Michigan State University has secured $57 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to expand its role in the largest research project ever to study children’s health and the causes of ailments such as autism, cerebral palsy and asthma.
As part of an alliance with Michigan’s top research universities, health care systems and state and local health agencies, MSU is leading the state’s role in the National Children’s Study, which will monitor more than 100,000 children from before birth to age 21. The $57 million in funding announced today will allow MSU to study children in Genesee, Grand Traverse, Lenawee and Macomb counties. That money is in addition to $18.5 million announced last fall for study work in Wayne County. More »
The United States lacks the standards to ensure that producing biofuels from cellulose won't cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists. But because the industry is so young, policymakers have an exceptional opportunity to develop incentive programs to ensure the industry doesn’t harm the environment. More »
New additions to a proposed financial system bailout plan would carry it over the $700 billion mark originally estimated to free up the credit market. That’s bigger than the annual cost of Social Security ($608 billion) and the anticipated cost of the war in Iraq through 2009 ($606 billion).
MSU physics and astronomy department chairperson Wolfgang Bauer figures that a dollar out of the proposed $700 billion bailout would approximate the proportion of a bucket of water drawn from the 430-square-mile Lake St. Clair. More »
Now that ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has set up shop in Holt, Mich., more than 300 Spartans will be in on the action. But instead of being sword-wielding soldiers, these students from the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction will be designers, supervisors and volunteers for the widely popular show. More »
Even though the 2008 Beijing Olympics have come to a close, Michigan State University will carry on the torch to showcase Spartan Olympians and MSU pride during Homecoming 2008 from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4.
This year’s homecoming theme is “Go for the Green!” in honor of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China. More »
Public health officials, with support from MSU, have identified a brand of lettuce as the source of the recent multi-statewide outbreak of E. coli, an outbreak that sickened a number of MSU students.
The affected lettuce products were immediately removed from MSU’s dining halls, even though there have been no new cases with symptom onset reported at the university since Sept. 20. More »
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Watch a video of nine-time Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Wynton Marsalis as he visited Michigan State University Sept. 22-24. Marsalis was on campus to premier a new piece commissioned by the MSU College of Music, Wharton Center, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He performed it with the MSU Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Gregorian. Marsalis also spent time as an artist-in-residence lecturing to MSU and high school musicians.
MSU has launched a Web site to provide a resource for MSU information related to the upcoming election, including links to MSU faculty experts, MSU news, university policies and more. More »
Extension specialist Eric Scorsone is an expert in economics and can talk about the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.
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