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Michigan Technological University joins Michigan’s University Research Corridor

MSU Today

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 …


MSU Liquid Foam Innovation Designed to Protect the Brain Now Tested on Internal Organs

MSU Today

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Researchers at Michigan State University have refined an innovation that has the potential to improve safety, reduce severe injury and increase survival rates in situations ranging from car accidents, sports, law enforcement operations and more. In 2020 and 2022, Weiyi Lu, an associate professor in MSU’s College of Engineering, developed a liquid nanofoam material …


Teresa Woodruff to receive “Women’s Health Visionary Award” from Society for Women’s Health Research

College of Human Medicine

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 …


MSU launches most ambitious comprehensive fundraising campaign to date

MSU Today

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. …


MSU scientist making food safer worldwide through research, policy

EAST LANSING, Mich. — For Felicia Wu, the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Food Safety, Toxicology and Risk Assessment at Michigan State University, food safety is paramount. She has dedicated her career to better understanding the risks of food contamination and how to mitigate them, working at the intersection of agriculture, food safety, nutrition and public …


College jumps 8 spots in research rankings

MSU Today

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 …


One Team, One Health initiative to strengthen, unify MSU Health Sciences

MSU Today

Michigan State University President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., today, announced the One Team, One Health initiative, a bold and strategic vision for MSU Health Sciences that will harness the university’s educational, research and clinical assets, while bolstering stronger connections between MSU’s human, animal and environmental health programs as well as better prepare the next generation …


Plastipak invests in MSU School of Packaging Building Expansion

College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

Plastipak Packaging, Inc., a leading innovator in the packaging and recycling industries, has made a gift to the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging (SoP) to support a major expansion to the SoP building. Plastipak’s donation will be used to support a transformational expansion project approved by the MSU Board of Trustees in February 2024 that will double the …


Reimagining MSU Health Sciences – Advancing a vision of One Team, One Health

MSU Today

Welcome to another episode of Kevin’s Conversations on MSU Today. Kevin is Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz, who joins me occasionally to elaborate on key initiatives he’s leading to guide MSU into its vibrant future. Today, Kevin welcomes the co-chairs of MSU’s Health Sciences Council. The Health Sciences Council was convened under the guidance of the Office …


IBM Fellowship to spur MSU research in trustworthy AI

College of Engineering

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 …


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