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MSU hosts ninth annual animal judging contest

Twelve teams representing universities from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom are competing this weekend in the ninth annual Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Contest on MSU's campus.

Publish Date: Nov. 19, 2009

Dow donation to aid sustainable packaging research at MSU

A gift of more than $120,000 in laboratory equipment from The Dow Chemical Co. will assist Michigan State University in establishing a planned Center for Packaging Innovation and Sustainability on campus. The equipment will help researchers associated with the center develop technologies for improving the environmental impact of product packaging and production processes.

Publish Date: Nov. 18, 2009

MSU begins Green Certification Program

Departments, programs and people at Michigan State University will soon have the opportunity to be recognized for the work they do that helps reduce the university’s environmental footprint.

Publish Date: Nov. 09, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Michigan State collaboration spawns robotic fish to monitor water quality

Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist at Michigan State University. They’re developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments.

Publish Date: Nov. 02, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

Miscounting bioenergy benefits may increase greenhouse gas release

A fixable error in the way carbon is counted in current U.S. climate legislation and in the Kyoto Protocol could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using biofuels, says a premier group of national environmental and land-use scientists.

Publish Date: Oct. 22, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

New recycling drop-off center opens for 24-hour recycling service

The new Michigan State University Surplus Store and Recycling Center has been open since September, but one addition that has yet to be unveiled is the highly anticipated drop-off center, which will be open 24/7 to the campus and off-campus MSU community.

Publish Date: Oct. 14, 2009

Staff profiles: LaurieThorp

Laurie Thorp, director of the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment, talks about the program's mission and benefit to students.

Publish Date: Oct. 08, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

Planting trees was their Go Green challenge goal

Michigan State University Federal Credit Union employees are rolling up their sleeves this fall and planting 57 new trees in the East Lansing area thanks to their members who took the "Go Green 2000 Challenge."

Publish Date: Sept. 25, 2009

Project aids environmental decisions in the face of complicated trade-offs

Energy shortages, climate change, pollution - some of the world's most pressing problems weigh on the shoulders of some of the world's most hard-pressed people. Michigan State University researchers aim to help them sort out such complex problems.

Publish Date: Sept. 15, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

New MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center opens

Michigan State University celebrated the opening of its new Surplus Store and Recycling Center in a grand opening celebration on Sept. 10.

Publish Date: Sept. 11, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

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