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Planting saplings for a brighter future

Planting saplings for a brighter future

For the eighth consecutive year, MSU was named a Tree Campus USA, joining the ranks of several U.S. universities and colleges who have demonstrated a commitment to fostering a tree-friendly campus. Tree Campus USA designations are made by the Arbor Day Foundation based on an application outlining adherence

Nature talks

Nature talks

The other day I was walking to campus along College Street and decided to cut through Wally Byam park. Along the sidewalk, MSU has planted a variety of different flowers, including petunias and pansies. As I walked past the short stretch of garden, the soft, sweet smell of these flowers

Professor scores spores award

Dr. Cathy Cripps of MSU’s Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology was awarded the prestigious W.H. Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching for her work in mycology at the collegiate level in July. Mycology is the scientific study of fungi, a field that has interested Cripps ever

Astro Weekly: A Special Shoutout to Trees

A few hundred years before the ancient Egyptians constructed the Pyramids of Giza, a seed germinated in the soil of western North America. Today, nearly 5,000 years later, that seed lives on as Methuselah—the current oldest tree on Earth. This tree came into existence when the world population

MSU speaks for the trees this Arbor Day

The Canadian rock band, Rush, said it best when they sang, “there is unrest in the forest. There is trouble with the trees for the maples want more sunlight and the oaks ignore their pleas.” In their song “The Trees,” they give human qualities to oak and maple trees to