Childhood friends Paul Reiss and Mike Meadows have transformed their passion for ice cream into a rapidly expanding business venture called Protein Pints. What began in 2022 as homemade protein ice cream crafted in Reiss’s parents’ kitchen in Hudsonville has evolved into a successful brand now poised for national distribution. After starting with just one …
Recent graduates of Michigan State University founded Safety Straw Inc., a product to prevent drink spiking. Their goal is to make the bars in East Lansing safer for students, with the hopes to expand to other college towns. The idea for the Safety Straw, which changes color from yellow to red when it comes into …
Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business is fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs through their Entrepreneurship Camp for high school students. The program, which helps participants develop innovative mindsets while staying authentic to their values, was created with a specific mission – to cultivate business leaders from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds. Program Manager Marquis …
As life expectancy continues to rise, the healthcare industry faces new challenges. A growing number of aging patients with limited mobility, coupled with ongoing staffing shortages—from nurses to home health aides—increases the risk of preventable injuries and illnesses, including pressure sores. Pressure sores, also known as bedsores, form when individuals remain in the same position …
Just two years ago, Madhav Aggarwal, an Honors Applied Engineering Sciences junior at Michigan State University (MSU) and international student from India, worked as a food server at the 2023 MSU Innovation Celebration. There, he dreamed of one day sharing the stage with the inventors and entrepreneurs who were being honored. This year, along with …
There are currently less than ten different ways to build a quantum computer, each having the potential to revolutionize problem-solving across industries. While major corporations such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM pursue quantum advancements using traditional models, a Michigan State University (MSU) startup is forging a new path. EeroQ (pronounced “Arrow Q”), winner of …
Spartans are natural innovators. They push the limits of discovery and create solutions that benefit all of us. In fact, Michigan State University is ranked in the top 50 of the National Academy of Inventors’ list of top U.S. universities granted utility patents and has been a top 100 university globally for 11 consecutive years. …
As climate change continues to challenge agriculture with extreme weather events and prolonged droughts, and consumers demand more sustainable food options, farmers are increasingly seeking data-driven solutions to produce sustainable food production while making profit and reducing environmental impact. While agriculture feeds the world, it still impacts water quality and contributes approximately 10% of global …
Michigan State University President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., unveiled the university’s largest, most ambitious $4 billion multiyear comprehensive fundraising campaign to accelerate discoveries that address society’s greatest challenges and prepare Spartans to advance impact for the common good using their uncommon will. The details were shared at a kick-off event on campus Sunday, March 9. …
In 2019, MSU patented a method for completely defluorinating PFAS molecules; the method was developed by Hui Li, Stephen Boyd, and Brian Teppen of the MSU Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences. In 2023-2024, the MSU patent was licensed by a woman-owned company in Lansing called Enspired Solutions. Enspired Solutions has obtained venture capital funding …
