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‘They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky’ authors to share experiences at community programs

From 1983 to 2003, nearly 27,000 young boys and men fled civil war in the Republic of Sudan. These “Lost Boys of Sudan” trekked 1,000 miles across Africa only to face starvation, wild animals and disease.

 

Publish Date: Aug. 20, 2008

SCOLA to bring international programming to MSU’s campus

Michigan State University is participating in a cross-university collaboration that will bring international news closer to home.

Publish Date: Aug. 19, 2008

Experts give tips on financial aid, campus safety and more for back-to-school stories

With the beginning of fall semester just around the corner, here are some story ideas – ranging from financial aid to campus safety to heath issues – that Michigan State University experts can provide insightful information.

Publish Date: Aug. 13, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Audio(s)

Health and marriage: The times they are a changin’

The health of people who never marry is improving, narrowing the gap with their wedded counterparts, according to new research that suggests the practice of encouraging marriage to promote health may be misguided.

 

Publish Date: Aug. 11, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU prepares high-school instructors to teach forensic science

MSU, which has the nation’s oldest forensic science program, is now one of the first institutions to provide high school teachers with comprehensive forensic science training.

Publish Date: July 31, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU helps Mandela celebrate with exhibit in South Africa

MSU helped celebrate the 90th birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela on July 19 with a specially designed exhibit opening and an announcement of a curatorial fellowship at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu, South Africa.

Publish Date: July 22, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

Studies refute common stereotypes about obese workers

New research led by a Michigan State University scholar refutes commonly held stereotypes that overweight workers are lazier, more emotionally unstable and harder to get along with than their “normal weight” colleagues.

Publish Date: July 18, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU helps Nelson Mandela celebrate 90th birthday with exhibit in South Africa

Michigan State University will help celebrate the 90th birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela on Saturday, July 19, with a specially designed exhibit opening at the Nelson Mandela National Museum in Mthatha, South Africa. Mandela is scheduled to attend the event.

Publish Date: July 14, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

New Web site offers information for pain sufferers

Karen Ogle is a Michigan State University physician whose professional mission is to relieve pain. So much so that she is one of the driving forces behind a new Web site developed to help people suffering from cancer pain and those who support them.

Publish Date: June 25, 2008

Mapping the Holocaust archive: MSU prof explores records of Nazi atrocities

Michigan State University professor Kenneth Waltzer, director of Jewish Studies, is part of a group of 15 other scholars from North America, Europe and Israel who have traveled to Bad Arolsen, Germany, to be the first to examine and study records and items from the Holocaust at the newly opened Red Cross International Tracing Service Archives.

Publish Date: June 23, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

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