Benjamin Nketsiah is a junior at Michigan State University studying biochemistry and molecular biology with a minor in pharmacology and toxicology. His research focuses on disparities in triple-negative breast cancer, including work with patients in the United States and West Africa. He is the founder of She’s Strong, a digital health initiative aimed at improving …
Researchers in the Michigan State University College of Nursing are improving health outcomes for people of all ages beyond traditional clinical settings, from supporting cancer caregivers through grief to helping children build lifelong healthy habits. Backed by federal research funding, Spartan nursing faculty are translating evidence-based research into real-world solutions that strengthen the health and well-being of …
Michigan State University leadership hosted more than 100 stakeholders and friends of the university on May 14 to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated MSU Plant Science Research Greenhouse Complex. Upgrades to the greenhouse facility, through a combination of renovations and additions, include state-of-the-art environmental controls and LED lighting configured to respond to varying external climate conditions. New greenhouses will allow Spartan scientists and students to conduct controlled experiments …
Spartan Engineers are among the top researchers at Michigan State University for producing commercialization and innovative discoveries. Two new grants, totaling more than $1 million, are adding to MSU’s ability to build the economy and generate jobs for Michigan and the Midwest. Assuring that software updates are helpful, not harmful An associate professor in the Department …
The FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament is less than a month away. One of the biggest challenges facing the turfgrass scientists at Michigan State University and the University of Tennessee is ensuring the consistency of the natural turfgrass across three continents, 16 cities and three distinct climate zones. While Vancouver, Canada; Kansas City, Missouri; and Mexico City, …
As dozens of Michigan State University faculty and administrators boarded a bus headed to Flint, Saginaw and Bay City for this spring’s Spartan Bus Tour, participants couldn’t have known that during their immersive two-day, 222-mile trip that they would be traveling through time. Led by President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., the group — representing a …
In his office in MSU’s forestry department, EEB core faculty member David Carter shows off an image of a virtual forest on his laptop. It’s not just any forest. It’s a computerized replica, or “digital twin,” of a loblolly pine stand, created using lidar, the laser scanning technology that self-driving cars use to map their surroundings. Carter …
Most high school biology students learn that plants use photosynthesis to turn light into energy. Associate Professor Berkley Walker said that’s only scratching the surface. Plants use that energy to capture carbon dioxide, or CO2, from the atmosphere and convert it into sugars. These sugars are the building blocks plants use to grow. From the …
Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed cats with 7-inch fangs and elephant-sized sloths. Woolly mammoths whose curved tusks grew longer than 12 feet. Even a 3-ton wombat the size of a car. After roaming the Earth for millions of years, most large-bodied mammals — …
EAST LANSING, Mich. — In 2013, funding challenges were at the forefront for Michigan State University AgBioResearch, weakening the ability to support efforts at its strategically located research stations around the state. The organization was still enduring the residual effects of the Great Recession, and difficult decisions were imminent. As a result, AgBioResearch leaders assembled a committee …
