Michigan State University

How an MSU law professor became general counsel for the FCC. A poet shares his latest chapbook. And two authors share stories of the foods and drinks that have shaped Michigan's culture and the traditions we carry on today.

On this installment of Stateside, the path to formal unionization for Michigan State University’s faculty. Then, we remember the legacy of Lansing’s hometown hero of the ring, Sabu. Plus, what one author uncovered through the oral histories of Michigan’s revolutionary rock band, the MC5.

Tenured faculty at Michigan State University were recognized as a union this week. Approval for the union comes after arbitration between MSU faculty and administration.

First, an expert from the University of Michigan weighed in on the potentially dangerous effects of the Trump administration's changes to personnel in the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Then, we heard from a curator of a new materials exhibition at Michigan State University detailing campus life during the Vietnam War. Plus, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, born a Detroiter, gave an inside look into the Vatican's relationship with the stars.

It's the first confirmed citing of the rare species in Kalamazoo County since 1975.

Three students died in the February 2023 shooting spree on the East Lansing campus. Five other students were wounded. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Ford says a new mid-sized electric truck is on the way, priced at just $30,000. Michigan teachers are earning thousands of dollars less than the national average, and a recent study says Michiganders want to pay them more. A writer and translator drifts from the Adriatic to the Aegean in the upcoming novel by a professor at Wayne State.

Representatives for Michigan State University’s largest union say recent layoffs are a violation of contract agreements. Then, how an Indigenous tribe is addressing whitefish’s decline. And, leaders from two smaller Michigan NPR affiliates discuss threats to federal funding that their stations need.

A local educator and historian is honored as a grand marshal in Lansing’s Juneteenth parade. Also, the director of Enslaved.org discusses the lives of Black Americans born before emancipation. And, a conversation with Brittany March, chef and owner of It’s Food Detroit.

The layoffs are part of a larger plan to reduce general fund spending by 9% over the next two years.