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.

Scholars working abroad in a remote capacity must coordinate with their department to submit an appointment abroad form for the Spring 2022 semester.

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. 

Andrew McDonald, an Honors College senior majoring in computer science in the College of Engineering, and advanced mathematics, and statistics in the College of Natural Science, has been named a Marshall Scholar.

For propelling biometric discoveries and supporting the rising-stars and innovators of tomorrow, Anil Jain of Michigan State University has received an honorary doctorate of engineering from the renowned Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

An international coalition co-led by MSU announced a $19 million project aimed at understanding how grazing management decisions impact soil health on pasture and rangeland, and how soil health can positively impact a producer’s land and well-being.

Anna Maria Santiago, associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Social Science at Michigan State University was awarded the Career Achievement Award by the Association for Community Organization and Social Action.