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Stress-Testing Physics at FRIB

How gentle nuclear reactions with fragile nuclei could help us better understand the universe and fight cancer.
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MSU Receives $6.7M Grant to Build Large Animal and Human Imaging Facility to Treat Diseases

Michigan State University has been awarded a National Institutes of Health $6.7 million grant to build a new facility to develop new imaging agents and treatments for diseases, including cancer, that afflict both humans and large animals.
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Who Should Manage Changing Great Lakes Shorelines?

Researchers at Michigan State University are calling on residents, who live or own property along the Great Lakes, to provide input regarding the management of Great Lakes shorelines in a new survey.
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Annual Collegiate Recruiting Survey: Hiring, Wages Expected to Climb

The job market for new college graduates is rebounding from the COVID-19-driven decline.
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$15.8M Grant Working to Increase Career Paths for Individuals with Disabilities

Michigan State University is teaming up with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to create new pathways for individuals with disabilities — particularly those from underrepresented racial groups — to pursue high-demand careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine, known as STEMM.
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MSU Researcher Receives Grant to Help Teachers Support Early Writing Development in Young Children

The Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education, recently awarded Ryan Bowles, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, a $2 million, 4-year grant to develop tools to help teachers support early writing development in young children ages 3-6.
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Meet the Researchers Changing Tomorrow Today

The National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER, awards grants to “early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.” This series highlights Michigan State University’s 2021 recipients of the prestigious NSF CAREER grant awards and their leading-edge research.
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QuSTEAM Initiative Awarded $5 Million

A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional program that is co-led by Michigan State University’s Center for Quantum Computing, Science and Engineering, or MSU-Q, is taking the next step in its aim to develop a diverse, effective and contemporary quantum-ready workforce by revolutionizing and creating more equitable pathways to quantum science education.
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.