridge’s art ever presented in mid-Michigan and runs through March 19 in the Works on Paper Gallery. The prints in the exhibition are on loan courtesy of the artist and the Barbara Krakow Gallery in Boston, plus one from a private collection.
2006-02-20
The war in Iraq and similar conflicts in other parts of the world have profoundly affected the lives of citizens – in particular, women – of the countries involved.
More than 130 educators, students and attorneys from 10 nations will gather at Michigan State University College of Law on Friday, Feb. 24, to examine the plight of these women during a one-day symposium titled, “Gender, War & Peace: Women in the Wake of Conflict.” News release by Russ White, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2006-02-20
Jennifer Olson, a visiting assistant professor of geography at Michigan State University, is co-coordinator of LUCID: Land Use Change, Impacts and Dynamics, an international effort to examine and discover links to how East Africa’s economic and social progress is influencing land use, the area’s plant and wildlife diversity and land degradation.
Olson participated on a panel discussion today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in a session exploring challenges in interactions between human and natural systems. News release by Sue Nichols, University Relations
Read Full Article ...
2006-02-13
Michigan State University’s efforts to expand international research, teaching and outreach activities in East Lansing and abroad have earned the university the Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization.
The annual prize is named for the late U.S. Senator Paul Simon (D -Ill.), who identified international education as an issue of crucial importance for the future strength and security of the United States. It is administered by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, a worldwide association that advances international education and exchange.
MSU will formally receive the award at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators annual conference, scheduled for May 21-26 in Montreal.
Read Full Article ...
2006-02-09
With 71 volunteers last year, MSU was one of four Big Ten universities to make the top 10 in the "Large Colleges and Universities" category — which includes schools with more than 15,000 undergraduate students. "MSU has a huge, long history of being involved with the Peace Corps, and being on the top of the Peace Corps' listing is something we've always wanted to build on," MSU's recruiter Lisa Robinson said.
State News story by Kristen Daum.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-02-08
ISP Acting Dean Jeffrey Riedinger recently announced the ISP Department of State Internship Award Program, which will provide stipends for MSU students participating in relevant internships. Only MSU students who have been accepted for summer 2006 State Department internships are eligible to apply.
-
2006-02-03
The American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) honored MSU’s College of Education with its Best Practice Award for Global and International Teacher Education on February 1, 2006.
The award, sponsored by AACTE’s Committee on Global and International Teacher Education, recognizes exemplary practice in preparing education professionals for work in intercultural, global, cross-cultural, and international settings. The award was presented at AACTE’s 58th Annual Meeting in San Diego, January 29–February 1. Article by Victor Inzunza, MSU College of Education.
-
2006-02-02
Two international exhibits, "Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory" and "Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education, and AIDS in South Africa," will be featured at the MSU Museum during spring 2006. The first opened January 22, while the second opens February 5; both run through June 30. Two articles by Lora Helou, MSU Museum. For more about MSU Museum exhibits and viewing hours, visit the website at http://museum.msu.edu
-
2006-01-26
Fewer foreign students studied at U.S. universities — including MSU — but last year the university saw about a 5-percent increase in undergraduate international enrollment, according to statistics from the university and an organization that specializes in global education.
Overall international enrollment dropped 0.7 percent because fewer graduate students chose MSU, said Pam Horne, MSU's director of admissions. Horne blamed the decrease on tougher standards for graduate students obtaining visas.
State News Story by Gabrielle Russon.
See full story at http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=34229
2006-01-26
A delegation of MSU representatives recently returned from a trip to Thailand that focused on exploring ways to expand MSU’s collaboration with the country’s government ministries, educational institutions and Thailand-based alumni. Headed by Provost Kim Wilcox, the delegation also included John Hudzik, vice president for global engagement and strategic projects; Jeff Riedinger, acting dean for international studies and programs; Lonnie King, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine; Chris Wheeler, professor of education; and Kim Gladstone, director of development and external relations for international studies and programs. Compiled by Cathy Burns, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2006-01-26
A study that for 10 years has been putting climate change on fast forward to predict how plants will respond to global climate change is generating not only data, but a scientific legacy.
The International Tundra Experiment, born nearly 15 years ago at MSU, is brilliant in its simplicity. Modest little greenhouses dot the Arctic tundra in more than 30 locations that rim the North Pole. Each greenhouse, which spans about 1.5 yards, houses a little plot of global warming for native plants – a way to get a sneak preview of the climate change that is gripping the planet. Story by Sue Nichols, University Relations
Read Full Article ...
2006-01-26
After nearly two years of tweaking, adjustments and instrument additions, the SOuthern Astrophysical Research – or SOAR – telescope is being used by MSU astronomers to collect intergalactic data.
Within the last couple of months, astronomers have been using the 4.1-meter telescope to get a closer look at, among other things, spiral galaxies that are nearly 100 million light years away and interstellar clouds that can be the birthplaces of stars. Story by Tom Oswald, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2006-01-13
Among the unique aspects of indigenous nations existing within the larger nations of the United States and Canada are the individual justice systems associated with each smaller nation and their relationship to the justice systems of their host nations.
Educators, students and attorneys from throughout the United States and Canada will gather Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, to examine tribal courts during the Indigenous Justice Systems of North America Conference at Michigan State University College of Law.
Read Full Article ...
2006-01-12
Senior MSU administrators and professors, including Provost Kim Wilcox, will spend the week of Jan. 16 in Thailand exploring ways to expand MSU collaboration with the country’s government ministries, educational institutions and Thailand-based alumni.
For Wilcox, who began as provost in August 2005, the trip marks his first opportunity to participate in MSU’s global engagement in an international setting.
Read Full Article ...
2006-01-12
MSU has helped bring high-speed Internet access to Mali’s only university-level school of agriculture and natural resources, located in Katibougou, a small village 40 miles from Mali’s capital city of Bamako. Story by Sue Nichols, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
-
2006-01-11
MSU's new Muslim Studies Program is joining the area studies centers and thematic international institutes in ISP. The program is coordinated by Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations in MSU’s James Madison College.
2006-01-04
Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon has been invited to participate in the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education, co-hosted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Jan. 5-6 in Washington, D.C.
Read Full Article ...
2005-12-23
Michigan State University researchers will use a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to explore the barriers AIDS patients in rural Africa encounter when trying to access life-saving medications, as well as look for ways to overcome barriers to treatment.
The two-year grant is worth $200,000.
Read Full Article ...
2005-12-23
Michigan State University graduate student RoseAnna Downing-Vicklund has joined a long history of scholars – many of whom have won Nobel Prizes – by being named a 2005 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Fellow.
Downing-Vicklund, a doctoral candidate in anthropology in the MSU College of Social Science, is using her fellowship to explore issues of trust and responsibility with respect to the quality of drinking water in Walkerton and Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Read Full Article ...
2005-12-08
Seven MSU faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar awards for the 2005-2006 academic year. Nine Fulbright awards have been granted to faculty and administrators from other universities throughout the world to study at MSU during the academic year. Article by Emily Young, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
-
2005-12-07
The MSU Office of International Studies and Programs and the MSU Alumni Association announce the winners of MSU Global Focus 2005, the seventh annual international photography competition for MSU students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The 30 winning images from this latest competition, along with information about the artists, their prizes, and the prize sponsors, are featured in the newly redesigned virtual gallery at http://www.isp.msu.edu/photocontest/
2005-12-05
On Dec. 9-10, the Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program at Michigan State University College of Law will hold a conference on “IP3: Intellectual Property, Innovation Policies and International Perspectives” in Hong Kong.
Held prior to the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, this event brings together leading academics, legal practitioners, policy makers and technology experts to address the latest developments and challenges in the areas of intellectual property and information technology.
Read Full Article ...
2005-12-05
From a war-torn country to a commencement stage at Michigan State University, Bosnia native Azra Kapetanovic is someone who knows the value of an education. Story by Kristin K. Anderson, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2005-11-30
Ahmed K. Kathrada has been a leader in South Africa’s struggle for freedom for more than 60 years. Along with Nelson Mandela and other leaders, he served 25 years in South African prisons before being released in 1989. In 1994 he was elected to the South African Parliament during South Africa’s first democratic elections. Story by Kristin Anderson, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2005-11-14
War, famine, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, impending pandemics – we are deluged daily with stories about major international crises in the news media. By contrast, MSU’s observance of International Education Week, with events stretching through Nov. 20, is a unique opportunity for a local sampling of good global news. Op-Ed by Jeffrey Riedinger, Acting Dean, International Studies and Programs.
Read Full Article ...
2005-11-14
Michigan State University is the top public university in the United States for study abroad according to Open Doors 2005, the annual report on international education released by the Institute of International Education.
Read Full Article ...
2005-11-10
From visiting diplomats and scholars to foreign films and food, events marking the sixth annual International Education Week fill the Michigan State University calendar from Nov. 12-20.
The events, most of which are free and open to the public, are intended to foster a greater sense of global community and to demonstrate the value of international connections to the MSU campus and Michigan generally.
Read Full Article ...
2005-11-04
MSU Hillel and the Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation will present “An Evening with Ambassador Joe Wilson” at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Big Ten Room A at the Kellogg Center. The event is open to the public and free of charge.
Called by President George H. W. Bush, “a true American hero,” Ambassador Joe Wilson has been involved in international politics for more than twenty years.
Read Full Article ...
2005-11-02
MSU Health Communication graduate student Tierney Davis spent the summer in Indonesia, working with tsunami survivors through the Christian Children's Fund.
Link to State News article by Laura Collins.
Read Full Article ...
2005-10-11
Richard Merritt, chairperson of the Michigan State University Department of Entomology, and Eric Benbow, now at DePauw University in Indiana, are using a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation to investigate possible links between biting aquatic insects, water quality and Buruli ulcer transmission....Merritt hopes to establish a scientific partnership between MSU and Ghana. He and his research team are working closely with local Ghanaian Ministry of Health officials, the University of Ghana and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research.
Read Full Article ...
2005-10-11
Pakistani students at MSU are teaming up to help with relief efforts after an earthquake on Saturday in South Asia killed more than 20,000 people. Link to State News article by Corinne Devries.
Read Full Article ...
2005-10-06
MSU is now one of only a handful of institutions offering training in the scientific assessment of animal welfare. Department of Animal Science associate professor Adroaldo Zanella developed the idea for the online graduate-level course, which offers students the opportunity to learn from the world’s top animal scientists – from the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Canada.
Read Full Article ...
-
2005-10-05
Michigan State University will host former Gov. James J. Blanchard as the first Canadian National Railway (CN) Distinguished Lecturer at the inaugural CN Forum Thursday, Oct. 6, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Kellogg Center Auditorium on the MSU campus.
-
2005-09-20
MSU has reached a major milestone in its 44-year relationship with the Peace Corps – more than 2,000 MSU alumni have now been Peace Corps volunteers, including the 81 alumni currently serving in 33 countries around the world. Story by Jay Rodman, International Studies and Programs.
2005-09-15
President Simon's Sesquicentennial Convocation address articulated the vision of MSU as the university that defines the relevance of the land-grant mission for the 21st century world. Article by Tom Oswold, University Relations.
Read Full Article ...
2005-09-08
MSU's Institute of International Agriculture's project - Partnerships for Food Industry Development (PFID)-Fruits and Vegetables - brings a
consumer-driven system to small farmers in Nicaragua and other developing Latin American and African countries. Special Report by Sue Nichols, MSU University Relations
Read Full Article ...
2005-09-07
MSU began offering its Muslim studies specialization during the 2004-05 academic year and is in the process of introducing new courses dealing with Muslim societies and polities. Four new faculty positions have
