VOL. 36, NO. 14 - MARCH 31, 2005

Team continues with RIA efforts

Photos by University Relations Two for Four! For the first time in MSU history, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will be playing in the NCAA Final Four. The men, who beat Kentucky 94-88 in a double-overtime thriller on March 27, will face North Carolina in St. Louis on Saturday, April 2. Tipoff is tenatively scheduled for 8:47 p.m. The men’s title game will take place on Monday, April 4, at 9:18 p.m. Games will be broadcast on CBS. The women, who defeated Stanford 76-69 on March 29, will face Tennessee in Indianapolis on Sunday, April 3. Tipoff is tenatively scheduled for 9:30 p.m. The women’s title game will take place on Tuesday, April 5, at 8:30 p.m. Games will be broadcast on ESPN. The men’s Saturday game will be broadcast live at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center. The doors open at 6 p.m. There will be no charge for parking or admission and concession stands will be offering special menu pricing. The men’s team is making its fourth Final Four appearance in seven years, more than any other team. Before this year, the Spartan women had never been as far as the Sweet Sixteen round. Michigan State becomes the sixth school to send teams to both the men's and women's Final Four. Connecticut did it just last year and each team won the national title, the only time that has happened in Division I play.

Michigan lawmakers met with U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman earlier this month, making sure awareness of the importance of the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) project remained high, urging the secretary to move forward and to recognize the MSU campus as a leading contender to be home to the $1 billion project. (Full Story)

Students meet the world in Japan

Some MSU students and incoming freshmen are having part of their Spartan experience about 6,500 miles away. (Full Story)

Moot court teams win top honors

Teams from MSU College of Law won top honors in leading national moot court competitions earlier this month. (Full Story)

'Realizing the Vision'
input sought

MSU Acting Provost John Hudzik is asking for faculty input on a number of academic initiatives designed to strengthen the academic programs and reputation of MSU. (Full Story)

Annual awards honor campus diversity efforts

Individuals, teams, and units and organizations at MSU will be honored for their innovation and outstanding efforts to promote and achieve diversity. (Full Story)

Faculty Conversation
with David Carter, professor of criminal justice

(Full Story)

NSCL: Making history for more than 40 years

The phrase “cutting edge” has turned into quite the cliché. But when it comes to the work that is done day in and day out at MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclo-tron Laboratory (NSCL), nothing else seems quite appropriate. (Full Story)

'U' training tomorrow's nuclear physicists

Not only is MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) staffed by some of the world’s top nuclear physicists, it is also staffed by some of the world’s soon-to-be top nuclear physicists. (Full Story)

Building RIA – 'U' ready

While funding remains an issue – some may say a potential roadblock – the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) project remains first and foremost on many of the scientific minds at MSU. (Full Story)

NSCL open house April 23

MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23. (Full Story)

MSU scientists honored by research journal

Two MSU researchers were recently honored by not only having papers published in the peer-review journal, “Journal of Biological Chemistry,” but also earning the additional recognition of “papers of the week.” (Full Story)