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How Physicians are Using Machine Learning to Predict COVID-19 Mortality

Advancements in artificial intelligence, automation, and machine learning are changing the landscape of healthcare as we know it. That means bridging the gap between technological innovation and medicine has never been more important.
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Examining Discrimination and Adolescent Substance Use

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institute of Health, awarded Yijie Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, and her team a five-year, $2,108,204 grant to investigate adolescents’ experiences of multiple forms of discrimination and its implication for substance use.
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Making Sense of Life: Genes, Environment and Evolution

Michigan State University researchers are shedding light on a mystery of evolution with support from a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health: How is it that within the same species, individual responses to stimuli can dramatically differ?
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Making Entrepreneurship and the Societal Impacts of Research Count

Two MSU leaders are part of a multi-institution team that has published a paper in the journal Science that provides recommendations for incorporating innovation, entrepreneurship, and other scholarly endeavors that impact society into university promotion and tenure (P&T) criteria.
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Building Greener Vehicles with Help from Plants

Spartan engineers and Ford Motor Co. are creating new polymers and composites for the automotive industry using sustainable materials from nature.
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MSU Receives $2 Million EPA Grant to Explore Biosolid Treatments

The group will investigate the impact of current biosolid treatment methods used by wastewater treatment facilities on a variety of pollutants in soil, water and plants.
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Developing a Guide for Working with Tribal Communities

The Reciprocal Research Guidebook provides a framework for establishing sustainable and equitable partnerships between faculty and Indigenous Nations.
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Building a More Complete Picture of Early Brain Development

MSU is leading a large international study to understand the genes involved in brain development and possible connections to psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Announcements
271 MSU Graduates Receive Board of Trustees’ Award for Academic Excellence, 4.0 GPA
Two hundred and seventy-one Michigan State University graduates accomplished something many students dream of — a perfect college GPA. During its April 11 meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees presented these graduating seniors with the Board of Trustees’ Award, recognizing their achievement of the highest scholastic average one can receive, a 4.0 GPA.
Hegg Honored With IMPACT Award
Eric Hegg, dean of the Michigan State University College of Natural Science, was honored with The Research Corporation for Science Advancement 2025 IMPACT Award. This award recognizes Hegg's significant contributions to scientific understanding and practical applications in alternative energy research and bioenergetics.
Spring 2025 TIFF Call for Awards
The Trifecta Initiative Facilitating Fund (TIFF) Awards are designed to provide investigators from the Trifecta Initiative colleges (Communications Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and Nursing) with resources towards federally funded NIH/NSF proposals.
Goodway Named Red Cedar Distinguished Professor
Internationally recognized scholar Jackie Goodway has been named a Red Cedar Distinguished Professor. Since 2022, the distinction has recognized faculty who demonstrate exemplary scholarly achievement, teaching excellence and a clear alignment with MSU’s strategic research priorities — strengthening recruitment, recognition and retention of top academic talent across campus.
Wu Selected to Co-chair National Academies Committee on Biotechnology
Felicia Wu, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor and University Distinguished Professor in Michigan State University’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, was selected to serve as co-chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, or NASEM, committee on the ethical, legal, environmental, safety, security, and other appropriate societal issues related to engineering biology research and development.
Trifecta Spring 2025 Awardees Announced
The Trifecta Advisory Council has awarded two award applications for Spring 2025.