The collaboration between Michigan State University, the University of Malawi and Lincoln University, was one of 11 partnerships of American and African university awarded a grant by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Higher Education for Development (HED) to help strengthen capacity at African universities. The African-led partnership will help expand the University of Malawi’s role in addressing environmental and development challenges within their continent.

International Studies and Programs (ISP), in partnership with the Michigan State University Alumni Association, have opened the call for entries to the 2010 international photo competition, Global Focus. Submissions are due Friday, October 1, 2010.

The 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.

Cross-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.

A record-breaking 5,300 international students are predicted to attend Michigan State University this school year.

A group of 41 medical students in both the College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Human Medicine at MSU spent the first two weeks of August learning clinical skills and cultural competency at the Specialized Hospital of the University of Mansoura in Egypt.

Three 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.

Today, 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.

This 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.

Michigan State University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is bringing together international leaders for a two-day symposium to examine issues of inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, which has far-reaching impacts on health, education, food, environment and the global economy.

A Michigan State University student group known as ONE MSU is currently involved in a friendly competition to determine which university's student body has the most effective global poverty-fighting advocacy efforts.

EAST LANSING, Mich.--The Japan Center for Michigan Universities, administered by Michigan State University since 1989, has been recognized for its original program design with an International Award for Innovation in Higher Education.

A faculty member who works closely with the New Partnerships for Africa's Development was the winner of MSU's prestigious international award named in honor of Ralph Smuckler, a former dean of International Studies and programs and professor emeritus, at the 20th annual International Studies and Programs awards ceremony held on March 24. Karim Maredia joined 10 other honorees which included faculty members, students, staff, and MSU alumni and community members.

The 2010 International Awards Ceremony is on Wednesday, March 24 at 3:30 pm at the Spartan Club in Spartan Stadium. There will be a reception after the ceremony to honor the award recipients. Please join us for the ceremony and reception.

Dr. 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.