For the Board of Trustees undergraduate research presentation is Tanushree Thapar, a Senior Honors Neuroscience student at Michigan State University. Her involvement at Michigan State University spans leadership roles, including the presidency of the MSU Neuroscience Club and contributions to the university's Honors College through various committees and initiatives.

Presenting to the Board of Trustees is Jenna Walters, a 5th year PhD candidate in the Rufus Isaacs Lab, earning a dual degree in the Department of Entomology and the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB)

With recent developments in generative AI, five faculty from the Colleges of Education and Natural Science presented a series of flash talks that explore ways AI can enhance learning environments and education research.

Michigan State University researchers have discovered that honeybees can detect biomarkers or chemical concentrations associated with lung cancer in human breath. The researchers have also shown that the honeybees can distinguish between different lung cancer cell types using only the ‘smell’ of the cell cultures. These findings could be used as a model for developing new tests to diagnose lung cancer early.

The K500 Chip Testing Facility at FRIB will help meet the current national shortfall of testing capacity for advanced microelectronics, including those used for commercial spaceflight, wireless technology, and autonomous vehicles.

The Water Alliance brings technology, science, engineering and big data together with water science. Teams are addressing health and water, protection and restoration of our aquatic ecosystems, and supporting community water sustainability.

Ethan Theuerkauf, a coastal geomorphologist and assistant professor in MSU’s Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences Department, is researching ways to help prevent coastal erosion.

Jenna Walters is a 5th year PhD candidate in the Rufus Isaacs Lab, earning a dual degree in the Department of Entomology and the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB). Her research is focused on understanding the consequences of extreme heat on native bee pollinators and blueberry pollination systems. Her interdisciplinary approach to research, drawing from entomology, plant biology, biochemistry, and ecology has allowed her to conduct well-rounded research on the direct and indirect effects of climate change on our natural and agricultural ecosystems.

Fourth-year medical laboratory science student Katie McGraw has become the first undergraduate Fulbright awardee for the Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program, or BLD.

The Red Cedar River is misunderstood. An MSU environmental science librarian is working to change that with research on the river’s history.