The National Academy of Inventors ranked Michigan State University No. 48 on its inaugural list of top U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2022.

Michigan State University Research Foundation Professor James K. McCusker is the recipient of the 2024 Josef Michl American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Photochemistry.

Shannon Schmoll has been elected in the succession to become the next president of the International Planetarium Society (IPS).

Honglei Chen, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the College of Human Medicine, will be joining the Office of Research and Innovation as an Academic Leadership Fellow for 2023-2024

Greg Swain, Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named as the Director of Responsible Ethical Conduct of Research for Michigan State University.

A research paper written by Heather Douglas, associate professor of philosophy at Michigan State University, is being recognized as one of the most influential to ever be published by the Philosophy of Science journal and was selected to be included in the journal’s 90th Anniversary Collection.

Michigan State University today named Judd Herzer as the director of MSU Mobility to help amplify and focus the university’s vast research activities in the smart-vehicle landscape. Satish Udpa, University Distinguished Professor in the College of Engineering at MSU and co-founder of MSU Mobility, has been fulfilling the duties of this newly created role in an interim capacity while the university looked for the ideal candidate.

Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Dan Gould was inducted to the International Society for Sports Psychology Hall of Fame in 2023. Gould is one of the first 10 living scholars worldwide to be inducted.

Fourteen faculty have received Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) Production Awards for the 2023 academic year. Congratulations to all faculty that received funding for this program and thank you to the MSU Research Foundation for their continued generosity in supporting this award.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Ronald Fisher, professor of economics at Michigan State University, to the bipartisan Growing Michigan Together Council, which is tasked with developing a strategy for growing Michigan’s population through investment in people, places and education.