A garden in Japan, elephants in Myanmar and sunset in South Africa are among the winning entries in the 2019 Global Focus international photography competition.

On a beautiful fall day in September, with football fans’ cheers filling the air, nearly 1,200 current and alumni marching band members took the field at halftime in Spartan Stadium during the MSU vs. Indiana football game. A sea of green and white in melodic lockstep, for the Spartan Marching Band, it was a Homecoming all would remember. In fact, Sept. 28 was the largest halftime show to date and the 150th anniversary of one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious marching bands.

There is something special about the East Lansing bubble. The minute you enter the city limits, you know you are in Spartan Nation. Game days are particularly unique, beginning with the sounds of the MSU fight song at our early morning rehearsal. It feels as though for just a few hours, the rest of the world stops, and East Lansing celebrates all the Green and White.

The Wharton Center will begin performances of the hit Broadway musical “Aladdin” beginning Dec. 4 to Dec. 15.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of MSU’s student radio station, Impact 89FM. Available at 88.9FM, Impact is one of the longest-running student radio stations in the country.

Why do some people learn music more quickly than others? Intelligence could play a role, according to an MSU study that investigated the early stages of learning to play piano.

Michigan high school students who have a passion for playwriting are invited to submit a one-act play for the 24th annual juried competition, Wharton Center’s Young Playwrights Festival, or YPF.

High school students across mid-Michigan had the opportunity to immerse themselves in an authentic theater experience. The Shakespeare Immersion Project hosted by the Wharton Center accepts students with various areas of interest to come together and learn about Shakespeare through performance.

Erin Gorman, director of research operations with health colleges research services for the College of Human Medicine and Barb Miller, research administrator with the research office in the College of Arts and Letters are the recipients of the Fall 2019 Unit Research Administrator Spotlight, or RAS, awards.

For the sixth consecutive year, a team of Reserve Officer Training Corps, or ROTC, cadets from the MSU Spartan Battalion and the University of Michigan Wolverine Battalion will unite on Nov. 15 — kicking off the annual rivalry weekend — to participate in Alex’s Great State Race.