Vol. 35, No. 16 – April 29, 2004

Alice Dreger's latest book, "One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal," challenges the way "normal" people perceive those with "abnormal" anatomies. Dreger is an associate professor in the Lyman Briggs School of Science and a faculty associate in the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences. Photo by G.L. Kohuth

Book challenges perceptions of differences, the future of normal

"Why not change minds instead of bodies?" (Full story)

Faculty call for role in expansion

Meeting and voting for the first time since 1989 when the issue of the day was the university switching to a semester system, the MSU Academic Senate met April 22 to say that an expansion of the College of Human Medicine (CHM) into West Michigan could work if faculty are given a role to play in the process. (Full story)

Students honored for academic achievement

Fifteen MSU students were honored for their academic achievements by the MSU Board of Trustees at its April 16 meeting. (Full story)

Memorial honors campus friend

A memorial service for Stanley Hollander, professor emeritus of marketing supply chain management, will be held at 3 p.m. May 4, at Wharton Center. (Full story)

Honorary degree recipients leaders in service, science

MSU's commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients for 2004 are among the world's and nation's foremost leaders in the fields of foreign policy, economics, science and communications. (Full story)

Minority residents more concerned about terrorism

Michigan's minority residents say they are "very concerned" about another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, even when overall alarm or unease has fallen since 9/11, a report released recently by MSU has found. (Full story)

Faculty Spotlight

Q&A with Bradley Greenberg (Full story)

Work on linear accelerator moves RIA closer

As MSU works with the state of Michigan to attract a $1 billion nuclear science research facility to be funded by the Department of Energy, a team of MSU physicists is nearing completion of the design of a vital part of the project. (Full story)

MSU junior named Udall scholar

Jerilyn Church, a junior majoring in social work at MSU, was anticipating her foundations of social work class would be a quiet and calm review session before finals. (Full story)

Report shows decrease in job-related deaths

As workers and public health professionals gather around the country this week to pay tribute to colleagues who have died on the job, a new report shows that the number of workers killed in job-related injuries decreased in 2002, the last year complete statistics were available. (Full story)

Summer campus construction schedule set

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Professor honored for creating opportunities

Percy Pierre's career beginnings were lonely. (Full story)

Support staff mark service anniversaries

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MSU's Goldwater scholars studying cancer, tomato genes

MSU's new Goldwater Scholars have their work ahead of them – studying compounds shown to prevent cancer-drug resistance and studying tomato genes and proteins. (Full story)

Nursing faculty and staff take steps to success

A team of College of Nuring (CON) faculty and staff walked 1,980,816 steps from May 30 to April 5 in a "Walk-A-Week Challenge" against a student team that walked 2,801,506 steps. (Full story)