John Furcean, Director of Research Technology and Compliance, received the 2024 IT Partner Award during a special presentation of the 2024 Excellence in IT Awards.

Charles (Chaz) Hong, MD, PhD, has been named a Michigan State University Research Foundation Professor in recognition of his decades of scientific research and clinical impact, including groundbreaking research focused on phosphoinositol-3-kinase and mitogen-activated kinase signaling in artery-vein specification.

Anil K. Jain has received the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies for core contributions to machine learning which have unlocked “applications of far-reaching impact on society as a whole.” He shares this award with Michael I. Jordan, University of California, Berkeley, for his contributions to predictive algorithms.

Grants.gov will be down this weekend for scheduled maintenance and upgrades.

University leadership is closely monitoring the recent announcement from HHS/NIH and evaluating any impact to the research enterprise at MSU. The pause in communications from HHS/NIH is scheduled through February 1, 2025.

At the 100th annual meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music held in Chicago in November 2024, James Forger, dean of the College of Music at Michigan State University, was elected by the membership as vice president and president-elect of the Association.

On Friday, January 31, 2025 at approximately 5:00 PM through Monday, February 3, 2025 at approximately 8:00 AM, the Click™ Research Compliance System IRB module will experience scheduled maintenance and be unavailable to users during this time.

On Jan. 13, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 5651, 5652 and 5653, sponsored by Reps. Alabas Farhat, Jason Hoskins and Greg VanWoerkom, which will create the Michigan Innovation Fund. This $60 million fund will provide critical funding to Michigan’s existing early-stage evergreen venture funds, emerging evergreen funds and the entrepreneur ecosystem.

Michigan State University Associate Professor Divya Victor received a national Creative Capital Award for literature to support development of her upcoming book of essays, “Kin.” Victor is part of the MSU Department of English and director of the Creative Writing Program.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Judd Herzer, mobility director at Michigan State University, to Michigan’s Council on Future Mobility and Electrification, or CFME. The CFME serves as an advisor to the governor, state government departments and the Legislature, providing annual recommendations on changes in state policy to ensure Michigan continues to be a world leader of future transportation solutions around mobility and electrification.