Michigan State University’s College of Engineering will receive a $75,000 Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Foundation in support of a program to introduce middle- and high-school teachers and students to innovative and inspiring engineering design concepts.
Publish Date: Oct. 06, 2008
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.
Publish Date: Oct. 03, 2008
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.
Publish Date: Oct. 01, 2008 | Multimedia: 
Michigan State University today announced a $4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lead a project designed to improve research and analysis of agricultural markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
Publish Date: Sept. 29, 2008 | Multimedia: 
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.
Publish Date: Sept. 26, 2008
Like their predecessors of the 1950s, American voters of today generally cast their ballots based on which political party they most identify with rather than on specific issues, according to a new book co-authored by a Michigan State University political scientist.
Publish Date: Sept. 23, 2008 | Multimedia:
Fifty-three businesses and organizations were recognized Monday for their collaborations with Michigan State University to advance economic development and quality of life in mid-Michigan.
Publish Date: Sept. 22, 2008
More than 50 businesses and organizations will be recognized Monday as the inaugural group of MSU Community Builders for their work with Michigan State University to improve mid-Michigan.
Publish Date: Sept. 19, 2008
Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will be in Michigan to outline an emerging agenda that will make “green power the next great global industry.”
Publish Date: Sept. 05, 2008 | Multimedia:
A Kansas company has licensed Michigan State University technology that uses enzymes from a microbe in a cow’s stomach to create plants that can be more efficiently turned into biofuel.
Publish Date: Sept. 03, 2008 | Multimedia:
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