MSU Today with Russ White

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MSU Today is a lively look at Michigan State University-related people, places, events and attitudes put into focus by Russ White. The show airs Saturdays at 5 P.M. and Sundays at 5 A.M. on 102.3 FM and AM 870 WKAR, and 8 P.M. on AM 760 WJR.

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MSU Today with Russ White episodes:

06.27.2024
MSU researchers discover honeybees can detect lung cancer
Michigan State University researchers have discovered that honeybees can detect biomarkers or chemical concentrations associated with lung cancer in human breath. The researchers have also shown that the honeybees can distinguish between different lung cancer cell types using only the...
06.21.2024
Growing research portfolio empowering MSU’s mission of impacting lives
MSU Strategic Plan 2030: Empowering Excellence, Advancing Equity and Expanding Impact identifies goals within six key themes: student success, staff and faculty success, discovery; creativity, and innovation for excellence and global impact; sustainable health; stewardship and sustainability; and diverse, equity,...
06.17.2024
A Catalyst for Change: Henry Ford Health, Michigan State University Celebrate Groundbreaking of Research Center in Detroit
Scientists, community members, students, officials and more mark a pivotal moment as work begins on the 335,000-square-foot research facility Hundreds of community members gathered on June 17 to recognize the start of construction on the Henry Ford Health...
06.15.2024
The Spartan duo dominating Detroit radio
MSU Com Art Sci alumni Mike Valenti and Rico Beard host the top show on the top radio station in Detroit. It’s The Valenti Show with Rico on 97.1 The Ticket. Valenti earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in...
06.10.2024
MSU joins Indy Autonomous Challenge, partners with Milan team
Michigan State University is racing into the future by participating in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, which officially launched in 2019 and brings together academic institutions and public-private partnerships to challenge university students from across the globe to invent and test...
06.07.2024
Risk from bird flu remains low for general public, says MSU expert.
State of the State is the monthly roundup of policy and research for the state of Michigan from MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR). Arnold Weinfeld is the associate director for the institute. Charley Ballard is an...
05.28.2024
MSU researchers embedded in the community are helping with Flint’s most pressing public health issues
The Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health focuses on population health from its home base – the College of Human Medicine’s Flint campus. Being embedded in the Flint community allows the faculty and researchers to understand the assets and...
05.17.2024
Walstrom Family Gift to MSU Supports Women’s Health Research, Medical Care
New endowed fund to foster next generation of women’s health leaders To close the gap between women’s health research and other scientific disciplines, Ward and Mari Walstrom of Harbor Springs have made a $1 million gift to bolster...
05.15.2024
Faculty career development a key component of MSU 2030 strategic plan
Teresa Mastin is vice provost and associate vice president for faculty and academic staff affairs at MSU. She joins Bill Beekman, vice president for strategic initiatives, to discuss progress on the implementation of the faculty and staff success theme of...
05.10.2024
State of the State podcast examines unionization momentum in the United States
Matt Grossmann, Charley Ballard, and Arnold Weinfeld from Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) discuss the latest in Michigan and national politics, policy, and the economy on the State of the State podcast, a monthly...
05.09.2024
MSU jazz professor, Detroit jazz icon elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rodney Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and director of Jazz Studies in the Michigan State University College of Music, is among the class of new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. With this honor,...
05.07.2024
Darien Harris talks business development and NIL for Spartan athletes
Darien Harris is Spartan Athletics’ assistant athletic director for business development and NIL strategy. He provides leadership for Michigan State Athletics’ award-winning NIL program, EverGreen. Harris is expanding his role and focusing on engagement and collaboration with local and...
05.07.2024
How spirituality is expanding beyond religion
Spirituality is declining in the United States if you focus on religious affiliation, but that isn’t the whole story according to Morgan Shipley, associate professor of religious studies at Michigan State University. A recent Pew Research Center survey reports that...
05.03.2024
Are you happy? MSU researchers discuss factors that impact our happiness
Are you happy? What is happiness exactly? Is it true what Abraham Lincoln is said to have said, that we’re just about as happy as we decide we want to be? Is happiness that simple? What is the World Happiness...
04.30.2024
Comprehensive student success approach helps Spartans flourish as students and citizens
Though many of us may think of student success as graduating and finding a good job, our three guests today will share with us that it is much more than that. We think of universities as places where students learn: ...
04.26.2024
MSU researchers on vaccine hesitancy and respectfully educating citizens
It takes only one case of measles or other vaccine-preventable diseases for an outbreak to begin. But vaccines can prevent or lessen the severity of conditions for everyone, according to Peter Gulick, professor of Osteopathic Medical Specialties at the...
04.25.2024
“Complex infrastructure” delivers power and water needs to a “complex institution”
Stewardship and Sustainability is a key theme in the MSU 2030 strategic plan. We discuss progress on implementation of this part of the plan with Bill Beekman, MSU’s vice president for strategic initiatives. Bill talks with Laura Young from the...
04.24.2024
MSU research, education and clinical care “meet the health needs of the entire state”
Michigan State University Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., M.D., M.H.S. and MSU Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Bill Beekman discuss progress on implementation of the sustainable health theme of the MSU 2030 strategic plan. ...
04.19.2024
3 MSU faculty named Senior Members of the 2024 National Academy of Inventors
Michigan State University researchers Evangelyn Alocilja, André Bachmann, and Richard Lunt have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors. The MSU researchers being honored have found that their research often presents a challenge that provides...
04.16.2024
Student success initiatives help more Spartans learn, thrive, and graduate
Student success is a key theme in the MSU 2030 strategic plan. Student success is the measure of an institution’s ability to provide an inclusive, equitable curriculum and environment with the academic, social, wellness and financial support that enables...
04.15.2024
Vision 2050 comprehensive facilities and land use plan a key component in MSU 2030 strategic plan
On this episode of MSU Today, a conversation on progress and implementation of a key objective in the Stewardship and Sustainability theme of the MSU 2030 strategic plan. The strategic plan calls for a new University Comprehensive Facilities and Land...
04.10.2024
MSU College of Human Medicine hosts inaugural Remembrance Conference to address gun violence
The conference provided attendees with actions and solutions they can take back to their institutions. There’s a burgeoning relationship between Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and the University of Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences....
04.08.2024
International artist visiting MSU for residency at intersection of art, science and technology
As part of Michigan State University’s 2024 MSUFCU Arts Power Up artists-in-residence, Abel Korinsky (representative of Studio Korinsky) of Berlin, Germany, is in residence during the spring semester. This inaugural open call for artists is a collaboration between the...
04.05.2024
MSU drives conversation, research on the future of work
You have likely heard about ChatGPT, and you might even have the application downloaded on your phone. But have you thought about how technology — and artificial intelligence specifically — will impact your job and the future of work? Michigan...
04.02.2024
Alumni Ashton Henderson and Jack Ebling reflect on MSU Com Art Sci’s impact on their lives and careers
Ashton Henderson and Jack Ebling are 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award honorees from MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Henderson received his bachelor’s in advertising in 2010 and his master’s in public relations in 2012. He is currently Spartan...
04.01.2024
Out of the Darkness MSU Campus Walk to inspire hope while raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention
Courtney Brown and Sarah Fay-Koutz are social workers with University Health and Wellbeing’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS). For the second year, CAPS is collaborating with the Michigan Chapter of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to hold an Out...
03.22.2024
MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines evolving Arab and Muslim voter preferences
Matt Grossmann, Charley Ballard, and Arnold Weinfeld discuss Michigan and national politics, policy, and the economy on the monthly State of the State podcast from MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR). The podcast is a monthly round...
03.19.2024
MSU’s Womxn of Color Initiatives hosting critically acclaimed performer Paige Hernandez as 2024 artist-in-residence
The Michigan State University Womxn of Color Initiatives, or WOCI, is hosting Paige Hernandez as its 2024 Artist-in-Residence. The sixth artist to participate in this program, Hernandez is a multidisciplinary artist and critically acclaimed performer, director, choreographer and playwright. She’s...
03.05.2024
MSU receives $25M to take lead on long-term health care needs of Michigan residents
Michigan State University has received a $25 million grant that will address the state’s critical shortage of direct care workers, or DCWs, by establishing a Direct Care Career Center that aims to increase pathways into the field and transform the...
03.03.2024
MSU program champions leadership opportunities for women in business
A game-changing gift to Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business seeks to address the gender gap and propel women graduates into the C-suite. The gift, from Priya Balasubramaniam (MBA ’01), establishes the Dashney Women’s Leadership Accelerator, or DWLA,...
02.22.2024
MSU Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff looks back on shared accomplishments as she moves into a new role of service to the university
Michigan State University interim president Teresa K. Woodruff elaborates on topics she covers in her February 2024 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by clicking on the communications tab at president.msu.edu. In her letter, President Woodruff looks back...
02.09.2024
Hip-hop pioneer shares “circle of wisdom” at MSU lecture series
MC Lyte is an American rapper, DJ, actress and entrepreneur. She is the first female of hip-hop’s emcees to release a solo album. She also opened doors for many to join what is now being celebrated as ’50 Years of...
02.08.2024
Meet Joyce DeJong, new dean of MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine
Joyce deJong is the new dean of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. An alumna of the college, she began her appointment on Feb. 5, 2024. A nationally recognized forensic pathologist, deJong (pronounced DEE-young) was a professor...
02.06.2024
Enduring MSU lecture series celebrates Black History Month
Marita Gilbert is the associate dean for diversity and campus inclusion in MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Gilbert talks about the 24th Annual Dr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series, one of MSU’s signature celebrations of Black History Month. The...
01.30.2024
Michigan State University campus safety and security update
Michigan State University Vice President and Chief Safety Officer Marlon Lynch provides a campus safety and security update. Throughout the past year, the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety (DPPS) has been hard at work enhancing several different campus...
01.26.2024
MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines Michigan redistricting and remapping process
Matt Grossmann and Arnold Weinfeld discuss Michigan and national politics, policy, and the economy on the monthly State of the State podcast from MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR). The podcast is a monthly round up of...
01.23.2024
Interim MSU President Teresa Woodruff’s January 2024 Spartan Community Letter
Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff elaborates on topics she covers in her January 2024 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by clicking on the communications tab at president.msu.edu. Conversation Highlights: (0:38) - What is...
01.17.2024
Alienware – Dell Technologies' gaming arm – invests in esports lounge at MSU
Thanks to a partnership with Dell Technologies and its iconic gaming brand, Alienware, a new space at Michigan State University provides an elite gaming environment for students to train and compete in esports at the highest level. Supported...
01.16.2024
“Crazy culinarian:” Shake up Dry January by experimenting, exploring nonalcoholic beverages
Adam Roy, food and beverage expert in Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business, has spent decades as a five-star chef and leader in the hospitality industry and is passionate about fermentation and nonalcoholic beverages. As the Dr. Lewis J....
01.09.2024
Survey to assess physical, mental, and social health and wellbeing of MSU students, faculty, and staff
MSU’s Health and Wellbeing (UHW) Division is conducting a university-wide health and wellbeing assessment that includes an anonymous survey. The purpose of this assessment is for UHW to gain a deeper understanding of issues impacting MSU students, faculty, and staff...
12.14.2023
MSU alumni making their mark in sound engineering and mixing in Hollywood
A group of MSU alumni are making their mark in audio and sound engineering and mixing in Hollywood. And they’re garnering Emmy nominations and awards, too. The group is affectionately known as the “audio mafia.” The common denominator is longtime...
12.11.2023
Meet Michigan State University President-elect Kevin M Guskiewicz
Kevin M. Guskiewicz, an accomplished neuroscientist, sports medicine researcher and academic leader, has been named the 22nd president of Michigan State University. The Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Guskiewicz, the 12th chancellor of the University of North...
12.06.2023
MSU semiconductor camp aims to generate excitement for semiconductors in eighth and ninth graders
Global competitors have incentivized the semiconductor manufacturing industry to the point that the U.S. share of commercial semiconductor manufacturing has declined 25 percent in the last 30 years, says Nelson Sepulveda, professor of electrical and computer engineering in MSU’s College...
12.05.2023
MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines recently passed financial disclosure legislation
Matt Grossmann, Charley Ballard, and host Arnold Weinfeld discuss Michigan and national politics, policy, and the economy on the monthly State of the State podcast from MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR). The trio’s guest this...
12.01.2023
Water Alliance amplifying MSU expertise and connecting with the community
The MSU Water Alliance brings together experts across the University to push the boundaries of discovery and find solutions to water-related challenges through research, education, and engagement with communities and industries. It’s the Water Alliance for Teaching, Engagement and Research....
11.29.2023
The MSU Museum is “rethinking its strategy and solidifying its place on campus”
MSU alumnus Devon Akmon is the director of the MSU Museum. Topics include the MSU Museum becoming a vital “third space” for students, being a catalyst for interdisciplinary teaching, learning, and research, and serving as a creative “collaboratory” for...
11.29.2023
New MSU Football Coach Jonathan Smith introduced to Spartan Nation
Jonathan Smith, who has led Oregon State to new heights during his tenure over the past six seasons, has been named Michigan State University’s 26th head football coach. Smith was introduced at a press conference on campus on November...
11.17.2023
Awareness key to avoiding counterfeit products when shopping online
Kari Kammel is the director of MSU’s Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) in the College of Social Science and an adjunct professor in Michigan State University’s College of Law. She is an expert on legal issues relating to...
11.16.2023
A look inside MSU’s perennial national powerhouse debate team
One of Michigan State University’s most dominant teams is not in the Athletic Department. It’s our perennial national powerhouse debate team. Director of Debate Carly Watson, Coach Will Repko, and team members Joanna Gusis and Miaomiao Zi discuss how...
11.16.2023
A conversation on artificial intelligence and how it’s impacting our lives
We’re exploring the topic of artificial intelligence on this episode of MSU Today. We are we now? And what’s on the horizon? The panel featured Bill Hart-Davidson, associate dean of graduate studies in the College of Arts and Letters...

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MSU Today with Russ White episodes:

MSU researchers discover honeybees can detect lung cancer

Growing research portfolio empowering MSU’s mission of impacting lives

A Catalyst for Change: Henry Ford Health, Michigan State University Celebrate Groundbreaking of Research Center in Detroit

The Spartan duo dominating Detroit radio

MSU joins Indy Autonomous Challenge, partners with Milan team

Risk from bird flu remains low for general public, says MSU expert.

MSU researchers embedded in the community are helping with Flint’s most pressing public health issues

Walstrom Family Gift to MSU Supports Women’s Health Research, Medical Care

Faculty career development a key component of MSU 2030 strategic plan

State of the State podcast examines unionization momentum in the United States

MSU jazz professor, Detroit jazz icon elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Darien Harris talks business development and NIL for Spartan athletes

How spirituality is expanding beyond religion

Are you happy? MSU researchers discuss factors that impact our happiness

Comprehensive student success approach helps Spartans flourish as students and citizens

MSU researchers on vaccine hesitancy and respectfully educating citizens

“Complex infrastructure” delivers power and water needs to a “complex institution”

MSU research, education and clinical care “meet the health needs of the entire state”

3 MSU faculty named Senior Members of the 2024 National Academy of Inventors

Student success initiatives help more Spartans learn, thrive, and graduate

Vision 2050 comprehensive facilities and land use plan a key component in MSU 2030 strategic plan

MSU College of Human Medicine hosts inaugural Remembrance Conference to address gun violence

International artist visiting MSU for residency at intersection of art, science and technology

MSU drives conversation, research on the future of work

Alumni Ashton Henderson and Jack Ebling reflect on MSU Com Art Sci’s impact on their lives and careers

Out of the Darkness MSU Campus Walk to inspire hope while raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention

MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines evolving Arab and Muslim voter preferences

MSU’s Womxn of Color Initiatives hosting critically acclaimed performer Paige Hernandez as 2024 artist-in-residence

MSU receives $25M to take lead on long-term health care needs of Michigan residents

MSU program champions leadership opportunities for women in business

MSU Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff looks back on shared accomplishments as she moves into a new role of service to the university

Hip-hop pioneer shares “circle of wisdom” at MSU lecture series

Meet Joyce DeJong, new dean of MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine

Enduring MSU lecture series celebrates Black History Month

Michigan State University campus safety and security update

MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines Michigan redistricting and remapping process

Interim MSU President Teresa Woodruff’s January 2024 Spartan Community Letter

Alienware – Dell Technologies' gaming arm – invests in esports lounge at MSU

“Crazy culinarian:” Shake up Dry January by experimenting, exploring nonalcoholic beverages

Survey to assess physical, mental, and social health and wellbeing of MSU students, faculty, and staff

MSU alumni making their mark in sound engineering and mixing in Hollywood

Meet Michigan State University President-elect Kevin M Guskiewicz

MSU semiconductor camp aims to generate excitement for semiconductors in eighth and ninth graders

MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast examines recently passed financial disclosure legislation

Water Alliance amplifying MSU expertise and connecting with the community

The MSU Museum is “rethinking its strategy and solidifying its place on campus”

New MSU Football Coach Jonathan Smith introduced to Spartan Nation

Awareness key to avoiding counterfeit products when shopping online

A look inside MSU’s perennial national powerhouse debate team

A conversation on artificial intelligence and how it’s impacting our lives

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