Water Alliance director Joan Rose delivers keynote at MSU advanced degree commencement
MSU Water Alliance director Joan Rose delivered the keynote address at Michigan State University’s Fall 2025 advanced degree commencement ceremony.
MSU researcher brings rapid diagnostics expertise to IJC’s Health Professionals Advisory Board
MSU professor and researcher Evangelyn Alocilja is contributing her expertise in rapid diagnostics to the International Joint Commission’s Health Professionals Advisory Board (HPAB).
Understanding PFAS
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, what they are, how they affect us, where they come from, and what we can do.
Research Spotlight: What happens when you cross a worm with a robot?
MSU Professor Xiaobo Tan and his team took inspiration from worms to create robots that easily maneuver through corrugated pipes which are vital for agricultural operations.
Spartans Making a Difference: Safeguarding Fish and Public Health
This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists, and students making a difference feature hidden viruses in lake trout, health disparities in wastewater, and chemical risks in drinking water mapped by AI.
Spartans Making a Difference: Toward Smarter Farms and Healthier Cities
This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists, and students making a difference feature smarter farm technology, biodiversity in vacant lots, and new evidence linking lead in food to health risks.
Meijer speaks with WILX-TV 10 about upcoming Bubble Barrier pilot
Lansing is preparing to launch the first Bubble Barrier in the U.S., an emerging technology that uses a stream of air bubbles to push plastic out of the Grand River before it enters the Great Lakes.
MSU Water Alliance hosts networking event to support early-career professionals
Dozens of MSU graduate students, postdocs, and professors gathered on Oct. 16, 2025, for an Early Career Professionals Networking Event hosted by the MSU Water Alliance.
Spartans Making a Difference: Mekong Floods, Maternal PFAS Risks, and Climate-Driven Gas Reactions
This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists, and students making a difference feature climate impacts on Mekong River flooding, PFAS exposure linked to maternal mental health, and natural gas reactions driven by underground water and rock interactions.
Shoreline armoring of Michigan’s Lake Michigan coast increased fivefold during the latest period of high water
Starting in 2014, Lake Michigan, like the other Great Lakes, experienced increasingly high water levels, peaking in 2020. As water levels and wave energy increased during this time period, so did beach, dune, and bluff erosion.
New field guide to aquatic invasive plants in Michigan released by MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams
The Michigan State University Extension Center for Lakes and Streams released a new resource for anyone who spends time near Michigan’s waterways.
Climate Change Theatre Action brings art and ecology to MSU
MSU hosted a two-day Climate Change Theatre Action event at Beal Botanical Garden and the Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center. It combined performance, ecological learning, and community dialogue as a way to confront climate change.