Michigan Turfgrass Foundation makes $1 million lead gift to Michigan State University to endow a chair in Turfgrass Pathology
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MSU researcher receives $1.9M grant to develop testing framework for PFAS toxicity
Published on January 25, 2022
Cheryl Murphy, a professor in the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and director of the Center for PFAS Research, leads the project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. -
MSU researchers part of team investigating winter stresses of turfgrass in northern climates
Published on January 24, 2022
Led by the University of Minnesota, the group received an $8M USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant -
Ring Container Technologies invests in MSU School of Packaging Building Renovation
Published on January 20, 2022
Global leader in packaging, Ring Container Technologies, has made a $1.5 million gift to the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging to support renovations to the School of Packaging building. -
New MSU research details lake trout reproductive response to sea lamprey parasitism
Published on January 13, 2022
Two recently published papers examine how life history determines reproductive response of Michigan lake trout to sea lamprey attacks, as well as identifying a biomarker to more accurately quantify parasitism rates. -
Opinion: MSU food safety expert Felicia Wu encourages rice-eating countries with vitamin A deficiency to consider Golden Rice
Published on January 12, 2022
In December 2021, Wu co-authored an opinion piece detailing the dire consequences of vitamin A deficiency for children in many developing countries and the need to address the problem head on. -
CSIS student has The Conversation about conservation
Published on January 6, 2022
CSIS PhD student Veronica Frans follows up a Methods in Ecology and Evolution paper by discussing broader uses for her new ways to model habitat for creatures returning to a home it will share with people. -
Michigan Turfgrass Foundation makes $1 million lead gift to Michigan State University to endow a chair in Turfgrass Pathology
Published on January 5, 2022
A $1 million gift from the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation to the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) launches a $5 million campaign to endow the Joe Vargas Chair in Turfgrass Pathology.
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Honeybee medicine catching on with veterinarians
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Center combines Indigenous and Western knowledge to fight climate change
Published on January 7, 2022 by Great Lakes Echo
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How do algae survive excess oxygen? Recent discovery gives clues to boost biofuel production
Published on December 22, 2021 by MSU College of Natural Science; MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory
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New limitations to photosynthesis discovered by observing plants in the real world
Published on December 17, 2021 by MSU College of Natural Science; MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory
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Muhammad Rabnawaz: Confronting the plastics problem
Published on December 7, 2021 by MSU Today
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MSU researchers recognized in '2021 Highly Cited' list
Published on November 22, 2021 by MSU Today
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Can genetically engineered seeds prevent a climate-driven food crisis?
Published on November 19, 2021 by Yale Climate Connections
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Scientists study love potion to trick invasive sea lamprey into traps
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Feb 2
MSU Diversity Career Fair 2022
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Canadian - U.S. Perspectives on PFAS: A One Health Challenge, Part 2 of 3
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In part 2 of our speaker series, we will explore the human-environment nexus of PFAS.
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