MSU’s State-of-the-Art Digital Scholarship Lab First of Its Kind in U.S.

A state-of-the-art Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) that includes a 360-degree immersive visualization room, the first of its kind at any university in the United States, will officially open at Michigan State University’s Main Library on Monday, February 5, with several opening week events planned for February 5-9.

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MSUFCU Gifts $1M to MSU Broad Art Museum for Expansion Project

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, or MSU Broad, was awarded $1 million from the MSU Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) in support of an expansion across Grand River Avenue that will provide increased access and research for the MSU Broad’s 7,500-piece permanent collection. The B2 Art Lab will provide additional exhibition spaces for its collection and a research center focused…

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Technical Theatre Student Works on FX Series

When The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story premieres on FX today (Wednesday, January 17), senior Technical Theatre major Savannah McComb will be watching and looking back on her role working on the show. This past summer, McComb worked as a Production Assistant for the FX TV series, American Crime Story. She was hired for the upcoming season, which explores the…

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Life’s Blueprints: Designing The Structure Of Our Professional Lives

Last year at this time, we spoke of beginnings and routine, of resolve and the quotidian habits required to weave them into a meaningful life. We set our intention to focus on five priorities through which we in the College of Arts & Letters will chart a path to national and international leadership in Arts and Humanities education and scholarship.

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Alumna’s Work Part of the Public Art of Chicago

When the Chicago Public Art Group asked Renee Robbins to paint a public mural in a Lincoln Park neighborhood, it offered an exciting challenge for the 2005 Studio Art MFA alumna, who typically paints smaller works in her studio.Robbins spent more than 16 weeks designing and painting the mural, which now appears on both sides of a pedestrian underpass at Fullerton and Lake Shore…

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Pop Culture and Animation from the Other Side of the World

Senior Japanese major Lily McCormick has traveled more than 6,300 miles to participate in the Kakehashi Project, a short-term exchange program to Tokyo, Japan, that, for this particular trip, is focusing on pop culture and animation. Through the Kakehashi Project, McCormick and 24 other students were selected to travel from the United States to Japan January 8-16 to deepen their understanding of animation…

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