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Encouraging Entrepreneurs Around the World Published: Thursday, 19 Apr 2012This past fall marks the pilot run of a new partnership, where 20 King Khalid University (KKU) students will join a class of MSU students via an interactive open educational resource entrepreneurship education curriculum.
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Rehab Counseling Research Goes Global Published: Thursday, 19 Apr 2012From video games, to smartphone apps, to geo-tagging on Facebook, technology plays an ever-increasing role in just about everyone’s life. At Michigan State University, researchers in the field of rehabilitation counseling want to know how technology can make a difference for those with intellectual disabilities.
Last fall, MSU co-hosted an international conference on the topic in Ireland and announced that it would join an interdisciplinary research team to study the issue
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Protecting that Simple Compound – H20 Published: Thursday, 19 Apr 2012An MSU-led consortium of researchers earned the prestigious $2.3 million Partnerships for International Research in Education (PIRE) grant.Their research will focus on the development of nanotechnology tools to better understand how mebranes work and how to make them better.
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Tigers Out of Sight are Far From Out of Mind Published: Thursday, 19 Apr 2012It doesn’t matter that Neil Carter has only twice caught fleeting glimpses of a tiger in all the months he’s spent in Nepal. In fact, it’s kind of fitting. Carter, a doctoral student in MSU’s Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, approaches conservation and sustainability in a way that’s not just about a charismatic animal. It’s about connectivity and the delicate, complicated dance between tigers and people in Nepal.
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Globalization in a Biodiversity Hotspot Published: Thursday, 19 Apr 2012Previously thought extinct in Nicaragua, a small Baird’s Tapir population was recently found to be alive and well and living in the Caribbean Coast rainforest. Thanks to MSU researchers, together with Nicaraguan colleagues from the Universidad de las Regiones Autonomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaraguense (URACCAN), important data on these tapirs—large mammals similar in shape to a pig, but with a short prehensile snout like an elephant’s-- will be passed on to those scientist
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MSU Presents International Awards Published: Thursday, 24 Mar 2011
On Wednesday, March 23, at its International Award Ceremony, the Office of International Studies and Programs celebrated staff, students and community members for their efforts to foster international understanding.
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Study Finds China's Agricultural Development at a Crossroads Published: Tuesday, 01 Mar 2011New research conducted by Michigan State University, Renmin University and Landesa shows China is at a crossroads in its agriculture development. As a result, MSU researchers suggest that China should protect land rights of all farm families and restrict corporate farming if it wants to close the income gap between cities and countryside.
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MSU Alumni Association Hosting Parent Teas in China Published: Wednesday, 23 Feb 2011Michigan State University Alumni Association will host several Parent Tea event in China between March 1 and March 9. Events will be held in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu.
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Students of Mexican descent eligible for research grants Published: Thursday, 06 Jan 2011Thanks to a grant from the Institute for Mexicans Abroad and the Consulate of Mexico, up to eight Michigan State University students of Mexican descent, who engage in research, will receive scholarships for the remainder of the 2010-11 academic year.
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Memorandum signed between MSU and University of Central Asia Published: Thursday, 28 Oct 2010EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Memorandum of Understanding between MSU and the University of Central Asia that will ensure the cooperation of the two university partners on strengthening research collaborations was signed at noon Thursday. -
Michigan State University food security experts tapped for $28 million project in Senegal Published: Friday, 15 Oct 2010EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University researchers, and researchers from four partnering institutions, will use a $28 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development to bolster agricultural education and research systems in Senegal, in hopes of increasing food supply and improving nutrition.
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Michigan State University food security experts tapped for $28 million project in Senegal Published: Friday, 15 Oct 2010
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University researchers, and researchers from four partnering institutions, will use a $28 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development to bolster agricultural education and research systems in Senegal, in hopes of increasing food supply and improving nutrition.
The five-university consortium will work with four Senegalese universities and five training centers as part of the Capacity Building for Agricultura
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Annual Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference to be held at MSU Published: Friday, 15 Oct 2010EAST LANSING, Mich. — Scholars in all humanities and social science disciplines from around the world as well as MSU community members with an interest in Central Eurasia will have opportunities to learn more as the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) comes to host their annual international conference at MSU October 28-31.
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Fulbright Workshop Scheduled for MSU students on Sept. 8 Published: Friday, 03 Sep 2010The Michigan State University Office of International Studies and Programs will host a workshop focusing on student Fulbright grants on Wednesday, Sept. 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room 201 of the Koo International Center. -
MSU launches international research office Published: Thursday, 26 Aug 2010Cross-campus brainpower could be key to generating more research dollars, according to Michigan State University's Office of International Programs, which recently launched an office to promote multidisciplinary research. -
MSU Receives Title VI NRC and FLAS Grants for 2010-13 Published: Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010Three international centers at Michigan State University were each awarded two prestigious U.S. Department of Education grants, earning the centers National Resource Centers (NRC) designations and funding totally more than $5.7 million over the next four years. -
New MSU Web site aims to help address inequality in Latin America Published: Thursday, 10 Jun 2010Today, Michigan State University launched a new web site to provide free and open access to research results and innovative thinking on the issues of inequality in Latin America. -
Sri Lankan universities working with MSU to rebuild Published: Thursday, 10 Jun 2010This past spring, a Sri Lankan delegation of academic officials consisting of two vice chancellors and a former dean from three universities and an executive director of agriculture who also represents the University Grants Commission visited Michigan State University in hopes of furthering higher education partnerships and creating a path toward rapid development in Sri Lanka. -
MSU forum looks at impact on Michigan women during times of economic turnaround Published: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010On Wednesday, March 24, Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) and Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen) will host "Michigan’s Economic Turnaround: A Look at Women and Families." The forum will begin at 11:30 am in the Mackinac Room of the Anderson House Office Building at 124 N. Capitol Ave. in Lansing.
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In Memoriam: MSU Faculty Member Passes Away Published: Friday, 12 Mar 2010Dr. George Axinn, a professor of resource development at Michigan State University for more than 50 years and former Assistant Dean of International Studies and Programs passed away in Tucson, Arizona on Monday, March 8, 2010. He was 84.
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