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ADVISERS APPOINTED ON RVSM ISSUESStanley calls on Campbell, Munford new university president, on the Know More @MSU based systemic change at

Stanley recognized the need climate survey results and MSU,” Campbell said. “We to help improve campus culture to have advisers work closer best practices for campus need institutional courage to

with the administration on an response to RVSM issues; and continue healing our commu-I N S I D E M S U S T A F F the RVSM Expert Advisory improved RVSM response. serve as liaisons with other nity, and I’m optimistic that //T ITLE IX & C IVIL R IGHTS Workgroup and a psychology RVSM-related groups and we can create change that “What happened at MSU was professor, and Andrea Mun- initiatives on campus. benefits all survivors of sex-a horrible tragedy, and the in-President Samuel L. Stanley ford, a lieutenant with MSU Campbell Munford ual assault and relationship stitution failed survivors and “In my research and through-Jr., M.D., has appointed two Police Department’s Center violence.”members of our community,” out my career, I’ve witnessed presidential advisers to sup- for Trauma-Informed Investi- critical issues head on.”Stanley said. “I am confident far too many times how the Campbell will retain her cur-port and drive the university’s gative Excellence, will report that the expertise, credibility Campbell and Munford will climate and culture of an rent role as a tenured facul-efforts to address relation- directly to Stanley to provide and commitment of Rebecca work to coordinate meetings institution impact how rela- ty member and continue her ship violence and sexual guidance and make strategic Campbell and Andrea Mun- between survivors of sexual tionship violence and sexual misconduct issues. recommendations. ford will help MSU take the assault and the president; de- misconduct incidents are Rebecca Campbell, chair of In his first few weeks as the necessary steps to address velop a strategic plan based treated, and we need broad- > > A D V I S E R S see pg. 4

RHS WORKERS READY MSU FOR 20,000 STUDENTSM A D D I E C U R L E Y// C A M P U S L I F E ON THE WEB

To learn more about Residential and While many on-campus faculty and Hospitality Services, visit rhs.msu.edu.staff may experience a lull during the summer months when most students are away, employees with Residential to one of five departments.and Hospitality Services are busy serv- Residence Education and Housing ing sports and kids camps, overseeing program, focused on safety, conflict Services, or REHS, focuses on a variety events and housing summer school mediation, diversity and inclusion and of areas that impact students’ overall students — while also preparing to community building facilitated by Kay on-campus living experience. welcome the nearly 20,000 students and her team.

In East Neighborhood, Jennifer Kay, who will be living in university housing “It’s our job to support students in cri-REHS community director for Hub-once fall semester begins. sis,” Kay said. “Whether it’s mediating bard Hall, is moving in 1,200 students, MSU is home to 27 residence halls in a conflict, solving a facilities issue or including 24 resident assistants, this five neighborhoods and three apart- managing a safety or health concern, week. ment communities, making it among we work with many different cam-

To ensure RAs are prepared to take on the largest single-campus housing pus groups to ensure residents know the responsibility of supporting their systems in the country. All of which is residents all year long, they must com-maintained by nearly 1,400 full- and plete a two-week, after-hours training part-time RHS employees who belong > > H O U S I N G see pg. 2

At left and below, team members from Brody's facilities crew assist sum-mer students moving out of Bailey Hall. The move, which involves turning over the hall for incoming fall students in a 24-hour period, is part of RHS' efforts to welcome nearly 20,000 students to on-campus living.

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MUSEUM ATTRACTION INSPIRED BY FRIB, NSCLI M P R E S S I O N 5 S T A F F education programs and // T E C H N O L O G Y an important foundation

for 21st century careers,” Lansing's Impression 5 said President Samuel L. Science Center has opened Stanley Jr., M.D. “This is a an interactive science fun way to kindle family exhibit that is inspired by and students’ interest, and the positive, life-changing we’re thrilled to be a part nuclear science research of the collaboration.”happening now at MSU’s

The 1,500 square-foot in-National Superconducting teractive exhibit provides a Cyclotron Laboratory and dynamic space for children in the future at the Facility and families to explore for Rare Isotope Beams.atoms, smash them, create

From atoms and isotopes rare isotopes, observe to cosmic rays, “SMASH: cosmic rays and challenge A Nuclear Adventure” their understanding of encourages children and what’s possible through families to explore the discoveries in nuclear sci-world of nuclear science ence. An important aspect and the building blocks of of the exhibit is a series the universe in a meaning- of videos that highlight a ful and relevant way. diverse group of individu-“STEM education — als who contribute to the science, technology, engi- work happening at MSU’s neering and mathematics NSCL and FRIB.— is a growing com-ponent of many higher > > E X H I B I T see pg. 2

Callan Maxwell, a member of WKAR's Curious Crew, takes part in the new Impression 5 exhibit. P H O T O // D E R R I C K L . T U R N E R

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AUG. 30 FOOTBALL GAME PARKING INFO

Find a complete list of employee parking lot closures in advance of the Aug. 30 home football game.

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EMPLOYEE MEAL PLAN OPTIONS AVAILABLE

Employees can expedite the on-campus dining process with a quick swipe of their MSU ID when they purchase a meal plan.

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HR LEADER WELCOMES STAFF TO 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEARS H A R O N B U T L E R pus begins to turn into the forward to learning more about this important work. // H U M A N R E S O U R C E S vibrant and beautiful fall at about his vision for MSU in The HR Solutions Center is

MSU. This the days and months ahead. your main point of contact Editor’s note: Sharon Butler fall we’re As MSU’s workforce, you are for questions regarding serves as the assistant also expe- a vital component of this benefits or employment. vice president for Human riencing new chapter in MSU’s story. This team is dedicated to Resources. a change Thank you for all you do customer service as their

in leader- for our students — whether number one priority. You On behalf of MSU Human ship, with it’s behind the scenes or can reach them via phone Resources, welcome to a President face-to-face. Not all of you (517-353-4434), email new academic year at MSU. Stanley may interact with students hrmail@msu.edu or in-per-There is no better season officially Butler on a regular basis, but each son at 110 Nisbet Building. than the fall to represent taking of you contributes to their Thank you for all you con-the season of change MSU office as of Aug. 1. success through the work tribute to the continuing is in. Students begin to ap- you do every day.We’re very excited to have success of MSU and accept pear on campus once more, President Stanley leading MSU HR is here to help my best wishes for a suc-construction signs start to the university, and we look support you as you go cessful academic year.disappear, and the cam-

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RECORD APPS PROPEL INCOMING CLASSMore than 8,500 students are predicted to start their first year Aug. 28, comfortably reaching MSU’s admissions goal behind record applications. The university this year started accepting the Common Application, which allows students to apply for multiple colleges through one online portal. With more than 44,000 applications, MSU saw numbers from domestic out-of-state applicants nearly double, and international applications grew by one-third. In-state applications also rose, and MSU will continue to enroll more Michigan residents than any other institution. Total university-fund-ed student financial aid will rise by 7.1% for 2019-20. Final enrollment numbers will not be available until after the university’s deadline for tuition refunds Sept. 23.

NEW DIRECTOR OF THE LEADERSHIP FOR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED NAMED IN FLINTMieka Smart has been appointed the new direc-tor of the College of Human Medicine Leader-ship for the Medically Under-served certificate program. LMU is a Flint-based certificate program for CHM medical stu-dents especially dedicated to leadership work advancing the care of undeserved popula-tions. The program is entering its 15th year and has more than 250 alumni across the world. SmartLMU includes experience and training in Flint and in international sites in Cen-tral and South America as well as Africa.

CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON INGREDIENT SAFETY APPOINTS NEW DIRECTORNorbert Kaminski, director for the Institute for Integrative Toxicology, has been selected to serve as director for the Center for Research on Ingredient Safety at MSU. His appointment comes after he successfully served as the center’s interim director. CRIS is an indepen-dent, academic, science-based center that serves as a reli-able and unbiased source for information on the safe use Kaminskiof chemical ingredients in consumer-packaged goods, including foods, beverages, cosmetics and household consumer products.

CHANGES MADE TO POLICY ON CONSENSUAL, SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTSThe Board of Trustees approved revisions to the Consensual Amorous or Sexual Relationships with Students policy at its meeting on June 21, 2019. While several changes were made, the most significant change is the ban on consensual amorous or sexual relationships between un-dergraduate students and employees classified as faculty and academic staff. This ban exists regardless of whether or not the faculty member has educational responsibility for an undergradu-ate student and it exists for as long as the faculty member is employed and the student is enrolled as an undergraduate at MSU. Read the full memo from Provost June Pierce Youatt and review the policy changes at go.msu.edu/ZxP.

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where to find support.”

Kay also is working to get Jennifer Kay is the new living-learning com- the communi-

munity program for students ty director for Hubbard Hall.

living in Akers and Hubbard At left, she halls, Spartan Compass, joins resident

ready for fall. The program is assistants during their an environment for first-year mandatory

students that encourages in- two-week clusive community building training.

and helps foster a successful P H O T O //

transition into the Spartan C O U R T E S Y

community. O F J E N N I F E R

“For students who live on K AY

campus, their hall or dorm Behind the scenes, Gardner’s coordinate move-in at the Heavy spring rainfall set room is where they spend team also handles room set- beginning of the semester back Michigan Avenue road most of their time when up and tear-down for vari- and a move-out at the end, construction in front of Bro-they’re not in the classroom. ous events and conferences, plus the switch-over of 224 dy’s Rather and Butterfield I see that as a great oppor- including the installation residence rooms in a 24- halls, temporarily closing a tunity to make an impact of 400 air conditioners for hour window. parking lot entrance.and touch a lot of lives,” summer and their removal “We want our summer “The city is a really great she said. “For me helping before the beginning of fall residents to have a smooth partner for us,” Gardner said. students learn and grow is semester. transition from one hall to “They understand how much the best part.”

“Brody is a unique neigh- the next,” he added. “All we need that entrance and In Brody Neighborhood, borhood,” Gardner said. the rooms must be cleaned, have agreed to open it up Mike Gardner, REHS facili- “Our facility hosts events repairs made and furniture for fall move-in to accommo-ties manager, oversees all year-round, so we run a set up for incoming students date heavy traffic flow.”cleaning and maintenance in 24/7 operation to ensure in a tight turnaround, but we The MSU Alumni OfficeBrody's main building while our spaces stay clean, safe make it work.” has partnered with REHS also supporting tasks across and are properly set up to As facilities manager, Gard- for the past eight years to the whole neighborhood. accommodate our guests.” ner is responsible for making coordinate Spartan Move-In. “We don’t want students to Bailey Hall, one of Brody’s the right connections on Hundreds of MSU alumni, have to think about room six residence halls, houses campus for different proj- staff and faculty volunteers repairs or other issues while students who remain on ects, which often includes worked alongside REHS they’re here,” Gardner said. campus for summer ses- Infrastructure Planning and employees across campus “It’s our job to support them sions. This requires a huge Facilities, Culinary Services to move in new students on by maintaining the spaces effort from Brody’s facilities and the city of East Lansing Aug. 24 and 25. where they live and work.” and maintenance staff, who on occasion.

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exhibits. Now we get to “SMASH: A Nuclear connect this new exhibit to Adventure” is funded by the amazing advancements TechSmith; MSU’s NSCL, in science happening right which is funded by the U.S. here in our community.”National Science Founda- “We’re delighted to be part tion, and FRIB, which is of this partnership between funded by the U.S. Depart- MSU and Impression 5,” said ment of Energy’s Office of FRIB Laboratory Director Science; MSU Federal Credit Thomas Glasmacher. “We’re Union and the Desk Drawer proud to be building the Fund; and the Michigan In addition to inspiring the new exhibit at Lansing’s Impression 5, FRIB also is most powerful supercon-home to a new sculpture installed in the space between FRIB and the Wharton Council for Arts and Cultural Center. Artist Dee Briggs of Pittsburgh designed the artwork, which includes ducting heavy-ion linear Affairs. three forms that emerge from the landscape and dance through the open accelerator right here at

space, playing respect to both the hard science on one side and the perform- Michigan State University, NSCL supports the mission ing arts on the other. Above, President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., (far right) of the government's Nuclear joins MSU staffers at the new artwork. P H O T O // D E R R I C K L . T U R N E R and we’re pleased to share

with our community how the Physics program. Under and applications for society, first announced,” said Erik research conducted here will construction and operated including in medicine, home- Larson, executive director positively impact our lives.”by MSU, FRIB will enable sci-land security and industry. of Impression 5 Science entists to make discoveries Impression 5 Science Center

Center. “The greater Lansing about the properties of rare “Seeing these organiza- is open Tuesdays through community has shown so isotopes in order to better tions band together to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 much support to the science understand the physics of make this exhibit a reality p.m. and Sundays from 12center, which has allowed nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, fulfills a dream we’ve had at to 5 p.m. For more informa-us to transform our guests’ fundamental interactions Impression 5 since FRIB was tion, visit impression5.org.

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TECH TEAM MERGES ACCESSIBILITY, LEARNINGA N D Y J E G L I C university both online and search and that time, MSU’s mission and evaluation and purchas- or increasing the contrast // T E C H N O L O G Y in the classroom. This team innovation to increase digital access ing), academic technology between text and back-

has already begun work in and lift pub- has continued to grow in consultation (including ground to make them easier MSU is blazing a new path this area by consulting for lic service as importance. The team now technology training and to read.in the field of digital acces- units and implementing a key value,” consists of 12 full-time integration, course design MSU Chief Information Offi-sibility with the formation best practices, like making said Evans. professionals, including and development and cer Rob McCurdy announced of a new Digital Experience digital content usable by “Digital accessibility specialists, project scoping), and media the formation of the newteam, known as DigitalX. the visually impaired. access and instructional designers and production (including video, team at the MSU IT Digital The newly formed DigitalX inclusion are Evans media producers. audio and graphic design).

The DigitalX team is led by Access and Inclusion Con-team is the product of a fundamen-Senior Manager Nate Evans. The DigitalX team will be Evans said accessibility ference in May. He said, “We partnership between the tal to fulfilling this mission He said his mission and working to improve accessi- addresses how our users ac- are continually working to Digital Content and Acces- and a pathway to make MSU goals for inclusion mesh bility standards with digital cess electronic information, make our websites and other sibility team and Learning well with MSU’s mission. IT and our campus a more tools, course design and and how faculty, developers digital experiences more Design team at MSU. The inclusive community.” media design throughout and other content creators accessible and usable for

“MSU was founded with a purpose of this collabo- the university. There are can ensure that digital everyone. The DigitalX team land-grant mission, with a The roots of DigitalX began ration is to help students, three main components to experiences can be used by is designed to provide more purpose to expand opportu- with the formation of the faculty and staff create dig- the DigitalX team’s services: everyone without barriers. holistic support for MSU. nity based on merit, to find Digital Content and Acces-ital experiences that are ac- accessibility (including web Some examples include This is an area where we are practical application of re- sibility team in 2014. Since cessible to everyone at the review, course development closed captioning on videos proud to lead the way.”

AUSTIN NAMED INTERIM LEADER OF AANS A R I N A G L E A S O N//A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

Ann Austin, a recent-ly named University Distinguished Professor, has been appointed as interim associate provost for faculty and academic staff development.

Austin will provide lead-ership for the Academic Advancement Network and steps into the new role as Juli Wade accept-ed a job at the University of Connecticut.

Austin serves as a professor and associate dean for research in the College of Education. She also is the assis-tant provost for faculty development, where she designs and implements approaches to support the professional growth of faculty.

A national search for the next associate provost for faculty and academic staff development is underway.

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Members of the campus community were able to watch MSU's new water storage tower take shape recently as the storage tank was raised. The overall storage and treatment plant project, set to be complete by early 2020, will improve the aesthetics of MSU's water, which regularly meets all federal and state guidelines for health and safety. To watch a time-lapse video, go to go.msu.edu/6xP.

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CAREER SERVICES GETS NEW DIRECTORI N S I D E M S U S T A F F//A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

Jeff Beavers has been named the new exec-utive director of the Career Services Network in Students Affairs and Services.

Beavers, who served on MSU's Employer Advisory Board and the Collegiate Employment Research In-stitute's advisory board, has worked previously at GE, Whirlpool and AbbVie.

“Jeff has a reputation for being a pioneer and inno-vative leader who devel-ops high-impact solu-tions to support career outcomes and continu-ous improvement,” said Denise Maybank, vice president for Student Affairs and Services.

Beavers will oversee all Career Services units as he builds collaborative relationships with college partners and faculty/staff across campus, providing vision and direction and career development and employer engagement efforts.

C A M P U SE V E N T S

Included here is a selection of events happening during the next few weeks. More campus events can be found online at: events.msu.edu

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AUG. 28 // SUPERVISOR STRATEGIES FOR SEPT. 7 // ZERO-WASTE TAILGATE: Free SEPT. 13 // BEGINNING TO SAVE FOR PERFORMANCE PLANNING: Attend this free tailgate in the parking lot of the Surplus Store RETIREMENT: This free webinar will help youseminar to learn strategies to link university and Recycling Center. Bring family and friends, get ahead of your retirement saving with and departmental priorities to the employ- good food and drink and your reusable, some tools and information you can use righee’s role, clarify expectations, write effective recyclable or compostable cups and plates to now. The webinar will be held from 9 to 10 SMART goals and more. The workshop will be receive a free parking space. Reserve your spot a.m. Register at go.msu.edu/fJP. held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Nisbet Building, online at go.msu.edu/7xP. SEPT. 18 // EVERYTHING DISC: MANAGE-Suite 10. Learn more at go.msu.edu/GCP.

SEPT. 12 // STUDENT SUCCESS LAUNCH: Join MENT: The focus of this HR seminar is a deeSEPT. 5 // SPARTAN AIKIDO DEMONSTRA- colleagues from around the university who are er understanding of oneself, as this is the firsTION: Founded in 1973, the MSU Aikido Club working to improve undergraduate student step to becoming a more effective manager. practices Yoshokai Aikido, which traces its success. The launch will be held in the Union The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to origins to the Budo, a martial way studied by Ballroom from 12 to 3 p.m. RSVP is requested noon in the Nisbet Building, Suite 10. The costhe Samurai. A free demonstration will be held by Sept. 5. Lunch is included. Learn more at to attend is $175. Learn more at from 7 to 8 p.m. at IM West Judo Room 150. go.msu.edu/gkP. go.msu.edu/vCP.

Learn more at go.msu.edu/mkP. SEPT. 12 // VETERANS WELCOME PICNIC: SEPT. 20 // FATHERHOOD FORUM: The MSU WorkLife Office presents its 5th annual SEPT. 5-13 // MSU SURPLUS STORE AND All MSU students, faculty and staff who have Fatherhood Forum for fathers who want to RECYCLING CENTER TENTH ANNIVERSARY served or are serving in active or reserve com-enhance their greatness as a parent. The freeCELEBRATION: Eight days of events, specials ponents of the U.S. military and their families forum will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at sales, deals and more, including this year's are invited to join for a barbecue (gluten-free Lansing Community College - West Campus.Spartan athletic apparel sale. Times vary by options will be available) from 4 to 7 p.m. at Lunch is included. Register at day. View a complete schedule of events at the Student Services Garden. RSVP requested. go.msu.edu/FCP. go.msu.edu/9xP. Learn more at go.msu.edu/ZkP.

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BOGUE ST. BIKE PATH PROMOTES SAFETYI N S I D E M S U S T A F F of the effort. Perhaps this stantly seeking safe, // M O B I L I T Y can become a new standard sustainable transportation

for us,” said MSU President options, and the new area With more than 50,000 stu- Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. housing developments will dents returning to campus, “It is also an excellent exam- increase the demand,” said the safety of bicyclists is ple of the city and university East Lansing Mayor Mark getting a big boost. working together to benefit Meadows. “This is the per-Almost a half-mile in one students, area residents and fect time to try something lane of southbound Bogue MSU employees.” brand new.”Street is now a two-way Previously, the stretch of The Bogue Street protected protected bicycle path Bogue Street from Grand bicycle path will be open separated from vehicles by River Avenue to the MSU through October. If the a combination of surface- River Trail involved bicycles, safety improves and results mounted curbs and break- pedestrians and vehicles of public feedback are pos-away bollards. The change all converging at the same itive, the dedicated bicycle is part of a pilot project to point. The hope is the ded- path may become perma-determine if pedestrian and icated path will encourage nent next year.bicyclist safety is improved bicyclists to use the lane in- Designated a silver-level by the separation in the stead of the sidewalk as ap- Bike Friendly University by high-traffic area. proximately 90% of bicycle the League of American “Spartans are always look- crashes on campus happen Bicyclists, MSU offers 20.5 ing for new and innovative on sidewalks. Success will miles of bicycle lanes, two ways to solve the world’s be measured by reviewing secure bike parking facilities problems — even right here data from traffic cameras and eight do-it-yourself on campus — so I look for- and incident reports. repair and air stations. ward to seeing the results “Our community is con-

From left, Provost June Pierce Youatt, East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows, Executive Vice Presi-dent Satish Udpa and President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., take part in the new bike path ribboncutting.

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ROBERT C. ANDERSON

Robert C. Anderson, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources professor, died Aug. 13. Anderson joined the staff in 1963 and retired in 1999.

HARTLEY CUNNINGHAM

Hartley Cunningham, Kellogg Center kitchen sanitation worker, died Aug. 11. Cunningham joined the staff in 1967 and retired in 1985.

MICHAEL ELLIS

Michael Ellis, National Cyclotron Laboratory buyer’s assistant, died Aug. 11. Ellis joined the staff in 1968 and retired in 2007.

TAYLOR J. JOHNSTON

Taylor J. Johnston, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources professor, died July 26. Johnston joined the staff in 1968 and retired in 2019.

HERBERT JOSEPHS

Herbert Josephs, College of Arts and Letters professor, died July 27. Josephs joined the staff in 1962 and retired in 2000.

GEORGE H. LAUFF

George H. Lauff, College of Natural Science director emeritus, died Aug. 7. Lauff joined the staff in 1964 and retired 1991.

BUDD PULVER

Budd Pulver, IPF roofing services skilled trades supervisor, died Aug. 3. Pulver joined the staff in 1986 and retired in 2017.

ALUMNI OFFICE NAMES NEW LEADERP A U L A D AV E N P O R T//A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

Nicklas J. McLaren has been chosen to lead the university’s Alumni Office. He’s helmed the office on an interim basis since December 2018.

McLaren will oversee strategic efforts to engage alumni and en-courage their support.

A Spartan himself, McLaren earned a bachelor’s degree from the Eli Broad College of Business in 1999. Since then, he’s worked in a variety of ca-

McLarenpacities within University Ad-vancement.

Since stepping into his new role, McLaren has focused on creating a culture of accountability, transparency and en-hanced collaboration. He assembled a six-member committee of staff mem-bers to develop a new strategic plan to guide the office’s course for the next three years.

The Alumni Office is responsible for Home-coming, Grandparent’s University, the Alumni Grand Awards program, Spartan Pathways travel program and Spartans Will Serve, among other programs.

His role also has expanded to include annual giving programs, which includes MSU’s successful annual day of philanthropy, Give Green Day.

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education efforts started research grants from the over the past year. We all U.S. Department of Justice need to take the time toon sexual assault victims’ listen, without judgment experiences with the crimi- or assumption, so that as a nal justice system. community we can create

a culture of care. I look for-“Understanding how trau-ward to working with the ma can affect a victim of president and his adminis-sexual assault or relation-tration on needed changesship violence has been the and improvements.”guiding principle behind

much of our success in Munford will remain with solving RVSM cases from a MSUPD’s Center for Trau-law enforcement perspec- ma-Informed Investigative tive,” Munford said. “We Excellence. The new roles need to take that approach are effective immediately.into more of our culture

HARRIS NAMED HOWES SCHOLARVA L O S O W S K I Science An alumna of the pro-//A C A D E M I C S Graduate gram, Harris was eligible to

Fellowship receive the highly presti-Chelsea Harris, a post- program gious honor in memory of doctoral researcher in the who Frederick A. Howes, the Department of Physics and demon- manager of DOE’s Applied Astronomy, is the recipient strate not Mathematical Sciences Pro-of a 2019 Frederick A. How- only techni- gram during the 1990s who es Scholar in Computational cal achieve- Harris was highly respected for his Science Award. ments in leadership abilities. Harris The award is given to recent the field of computational will receive $1,000, a crystal graduates of the Department science but also outstanding paperweight and the title of of Energy’s Computational leadership and character. Howes Scholar.

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PLE HAVE THEORIES ABOUT NEIL S 'ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN'

UOTE. HERE'S WHAT WE REALLY KNOWQAt 10:56 p.m. ET on July 20, 1969, the American astronaut Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the lunar surface and famously declared, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” In the 50 years since then, many have been eager to hear more about what prompted him to choose those words to be the first spoken on the moon. A year after Armstrong died on Aug. 25, 2012, at the age of 82, researchers from Ohio State University and Michigan State University analyzed the speak-ing patterns of central Ohioans like Armstrong, who hailed from Wapakoneta, and found that they tend to leave out words like “for” and “a.”

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THE STICKY PROBLEM OF PLASTIC WRAPThe slick, transparent film we now know as plastic

rap was originally a mistake of chemistry, a residue linging stubbornly to the bottom of a beaker in a 940s laboratory. In order to make plastics softer, ore flexible, and more transparent, they are often ixed with plasticizers, particularly for food pack-

ging, says Ramani Narayan, a chemical engineer at ichigan State University. One common class of plas-

icizers is a group of molecules called phthalates — a ategory that contains carcinogens — although PVC lastic wrap doesn't contain them anymore. It does ontain a plasticizer called DEHA, or diethylhexyl adi-ate, but its effects on human health are unclear.

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JAWLESS LAMPREY FISH ATTRACT FEMALES BY RELEASING SMELLY APHRODISIAC PHEROMONE IN SEMENThe jawless sea lamprey fish attracts mates by re-leasing a smelly aphrodisiac chemical in its semen, according to scientists. The semen, or milt, of the sea lamprey fish is a rich source of pheromones, or chemical cues, which are thought to help it engage in special “lek” mating, study co-author Weiming Li, professor in environmental physiolo-gy at Michigan State University, told Newsweek.

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