Nicole Forrester,a doctoral student in sports psychology, will compete in the Beijing Olympics where she will represent Canada as its sole high-jumper.
Publish Date: July 23, 2008 | Multimedia: 
Just as Michigan State University’s turfgrass scientists are busy building the portable athletic field for the Beijing Olympics, the university has launched a Web site highlighting this and other high-profile projects relating to China.
Publish Date: July 23, 2008
MSU helped celebrate the 90th birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela on July 19 with a specially designed exhibit opening and an announcement of a curatorial fellowship at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu, South Africa.
Publish Date: July 22, 2008 | Multimedia: 
New research led by a Michigan State University scholar refutes commonly held stereotypes that overweight workers are lazier, more emotionally unstable and harder to get along with than their “normal weight” colleagues.
Publish Date: July 18, 2008 | Multimedia:
MSU zoology professor Kay Holekamp is considered one of the world's leading experts on spotted hyenas. Holekamp and her students are in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve conducting research to answer fundamental research questions in the areas of disease ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation.
Publish Date: July 18, 2008 | Multimedia:
Michigan State University sports medicine physician Larry Nassar will be on the sidelines as team physician for the U.S. men’s and women’s gymnastics teams at the Olympics in Beijing this summer when this year’s teams are on the floor.
Publish Date: July 17, 2008 | Multimedia:
The university’s world-famous turf team has been contracted to help China build a portable athletic turf in the new Beijing National Stadium, aka the Bird’s Nest. The turf will support the Olympics’ main track and field competitions and the gold medal soccer match, as well as future events.
Publish Date: July 16, 2008 | Multimedia: 
Recent research by Michigan State University doctoral student Jennifer Smith has shed new light on the way spotted hyenas live together and – more importantly – hunt for their food alone.
Publish Date: July 16, 2008 | Multimedia:
Chinese officials have tapped Michigan State University’s renowned turf scientists to help build a portable athletic field for this summer’s Olympics in Beijing National Stadium.
Publish Date: July 15, 2008 | Multimedia:
Michigan State University will help celebrate the 90th birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela on Saturday, July 19, with a specially designed exhibit opening at the Nelson Mandela National Museum in Mthatha, South Africa. Mandela is scheduled to attend the event.
Publish Date: July 14, 2008 | Multimedia:
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