Announcements
Humanities Commons Network to Expand to New STEM-Focused Commons
Humanities Commons, an online open-source platform hosted and sustained by Michigan State University and used by thousands of humanities scholars and practitioners around the world, was awarded a three-year, $1,249,282 grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Commons that focuses on STEM.
Swartz Named New Director of Conflict Disclosure Management
Jessica Swartz has been named as the new Director of Conflict Disclosure Management starting August 22, 2022.
Five Researchers Receive FAA Grant Supporting PFAS Research
Five MSU researchers are part of the team that received a $1.2M grant from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
Three EEB Scientists Will Help Build NSF Biology Integration Institutes
Three EEB core faculty members will be engaged in establishing two of the four National Science Foundation (NSF) Biology Integration Institutes, a $38 million five-year investment that acknowledges answering big questions in biology requires interdisciplinary research and partnerships.
Ewoldsen Named New Editor of Journal of Communication
Media and Information Professor David Ewoldsen, Ph.D., joins a team of editors (Natascha Just, Chul-joo “CJ” Lee, Karen Tenenboim) on his fourth renowned communication journal. The team will publish their first issue of the Journal of Communication in early 2023.
Dantus and Harel Receive W. M. Keck Foundation Award
The W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded Michigan State University’s Marcos Dantus and Elad Harel $1.3 million to start a new revolution in the way we use optical microscopes to understand the living world.
STEM Ambassadors Program Applications Open
STEMAP is recruiting MSU participants for a 6-month science communication and outreach training program, with application deadlines due on Friday, September 2, 2022.
Keune Receives Fulbright Award to Research Buddhist Migrants
Jon Keune, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University, received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award for the 2022-23 academic year that will support his research on the effects of migration on the religious identities of Buddhists.
McNish selected by U.S. Department of State for Four-Month English Language Specialist Project
The U.S. Department of State has selected Deric McNish, associate professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, for a four-month English Language Specialist project in Russia, Estonia, Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania
National Resource Center for Less Commonly Taught Languages to Open at MSU
Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA), housed in the College of Arts & Letters, was awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant to create a national language resource center that will enhance and support the teaching of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) nationwide.