Imagine publishing your first first-author paper on a newly discovered interstellar object only a few years after walking into an astronomy college class.
Or winning first place in your category at an undergraduate research forum with a paper that investigates how to reduce the side effects of a popular chemotherapy drug.
It happened to Atsuhiro Yaginuma, when he was an astrophysics senior, and Hari Ramakrishnan, when he was still a first-year physiology student, respectively. As undergraduate students at Michigan State University, both combined classroom learning with hands-on research, working alongside faculty at the forefront of their fields.
MSU offers its students a variety of ways to engage with the process of creating new knowledge that makes a difference in the world — an advantage that can transform one’s college experience.
At a research university like MSU, you don’t just learn what’s already known. You learn from people creating new knowledge, have opportunities to contribute to discovery yourself and build the skills to tackle questions that don’t yet have answers.