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When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior

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: Picture(s)

MSU researchers study motivational impact of virtual workout partners

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: Picture(s)

MSU faculty members receive grant to study digital health games

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: Picture(s)

National anti-gun violence program largely successful, MSU finds

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: Picture(s)Video(s)

MSU Brass Quintet teams up with Chicago’s Sones de México

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Michigan State University's Julian Samora Research Institute, MSU's Graduate Brass Quintet will team up with nationally renowned, Grammy-nominated Chicago folk group Sones de México for a free public concert.

Publish Date: Nov. 03, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU researcher: Obesity significantly cuts odds of successful pregnancy

Obese women are as much as 28 percent less likely to become pregnant and have a successful pregnancy, according to research that earned a Michigan State University professor a national award.

Publish Date: Nov. 03, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Julian Samora Research Institute’s 20th anniversary conference to highlight Latino issues

MSU’s Julian Samora Research Institute will celebrate its 20th anniversary next week with a conference highlighting the contributions and needs of Latinos and to show how their growth impacts Michigan’s economy.

Publish Date: Oct. 28, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU becoming center of excellence for Parkinson’s research

A team of researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Cincinnati have been awarded a $6.2 million Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's disease grant.

Publish Date: Oct. 14, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU Archaeology Team’s latest find: 16,000-year-old sand dune

A team of MSU researchers and archaeology students has confirmed the existence of an undisturbed, prehistoric sand dune beneath a grove of pine trees between Demonstration Hall and Munn Ice Arena.

Publish Date: Sept. 21, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

Stimulus grant funds hearing research

A Michigan State University researcher is using a federal stimulus grant of more than $460,000 to better understand how humans comprehend speech, work that could have far-reaching implications in the treatment of a number of maladies that include dyslexia and autism.

Publish Date: Sept. 21, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

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