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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!
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.
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.
Congratulations to Noleen Chikowore

Published on August 23, 2018
Congratulations to Noleen Chikowore for earning travel funds to attend the Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop.
GMOs: A surrogate for the debate about agriculture?

Published on August 15, 2018
Perceptions of the agricultural and food industries, trends in higher education, questions around research funding, political leanings and socioeconomic factors can also play a part in public concern over GMOs.
Michigan State University undergraduates are recipients of Agriculture Future of America Leader and Academic scholarships

Published on June 25, 2018
Caitlin Henne and Loren King are two of 70 students across the nation to be awarded the prestigious scholarship.
MSU welcomes East African fellows to participate in State Department program

Published on May 25, 2018
Michigan State University is happy to welcome 11 fellows from East Africa to East Lansing for the month of May to participate in the United States Department of State Professional Fellows Program.
Faculty gift honors family commitment to higher education

Published on May 14, 2018
John Kerr and Kimberly Chung, faculty members in the Department of Community Sustainability, have given a $375,000 gift to create a teaching assistantship named in honor of John's parents, Malcolm and Ann Kerr.
First-generation college Latina Alondra Alvizo named CANR Outstanding Student Leader

Published on April 24, 2018
Faculty members, academic advisers and club advisers nominated 10 seniors for the 2018 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) Outstanding Student Leader Award.
Jordan named chair of Department of Community Sustainability

Published on March 7, 2018
Dr. Rebecca Jordan has been named chair of the Department of Community Sustainability in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University.
Flint water crisis: Hearing the community's concerns

Published on February 22, 2018
Steven Gray, an assistant professor in the MSU Department of Community Sustainability, conducted a series of sessions in which Flint residents could share their concerns and ideas for potential solutions.
MSU student wins National FFA public speaking event

Published on November 7, 2017
Adrian Schunk, Michigan Future Farmers of American president and Michigan State University freshman, won the Prepared Speech Contest at the National FFA Prepared Public Speaking Leadership Development Event Friday.
MSU professor selected to receive grant focused on the future of farming

Published on October 10, 2017
Professor Matt Raven has been awarded over $150,000 by the the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Larkins Accepts Center Director Position

Published on August 30, 2017
Dr. Michelle Larkins (CSUS Ph.D, 2017) has accepted a position as Director of the Center for a Sustainable Society at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.