From 1983 to 2003, nearly 27,000 young boys and men fled civil war in the Republic of Sudan. These “Lost Boys of Sudan” trekked 1,000 miles across Africa only to face starvation, wild animals and disease.
Publish Date: Aug. 20, 2008
Michigan State University is participating in a cross-university collaboration that will bring international news closer to home.
Publish Date: Aug. 19, 2008
The roots, the rhythms and the richness that connect cultures from across America and around the world converge in downtown East Lansing Aug. 8-10 for the MSU Museum's Great Lakes Folk Festival.
Publish Date: Aug. 01, 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: 

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: 

As China's global influence continues to grow, a Michigan State University scholar has created the first online video game for teaching Chinese culture and language.
Publish Date: June 24, 2008 | Multimedia: 

It's the online game with an odd name—"Zon/New Chengo"—and an ambitious mission: Provide folks around the world with a fun yet educational way to learn about China.
Publish Date: June 24, 2008 | Multimedia: 


When General Patton's Third United States Army liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945, American soldiers and visitors were astonished to find 904 children and youth—all boys in a men's camp—among the 21,000 surviving prisoners.
Publish Date: June 23, 2008 | Multimedia: 


Michigan State University professor Kenneth Waltzer, director of Jewish Studies, is part of a group of 15 other scholars from North America, Europe and Israel who have traveled to Bad Arolsen, Germany, to be the first to examine and study records and items from the Holocaust at the newly opened Red Cross International Tracing Service Archives.
Publish Date: June 23, 2008 | Multimedia: 
Publish Date: May 29, 2008
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