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Keeping a Watch on Air Pollution

Spartan engineers are leading an all-Michigan effort to create wearable devices that monitor exposure to dangerous particle pollutants.
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Capturing Moths, and Kids’ Curiosity about Science

It turns out that moths make good science teachers.
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Strategic Messaging for the Planet

ComArtSci researchers hone interests in climate change communication.
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No More Mucus

New treatment is proving to be life-changing for people with cystic fibrosis.
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Zooming in on the Future of Microscopy

MSU is home to the first microscope of its kind in the U.S. and it’s now showing what it can do.
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A Doubly Magic Discovery

The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at MSU have solved a nuclear mystery thanks to collaboration between theorists and experimentalists — with an assist from Albert Einstein.
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Entrepreneurship at MSU Ranks in Nation's Top 20

Michigan State University’s Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has been recognized as a leader in entrepreneurship education by the Princeton Review for a fourth consecutive year.
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MSU Opera Theatre Merges Operatic Masterpieces with 1960s Setting

The MSU Opera Theatre presents a fanciful production that weaves 20th-century operatic masterworks into scenes from the life of a 1960s dysfunctional musical family with “Three from the Hearth: A Domestic Dramedy.”
Announcements
Feltz Receives Hetherington Award from National Academy of Kinesiology
University Distinguished Professor and Chairperson Emerita Deborah J. Feltz received the 2024 Hetherington Award from the National Academy of Kinesiology.
NSF Multifactor Authentication Implementation effective October 27
Effective on October 27, NSF Research.gov users must complete a one-time multifactor authentication (MFA) enrollment process and use the selected MFA for Research.gov actions. 
Sawtelle Named American Physical Society Fellow
Vashti Sawtelle, associate professor of physics, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Digital Humanities and Literary Cognition Lab Receives Mellon Grant
“Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as Medicine,” a four-year project that began in January 2021 at Michigan State University’s College of Arts and Letters received support from a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Xie Named American Psychological Association Fellow
Michigan State University scholar Kui Xie was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. The designation recognizes Xie for his contributions to the field of psychology.