News
-
Summer internship opportunities available with Global Center for Food Systems Innovation Published: Sunday, 28 Apr 2013
The Global Center for Food Systems Innovation is seeking students for summer internship opportunities. Applications are dure April 30.
-
The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Published: Thursday, 25 Apr 2013With the Urdu project, for example, Ms. Teal saw that the poems' lines could be encoded in Markov chains, a mathematical tool common in the sciences that is used to model how a system—in this case, the metrical components of an Urdu line—moves, based on its current conditions, into one state or another. (Think a flowchart on steroids and you'll get a good enough idea.) Integrating these chains into Mr. Pue's code cut his run time by some 60 percent.
-
2013 Globie Award winners announced Published: Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013
2013 Globie Award Winners Announced
-
Stay Informed: a new avian influenza virus in China Published: Friday, 19 Apr 2013The World Health Organization announced in April 2013 the emergence of a new avian influenza virus. This virus comes from a “reassortment” process in which the components of several viruses mix and combine in a new way.
-
Two years after Fukushima, Japan still recovering Published: Friday, 05 Apr 2013
One of the speakers, Dr. Ethan Segal
-
You're invited! 2013 Globie Awards reception Published: Friday, 22 Mar 2013The Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS) requests your presence at the 201# Annual Globie Awards reception. The Globie Awards ceremony recognizes outstanding service to international students and scholars at Michigan State University. Please join us for an afternoon of food and celebration.
-
Experts Talk Japanese Earthquake Published: Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
MSU associate professor Ethan Segal of the department of history talks about the effects of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant crisis that devastated Japan two years ago March 18, 2013, at the International Center. The efforts at recovery and prospects for the future were also discussed.
-
World Friendship Day Explores Cultures Published: Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
Teens and pre-teens from across the East Lansing area came together at the Spartan Village Community Center to learn about different cultures in the spirit of World Friendship Day on Saturday.
-
MSU, the CIA - and Vietnam Published: Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013
Inside was a sensationalist account of the multimillion-dollar technical assistance program MSU led in South Vietnam from 1955 to 1962 and one particularly explosive charge: That the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group had been a front for the CIA.
-
Beyond Islamic Studies: De-essentializing the Study of Muslim Societies Published: Thursday, 07 Feb 2013
The project to “rethink Islamic Studies” in the twenty-first century was given voice in a recent volume, Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism, edited by Carl Ernst and Richard Martin and published by the University of South Carolina Press this past summer.
-
MSU to offer good wishes in Celebration of Chinese New Year Published: Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013In celebration of the ancient tradition of Chinese New Year, the Career Services Network and International Studies and Programs have come together to offer New Year greetings and tangerines in the International Center Lobby on Friday, February 8 from 11:30 to 1:30 pm. Students, faculty and staff are invited to stop to ring in the year of the snake.
-
Outstanding Academic Book Award for 2009 Published: Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013
The first Muslim Studies volume/Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia:
Wahhabism and the State edited by Mohammed Ayoob and Hasan Koselbalaban (Lynne Rienner, 2009)
-
IIT Madras talks joint PhDs with US universities Published: Monday, 04 Feb 2013
MSU to collaborate with top Asian universities
-
Michigan State University in Dubai to Hold First Mutli-Disciplinary International Conference on High Published: Tuesday, 29 Jan 2013
Michigan State University in Dubai (MSU in Dubai) he
-
Students celebrate Yalda during coffee hour Published: Friday, 25 Jan 2013
While other tables offered different coffee varieties on simple black tablecloths, the Yalda table was festively decorated to reflect Persian traditions with purple and gold candles, and traditional food and drink such as pomegranate seeds, a specially-carved watermelon and Persian tea — all set on decorative red, blue and gold fabrics.
-
Agencies help International students choose MSU Published: Monday, 14 Jan 2013
MSU also receives help from agencies stationed in other countries, which provide information for prospective students and guide them through the sometimes stressful process of applying for colleg
-
In solidarity - MSU Indian Students Organization holds candlelight vigil Published: Monday, 14 Jan 2013
The Michigan State University Indian Students Organization held a candlelight vigil Friday night in honor of an Indian woman who was gang raped and killed in New Delhi last month.
-
Stephanie in Japan Published: Friday, 07 Sep 2012Stephanie in Japan: Of course I had ideas and knowledge going in, but my expectations were highly exceeded. Not only did I learn a lot, but I also caught a glimpse of what it might mean to live in another country.
-
Ross in Turkey Published: Friday, 07 Sep 2012Ross in Turkey: Needless to say, any expectations that I may have had were exceeded. The people were some of the most friendly I have ever met, the places we visited were breathtaking, and the food was excellent.
