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A grant from the National Science Foundation is bringing Spartan teachers, researchers, and students together to solve a global grassland mystery. 

A long-standing partnership of shared learning builds cultural and scholarly connections.

Evolutionary biologist Chan Kinn Onn joins MSU's College of Natural Science and the MSU Museum to head the facility's vertebrate collection.

Scientists may be underestimating how plants will respond to rising global temperatures when they study hot summers but not warming winters, Michigan State University ecologists found. 

Michigan State University is launching the Spartan Teacher Promise, a forgivable loan program designed to reduce financial barriers for students pursuing careers in science education.

College of Natural Science faculty are embracing generative AI as the future. They’re changing the way they teach to focus on problem-solving and connecting concepts.

On Feb. 24, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) approved construction of a $48.5 million instrument at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). 

Plant scientists from labs and research groups across MSU will present 'The World of Plants,' a showcase featuring 17 unique booths dedicated to different aspects of plant science, at the 2025 SciFest STEAM Expo Days.

For more than 50 years, the Michigan State University Research Foundation has empowered groundbreaking research and entrepreneurship at MSU, creating an ecosystem of innovation and discovery that drives economic growth across Michigan and beyond.

Wendy and Doug Robbins have long been champions of theW.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Their financial support for its ongoing renovation is about more than just preserving a cherished Michigan landmark — it’s about ensuring future generations experience the wonder of nature.

Research led by Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science has uncovered seven new dark comets in our solar system.

For the last decade, the MSU Observatory Research Program has provided undergraduate and graduate students alike with real-world research experience and helped them to decide if astrophysics is the right career path.

Students and faculty are building sensors that will be embedded deep within Antarctic ice to shed new light on the origins of the universe.

Twenty-nine people from the Michigan State University College of Natural Science were recognized for their outstanding achievements and service at the college Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony.

Michigan State University’s first cohort of scholars in the 1855 Professorships program includes three faculty members in the College of Natural Science.

Michigan State University researchers from the College of Natural Science say the results of the upcoming election will influence everything from crop resilience and bioenergy to clean energy and species protection. 

Annabella Lyndon (she/her/hers) is a first-year genetics and genome sciences and molecular plant sciences Ph.D. student. 

Faith Quevedo, a senior at Michigan State University majoring in Human Biology with a minor in Chicano and Latino Studies, made the most of her experience as a Gupta Values Scholarship recipient through her involvement with Kenya Connect.

You might think that a pumpkin carved into a snaggle-toothed, grinning effigy is the scariest that a plant can get. But in the dark underbellies of jungles and tangled mires of gurgling swamps, fascinating and strange plants thrive.

An international research collaboration used world-class instrumentation at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) to study the exotic nuclide, or rare isotope, chromium-62. 

The MSU Board of Trustees, for the third consecutive year, has approved a $70 million capital outlay request to the state of Michigan that would support the development of the university’s Engineering and Digital Innovation Center.

NSF renews funding for unique computational summer REU at Michigan State

Preston Wake has won an NSF CAREER Award for "quantifying congruences between modular forms”

How Kirsten Salonga’s approach to science education was shaped by a research experience for teachers

Marianne Huebner is changing how scores are determined in weightlifting