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Michigan has lost $1.9 billion in economic activity and $2.5 billion in home equity value in three years because of population declines in 63 of its 83 counties, according to a Michigan State University study.
Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state.
Researchers at Michigan State University are working to turn the rutabaga into an oil-producing powerhouse that could make the turnip-like vegetable a better source of biofuel than other food crops.
An anonymous donor is giving Michigan State University $10 million.
A Michigan farmer whose ewe gave birth to twins found himself carefully counting sheep when he later discovered three more lambs. The Lansing State Journal reported Tuesday that one of Paul Oesterle's Suffolk-mix ewes gave birth to quintuplets last week. Michigan State University sheep expert Alan Culham says the chance of that breed bearing the multiple litter is one in 10,000.
Authorities have reported 12 fires and 21 arrests in the city that's home to Michigan State University after its basketball team lost the national championship.
A radical activist who helped set a $1 million fire to protest research on genetically modified crops was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison — even more than the prosecution recommended.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday chose Michigan State University for a $550 million cutting-edge nuclear physics research facility that could attract top scientists from around the world and boost the state's economy.
An environmental activist who committed arson at Michigan State University in 1999 is now ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution, a federal judge decided Monday.
A former environmental activist who committed arson at Michigan State University in 1999 and later became a government informant was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison.
A Detroit woman pleaded guilty Thursday to setting a New Year's Eve 1999 fire at Michigan State University, an act of eco-terrorism, and also admitted roles in 12 other incidents.
Following in your father's footsteps by attending the same university is one thing. But moving into the same dorm room as your dad?
Six Michigan State University students have been suspended following what police characterized as a riot near campus last weekend, the school said Wednesday.
Police used tear gas early Sunday to disperse a massive crowd partying near the Michigan State University campus after fights broke out and officers were pelted with bottles and cans.
Four people with ties to an ecoterrorism network have been indicted on charges connected to a 1999 fire at genetic-engineering research offices and the burning a day later of logging equipment elsewhere, federal authorities said Tuesday.
It was nearly a decade ago that Jose Cibelli plugged his own DNA into a cow's egg in a novel cloning attempt that was condemned as unethical by President Clinton and landed the Michigan State University researcher in a mess of controversy.
Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. That's no cow pie-in-the-sky dream, according to researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream. They say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves. And the resulting product smells just fine.
A conservative group on Wednesday sued to stop Michigan State University from offering health insurance to the partners of gay and lesbian workers and said the school is violating the state constitution.
MSU prof makes vaccine for deadly E. coli strain | WFTS-TVMichigan State University says a researcher has developed a vaccine for a strain of E. coli bacteria that kills 2 million to 3 million children a year.
Families wrestle college costsCollege money is coming up short on every front in this recession. Some families with money in stock-heavy mutual funds saw losses of 40% or more in 2008. Home values continued to tumble, making it impossible to tap into home equity to borrow money for college.
Inaugural bus riders bring hopes, memoriesHundreds of buses are making the trip to the nation's capital from across the country. On three buses that left Atlanta Saturday night, passengers were drawn to the inauguration by history and pride.
James Dean's secret? He must've had the "bad-boy" geneAccording to Michigan State University behavioral geneticist S. Alexandra Burt, it works like this: There is a gene - call it the "rebel gene," "the rabble-rousing gene" or just the 5HT2A serotonin-receptor gene (-G1438 variant) - that is associated with rule-breaking behavior.
Is Emailing Professors About School Schedule Changes Spam?One of the biggest problems with any kind of regulations concerning "spam" is that people define it very differently -- with the core definition tending to be "anything I don't like" which is rather difficult to reduce into written regulation.
State Universities benefit from, boost alternative energy researchMichigan's three main research universities were granted more than $79.5 million for alternative energy research and development in 2007, according to a study to be released Wednesday.
Lehman Collapse Sends Students Job Hunting - IBT EducationEverything in world seem to be linked to eachother
New Nanomaterial Making Plastic Stiffer, Lighter and Stronger A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment.
Gut reaction: Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel. April 8, 2008EAST LANSING, Mich. — An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow's stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists.
Detroit schools grad rate: 32% [but] DPS official questions MSU study that uses new national tracking method. Karen Bouffard / The Detroit News. Monday, February 25, 2008Just 31.9 percent of Detroit students graduate in four years, according to the first major study in Michigan conducted using a method now mandated by the federal government.
Michigan State's grass scientists make Forest Akers East a great bargain golf courseIf you're in Michigan's capital, Lansing, for business or at Michigan State University for a Big Ten football game, check our the two 18-hole Forest Akers golf courses. They're two of the greenest and cheapest courses you will ever find.
MSU prof says there's no need to choose food over fuelAs more and more corn grain is diverted to make ethanol, there have been public concerns about food shortages. However, ethanol made from cellulosic materials instead of corn grain, renders the food vs.
Michigan needs troopers, not new buildingsPretty sad to see the state giving up a $1 a year lease for the state police and moving to a $5 million dollar a year one.
Music piracy spikes at college campusesAlthough in recent months the recording industry has cracked down on illegal downloading of music by threatening lawsuits, Northern students continue to pirate music from the Internet.
U-M, MSU, Wayne presidents: Help us, help stateThe key to Michigan's economic recovery lies in pumping more money into the state's three biggest universities, the presidents of Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan said Wednesday in an unprecedented joint appearance before a state ap …
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University of Michigan Admissions DelayedIt looks as though the University of Michigan won't be making any admissions decisions for the fall term until Wednesday after a federal appeals court rejected their attempt to delay the effects of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative last week.
Michigan Universities Consider Next Step After Proposal 2 RulingOfficials at Michigan's three largest universities are spending the holiday weekend reviewing a federal appeals court ruling that ordered late Friday full compliance with state's new affirmative action ban, also known as Proposal 2.
Group wants universities to obey Michigan's Proposal 2 nowLooks like the legal battle over the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative is going to continue getting more tangled before it gets any simpler:
Group Sues to Halt to Same-Sex BenefitsFrom the page: -- A conservative group on Wednesday sued to stop Michigan State University from offering health insurance to the partners of gay and lesbian workers and said the school is violating the state constitution. --
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