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Startup Founders Named 2023’s Vandervarro Scholars
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation proudly announces that Shubham Aggarwal from the College of Social Science and Yuktha Pulavarthi from the Broad College of Business are 2023’s Vandervarro Scholars.
2023 CREATE! Micro-Grant Winners Announced
The CREATE! Micro-Grant program recently awarded $500 grants to 13 Michigan State University students to fund their proposed creative projects, which represent a variety of disciplines and mediums, including poetry, painting, music composition, screenplay and sculpture.
CREATE for STEM Scholars Receive Grant to Reimagine High School Physics
Michigan State University scholars from the CREATE for STEM Institute will use a $1.9 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to reimagine how energy is taught in high school physics courses.
Plants Could Make Air Pollution Worse on a Warming Planet
Trees including oak and poplar will emit more isoprene — a compound that worsens air pollution — as global temperatures rise, according to new MSU research
MSU to Address Global Water Issues Through New Alliance
Michigan State University has harnessed its vast water research expertise to create the MSU Water Alliance. This will be a bridging organization among existing water science units on campus and among faculty with water expertise to address multiple challenges.
MSU Works to Make Drinking Water Safer by Fighting Contaminants
MSU has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, to better understand the amount of pathogens and disinfection byproducts in drinking water distribution systems and to assess associated health risks.
10 Students, 2 Alumni Nominated for Prestigious Marshall Scholarship
The scholarship supports students attending graduate school in the United Kingdom. The results of this competition will be determined in the coming months.
More trained leaders needed to solve global water Crisis
MSU is looking to address global water issues by developing a graduate training program to create a highly competent workforce with the broad technological, scientific and cultural skills needed to resolve current and future water challenges.