Open to everyone, the MSU Research Foundation event celebrated women’s contributions to tech while inviting broader conversations on innovation, sustainability, AI in healthcare, and the future of entrepreneurship. EAST LANSING, Mich. (Apr. 3, 2025) — The third annual Women in Tech Summit, hosted by the MSU Research Foundation, took place on Monday, March 31, …
Content note: This story addresses topics that include gun violence and suicide prevention. For many MSU health sciences researchers, addressing underrecognized issues and including under-treated communities in their work is essential to building a healthier Michigan where no one is left behind. Their efforts are part of a long arc of change in medical research. …
EeroQ, a Chicago-based quantum computing company, has been recognized as Michigan State University’s 2025 Startup of the Year for its revolutionary approach to quantum computing. The company, co-founded by MSU Associate Professor Johannes Pollanen, utilizes a patented chip design featuring individual electrons floating on superfluid helium that works with existing chip fabrication technology. This innovation …
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. …
