Announcements

Tom Dietz, who retired last year as a University Distinguished Professor of Sociology, was elected to the esteemed National Academy of Sciences.

The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced new board members and board officers, including MSU Museum’s Director, Devon Akmon, who will be serving as Vice Chair and Secretary.

Rodney Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and director of Jazz Studies in the Michigan State University College of Music, is among the class of new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

For the second time in four years, MSU College of Law Moot Court program is ranked No. 1 among 100 law schools in the country.

Christine Sprunger was named an Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

Cooper, whose pioneering research continues to reshape students’ chemistry learning at MSU and beyond, is one of 14 new members of the academy.

A $2 million investment at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine by the Mall Family Foundation has empowered the recruitment of genetic autism research expert Lucas Pozzo-Miller, PhD, to MSU as the inaugural Mall Family Endowed Professor in Genetic Autism Research.

The Office of Research and Innovation and the MSU Research Foundation recently celebrated ten years of MSU Research Foundation Professorships during a special event held at the Wharton Center.

Christina Schwarz, a professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Teacher Education, is the recipient of the 2024 National Association for Research in Science Teaching, or NARST, Fellows Award.

Evangelyn Alocilja, André Bachmann, and Richard Lunt have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors.