Michigan State University has named nine recipients of the 2025 MSU International Awards, presented by International Studies and Programs. Now in its 35th year, the International Awards program recognizes individuals whose work and service embody MSU’s mission to advance knowledge and transform lives across the globe. “This year’s honorees reflect the many unique ways Spartans make …
Michigan State University ranks no. 38 among the 395 universities included in Washington Monthly’s 2019 College Ranking, improving nine spots from last year. MSU also ranks no. 20 among public research universities, up eight spots from 2018. Washington Monthly ranks four-year institutions – from national universities to baccalaureate colleges – based on contributions to communities and …
Charles (Chaz) Hong, MD, PhD, has been named a Michigan State University Research Foundation Professor in recognition of his decades of scientific research and clinical impact, including groundbreaking research focused on phosphoinositol-3-kinase and mitogen-activated kinase signaling in artery-vein specification. Hong sees that discovery as only one part of the much larger story of how his …
The University Research Corridor, a driving force for innovation and economic growth in the state and Great Lakes region, is expanding to include Michigan Technological University, our state’s newest R1 designated university. Joining Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, MTU’s inclusion marks the first addition to the URC since its formation in …
Today, the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) announced it will present the Women’s Health Visionary Award” to Teresa Woodruff, PhD, MSU Research Foundation Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. The recognition honors Woodruff’s contributions to women’s health research in endocrinology, ovarian biology and reproductive science, as well as her leadership surrounding …
The Michigan State University College of Nursing has jumped eight spots in this year’s Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research rankings. The nonprofit is the authoritative ranking on National Institutes of Health funding among major health-related colleges. In the nursing rankings, MSU landed at No. 35, up from No. 43 in 2024. The college’s ranking …
A Ph.D. student at Michigan State University will pursue research in preventing unintended consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award. Yihua Zhang is one of 24 scholars around the world to receive the 2024 Fellowship prize. Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Optimization and Trustworthy Machine Learning (OPTML) Group in the Department of Computer …
Updated from an original article written by Ibrahim Abusallout. MSU and Fraunhofer USA received a $123,000 grant from the Water Research Foundation for developing a low-cost boron-doped diamond microfluidic cell for rapid PFAS destruction, detection, and quantification in water. Michigan State and Fraunhofer USA have been awarded a new project from the Water Research Foundation …
Keith Latham, Ph.D., will receive the 2025 CANR Distinguished Faculty Award during the annual ANR Awards on Friday, March 7. Keith Latham, Ph.D., of Okemos, Michigan, will receive a Michigan State University (MSU) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) Distinguished Faculty Award at the March 7 ANR Awards Program. The Distinguished Faculty Award recognizes faculty members who have brought …
Anil K. Jain has received the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies for core contributions to machine learning which have unlocked “applications of far-reaching impact on society as a whole.” He shares this award with Michael I. Jordan, University of California, Berkeley, for his contributions to predictive algorithms. Jain is …
