MSU Bakers, the on-campus bakery at MSU, announced a month-long initiative to support Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

MSU researcher Yingda Cheng is among 40 standout mathematics leaders across the United States this year to be awarded a 2018 Simons Fellowship in Mathematics, giving her time off from classroom teaching to solely concentrate on her research.

Diane Ebert-May, MSU Distinguished Professor of plant biology, is the recipient of the 2018 Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education from the Ecological Society of America, or ESA.

Two pairs of teams from MSU Debate will compete in the 72nd annual National Debate Tournament.

MSU's College of Music and Spartan Marching Band will welcome a new leader to their ensemble - who is also the first woman to hold such a rank. Arris Golden will join MSU as assistant director of bands and associate director of the Spartan Marching Band, effective July 1.

MSU Academy for Global Engagement, or AGE, has 12 new fellows are currently working to become the next generation of international research experts at MSU. The fellows focus on the food and pharmaceutical supply chain in addition to emerging plasma science. Their expertise is in improving soil health and smart sensing systems.

The winners of an MSU student competition on the human impacts on the environment were honored at an awards ceremony on Jan. 26 in the Center for Integrative Studies in General Science.

The MSU Board of Trustees voted at a meeting today to formally accept the resignation of President Lou Anna K. Simon, effective immediately. The board also voted to appoint Bill Beekman, vice president and secretary of the board, as acting president. Beekman is now responsible for all duties associated with the Office of the President.

John Luginsland, professor of electrical and computer engineering and computational mathematics, science and engineering at MSU, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, the world’s largest professional organization for the advancement of technology.

MSU’s Barbara Schneider, a John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki last May.