Vashti Sawtelle, associate professor of physics, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

“Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as Medicine,” a four-year project that began in January 2021 at Michigan State University’s College of Arts and Letters received support from a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Michigan State University scholar Kui Xie was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. The designation recognizes Xie for his contributions to the field of psychology.

Michigan State University researcher and Assistant Professor of linguistics Betsy Sneller was awarded $646,385 from the U.S. National Science Foundation, or NSF, to expand educational opportunities for students as part of the MI Diaries linguistics research project.

Gayle Shipp, assistant professor in the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Scholars for Action.

Dan Gould, a Michigan State University professor emeritus and a globally recognized scholar, has received the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Distinguished Scholar Award.

Michigan State University water microbiologist Joan Rose was honored for her lifetime of water research with the International Water Association Global Water Award. She was recognized Aug. 10 at the IWA World Water Conference in Toronto, Canada.

Naghibolhosseini is the recipient of the 2023 Young Investigator Award from Sigma Xi, an international scientific research honor society. Her work was recently featured in the journal American Scientist.

Eric Hegg has been recommended to serve as the next dean of Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science effective Sept. 1, 2024.

The Michigan State University Research Foundation and Michigan State University will fund programs for prostate cancer therapy, polycrystalline diamond membranes for space-based communications, and advanced AI for early disease diagnostics.