VOL. 36, NO. 21 - JULY 14, 2005

Photo illustration by G.L. Kohuth and SDSS Collaboration Timothy Beers, professor of physics and astronomy, is heading up MSU’s role in an international research project designed to better understand the structure and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy. The project – the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration, or SEGUE – is funded by the Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the participating universities and institutions. Some of the project’s follow-up work will be done using the SOAR Telescope, which is owned and operated by a consortium of institutions, including MSU.

Milky Way evolution explored

Astronomers from MSU are part of an international project whose goal is to understand the structure and evolution of the Milky Way, and to identify tens of thousands of the oldest stars in our galaxy – with the hope of determining their ages and composition.
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‘U’ invites public to be ‘disease detectives’

An open house at MSU’s Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health (DCPAH) will give the public the opportunity to be “disease detectives” for a day. (Full Story)

Service helps ailing plants

MSU Diagnostic Services, housed in MSU’s Center for Integrated Plant Systems, offers a unique interdisciplinary approach to making comprehensive plant diagnostic services available to the state’s plant commodity groups, Extension specialists, agricultural producers and providers, government agencies and the public. (Full Story)

Explore land-use issues at Ag Expo

Visitors to MSU’s Ag Expo, now in its 26th year, can explore exhibits and presentations concerning Michigan’s land-use challenges and solutions as part of the three-day event. (Full Story)

Professor finds art in science of honeybees

Science and art don’t usually go together. But Zachary Huang, associate professor of entomology at MSU, would have to disagree. (Full Story)

‘Focal Point’ show wins MTV award

MSU’s “Focal Point,” a student-run TV news magazine, recently won first place for Best College News Broadcast in the MTV Student Production Awards for 2005. (Full Story)

Michigan Political Leadership Program calls for applicants

Applications for 24 leadership-training fellowships are now being accepted for MSU’s Michigan Political Leadership Program (MPLP). (Full Story)

Kresge tour explores New Deal art, architecture

More than a dozen examples of New Deal art and architecture still stand throughout MSU’s campus. (Full Story)