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BTN LiveBIG: City of Flint gets help from its 'home teams'
BTN LiveBIG: City of Flint gets help from its 'home teams'
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. The news spread like wildfire - ironic, given that the issue concerned water. The recent discovery of […]
BTN LiveBIG: MSU engineering students to provide clean water in Tanzania
BTN LiveBIG: MSU engineering students to provide clean water in Tanzania
It?s easy to take something as fundamental as clean water for granted. Whether we need it to stay hydrated, cook a meal or bathe, access to suitable water is rarely a problem for those who live in the United States. Other areas of the world aren?t as fortunate, and that creates all kinds of problems […]
BTN LiveBIG: Penn State's 'Da Vinci' merges art and science to address global water crisis
BTN LiveBIG: Penn State's 'Da Vinci' merges art and science to address global water crisis
Leonardo da Vinci?s wide-ranging work influenced many scientists and artists who came after him. But Penn State art professor B. Stephen Carpenter II is probably one of a few who was especially inspired by the work the great Italian thinker did on the wrong side of the law. ?Historically, Leonardo da Vinci went to morgues […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State grad makes magic happen with manure
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State grad makes magic happen with manure
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. Being someone who works with cow poop, it?s a good thing Jim Wallace has a sense of humor. […]
BTN LiveBIG: Iowa students research water and wildlife in the 'Big Muddy'
BTN LiveBIG: Iowa students research water and wildlife in the 'Big Muddy'
In the writings of Mark Twain, one of the activities Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn enjoyed most was doing a little fishing down on the mighty Mississip?. But Tom and Huck might have been flabbergasted if they?d seen one of the ways University of Iowa students are catching fish down on that ?Big River.? It?s […]
BTN LiveBIG: University of Maryland works to save trees in College Park and beyond
BTN LiveBIG: University of Maryland works to save trees in College Park and beyond
It?s National Arbor Day, and people across the country are taking time to acknowledge the importance of trees and forests. However, the University of Maryland celebrated the holiday a bit early this year for a couple of reasons. First, the state?s official Arbor Day is always designated as the first Wednesday in April (also the […]
