Russ White
I host and produce MSU Today for News/Talk 760 @wjrradio and @MichiganStateU's @NPR affiliate @WKAR News/Talk 102.3 FM and AM 870.
Appears in 334 Episodes
Walstrom Family Gift to MSU Supports Women’s Health Research, Medical Care
New endowed fund to foster next generation of women’s health leaders To close the gap between women’s health research and other scientific disciplines, Ward and Mari...
Faculty career development a key component of MSU 2030 strategic plan
Teresa Mastin is vice provost and associate vice president for faculty and academic staff affairs at MSU. She joins Bill Beekman, vice president for strategic initiati...
State of the State podcast examines unionization momentum in the United States
Matt Grossmann, Charley Ballard, and Arnold Weinfeld from Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) discuss the latest in Mic...
MSU jazz professor, Detroit jazz icon elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rodney Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and director of Jazz Studies in the Michigan State University College of Music, is among the class of ...
Darien Harris talks business development and NIL for Spartan athletes
Darien Harris is Spartan Athletics’ assistant athletic director for business development and NIL strategy. He provides leadership for Michigan State Athletics’ award-w...
How spirituality is expanding beyond religion
Spirituality is declining in the United States if you focus on religious affiliation, but that isn’t the whole story according to Morgan Shipley, associate professor o...
Are you happy? MSU researchers discuss factors that impact our happiness
Are you happy? What is happiness exactly? Is it true what Abraham Lincoln is said to have said, that we’re just about as happy as we decide we want to be? Is happiness...
Comprehensive student success approach helps Spartans flourish as students and citizens
Though many of us may think of student success as graduating and finding a good job, our three guests today will share with us that it is much more than that. We think...
MSU researchers on vaccine hesitancy and respectfully educating citizens
It takes only one case of measles or other vaccine-preventable diseases for an outbreak to begin. But vaccines can prevent or lessen the severity of conditions for ev...
“Complex infrastructure” delivers power and water needs to a “complex institution”
Stewardship and Sustainability is a key theme in the MSU 2030 strategic plan. We discuss progress on implementation of this part of the plan with Bill Beekman, MSU’s v...
MSU research, education and clinical care “meet the health needs of the entire state”
Michigan State University Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., M.D., M.H.S. and MSU Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Bill Beek...
3 MSU faculty named Senior Members of the 2024 National Academy of Inventors
Michigan State University researchers Evangelyn Alocilja, André Bachmann, and Richard Lunt have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors. The M...
Student success initiatives help more Spartans learn, thrive, and graduate
Student success is a key theme in the MSU 2030 strategic plan. Student success is the measure of an institution’s ability to provide an inclusive, equitable curriculu...
Vision 2050 comprehensive facilities and land use plan a key component in MSU 2030 strategic plan
On this episode of MSU Today, a conversation on progress and implementation of a key objective in the Stewardship and Sustainability theme of the MSU 2030 strategic pl...
MSU College of Human Medicine hosts inaugural Remembrance Conference to address gun violence
The conference provided attendees with actions and solutions they can take back to their institutions. There’s a burgeoning relationship between Michigan State Univers...
International artist visiting MSU for residency at intersection of art, science and technology
As part of Michigan State University’s 2024 MSUFCU Arts Power Up artists-in-residence, Abel Korinsky (representative of Studio Korinsky) of Berlin, Germany, is in resi...
MSU drives conversation, research on the future of work
You have likely heard about ChatGPT, and you might even have the application downloaded on your phone. But have you thought about how technology — and artificial intel...
Alumni Ashton Henderson and Jack Ebling reflect on MSU Com Art Sci’s impact on their lives and careers
Ashton Henderson and Jack Ebling are 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award honorees from MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Henderson received his bachelor’s in...
Out of the Darkness MSU Campus Walk to inspire hope while raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention
Courtney Brown and Sarah Fay-Koutz are social workers with University Health and Wellbeing’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS). For the second year, CAPS is c...
MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines evolving Arab and Muslim voter preferences
Matt Grossmann, Charley Ballard, and Arnold Weinfeld discuss Michigan and national politics, policy, and the economy on the monthly State of the State podcast from MSU...
MSU’s Womxn of Color Initiatives hosting critically acclaimed performer Paige Hernandez as 2024 artist-in-residence
The Michigan State University Womxn of Color Initiatives, or WOCI, is hosting Paige Hernandez as its 2024 Artist-in-Residence. The sixth artist to participate in this ...
MSU receives $25M to take lead on long-term health care needs of Michigan residents
Michigan State University has received a $25 million grant that will address the state’s critical shortage of direct care workers, or DCWs, by establishing a Direct Ca...
MSU program champions leadership opportunities for women in business
A game-changing gift to Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business seeks to address the gender gap and propel women graduates into the C-suite. The gift, fr...
MSU Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff looks back on shared accomplishments as she moves into a new role of service to the university
Michigan State University interim president Teresa K. Woodruff elaborates on topics she covers in her February 2024 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by cli...
Hip-hop pioneer shares “circle of wisdom” at MSU lecture series
MC Lyte is an American rapper, DJ, actress and entrepreneur. She is the first female of hip-hop’s emcees to release a solo album. She also opened doors for many to joi...
Meet Joyce DeJong, new dean of MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine
Joyce deJong is the new dean of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. An alumna of the college, she began her appointment on Feb. 5, 2024. A n...
Enduring MSU lecture series celebrates Black History Month
Marita Gilbert is the associate dean for diversity and campus inclusion in MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Gilbert talks about the 24th Annual Dr. William G. A...
Michigan State University campus safety and security update
Michigan State University Vice President and Chief Safety Officer Marlon Lynch provides a campus safety and security update. Throughout the past year, the MSU Departme...
MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines Michigan redistricting and remapping process
Matt Grossmann and Arnold Weinfeld discuss Michigan and national politics, policy, and the economy on the monthly State of the State podcast from MSU’s Institute for P...
Interim MSU President Teresa Woodruff’s January 2024 Spartan Community Letter
Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff elaborates on topics she covers in her January 2024 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by clic...
