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Grant to expose teachers to research, translate excitement to classroom

Michigan State University has been awarded a three-year grant by the National Science Foundation to establish a first-of-its-kind Research Experiences for Teachers in Engineering Site program on Bio-Inspired Technology and Systems in Michigan.

Publish Date: Aug. 06, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

Plant genomics attracts students, teachers

Professors teach students about science every day in classrooms across the country, but some professors at Michigan State University have taken the next step in providing a summer of hands-on science as part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation.

Publish Date: June 11, 2009

PROM/SE parent outreach program grows

Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics and Science Education, or PROM/SE, has expanded its parent outreach program to 13 school districts in Michigan and Ohio.

Publish Date: May 19, 2009

Video games, cell phones and academic performance: Some good news

Using cell phones and playing video games may not be as harmful to children’s academic performance as previously believed, according to new research by a team of Michigan State University scholars.

Publish Date: March 24, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

NSF-funded workshops help young researchers teach science

Early career scientists will leave the lab this summer to apply their scientific skills to effective teaching, sharpening their skills at workshops held around the country by Michigan State University and partners.

Publish Date: Feb. 06, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU scholar to lead national research center for science, technology, engineering and math

Michigan State University education expert Barbara L. Schneider has been named director of a new national center created to advance educational research in science, technology, engineering and math.

Publish Date: Nov. 06, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

National Science Foundation awards grant to align MSU computing education with work force needs

Michigan State University undergraduate science and engineering programs that better align computing education for undergraduate engineering students with the needs of engineering and technology companies in Michigan will be developed thanks to a grant fr

Publish Date: Oct. 11, 2007

New program will place MSU doctoral students in K-12 science classrooms

With support from a National Science Foundation fellowship program, eight Michigan State University doctoral students in ecology and evolutionary biology are headed for southwest Michigan K-12 classrooms this fall.

Publish Date: Aug. 11, 2006

NSF grant forges math-life sciences links for MSU undergraduates

Life scientists today are as likely to be found crunching data at a computer keyboard as probing Petri dishes in a laboratory. And it’s not uncommon to find a mathematician taking a break from equations to pore over a graduate-level genetics textbook.

Publish Date: Sept. 28, 2005

MSU researchers receive $4 million grant to uncover gene functions

A collaboration of Michigan State University researchers will use a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to uncover the functions of genes in a plant – research which may ultimately lead to improvements in human health and agriculture.

Publish Date: Sept. 23, 2005

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