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FRIB's scientific mission
Opening the doors to discovery
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will be the preeminent user facility of its kind in the world — and home to the world’s most powerful heavy-ion accelerator — funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the state of Michigan and MSU.
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Top-ranked programs
U.S. News & World Report continues to rank several MSU programs among the top in the nation with the release of its 2023 edition of Best Colleges.
Mobility
Mobility is more than a buzzword at MSU – it's an ecosystem. With our team of multidisciplinary researchers and a campus primed for real-world innovation, we are developing technologies that will drive how the world moves forward.
New report
A new report from MSU finds that Michigan’s education policy reforms over the past two decades have largely ignored rural schools and thereby failed to support needed community development.
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Sept. 26, 2022
The week in photos: Sept. 19–25, 2022
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nuclear physics graduate program for past 13 years
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MSU programs ranked in the top 25 nationally
MSU in the news
USA Today
No more steak. Ordering out less. Here's how inflation is squeezing American diets: “It's not just one driver (causing) these high food prices,” David Ortega, a food economist at MSU, said. “They're all sort of coming together and compounding on each other.”
Detroit Free Press
Cranbrook's Women Rock Science event ensures STEAM careers don't skip girls, diversity: Others also being celebrated during the event include Melissa Koronka, a science teacher at Accelerated Learning Academy, Flint Community Schools, and Raven Jones, associate professor, Department of Teacher Education, MSU.
Science
Microbiologists propose new DNA-based naming system for microbes: The problem of what to call these new additions “is becoming increasingly difficult,” says Gemma Reguera, a microbiologist at MSU who is the editor-in-chief for the American Society for Microbiology’s Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal.
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Making sure this school year is a healthy and safe one takes the entire MSU community working together. All students, staff and faculty members are required to be vaccinated. By getting a COVID-19 vaccine, Spartans can protect themselves, each other and our communities. We are all in this together and, together, we will keep campus safe.
Do your part and get your vaccine now.
Campus Initiatives
Strategic Plan: MSU 2030
MSU used an inclusive and comprehensive strategic planning process to create a shared vision for the future and a common set of principles and values to guide our work.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan
To recognize the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion as a foundation for university, MSU is using a comprehensive DEI planning process focusing on those values and working in collaboration with the overall strategic planning process.
Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Plan
The RVSM Strategic Plan stems from work by leading researchers and experts in the field to develop a plan for survivor services, prevention efforts, and climate and culture change initiatives.
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