Features
Long-Drought Experiment Bad News for Plants and Climate Change
Many parts of the world are currently grappling with extreme drought—and that could be bad news for efforts to curb climate change, concludes a new global study of how shrubs and grasses respond to parched conditions.
Where and When Does Water Flow Into the Great Lakes Basin?
MSU researchers could help predict seasonal changes in the Great Lakes Basin by developing a new groundwater model to monitor surface and groundwater flow from a $960K grant from the National Science Foundation.
Forecasting the Future to Protect Monarchs
Michigan State researchers have forecast monarch butterfly population sizes throughout the Midwest to show where conservation efforts could have the most impact in the face of climate change.
'Michigan Model' National Pilot Program to Help Curb Acts of Mass Violence
Michigan State University’s Department of Psychiatry received a $15 million grant from the state of Michigan to help curb acts of violence and spare families from unthinkable trauma before it’s too late.
Greenhow, Koehler Examine Challenges and Opportunities for Online Learning
In March 2020, COVID-19 suddenly forced school administrators, educators, students and caregivers into a new modality of teaching and learning.
Issaka Receives AAUW International Doctoral Fellowship
A second-year doctoral student in the interdepartmental Information and Media Ph.D. program at Michigan State University has received a prestigious international doctoral fellowship from the AAUW.
Glendinning Creates Body of Work to be Displayed in South Africa
That body of work, titled "Attached to the Soil", will now be displayed in art multiple galleries across South Africa.
Finch Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Brittany Finch, a doctoral student in Second Language Studies at Michigan State University, recently was named the 2022 recipient of the Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship by the International Literacy Association.