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MSU hosts Vegetable and Root Crop Virtual Field Day

Published on September 5, 2020
Educators and researchers showcase research on the farms of West Michigan vegetable growers, where they live and work
MSU doctoral candidate granted research award from Ecological Society of America

Published on September 4, 2020
Katelyn King, a doctoral candidate in the Data Intensive Limnology Lab, recently won the Exceptional Promise in Graduate Research Award from the Ecological Society of America.
International scientists seek pathways to sustainability

Published on September 4, 2020
An international group of sustainability scientists work to understand the most effective targets at which to aim to enabling leaders in government, business, civil society and academia to spark transformative changes towards a more just and su...
SPDC announces virtual Lecture Series for 2020-2021

Published on September 4, 2020
We are pleased to announce our 2nd annual SPDC Lecture Series for 2020-2021. These events will take place virtually due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Baby sign language: A helpful communication tool

Published on September 4, 2020
Babies can learn and use sign language as a life skill, enabling them to benefit from its communication advantages.
Michigan State University researchers lead $5.2 million grant to investigate management strategies for fire blight

Published on September 3, 2020
George Sundin and Nikki Rothwell will lead a USDA-funded project examining fire blight, a disease that can kill apple and pear trees.
Pandemic Gardening

Published on September 3, 2020
Without our usual events and without students and faculty on campus, what are our gardens like this year?
Michigan insects in the garden – Week 13: Crabronid wasps

Published on September 3, 2020
These bee relatives are busy eating your garden pests.
MSU hosts virtual turfgrass field day

Published on September 3, 2020
MSU Extension and MSU AgBioResearch hosted a virtual turfgrass field day Wednesday, Sept. 23. The event was split into two sessions, focusing on lawn care and athletic fields, then golf turf.
Striving and stumbling towards sustainability amongst pandas and people

Published on September 3, 2020
Understanding how achieving one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals spins off more SDG success – or sabotages progress on another goal across spatial and administrative boundaries.