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When Larry D. Leinweber was an undergraduate student at Michigan State University in the early 1960s, he held a student job at the then almost-new Kellogg Center. He worked as a waiter in the State Room for 30 hours or more a week, as he had to pay all his college expenses.

A collaborative worldwide study led by researchers at the National Institute for Environmental Studies-Japan, the University of Tokyo, and Michigan State University has revealed for the first time the role of large dams in mitigating global flood risk under climate change.

Leo Kempel, dean of the Michigan State University College of Engineering, has been named the Dennis P. Nyquist Endowed Professor in Electromagnetics. The endowed faculty position is in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, one of the college's largest academic units.

Md Shakir Mahmud, a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was awarded the "2021 Best Paper by a First Author Age 35 or Under" from the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Committee on Traffic Control Devices.

Apple and Michigan State University announced today that they will partner to launch the tech giant's first United States-based Developer Academy in Detroit.

Michigan State and Stanford researchers have upgraded their Trojan horse therapies designed to fight one of the world's leading causes of death.

Michigan State University is leading a global research effort to offer the first worldwide view of how climate change could affect water availability and drought severity in the decades to come.

While in-person celebrations are cancelled in December 2020, the College of Engineering is recognizing the accomplishments of its 350 undergraduate, master's and PhD graduates and sharing special words and messages at the Engineering Virtual Commencement Celebration.

A chemical engineering and materials science researcher at Michigan State University will use a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to improve the targeted design of thermoelectric materials.