In This Issue
[October 2009]
Featured MSU Engaged Scholars
MSU Priorities
In Every Issue
Featured MSU Engaged Scholars
- Rachel Fisher, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
- Karen Friderici, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Jill Elfenbein, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Deafness Research and Education Across Mid-Michigan
The DREAM-M Project
A team of scientists at Michigan State University has worked with community members in a compact mid-Michigan area for more than a decade to identify critical information related to genetic hearing loss ...
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- Dean M. Aslam, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Building the Future of Technology—One Block at a Time
Nanotechnology Taught with Innovative Examples
How can we encourage more kids to consider careers in science and technology? Put toys in their hands and make it fun. Dean M. Aslam, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been making technology fun for kids for the past ten years, while teaching them solid scientific concepts in the process ...
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MSU Priorities
Community and Economic Development in the 21st Century
MSU Chemists Create Renewable Resources Technology
Draths Corporation brings "green collar jobs", economic boost to Michigan
John and Karen Frost wear many hats. They are chemists, as well as entrepreneurs, employers, and innovative leaders in a field that has captured the mood of investors in the United States, and perhaps the world, looking for alternatives to petroleum-based products ...
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Upcoming Events
The Evaluation Circle: Community Engaged Research through Evaluation
Michigan State University
October 30, 2009 and November 6, 2009
World Usability Day 2009: Designing for Sustainable Communities
Statewide event hosted by the MSU Usability & Accessibility Center
November 12, 2009
2009 Michigan Pre-College and Youth Outreach Conference
University of Michigan
November 15-16, 2009
The Engaged Scholar Speaker Series
Michigan State University
November 18, 2009
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Collaboration and partnership with communities are at the core of engaged scholarship. In all of its work, University Outreach and Engagement emphasizes university-community partnerships that are collaborative, participatory, empowering, systemic, and transformative, and anchored in scholarship. If you are a faculty or academic staff member wanting to establish a partnership with community partners to work on a specific research issue, University Outreach and Engagement can help you. Our University-Community Partnerships (UCP) staff, specialists, and researchers have established connections across the state in a number of areas such as education, mental health, human service, business, and government. For more information, contact Bob Brown at (517) 432-1450 or brownr23@msu.edu.
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