MSU has helped bring high-speed Internet access to Malis only university-level school of agriculture and natural resources, located in Katibougou, a small village 40 miles from Malis capital city of Bamako. Story by Sue Nichols, University Relations.

MSU's new Muslim Studies Program is joining the area studies centers and thematic international institutes in ISP. The program is coordinated by Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations in MSUs James Madison College.

Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon has been invited to participate in the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education, co-hosted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Jan. 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Michigan State University graduate student RoseAnna Downing-Vicklund has joined a long history of scholars many of whom have won Nobel Prizes by being named a 2005 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Fellow. Downing-Vicklund, a doctoral candidate in anthropology in the MSU College of Social Science, is using her fellowship to explore issues of trust and responsibility with respect to the quality of drinking water in Walkerton and Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

Michigan State University researchers will use a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to explore the barriers AIDS patients in rural Africa encounter when trying to access life-saving medications, as well as look for ways to overcome barriers to treatment. The two-year grant is worth $200,000.

Seven faculty members from Michigan State University have been awarded Fulbright Scholar awards for the 2005-06 academic year. The MSU faculty members are among the approximately 850 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 150 countries through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Story by Kristin Anderson, University Relations

Seven MSU faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar awards for the 2005-2006 academic year. Nine Fulbright awards have been granted to faculty and administrators from other universities throughout the world to study at MSU during the academic year. Article by Emily Young, University Relations.

The MSU Office of International Studies and Programs and the MSU Alumni Association announce the winners of MSU Global Focus 2005, the seventh annual international photography competition for MSU students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The 30 winning images from this latest competition, along with information about the artists, their prizes, and the prize sponsors, are featured in the newly redesigned virtual gallery at http://www.isp.msu.edu/photocontest/

From a war-torn country to a commencement stage at Michigan State University, Bosnia native Azra Kapetanovic is someone who knows the value of an education. Story by Kristin K. Anderson, University Relations.

On Dec. 9-10, the Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program at Michigan State University College of Law will hold a conference on IP3: Intellectual Property, Innovation Policies and International Perspectives in Hong Kong. Held prior to the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, this event brings together leading academics, legal practitioners, policy makers and technology experts to address the latest developments and challenges in the areas of intellectual

Ahmed K. Kathrada has been a leader in South Africas struggle for freedom for more than 60 years. Along with Nelson Mandela and other leaders, he served 25 years in South African prisons before being released in 1989. In 1994 he was elected to the South African Parliament during South Africas first democratic elections. Story by Kristin Anderson, University Relations.

Michigan State University is the top public university in the United States for study abroad according to Open Doors 2005, the annual report on international education released by the Institute of International Education.

War, famine, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, impending pandemics we are deluged daily with stories about major international crises in the news media. By contrast, MSUs observance of International Education Week, with events stretching through Nov. 20, is a unique opportunity for a local sampling of good global news. Op-Ed by Jeffrey Riedinger, Acting Dean, International Studies and Programs.

From visiting diplomats and scholars to foreign films and food, events marking the sixth annual International Education Week fill the Michigan State University calendar from Nov. 12-20. The events, most of which are free and open to the public, are intended to foster a greater sense of global community and to demonstrate the value of international connections to the MSU campus and Michigan generally.

MSU Hillel and the Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation will present An Evening with Ambassador Joe Wilson at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Big Ten Room A at the Kellogg Center. The event is open to the public and free of charge. Called by President George H. W. Bush, a true American hero, Ambassador Joe Wilson has been involved in international politics for more than twenty years.

MSU Health Communication graduate student Tierney Davis spent the summer in Indonesia, working with tsunami survivors through the Christian Children's Fund. Link to State News article by Laura Collins.

Pakistani students at MSU are teaming up to help with relief efforts after an earthquake on Saturday in South Asia killed more than 20,000 people. Link to State News article by Corinne Devries.

Richard Merritt, chairperson of the Michigan State University Department of Entomology, and Eric Benbow, now at DePauw University in Indiana, are using a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation to investigate possible links between biting aquatic insects, water quality and Buruli ulcer transmission....Merritt hopes to establish a scientific partnership between MSU and Ghana. He and his research team are working closely with local Ghanaian Ministry

MSU is now one of only a handful of institutions offering training in the scientific assessment of animal welfare. Department of Animal Science associate professor Adroaldo Zanella developed the idea for the online graduate-level course, which offers students the opportunity to learn from the worlds top animal scientists from the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Canada.

Michigan State University will host former Gov. James J. Blanchard as the first Canadian National Railway (CN) Distinguished Lecturer at the inaugural CN Forum Thursday, Oct. 6, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Kellogg Center Auditorium on the MSU campus.