Graduates of MSU’s top-ranked elementary and secondary graduate programs—ranked #1 in the nation for 24 consecutive years—are exceptionally well prepared to make a difference in the lives of their students.

In Kristin Parent’s world of studying viruses that infect bacteria, she knows if there’s a host out there, there’s also a virus that can infect it. What she and her team learn about one can be applied to another. And that’s critically important from the perspective of human health.

In their work to research and share the history of MSU’s campus, members of the university’s Campus Archaeology Program also have uncovered some mysterious happenings.

Hundreds of thousands of donors worldwide who believe in the purpose and possibility of MSU came together to make the Empower Extraordinary capital campaign a record-breaking success, raising more than $1.7 billion.

The 1966 MSU football team won a national championship, but its most important legacy was its role in the integration of college football.

Located in the heart of MSU’s Biomedical Research Complex, the newly minted Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, fittingly known as IQ, is focused on creating innovative solutions for better, more precise diagnosis and developing targeted therapeutics to improve health and eliminate disease, says Christopher Contag, IQ’s director.

Working in a College of Engineering-based research center called Connected and Autonomous Networked Vehicles for Active Safety, or CANVAS, MSU researchers are perfecting the sensing and perception algorithms that will tell an MSU-created autonomous car where to go, no matter the weather or traffic conditions.

With the support of nearly $50 million in external funding, including a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, MSU has teamed with the City of Flint, Genesee County, Hurley Children’s Hospital, local health departments and a host of other organizations—governmental and non-governmental—to address both immediate and long-term needs of Flint residents.

For MSU Spartans, entrepreneurship is more than a skill or academic subject—it’s a mindset. It’s a way of thinking and working that opens doors, creates connections and accelerates innovation across disciplines.

MSU is a place of possibilities and traditions, and the things done here changes lives. Experience some of the opportunities and adventures that define the Spartan experience.