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BTN LiveBIG: Former Spartan swimmer breaks records and beats cancer
BTN LiveBIG: Former Spartan swimmer breaks records and beats cancer
When someone tells Amanda Mercer she can?t do something, that?s exactly when she decides she?ll do it, no matter what. Mercer graduated from Michigan State in 1990, but her Spartan spirit is still strong, and it helps her face challenges every day. The most notable example of that spirit was Mercer?s record-breaking swim across the […]
BTN LiveBig: MSU professor takes 'academic' approach to law enforcement
BTN LiveBig: MSU professor takes 'academic' approach to law enforcement
Law enforcement strategies such as use of force and militarization of the police have drawn negative attention in the news over the last few years, and especially in recent months due to well-publicized cases like that of Eric Garner. William Terrill, a criminal justice professor at Michigan State and former military police officer, understands the challenges […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State’s Trifecta a true meeting of the minds
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State’s Trifecta a true meeting of the minds
Like the Superfriends of Saturday morning cartoon fame, the Nursing, Communication Arts and Sciences, and Engineering colleges at Michigan State University are combining their respective powers for the common goal of improving the lives of the people around the world. The colleges are collaborating on a research initiative that?s focused on creating and improving technologies […]
BTN LiveBIG: MSU celebrating MLK legacy
BTN LiveBIG: MSU celebrating MLK legacy
As part of honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2015, Michigan State University will celebrate the one-year anniversary of Project 60/50. Finding its title in the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the goal of Project 60/50 was to engage the MSU campus […]
BTN LiveBIG: Technologies developed at MSU help law enforcement collar criminals
BTN LiveBIG: Technologies developed at MSU help law enforcement collar criminals
During football and basketball games, BTN LiveBIG will spotlight notable examples of research, innovation and community service from around the conference. In-Game stories will provide more background on these features, and the opportunity to view the videos again. When Greg Michaud was a student at Michigan State University back in the mid-1980s, he studied the […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State retiree takes a hike
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State retiree takes a hike
During his upcoming 3,100-mile hike over the entire length of the Continental Divide U.S. Scenic Trail, Ken Dawson will make his way across five states and up peaks that go as high as 14,270 feet. The journey should take about five months - that is, if he keeps up his goal of maintaining a grueling […]
