News
May 19, 2026
Michigan State University partners gathered May 14 on the East Lansing campus for a ribbon-cutting to celebrate transformative renovations
May 10, 2026
Dr. Ian Gilman, postdoctoral researcher in the VanBuren lab, reflects on his journey, MSU experience, and future.
May 6, 2026
PRI Postdoctoral Fellow honored with the 2026 W.S. Cooper Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Fields of Geobotany and/or Physiographic Ecology
April 23, 2026
Dr. Robert VanBuren has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 CANR Mid-Career Researcher Award
April 21, 2026
PRI graduate student Kristin Leutgeb among the 21 MSU students and alumni selected for the NSF GRFP.
March 30, 2026
Kaitlin, who works with Dr. Christine Sprunger, recently presented highlights of her research spanning studies on the community assembly of nematodes in the Nebraska Sandhills and the effects of prairie strips in row crop fields in Iowa.
March 25, 2026
The MSU plant science community will present a showcase of 18 booths dedicated to different aspects of plant science at the STEAM Expo Weekend during the 2026 MSU Science Festival.
March 22, 2026
Hosted at MSU, the conference featured the Bayer-sponsored Hackathon to challenge students to tackle giant maize datasets, organized by Dr. Addie Thompson.
March 20, 2026
Addie Thompson has been named the recipient of the 2026 M. Rhoades Early-Career Award in maize genetics.