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
New VP for civil rights and Title IX education starts at MSU
Laura Rugless is Michigan State University’s inaugural vice president for civil rights and Title IX education and compliance.In this newly elevated role, which was tra...
MSU alumnus Frank Tramble is Duke’s inaugural vice president for Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs
Michigan State University alumnus Frank Tramble is Duke University’s inaugural vice president for Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs.Tramble describes his ca...
MSU's Muhammad Rabnawaz inducted into National Academy of Inventors
For creating technologies that have the potential to change the world and providing opportunities for future inventors, Muhammad Rabnawaz, an associate professor and F...
Summer brings more serene aspect to campus, but rhythms of university calendar continue to move toward another exciting academic year
Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff elaborates on topics she covers in her June 2023 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by clickin...
MSU alumni cover Spartan Athletics for Michigan’s leading newspapers
MSU alumni Chris Solari and Matt Charboneau cover Spartan sports for the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, respectively. They join me on MSU Today to talk about the...
Recycling advocate encourages Michiganders to “Take ‘Em Back” as bottle return rate drops to 75 percent
Michigan’s bottle and can redemption rate has fallen to around 75 percent since the start of the pandemic, according to state data. Prior to 2020, the Michigan Departm...
May 2023 Spartan Community Letter: Placemaking and belonging on campus and beyond
Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff elaborates on some of the topics she covers in her May 2023 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read...
MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast focuses on “historical oddity” of U.S. debt ceiling
This month’s State of the State podcast conversation from Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research focuses on the debt limit. Matt G...
Rx Kids program aims to tackle poverty to improve health of Flint moms and babies
Led by partners Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha at the MSU-Hurley Pediatric Public Health Initiative and Dr. Luke Shaefer, faculty director of the University of Michigan’s Pove...
MSU’s Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health to expand and strengthen community care
For years, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine researchers in the Division of Public Health have been working with Flint Community Partners to improve ...
Spartan Community Letter: Interim MSU President reflects on commencement and the university’s healing
Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K Woodruff joins me on MSU Today to elaborate on some of the topics she covers in her April 2023 Spartan Community L...
MSU Gender and Sexuality Campus Center celebrates, affirms, and supports Queer and Trans individuals and communities
MSU alumna Grace Wojcik is the director of Michigan State University's Gender and Sexuality Campus Center. Where did your original interest in and passion for advocati...
Alumni weaving community-engaged public safety ethos “in every aspect” of MSU Police and Public Safety
When Vice President and Chief of Police Marlon Lynch joined his alma mater in February 2021, Michigan State University expanded the role of police chief in recognition...
MSU selects next director of sustainability to lead its efforts toward climate neutrality by 2050
Chip Amoe is Michigan State University's new director of sustainability, and he's leading the Office of Sustainability at MSU. What attracted you to MSU?“We’re the old...
Student Organic Farm finds new home in Division of Student Life and Engagement
Michigan State University has integrated the MSU Student Organic Farm into the Division of Student Life and Engagement (SLE). This move reflects the university’s commi...
Meet Robyn Fralick, Michigan State University’s New Women’s Basketball Head Coach
Bringing with her a proven track record of success and program building, Robyn Fralick is Michigan State's new women's basketball head coach. Fralick becomes the sixth...
MSU Health Care Hand Surgeon Pioneering Virtual Reality for Awake Procedures in the Office Setting
Jamie Clarkson is a fellowship-trained plastic and reconstructive surgeon specializing in the hand and a pioneer in the field of the use of virtual reality for patient...
Academics, Athletics, and the Arts Bring Spartans Together to Cheer, to Celebrate Excellence, and to Heal
Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff elaborates on topics she covers in her March 2023 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by clicki...
MSU Alumna and Broadcast Journalist Sheri Jones Entering Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame
MSU alumna Sheri Jones is a broadcasting and journalism icon in the Greater Lansing area. She's been anchoring the news at Lansing's CBS affiliate, WLNS-TV 6 for 35 ye...
Agricultural Innovation at MSU Working to Feed A Growing Population in the Face of Climate Challenges
On this episode of MSU Today, we're talking about agricultural innovation.That's an area in which Michigan State University is a worldwide powerhouse. The world’s popu...
MSU Alliance Dedicated to Using Knowledge to Transform Lives Around the World and in Africa
Tawana Kupe is the vice chancellor of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. In December 2019, Professor Kupe was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Humaniti...
From the Met to MSU: How Mark and Sadie Rucker are inspiring the next generation of diverse singers
By: Alex TekipWhen Mark Rucker’s high school choir teacher told him he’d be performing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York one day, he didn’t believe her. After all,...
'Michigan Model' national pilot program to help curb acts of mass violence
$15 million state grant will support Center for Targeted Violence PreventionMichigan State University’s Department of Psychiatry is launching a pilot program – with a ...
A Conversation on Breast Health with MSU Health Care Breast Surgical Oncologists
Breast health is the topic on this episode of MSU Today. MSU Health Care breast surgery oncologists Jessica Henderson and Harvey Bumpers talk about risk factors and th...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Get Screened.
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is observed in March to highlight the importance of screening for colorectal cancer, as well as to promote healthy lifestyle habits t...
MSU Multicultural Center construction to commence this spring
Michigan State University is on the cusp of making history, with construction of the university’s first free-standing multicultural center set to begin this spring. Th...
MSU’s partnership with Henry Ford Health and sustainable health theme of MSU Strategic Plan 2030 evolve
A sweeping community development sponsored by Henry Ford Health, Tom Gores and the Detroit Pistons, and Michigan State University intends to invest $2.5 billion over t...
MSU Interim President Woodruff’s January 2023 Spartan Community Letter
With a new semester and calendar year underway, Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff joins Russ White on MSU Today to elaborate on topics and...
MSU scholars analyze the latest in Michigan politics and economics on podcast
MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) Director Matt Grossmann, Professor Emeritus of Economics Charley Ballard, and IPPSR Associate Director Arno...
Alexis Travis setting a culture of health and wellbeing at Michigan State University
Dr. Alexis Travis is assistant provost and executive director overseeing Michigan State University's new University Health and Wellbeing division that brings together ...
