The week in photos: Feb. 6–12, 2023

The towering steel sculpture “Bird,” by artist Will Ryman, seems ready for Valentine’s Day with an extra large rose in its beak. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Students chat with a potential employer at the Spring 2023 Advertising, Marketing, Professional Communication, Media and Design Career Fair. Over 60 companies joined students interested in internships and job opportunities in a variety of fields, in collaboration with the Broad College of Business, the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Career fairs were the place to be for employment-minded students of all disciplines this week. Over 50 sustainably-minded organizations gathered in the Union Ballroom for the Environmental, Energy, Natural Resources, and Sustainability Career Fair, presenting students with a variety of opportunities for internships and employment. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

For a generous student, feeding a campus squirrel part of your snack might just be the start of a beautiful friendship. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Director of the Apple Developer Academy with MSU in Detroit, Sarah Gretter, presented at last week’s Board of Trustees meeting, showcasing a passion for empowering communities through education. The program helps students become entrepreneurs and app developers by teaching the fundamentals of coding, design, marketing and project management to forward-thinking members of local communities. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

The windows of Akers Hall glow with all the colors of the rainbow, thanks to students using multicolored LED lights as part of their dorm room décor. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

The Broad Art Museum is often described as resembling a spaceship that has landed on MSU’s campus, and seen at night with its cool metal exterior and glowing entrance, it’s hard not to pick up some otherworldly vibes. While the museum isn’t likely to take off like a UFO any time soon, the art displayed within is constantly rotating and changing, and there are always new exhibitions to explore.

One newcomer to the Broad Museum is “DIE/GEST,” an interactive mixed media installation bringing together art, music, poetry and spoken word. An opening program will be held on Feb. 17 for the exhibition, featuring live music and spoken word performances by artists Albert Marquès and Keith LaMar. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Progress on construction reveals the shape of the new Tom Izzo Football building, an expansion on the Skandalaris Center that is expected to be complete in late 2023. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.