Citizen Scholars Program Funds Study Abroad and New Research

With help from the Citizen Scholars program, sophomore Claire Gault spent this past summer traveling throughout China and studying at Harbin Institute of Technology, located in Northeastern China. She also received funding from Citizen Scholars to establish a composting program in her residence hall. A double major in Professional Writing and Chinese, Gault is a member of the Citizen Scholars…

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Hart-Davidson Appointed Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Bill Hart-Davidson recently took over as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education and now oversees all activities associated with Research and Graduate Education in MSU’s College of Arts & Letters. This new appointment became effective August 16, 2017. “I am looking forward to helping continue an exciting transformation of the research culture in the College of Arts & Letters to…

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Improving Health Care Through Technology and Research

A College of Arts & Letters faculty member is helping establish a research presence at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing while focusing on enhancing patient care through the use of information technology. Dawn Opel, Assistant Professor of Digital Media and User Experience in MSU’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, is one of the first two Research Fellows named by…

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Researcher Awarded Grant to Investigate Dialects in Children

Associate Professor Cristina Schmitt is leading the way in one area of linguistics research and recently was awarded a three-year $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance that research even further. Schmitt, who is a faculty member of MSU’s Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, is using the NSF funding to investigate first…

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Research and Awards Presented at Religious Studies Conference

This year, five undergraduate students majoring in Religious Studies were featured at the Religious Studies Undergraduate Research Conference and Awards Presentation. Two of the five students, Addison Bordine and Emma Pittsley, presented their research and senior thesis. Pittsley’s thesis, “The Student’s Path to Developing a Social Enterprise,” focused on the ground work in planning an organization to support interfaith families.…

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Finding Success in Linguistics Research

Attending Michigan State University was an easy choice for Linguistics major Scott Nelson, whose parents both graduated from MSU, but determining a major wasn’t as easy until he found a home in the College of Arts & Letters and Linguistics. “I randomly discovered Linguistics, found out more, and fell in love with it sort of superficially, but when I came…

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Students to Present Research at MSU’s UURAF

More than 900 undergraduate students will present their research at the 19th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), with College of Arts & Letters students making up a large portion of the poster and oral presentations. At this year’s UURAF, which takes place Friday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the MSU Union, 928 undergraduate…

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MFA Exhibition Features Work of Five Artists

The creative research of five Master of Fine Arts degree candidates will be on display March 17-April 1 at MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum as part of the 2017 Department of Art, Art History, and Design MFA Thesis Exhibition.The MFA Exhibition will feature the work of Ladan Bahmani, Kristen Franyutti, Elyse Gambino, Jordan Smith, and Chelsea Young, which…

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MFA Candidate Explores Scientific Interests Through Art

As a graduate student in the Masters of Fine Arts program at Michigan State University, Kristen Franyutti explores her scientific interests in the form of sculptures and paintings. Her most recent projects act as her creative thesis and question the ethical issues associated with scientific advances. These works will be on display at the 2017 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition March 17-April…

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Students Research How Reading Affects the Brain

Within the Digital Humanities & Literary Cognition Lab (DHLC), based in the Department of English at Michigan State University, students with diverse skills conduct interdisciplinary research, seeking answers to important literary questions.More than 30 graduate and undergraduate students with a variety of majors from across the University, including literature, education, neuroscience and computer science, currently work together in the lab, exploring…

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