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The MSU Innovation Center transforms research into real-world impact through corporate research partnerships, technology transfer, and startup support.
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We're Hiring: Associate Director of MSU Technologies
Lead compliance operations for MSU's tech transfer office. Oversee IP agreements, ensure regulatory adherence, and mentor a team.
Open until Feb 18th
Apply: bit.ly/3ZBzRf0
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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MSU’s Burgess New Venture Challenge returns April 9th, supporting student founders with funding and mentorship.

Learn more about this event and register at hubs.la/Q0403KmX0.
February 12, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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MSU’s Burgess New Venture Challenge returns April 9th, supporting student founders with funding and mentorship.

Learn more about this event and register at hubs.la/Q0403KmX0.
February 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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We're Hiring: Associate Director of MSU Technologies
Lead compliance operations for MSU's tech transfer office. Oversee IP agreements, ensure regulatory adherence, and mentor a team.
Open until Feb 18th
Apply: bit.ly/3ZBzRf0
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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MSU celebrates 60 years of plant science excellence at the MSU‑DOE Plant Research Laboratory, bringing together over 100 past and present members to honor a legacy of research and innovation.
Read more: bit.ly/3Q1XyqT
#MSUInnovation #PlantScience
February 4, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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We're Hiring: Associate Director of MSU Technologies
Lead compliance operations for MSU's tech transfer office. Oversee IP agreements, ensure regulatory adherence, and mentor a team.
Open until Feb 18th
Apply: bit.ly/3ZBzRf0
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Two MSU Engineering faculty have been named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers, placing their work in the top 1% of global citations.
Read more: bit.ly/3Q1XyqT
#MSUInnovation #Engineering
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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From Seed To Spirit spotlights MSU & Mammoth Distilling’s revival of Rosen Rye and Michigan’s first hybrid rye breeding program. Read more: innovationcenter.msu.edu/fr... #MSUInnovation #Agriculture
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Counting Every Tree spotlights MSU + IORA Nature Tech’s AI platform that maps individual trees for precise carbon accounting. Read more: innovationcenter.msu.edumsu... #MSUInnovation #ClimateSolutions
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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From Molecule to Medicine spotlights IASO Therapeutics and its Q‑beta synthetic vaccine platform, designed to fight resistant bacteria, viruses, and cancer. Read more: innovationcenter.msu.edu/ia... #MSUInnovation #TechTransfer
December 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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MSU’s Beal Botanical Garden is now BGCI-accredited—first in Michigan to earn this honor. “We are working to make our world a better place,” said Katie Fry. To read more, click here: bit.ly/3Q1XyqT #MSUInnovation #TechTransfer #BealGarden #PlantConservation
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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The 2025 MSU Innovation Center Annual Report is here! From restoring Michigan’s Rosen Rye with Mammoth Distilling, to launching IORA Nature Tech’s AI-powered carbon mapping platform, and advancing synthetic vaccine technology with IASO Therapeutics. Read more: bit.ly/3Q1XyqT #MSUTech
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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MSU’s Federica Brandizzi has been named director of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab. “I am honored to serve… and to work with such an outstanding group of scientists,” she said. To read more, click here: innovationcenter.msu.edu/fe...

#MSUInnovation #PlantScience #ResearchImpact #LeadershipInScience
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Brian Wright, Ph.D., RTTP, CLP, has been hired as the new Executive Director of MSUT following a competitive nationwide search. To read more, click here: innovationcenter.msu.edu/brian-wright...

#Leadership #MSUT
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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MSU will receive a 2025 Golden Goose Award for the scientific success and global impact of cisplatin. To read more, click here: innovationcenter.msu.edu/msus-cisplat...

#Cisplatin #CancerResearch #MSU #GoldenGooseAward #ScientificDiscovery #HealthcareInnovation #CuriosityDrivenResearch
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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AIMBE has inducted Christopher H. Contag, director of MSU's Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, into its College of Fellows. To read more, click here: buff.ly/bZYjnqU

#AIMBE #BiomedicalEngineering #MedicalInnovation #MolecularImaging #MSUEngineering #EngineeringExcellence
August 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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A team at MSU are collaborating with researchers at UC, Riverside to create a new light-activated “smart” bomb to treat aggressive breast cancer. To read more, click here: buff.ly/jGx4UWp

#BreastCancerResearch #SpartansWill #CancerTreatment #Biochemistry #ChemicalEngineering #InnovativeTherapies
August 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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MSU’s Child Development Lab is making an exciting expansion to Lansing’s Eastside, bringing its top-tier early childhood education programs to a new state-of-the-art facility on Michigan Avenue. To read more, click here: buff.ly/yqXOZOZ

#ChildDevelopmentLab #EarlyChildhoodEd #LansingEastside
June 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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A study from MSU's College of Human Medicine and DePaul University finds in-person mental health treatment to be more successful for young patients, despite a growing number of apps and online support. To read more, click here: buff.ly/EMEgUvT

#YouthMentalHealth #AnxietyAwareness #ChronicCondition
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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MSU has named 9 recipients of the 2025 MSU International Awards, presented by International Studies and Programs. The International Awards program is now in it's 35th year. To read more, click here: buff.ly/RQQkqXP

#MSUInternationalAwards #GlobalImpact #SpartanPride #InternationalStudies
June 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Paul Reiss and Mike Meadows have turned their love of ice cream into business venture Protein Pints. After a successful start, Protein Pints is now preparing to launch in about 1,800 Kroger stores. To read more, click here: buff.ly/rbQjKqG

#ProteinPints #StartupSuccess #Entrepreneurship #IceCream
June 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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PRHI announced the winners of the 2025 Patient Safety Technology Challenge Grand Awards at CES® 2025. Among the notable runners-up was Reel Free, a team from MSU, recognized as the MSU Student Startup of the Year 2024. To read the article, click here: buff.ly/UB4owfn

#PatientSafety #HealthTech
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Michigan State University's Broad College of Business is fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs through their Entrepreneurship Camp for high school students. To read the article, click here: buff.ly/gYh529T

#Entrepreneurship #BusinessEducation #DiversityInBusiness #FutureLeaders #MSUBroad
May 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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MSU researchers are tackling challenges that impact our environment, health and future well-being. Nick Haddad, Gemma Reguera, Laura McCabe and Michael Thoennessen were just recognized as 2024 fellows of AAAS. To read more, click here: buff.ly/qsJHvDM

#MSU #AAASFellows #ScientificExcellence
May 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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The journey of CMP4, MSU's middle school mathematics curriculum, marks a huge milestone this academic year as it transitions from development to active classroom use. This fourth edition builds on a legacy spanning over 30 years. To read more, click here: buff.ly/MUsFfXs

#CMP4 #EducationInnovation
May 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM