First-year MSU students will have to pay nearly 7 percent more for dorm rooms and meals than current first-year students, based on rising food and energy costs. MSU continues to withhold records on serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar, citing attorney-client privilege.
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Posted inMichigan Government
Alcohol at university stadiums in Michigan? Lawmakers are interested.
Alcoholic drinks aren’t currently allowed at Michigan university sporting events. Some lawmakers are looking to change that.
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan State University hires firm to review mass shooting response
An Ohio firm will assess MSU’s response to a campus shooting that killed three students. The deal will cost about $194,000.
Posted inTalent & Education
STEM degrees soar at Michigan colleges; business grads decline, records show
Michigan is producing more engineers and fewer English majors as a shift toward science and technology fields comes as fewer are opting for liberal arts degrees. The shift also shows more women and minorities are graduating with STEM degrees, fields long dominated by men.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
U-M deal with Lansing’s Sparrow leaves MSU doctors unsettled about future
Sparrow has been a training ground for MSU medical and nursing students for more than a century. But with U-M Health taking over Sparrow this month, some MSU leaders worry that Spartans will be squeezed out.
Posted inTalent & Education
Judge declines to order University of Michigan grad students back to work
As University of Michigan nears the end of the semester, it has argued a graduate student worker strike is causing irreparable harm. A Washtenaw County judge disagreed Monday afternoon.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Bridge Lunch Break to discuss preparing for careers in Michigan
Join Bridge Michigan for our latest Bridge Lunch Break event, focused on how trade schools, colleges and universities are preparing students for employment and educating students in subject areas that allow them to have thriving careers in our state.
Posted inTalent & Education
What Biden proposal on transgender school athletes means to Michigan
Across the country, some states are banning transgender athletes from participating in sport teams that are consistent with their gender identity. Some states face court battles and a new Biden proposal could add further questions in the ongoing debate over transgender athletes.
Posted inMichigan Government
Nashville releases records soon after school shooting. Not so much with MSU
Video, 911 calls came out quickly after a horrific school shooting in Nashville, while the public waits for similar information in the Feb. 13 Michigan State University shooting.
Posted inTalent & Education
U-M grad student worker strike continues; judge won’t end walkout
A judge says the University of Michigan has yet to prove it is sustaining ‘irreparable harm’ from a strike over pay that began last week.