Here's today's MSU High 5 – a morning hello and the fastest way to get you up to speed with what's happening at Michigan State University.
1. Researchers quantify nature's role in human well being: A team of researchers from Michigan State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are advancing new modeling technology to quantify human dependence on nature, human well-being and relationships between the two. The latest step is published in this week’s Ecosystem Health and Sustainability journal. More >>
2.New MSU center tackles antibiotic resistance: The Center for Disease Control estimates that each year in the U.S. alone, 23,000 people die from resistant infections. Researchers at the Michigan State University Center for the Health Impacts of Agriculture are on a mission to find strategies to deal with the impending global threat of antibiotic resistance. More >>
3. Robert Ray: Redirecting my life: My Spartan journey began a little differently than most. You see, despite the fact that I grew up in Lansing and was surrounded by green and white, the Red Cedar, and “ra team, fight”, I somehow managed to become a fan of “the other school.” More>>
4. Shannon Schmoll: Keep looking up: I have been working in planetariums for more than a decade. After years of practice, you can stick me outside and I can immediately point out the constellations. Earlier this summer I was staring at a sky I did not recognize and I felt lost amongst the stars. I was looking at the southern hemisphere sky for the first time and I felt like a giddy kid again. More >>
5. MSU is in the syrup business: Michigan State University is tapping into the expertise of researchers through the development of Spartan Pure Maple Syrup. The MSU Department of Forestry used roughly 2,000 sugar maple trees covering 70 acres at the Fred Russ Forest in Decatur, Mich. to create a product that’s available to the public. Ten additional acres have remained untapped so researchers can compare growth with that of tapped trees. More >>
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