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This Juneteenth, we commemorate June 19, 1865, and honor the enduring legacy of freedom, resilience, and progress while reaffirming our commitment to inclusive excellence and creating communities where all can thrive.

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We have a little extra Spartan spirit today as we celebrate Sparty and all he represents to Spartans everywhere. Happy National Mascot Day to one of the best! 💚

🏆💚Congratulations to the MSU Center for Community Engaged Learning and all faculty, staff, students, and community partners whose commitment to community-engaged learning helped MSU earn this recognition for the third consecutive year!

For a third consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranks MSU #1 in service learning among public universities.

Each year, more than 25,000 MSU students register for community-engaged learning opportunities both in and beyond the classroom.

⚽️🔥As the 2026 World Cup approaches, heat is emerging as a major factor in player performance. MSU researcher David Ferguson studies how extreme heat affects elite athletes in motorsports, where rising core temperatures can impact reaction time, decision-making, and endurance. What happens in the driver’s seat offers important insight for what players may face on the field in the upcoming tournament 🔗go.msu.edu/Ferguson

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"Everybody loves a game,” says Jean Hardy, assistant professor with Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences. To help communities navigate digital equity and broadband issues, he and colleague Cory Heald partnered with Merit Network, Inc. to create a board game called “Connected Community." 🔗go.msu.edu/GamePlan

"Some lines are enforced by razor wire, but we can still get across them,” says MSU assistant professor Kirk Astle. During weekly writing workshops, MSU undergraduates and incarcerated college students discover common ground. 🔗go.msu.edu/WriteOn

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This month, we celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and reaffirm our commitment to fostering a culture rooted in love, respect, freedom, tolerance, equality and pride. We are proud to support communities where everyone can belong, thrive, and be their authentic selves. 💚

Congratulations to the MSU researchers leading an important PCORI-funded project focused on increasing stakeholder involvement in psychosis research. We’re especially proud to see UOE’s Miles McNall helping lead this work alongside a team of researchers committed to collaboration, lived experience, and patient-focused research.

How do you increase stakeholder involvement in psychosis research?

A team from Michigan State University, led by Drs. Katy Thakkar, Henry Cowan, John Waller, and Miles McNall, has received a funding award to find out how. This funding award is through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - PCORI.

To make sure all voices are heard, the researchers will develop a research infrastructure to facilitate ongoing consultation with people living with psychosis, clinicians, and caregivers with the goal of creating a lasting, patient-focused approach, where stakeholders work together as equal partners in clinical research focused on personal recovery.

Learn more here: https://psychology.msu.edu/news-events/news/increasing-psychosis-research-involvement.html

We're excited to welcome Cristián Doña-Reveco, Ph.D., as director of the Julian Samora Research Institute, effective August 1, 2026.
🔗 go.msu.edu/Dona-Reveco

“Returning to Michigan State University is especially meaningful to me,” Doña-Reveco said. “I look forward to reconnecting with the community that shaped my academic path and to guiding JSRI’s continued growth in the years ahead.”