Photo illustration by G.L. Kohuth Café de Land Grant on its way… The pearly beige coffee beans from Rwanda have arrived in East Lansing, and have a fabulous outfit awaiting them. The Rwandan coffee – the product of the unique and successful Partnership to Enhance Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages (PEARL) conceived and led by the MSU Institute of International Agriculture – has arrived. It will be available in early March at the Kellogg Center, in campus coffee shops and online at www.shop.msu.edu The label for Rwanda Coffee One Thousand Hills Custom Roast was chosen from four designs produced by University Relations designers and voted on by 493 members of the MSU community. Designer Alex Parsons created a label that melds a photo of the rolling hills of the country with images of roasted beans and red, fresh-picked coffee cherries. The contest was posted on the MSU home page in January. For more on the PEARL project, visit the Web at special.newsroom.msu.edu/rwandacoffee/

VOL. 36, NO. 12 - FEB. 24, 2005

Discovery offers cancer diagnosis, treatment hopes

MSU researchers have found that a certain gene, expressed within a human adult stem cell, could hold the key to not only offering new hope to cancer patients, but also to answering the question of how cancer originates. (Full story)

Simon gift to benefit School of Music

The next generation of musicians will reap the rewards from a gift to the MSU School of Music from President Lou Anna Kimsey Simon and Roy J. Simon. (Full story)

Board of Trustees approves campus ordinance changes

Changes to two MSU ordinances relating to open alcohol containers and disorderly conduct were approved by the university's board of trustees. (Full story)

Dean to work for Centers for Disease Control

Lonnie King, dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, will spend the next year on loan to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta serving as director of the agency's new Office of Strategy and Innovation. (Full story)

Part-time schedules benefit both companies, employees

Professionals and managers who work reduced hours can still keep their careers on track and see their salaries grow, a study by MSU and McGill university has found. (Full story)

Death of former ISP dean shock to 'U' community

The former dean of MSU's International Studies Program (ISP), whose work is touted as instrumental in expanding ties between the university and Korea, died Feb. 9 after he was involved in an automobile accident. Gill-Chin Lim of Okemos was 58. (Full story)

Feeding the world requires more than spoonful of safety

While the United States battles an obesity epidemic, millions around the world are starving or malnourished - a population already at increased risk of foodborne disease. Fighting hunger goes hand-in-hand with the fight against foodborne disease, urges an MSU researcher. (Full story)

Carnegie selects 'U' to help develop new classification project

From pre-K-12 schools to the juvenile justice system to medical practice - MSU's efforts to measure its community engagement work have been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (Full story)

MSU then and now

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Grant funds teacher education project

A grant totaling $200,000 to MSU from the Dow Corning Foundation will give new K-12 science teachers hands-on experience in research laboratories, a learning opportunity they can take back to their classrooms. (Full story)

'U', partners piece together sources for quilt makers

Stars in eye-popping blues and reds. Strips of left-over cottons and wool pieced together into a log cabin pattern. Even a tongue-in-cheek pictorial of ways to "do in" the popular Sunbonnet Sue. (Full story)

Plants could be new way to combat toxic messes

The next big way to clean up toxic sites may be coaxing plants to become janitors, an MSU scientist says. (Full story)

Author, naturalist to speak about sustainable growth

Noted author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams will speak at MSU at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 14, in B-108 Wells Hall. (Full story)

Technology-awards program seeks nominations, entires

Libraries, Computing and Technology has announced an annual awards program to recognize the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. (Full story)