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. The United States Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus come to Wharton Center: The Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus of the United States Army Field Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 8 at Wharton Center's Cobb Great Hall. More >>
2. Natural Science dean: R. James Kirkpatrick, MSU professor of geological sciences and chemistry, and College of Natural Science dean, has received the 2015 Marilyn and Sturges W. Bailey Award. More >>
3. MSU scientists uncover a ‘funky cofactor’: While examining the chemical reactions of bacterial cells in a lab at MSU, researchers found an unusually complex molecule in a protein that completes a simple process. More >>
4. MSU Sailing Center: After two decades, the Michigan State University Sailing Center is getting brand new facilities. More >>
5. Perennial biofuel crops: Converting large tracts of the Midwest’s marginal farming land to perennial biofuel crops carries with it some key unknowns, including how it could affect the balance of water between rainfall, evaporation and movement of soil water to groundwater. More >>
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