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Bills aim to increase Michigan’s recycling rate and send less material to landfills
“Sending waste to landfills is more expensive than it seems," a recycling advocate told Michigan lawmakers recently.
Barb Kranz aligns space resources with MSU’s core mission
Barb Kranz is the director of Facilities Planning and Space Management at MSU.
Racial Wage Gap larger in Great Lakes Region and largest in Michigan
In much of the United States, the earnings of African American workers have fallen relative to the earnings of white workers since the late 1970s and early 1980s, acco...
Meet the national security veteran who represents MSU in the US House
U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin serves the people of the 8th Congressional District of Michigan, a district that spans Ingham, Livingston, and North Oakland counties.
Spartans join governor’s task force to address racial disparities in healthcare
In April, Governor Whitmer signed an executive order creating the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities.
LBGTRC “celebrates, affirms, and empowers” MSU LGBTQA+ community
“The LBGTRC is a home away from home for a lot of queer and trans students across campus,” says Jesse Beal, director of MSU’s Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender R...
MSU and Ford collaborate to help veterans help honeybees - 05.20.2019
Episode originally aired on May 20, 2019. Heroes to Hives had no location to carry out the project in southeast Michigan, where the majority of the veterans are locate...
Michigan State University and Henry Ford Health System Announce Plans for Primary Affiliation
Enhanced Collaboration Aims to Eradicate Disparities in Health Care Access Through Shared Education, Research and Clinical Goals
President Stanley guiding MSU through uncharted territory with empathy
Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. joins MSU Today and begins by sharing his feelings on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the wake of t...
Spartan field hockey alumna on front lines battling Covid-19
Spartans Athletic Director Bill Beekman welcomes MSU Head Field Hockey Coach Helen Knull and alumna Abby Barker to MSU Today.
Wharton Center looks to a thriving post-pandemic future
Spartans Athletic Director Bill Beekman welcomes Mike Brand to MSU Today. Brand is Executive Director of Wharton Center for the Performing Arts.
Rhonda Walker shares her blessings to empower Detroit girls
In 2003, Rhonda Walker founded the Rhonda Walker Foundation
MSU CAPS Summer Care Kit supports well-being in uncertain times
Mark Patishnock is the director of MSU's Counseling and Psychiatric Services.
Show compassion, balance mental and physical health, advise MSU health professionals
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And here to help us all be more aware, are three scholars from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine.
Forgotten Harvest rescues food for Detroit’s hungry
Kirk Mayes is the CEO of Forgotten Harvest in Detroit. He's a 1999 graduate of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Forgotten Harvest is a nonprofit organiz...
Petoskey distillery making hand sanitizer for first responders
Michael Kazanowski is a 2012 MSU graduate and co-founder of High Five Spirits and Gypsy Vodka. Not only can he give you a recipe for a killer quarantini, but his compa...
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut appointed director of Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Michigan State University has announced the appointment of Mónica Ramírez-Montagut as director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum (MSU Broad). Ramírez-Montagut cur...
WKAR Announces Lansing Educator As PBS Digital Innovator All-Star for 2020
LaDonna Mask is the principal at Kendon Elementary in the Lansing School District and is one of 19 educators from across the country selected for the PBS Digital Innov...
Staying vigilant is key to fighting COVID-19 says optimistic MSU health sciences leader
Norman J. Beauchamp Jr. M.D. is Michigan State University's Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and he's supporting MSU's community response to the COVID-19 p...
Longtime WKAR journalist Scott Pohl retires. “I’ve always tried to be fair and right”
Legendary WKAR reporter, producer, host, anchor, and journalist Scott Pohl has retired after an award-winning 35-year career at MSU’s WKAR Public Media.
