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How MSU’s Global Reach Benefits Michigan

MSU is one of the most internationally engaged universities in the U.S. With more than 350 partnerships in 60 countries and more than 1,600 faculty and academic staff involved in international research, teaching and outreach, MSU continues to share knowledge and improve lives around the globe and right here in Michigan.
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$932M
2024 Research Expenditures
#1
Nationally in Department of Energy Expenditures
3,300+
Faculty Inventions
100+
Research Institutes and Centers
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The MSU Research Foundation is a valued partner, providing seed funding for new research, sponsorship of an endowed professorship program, investments in equipment, and support and venture funding for startup companies at MSU, as well as across the state in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. 

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MSU Reports $932 Million in Research Expenditures

Michigan State University reported a new record of $932 million in research and development expenditures for the fiscal year 2024, maintaining a positive trajectory with cumulative 30% growth over the past three years.
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Study Raises the Possibility of a Country Without Butterflies

Butterflies are disappearing in the United States. All kinds of them. With a speed scientists call alarming. Elise Zipkin, director of MSU’s Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program, and her MSU colleague and co-author Nick Haddad, professor of integrative biology in EEB, have been major figures in assessing the state of U.S. butterflies.

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Receives Secretary of Energy’s Achievement Award

Linda L. Horton, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science associate deputy director for Science Programs and acting associate director of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics, presented a DOE Secretary of Energy Achievement Award to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Project team.

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