Assistant Professor Jacob Fisher is a researcher at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and media psychology. He was one of 23 scholars nationwide chosen for the 2024 Google Cloud Research Innovators cohort, a program that supports researchers using Google Cloud services to tackle real-world problems.

Whether raising children, caring for aging parents or navigating a personal health challenge, everyone deserves answers that make life better. Spartan researchers are finding those answers, turning federal research funding into everyday solutions that help families live longer, healthier lives.

All of Michigan State University’s USAID funding programs have been terminated by the federal government, resulting in more than $20 million in funding loss. The loss in funding has ended programs across campus — including the Feed the Future Global Biotech Potato Partnership, a project launched in 2022 and tasked with boosting potato production across the globe.

A new study led by researchers from Michigan State University, Yale University and Johns Hopkins University reveals that ransomware attacks — which involve a hacker putting encryption controls into a file and then demanding a ransom to unlock the files—have become the primary driver of health care data breaches in the United States, compromising 285 million patient records over 15 years.

Three Michigan State University faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2025. Christoph Benning, Jianguo "Jack" Liu and Philip Robertson are among the 120 members and 30 international members being recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Tor Tolhurst, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, studies how extreme weather and rare ‘tail events’ impact agricultural decision-making and economic behavior.

Jeremy Johnson has received a $500,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to explore assisted tree migration as a way to protect the future productivity of Michigan forests.

A first-of-its-kind study from researchers at Michigan State University reveals that individuals who experience the most distress and impairment in daily functioning from social media use are more likely to believe fake news.

A new tool from MSU researchers is giving teachers practical support to strengthen student writing by showing exactly where young writers need help and how to guide them.

“The beauty of science is the more questions you ask, the more answers you get,” says Barbara Thompson, who studies social motivation in young children with autism. Kids play in a castle lab while researchers observe how they respond to connection.