The Ethics Institute, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, the Center for Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership, the Frank J. Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession and the Office of Sustainability hosted the Sustainability and Ethics Symposium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. This event marks the fifth symposium hosted by the Ethics Institute …
Why this matters: This study is the first to assess PFAS exposure in a community affected by contamination from a paper mill landfill, an often-overlooked source. Elevated levels of PFAS were found in both drinking water and residents’ blood, with higher levels in those who consumed more contaminated municipal water. Long-term exposure to PFAS-contaminated drinking …
What are PFAS compounds? According to the State of Michigan, PFAS “are a large group of manmade chemicals that are resistant to heat, water and oil,” which have “been used in many industrial applications and consumer products such as carpeting, waterproof clothing, upholstery, food paper wrappings, personal care products, fire-fighting foams and metal plating.” Because they …
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 …
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 …
A top global public research university, MSU has built a research enterprise that reaches every part of Michigan, driving the state’s economy and contributing to a stronger, healthier present and future. The chair of Michigan State University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an MSU Research Foundation Professor, Savolainen has been a prominent figure in the state’s efforts …
A team of researchers at Michigan State University’s (MSU) School of Packaging has received research funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to produce environmentally low-impact packaging solutions as alternatives to non-biodegradable and single-use options. The grant falls under EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Program and funds Phase II of the 18th Annual …
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University researcher has received a $394,600 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a solar power-based irrigation technology that improves energy- and water-use efficiency. Younsuk Dong, an assistant professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, leads the three-year project. Agriculture …
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Research Foundation Professor Pouyan Nejadhashemi has been named director of the MSU Institute of Water Research (IWR) effective Oct. 15, 2024. The position is a 50% appointment, and Nejadhashemi will continue to serves as a professor in the departments of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences. His work is also supported in …
Jason Grostic spends his days caring for cattle he’ll never sell. His 400-acre farm is covered with empty fields that may never again grow crops. Feed bins sit mostly empty. Every pasture except one is off limits to the cows now stuck in his barn.Just a few years ago, Grostic Cattle Company was a booming …
