VOL. 36, NO. 19 - JUNE 16, 2005

Photo by Kurt Stepnitz Ranjan Mukherjee, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, demonstrates a robotic arm that is being developed at MSU. Once completed, the technology will allow a health-care provider to do a breast exam, as well as collect ultrasound images, from a remote location. The project is a joint venture of the College of Engineering and the Department of Surgery.

Robotic arm capable of breast exams

Women living in remote areas who don’t have easy access to health care will someday be able to have a potentially life-saving breast exam thanks to robotic technology being developed at MSU. (Full Story)

Cyclotron brings beam to rest, advances research

Scientists at MSU have developed a technique that puts the brakes on isotopes that are moving at nearly half the speed of light, or about 90,000 miles per second, giving the researchers the opportunity to study them more closely. (Full Story)

Board approves provost, two dean positions

The MSU Board of Trustees has approved the appointment
of Kim Wilcox as provost and vice president for academic affairs. The appointment, which is effective Aug. 1, was approved by the board at a special June 7 meeting. (Full Story)

Dean of human medicine to step down

Glenn C. Davis, dean of the College of Human Medicine (CHM) at MSU, has resigned from that position effective June 30. (Full Story)

MSU grounded in campus history

Students are digging on-campus life here. (Full Story)

Digging in the dirt for life's biochemical foundations

It seems a mighty feat for a microscopic fungus built from threadlike filaments. But collectively, these spindly mushroom relatives help move several billion tons of nutrients out of the soil and into plants each year. Now, new MSU-supported research on the movement of nitrogen brings into sharper focus this underground process at the root of nearly all of Earth’s food chains. (Full Story)

New life after financial fraud

Even the most fraudulent corporations may be able to improve their stock prices after being caught in financial reporting scandals – if they are willing to commit to more outside control of their operations going forward. (Full Story)

Expert panel calls for more physical activity for youth

A national panel, which includes an exercise physiologist from MSU, says exercise levels for school-age children have dropped dramatically over the years and recommends that young people should participate in 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day. (Full Story)

Congressman visits cyclotron

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