News

CSUS student awards and accomplishments: Spring 2020

Published on February 10, 2020
These students in the Department of Community Sustainability are being recognized for their excellent work.
More beans, more healthy communities

Published on February 7, 2020
Rural indigenous families in Guatemala are growing and eating more beans, thanks to an outreach team from Michigan State University.
Selling beans at a convenience store

Published on February 7, 2020
People who participated in the MASFRIJOL Project found creative ways to use and sell the beans they grew.
New attitudes toward nutrition in Guatemala

Published on February 7, 2020
The MASFRIJOL Project had a major impact on the food choices people made.
Fishing communities can model ecosystems as accurately as scientific experts

Published on January 16, 2020
Department of Community Sustainability researchers have demonstrated that fisheries stakeholders can accurately predict how pike interact with humans and other wildlife species in freshwater lakes.
MSU awarded grant to study renewable energy adoption in Michigan

Published on November 18, 2019
The National Science Foundation awarded Michigan State University close to $1 million over the next five years to study renewable energy options and adoption in tribal and non-tribal communities.
MSU master’s student named James Beard Foundation National Scholar

Published on November 15, 2019
Vanessa García Polanco is the first James Beard Foundation National Scholar from Michigan and Michigan State University.
International perspective and experiences support student growth at Michigan State University

Published on September 23, 2019
Quentin Tyler, associate dean and director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, shares how international experiences and perspectives provide opportunities for student growth.
2019 CSUS Student Photo Contest

Published on September 9, 2019
Did you take great photos during your job, internship, study abroad, or research this summer? We'd love to see them! Share your photos to be entered into a random drawing for a CSUS t-shirt.
Four MSU affiliates elected to Board of U.S. Society for Ecological Economics

Published on August 5, 2019
MSU faculty and students are hoping to make big contributions to the field of ecological economics.
Food@MSU hits the road for Our Table discussion

Published on June 16, 2019
Michigan State University holds conversation on agricultural cooperatives in Lapeer
CANR names new leader of international programs

Published on May 20, 2019
Karim Maredia has been named a senior global scholar and the director of agriculture and natural resources international programs in the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
MSU to partner with Egyptian Center of Excellence for Agriculture funded by USAID

Published on May 6, 2019
Michigan State University is a partner institution on a five-year, $30 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to establish an Egyptian Center of Excellence for Agriculture.
CANR names 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award winners

Published on April 22, 2019
AFRE Associate Professor Brent Ross receives the 2019 CANR Excellence in Teaching Established Teacher Award. Community Sustainability Assistant Professor Aaron McKim receives the 2019 CANR Excellence in Teaching New Teacher Award.
CANR recognizes faculty and academic promotions

Published on April 19, 2019
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources annually recognizes faculty and academic promotions.
Agriculture and Natural Resources Week begins March 1

Published on February 21, 2019
Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Week will kick off March 1 at Michigan State University. ANR Week has served as a platform for enterprising new developments in agriculture and natural resources in Michigan since 1914.
CANR Couples: Melissa and Buddy McKendree

Published on February 14, 2019
A passion for agriculture brought Melissa and Buddy McKendree together, and continues to be important for them today.
CSUS graduate student awarded 2019 Excellence in Diversity Award

Published on January 14, 2019
Congratulations to Obafemi Elegbede for receiving an Excellence in Diversity Award!
Exploring how climate change will reshape the tourism industry

Published on January 1, 2019
Michelle Rutty, an assistant professor of sustainable tourism at MSU, works to understand how decisions related to natural resources, including climate change, influence the sustainability of the recreation and tourism sectors.
Bringing collective intelligence research into the 21st century

Published on January 1, 2019
Steven Gray is taking these core concepts into the 21st century in an effort to address some of the most challenging issues facing the world, including climate change, resource management and coastal hazard planning.