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Photo by Kurt Stepnitz Jill Elfenbein (left), associate professor of audiology and speech sciences, and Karen Friderici, associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, demonstrate a sound booth at the Oyer Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. The two were part of an MSU team that discovered a set of gene mutations that cause hearing loss. The findings were reported in the November issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. |
Researchers discovery new clues about progressive hearing loss
MSU researchers have discovered a set of gene mutations that cause progressive hearing loss, a discovery that should provide significant clues in the hunt to solve the puzzle of acquired hearing loss. (complete story)
McPherson provides budget update
Although state funding levels for higher education remain uncertain, MSU President Peter McPherson, in remarks to the Academic Council Oct. 28, urged the MSU community to continue fulfilling its responsibilities to students and other higher-education stakeholders. (complete story)
Enrollment figures show planned drop
Enrollment at MSU this year is 44,542, approximately 300 students more than MSU’s long-term planning target, but down 395 students from last year’s unusually high enrollment, according to figures released recently. (complete story)
Grant helps disadvantaged bridge gap to digital careers
The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media (TC) at MSU announced it has received a $25,000 SBC Excelerator competitive technology grant from the SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. (complete story)
MSU FACT Coalition to hold open forums; requests proposals
The MSU Families and Communities Together (FACT) Coalition is hosting two open forums to facilitate participation for its 2003-04 Request for Proposals (RFP) for collaborative research on children, youth and family issues. (complete story)
Faculty Spotlight
Q&A with Leonel Mendoza, associate professor of medical technology
MPLP brings 'Crossfire' co-hosts to state
CNN “Crossfire” co-hosts James Carville and Tucker Carlson will bring their political sparring expertise to Michigan to raise funds for MSU’s Michigan Political Leadership Program (MPLP). (complete story)
'U' leads team which seeks to build better crops
MSU will play a key role in a new initiative to improve the health of the poor in developing countries by working to create staple food crops that are enriched in micronutrients. (complete story)
Fewer Michigan residents favor charter schools
Support for charter schools among Michigan residents has declined in the past five years, according a report by the Education Policy Center at MSU. (complete story)
Extension helps coalition work to revitalize Detroit
It’s one of the last places you’d expect to find a farm organization, members are primarily young urban professionals, but the Detroit-based Michigan Coalition of Black Farmers (MCBF) is united by a vision for a thriving, healthy community centered on a bustling farmers market. (complete story)
Book looks at history of Michigan's forests
In 1871, wildfires that practically dwarf the recent California fires
swept through much of Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, charring millions
of acres of forests, killing thousands of people and nearly wiping out
the Midwest’s largest city -- Chicago. (complete
story)
MSU sesquicentennial calendar captures the past
Before there was a Michigan State University, “MAC” stood for “Michigan Agricultural College” rather than a workout facility; only a few hundred people could watch a football game at “College Field”; and women’s applied science consisted of sewing classes. (complete story)
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