VOL. 36, NO. 6 - NOV. 11, 2004

MSU international initiative links grocery stores, farmers

Plantains from a farm in Nicaragua are carefully inspected for defects. The PFID project is working to build the market linkage between the plantain growers and the regional and global market. The project involves more than 1,000 acres and many plantain growers.

An MSU international agriculture initiative is uniting the world's increasing demand for high-quality produce year-round with small farmers in development countries who can meet that demand - with some help. (Full story)

Ferguson, Foster elected to MSU board

Incumbent Joel Ferguson and former trustee Melanie Foster were elected to the MSU Board of Trustees in this year's Nov. 2 general election. (Full story)

Study shows effectiveness of new, quicker strep test

Research at MSU found that a new test that provides a quicker method for determining the presence of a type of strep that can cause fatal meningitis or pneumonia in newborns is effective more than 90 percent of the time. (Full story)

Online archive offers celebrity lectures

We all want to know the end of the story, Chilean author Isabel Allende tells us, but life is a never-ending tale. There's always something else on the next page that we need to know. (Full story)

MSU Safe Place marks 10th anniversary

MSU's on-campus shelter for victims of relationship violence was scheduled to open in July of 1994. When an MSU student and her two children needed to escape a violent living situation, the partially-furnished shelter with no alarm system yet in place opened early to them in June of that year. (Full story)

Authors to present female view of 9/11

Authors Susan hagen and Mary Carouba will visit MSU on Nov. 18 to share the experiences of writing and researching their book, "Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion." (Full story)

New research suggests common minerals soak up pesticides, contaminants

New research at MSU suggests that dousing soils with solutions that are rich in everyday minerals and salts might help soils more effectively soak up pesticides and other organic contaminants. (Full story)

MSU welcomes new faculty

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SPOTLIGHT on the arts

Opera Theatre to present 'Carousel'

MSU Opera Theatre and the MSU Department of Theatre will present Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic American musical "Carousel" on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 19 and 20 at 8 p.m., and on Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. at Fairchild Theatre (east side of MSU Auditorium Building at Farm lane and Auditorium Roads). (Full story)