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
The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research.
Publish Date: Nov. 18, 2009 | Multimedia: 
The job market for college graduates has bottomed out – falling some 40 percent in the past year – as the market undergoes a colossal shift that demands graduates be flexible and entrepreneurial in the rapidly evolving global economy, according to Michigan State University’s latest Recruiting Trends survey.
Publish Date: Nov. 16, 2009 | Multimedia: 

James Trosko, professor of pediatrics and human development for the College of Human Medicine, discusses his research with stem cells.
Publish Date: Nov. 12, 2009 | Multimedia: 

As the U.S. government and technology providers grapple with issues related to broadband policy, Michigan State University researchers are seeking ways to make business and regulatory decisions around such technology more informed.
Publish Date: Nov. 12, 2009
Based on evidence people work harder with a partner than when working alone, a team of Michigan State University researchers are pairing college-age students with a virtual workout partner to study the impact on exercise trends.
Publish Date: Nov. 11, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Three Michigan State University faculty members received a $284,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how digitally delivered games such as Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution can improve health.
Publish Date: Nov. 11, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Ensuring a sustainable supply of woody biomass for the state's first cellulosic ethanol plant is the goal of a research partnership between Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University, supported by Frontier Renewable Resources of Kinross, Mich.
Publish Date: Nov. 09, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Project Safe Neighborhoods – a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 – has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to an analysis by Michigan State University, the national research and training partner of the federal initiative.
Publish Date: Nov. 09, 2009 | Multimedia: 

John M. Kruger, professor of small animal clinical sciences and associate chairperson for research in that department, has received the 2009 Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence.
Publish Date: Nov. 04, 2009
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