News
November 4, 2024
MSU researchers, including PRI faculty member Dr. Christine Sprunger, weigh in on critical issues and policies impacting the environment that will be influenced by the 2024 election.
October 25, 2024
The state-of-the-art Plant and Environmental Sciences Building (PESB) is officially under construction, accelerating climate-critical discoveries and advancing Michigan State University’s excellence in food security. PESB will be the home of PRI when construction is complete in 2026.
October 3, 2024
The Michigan State University Plant Resilience Institute has been granted a 2024 Global Centers award through the NSF and its partner agencies. The International Research Center for Enhancing Plant Resilience addresses the critical challenge of stabilizing global food production amid unpredictable weather patterns.
June 18, 2024
Alethia Pratas da Costa Braun, a Michigan State University undergraduate student in crop and soil sciences working in the Lundquist Lab with the Plant Resilience Institute, has been awarded the prestigious American Society of Plant Biologists Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (ASPB SURF).
June 10, 2024
PRI faculty member Peter Lundquist has won a $1.5 million Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation. The award supports his search for “master regulators” in the stress response of plants.
April 30, 2024
PRI Faculty Member Christine Sprunger was named an Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. Dr. Sprunger is one of only ten new ESA Early Career Fellows (2024–2028) elected for advancing ecology and showing promise for continuing contributions.
