Life in 2050

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CANR Spartans Are Having An Impact

All around us, the world is changing. Life in 2050 is going to present some unique challenges and trends – and we need people like you to help us create innovative solutions and affect positive change.

From how we produce our food to the places we live, we’ll need to develop innovative solutions to meet the demands of the years ahead. Here in the MSU College of Agriculture & Natural Resources (CANR), we are dedicated to meeting these challenges with forward-thinking solutions to advance the common good. Spartans Will.

Join Us: Together We Can Make a Difference

We believe our community is stronger when all voices are heard and honored.

We acknowledge as part of our history at Michigan State University and in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources that:

Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples. The university resides on land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.

To help make a difference in our world today and tomorrow, we must pursue:

Learning that imbues current and future Spartans with intellectual curiosity and offers relevant knowledge, skills and opportunities to collaborate for the common good.
Discovery that drives practical solutions to address global challenges and enhances research, scholarship and sustainable results.
Engagement with society and communities that achieves social, economic and environmental equity across disciplines, boundaries and perspectives.

Spartans Change the World

MSU Global Scholars take agricultural education worldwide

Published on January 5, 2022
Developing, teaching short courses to global audience of learners
MSU student explores opportunities in science and the arts

Published on December 7, 2021
Rachel Drobnak combines her interests by studying crop and soil sciences and playing the carillon in Beaumont Tower.
Angela Ayers

Published on November 3, 2021
I manage public policy for Ford Motor Co. as part of the Government Relations team. Meaning, I help track federal, state and local policy, mainly around the environment and infrastructure, that can impact the company and work to define our position.
MSU part of new center leading climate change research in Midwest

Published on September 29, 2021
MSU researchers are lending their expertise on a variety of topics, from fisheries management to forest ecology.
Prabhjot Kaur is a Ph.D. student studying genetic mechanisms of plant development in Petunia and Stevia

Published on September 27, 2021
She loves studying and researching at MSU because it provides her access to quality research resources and allows her to work with colleagues with similar and diverse research interests.