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Dr. Jeffrey Swada recognized with international award

Published on February 28, 2019
FSHN's Dr. Jeffrey Swada chosen as a 2019 IFT Emerging Leader.
MSU Dairy Store creates ice cream flavor inspired by the polar vortex

Published on February 28, 2019
MSU is thanking university employees for keeping campus running during the polar vortex with a new ice cream flavor.
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.
MSU, GVSU join forces to address water challenges

Published on January 29, 2019
Michigan State University has formalized a partnership with the Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute of Grand Valley State University to work together on water-related issues.
Understanding the connections between what we eat and chronic diseases

Published on January 1, 2019
What people eat on a daily basis can increase their risks for certain chronic diseases. Ilce Medina Meza hopes her research can inform eating habits to reduce instances of disease.
Studying pregnancy and its long-term impact on women and their children

Published on January 1, 2019
Rita Strakovsky, an assistant professor in the MSU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, is studying the relationship between the mother and the developing fetus.
Protecting reproductive and child health

Published on January 1, 2019
Courtney Carignan works to ensure food, water and consumer goods are safe.
MSU food researchers receive $100k grant to help improve diets, health of moms and babies in Uganda

Published on December 11, 2018
MSU Food Science and Human Nutrition researchers were awarded a Gates grant for the Next Generation Nutrition in Uganda Project to develop a fortified bean sauce that can improve the diets of pregnant women and their babies.
MSU scientists lead effort to bring fall armyworm management to farmers

Published on November 5, 2018
MSU scientists have led the development of resources to help farmers in Africa and India protect their crops from fall armyworm, an invasive pest that has proven devastating since it was first officially reported in West Africa in 2016.
Human Nutrition PhD student selected for African leadership program

Published on October 10, 2018
Getrude Mphwanthe, Human Nutrition graduate student, will travel to South Africa in 2019 to participate in a national leadership program.