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. MSU launches Water Science Network: More and more, academic institutions are being asked to form and nurture transdisciplinary teams of researchers to address society’s greatest challenges. MSU after creating the Center for Water Sciences six years ago has continued it’s investment by establishing the Water Science Network (WSN), a collaboration focused on the continued advancement of ground-breaking science to address the most important water problems facing our world today. More >>
2. Howling for crowd funding: Wolves, coyotes, dogs and hyenas howl and whoop to communicate across vast distances. Taking a cue from the mammals she is studying, a Michigan State University scientist is calling out on the Internet to seek funds to help move her field forward. More >>
3. Artistic partnership creates beautiful inspiration: Five years in the making, a mosaic of artwork created by Peckham Inc. client artists, Michigan State University students and community artists will be unveiled Thursday. The unveiling will take place at 5:30 p.m. at Peckham Inc., 3510 Capital City Blvd., Lansing. Peckham is a nonprofit community vocational rehabilitation organization that provides job training and other opportunities for persons with disabilities. More >>
4. Game on: MSU among top schools for game design: Michigan State University is among the best colleges in the nation to study game design, according to the Princeton Review. In its just-published report, the Review ranks MSU No. 7 among undergraduate programs and No. 15 among graduate programs. More >>
5. On point: I am not a ballerina, nor am I a teacher. If you had told me when I was six that I wasn’t going to grow up and be either of those things, I probably would have been inconsolable. In my tiny child brain, that’s all I could see myself doing as a grownup. Never once did I answer, “I want to be a communications manager in higher education” when asked what I wanted to be. And yet, here I am. More >>
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