* IBM announced in January 2009 that it was opening its first U. S. programming center in the former MSU Federal Credit Union headquarters in East Lansing for application software for governments, universities, etc.

In February 2009 it was announced that Sparrow and MSU formalized their partnership to increase research and faculty recruitment.

On February 28, 1992, Coronado carried out an arson attack on research facilities at Michigan State University ( MSU ), and released mink from a nearby research farm on campus, an action claimed by the ALF, and for which Coronado was subsequently convicted.

Carnegie Hall, the oldest original building on the present MSU campus, was erected a year later.

* Jim Cash: screenwriter of films such as Top Gun, Legal Eagles, Dick Tracy, and Anaconda, was a long-time resident of East Lansing and a professor at MSU.

Jane Meyer was a former organ student of the MSU Department of Music.

Brick City, located at 305 West Mill Street, was renovated for the Fall 2008 semester to house several elements of the MSU Art and Design department.

The MSU Army ROTC program was established in 1952.

In 2011 the university's executive M. B. A. program for students from China came under scrutiny after an article in the Springfield News-Leader questioned the financial relationship between Missouri State and its Hong Kong-based agent, alleging that students were paying double the amount that MSU was receiving.

Michigan State University ( MSU ) is a public research university located in East Lansing, Michigan, United States and is the first land-grant institution that was created to serve as a model for future land-grant colleges in the country under the 1862 Morrill Act.

MSU Dubai was the first American university with a presence in Dubai International Academic City, with classes beginning in August 2008.

MSU said the program would have needed 100-150 new students admitted each year to be viable, but was able to recruit only one-third of that number.

Albert Fert, an Adjunct professor at MSU, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Peter Grünberg.

There was a time when MSU lagged behind peer institutions in terms of endowments.

As recently as the early 1990s, MSU was last among the eleven Big Ten schools, with barely over $ 100 million in endowment funds.

Their overall record against the Wolverines currently stands at 32-67-5 and 23-34-2 since 1953 when the Paul Bunyan Trophy was established and MSU joined the Big Ten Conference.

Puerto Rican comedian Sunshine Logroño ( who has played the occasional Hollywood movie ) was a graduate student at MSU.

In the National Football League, MSU alumni include Carl Banks, who was a member of the Giants teams that won Super Bowls XXI and XXV.

Though MSU is now a large university, in the 19th century it was a small agricultural college known as the State Agricultural College of Michigan.

The costume, with a cartoonishly oversized head, bulging muscles, and a facial expression that treads a fine line between cute and pugnacious, was introduced to MSU fans during the 1989 football season.

The new 8-story building of the MSU College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids campus was named after Peter Secchia for his generous donation to the university.

After Appaswamy's death in 1939, Kantimati and their son, Kubernath, left to teach in Lucknow and worked in film in South India until Maharaja Pratap Singhrao Gaekwad called the Tanjorkars family back to Baroda in 1949, to teach in the music department in the Palace Kalavan which was later absorbed into MSU.

Faculty of Social Work at MSU was instituted on 15 March 1949.

The MSU Department of Biochemistry was awarded an Excellent status in 2006 by FIST a Government of India accreditation agency.

" The public affairs mission is emphasized and enhanced by designated Public Affairs Professorships and a Provost Fellow for Public Affairs, special scholarship programs, grant program, Excellence in Community Service Awards, a yearly week-long Missouri Public Affairs Academy for high school students, a campus-wide public affairs emphasis week and the annual MSU Public Affairs Conference which brings together a diverse group of speakers and panelist for public discussions of various aspects of the public affairs mission.

The National Communication Association ( NCA ) ranks MSU ’ s Ph. D. programs as No. 1 in educating researchers in the rapidly growing fields of health communication and communication technology.

MSU has over 200 academic programs offered by 17 degree granting colleges.

Global Engineering is a new subject that is of certain interest for not only the Cornerstone Engineering and Residential Experience programs but for the entire College of Engineering at MSU.

In addition to four-year degrees, MSU offers the following pre-professional programs:

During Dr. Olson's tenure, MSU added a significant number of undergraduate and graduate programs.

Early availability of high-speed Internet in 1996, as well as the MSU, Cooley Law School, and Lansing Community College student body population, fostered an intellectual environment for information technology companies to incubate.

* Slovenia has provided a platoon of military police ( about 22 ) for the Italian-led Multinational Specialized Unit ( MSU ) in Sarajevo since January 1999 ;

* Ryan Miller: Hobey Baker winner at MSU, NHL goalie for the Buffalo Sabres, an NHL All-Star in 2007, and goalie for the U. S. hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In this category, MSU is the second highest ranked public school in Missouri and fifth overall for undergraduates.

In front of Meyer Library is the five-level, multi-jet John Q. Hammons Fountain ( named for the MSU alumnus and hotel developer ).

MSU ’ s IDEA Commons beat 34 other institutions, including two other finalists, North Carolina State University and the University of Memphis, for the award.

IMEC then provides MSU with a cohort of a minimum of 30 students, and the sponsors send MSU the students ’ applications for review.

MSU is a charter member of the Ohio Valley Conference in NCAA Division I and sponsors 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women.

In September 2005, current president Lou Anna Simon called for MSU, one of the public ivy institutions, to become the global model leader for Land Grant institutions by the year 2012.

MSU made plans for the existing students to transfer either to the main campus in East Lansing or to other universities in the UAE.

The hotel has 160 rooms and suites which can accommodate anyone staying in East Lansing for a business conference, sporting event or an on-campus visit, but it originally served as a dormitory for MSU students.