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.
Providing care for Olympic gymnasts for more than 20 years, Nassar easily drops the names of star gymnasts Kerri Strug, Shannon Miller and Dominique Dawes into the conversation.
But despite the gymnastic star power that has been a part of his life for so many years, he never takes his eye off the bottom line. More »
Six feet, four and three-quarter inches. High-jumper Nicole Forrester had soared up and over the towering height many times.
But on July 6, as the MSU doctoral student began bounding toward her third and final attempt, the bar once again became the only barrier to her ultimate goal.
She cleared it. More »
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.
With the findings, employers are urged to guard against the use of weight-based stereotypes when it comes to hiring, promoting or firing. More »
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. More »
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.
The MSU team, led by professor John “Trey” Rogers, gained prominence by first introducing portable turf at the 1994 World Cup at the Pontiac Silverdome – the first time World Cup soccer was played indoors. More »
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Two students from Detroit’s John R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy view an exhibit at the MSU Museum on July 17. The students were on campus attending a three-day overnight German Camp where they learned about German language and culture. More information about Spartan Youth Camps. Photo by G.L. Kohuth
Listen to a conversation with Sam Puryear, head coach of MSU men's golf, as he talks about his coaching philosophy and his passion for bringing golf to minority young people. More Podcasts »
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