Michigan State University economist and professor Lisa D. Cook today was nominated by President Joe Biden to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. If confirmed, Cook will be the first Black woman to serve on the board in its 108-year history.

Michigan State University economist Lisa D. Cook has been elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Beronda Montgomery will be joining Grinnell College as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, beginning July 1, 2022

This Spartan seismologist wants to understand Earth’s tectonic plate activity specifically at subduction zones where earthquake and volcanic activity occurs.

George W. Smith has been named the director of MSU AgBioResearch and senior associate dean for research for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, effective immediately.

Jiliang Tang of Michigan State University received the Tao Li Award, the sole recipient of the annual honor at the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) in Auckland, New Zealand, in December 2021.

Safoi Babana-Hampton, associate professor of French in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the HARP large-scale development grant.

James Tiedje, a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at MSU, has been elected a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Susan Masten, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan State University, is one of seven experts appointed to the Corrosion Control Advisory Panel by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, or EGLE.

Matt Taylor has been named the new Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Research Liaison.