A group, selected by Governor Whitmer, to study, examine research, and then recommend changes for women and girls in sports in Michigan.

This project explores robots for dementia patient caregiver dyads in home settings. A new approach is being explored to design assistive robots for people with dementia and their caregivers.

Alexandrea Thrubis serves as the marketing and communications Manager for Endeavor Detroit, leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Michigan and beyond. She is currently building and executing a marketing and communications strategy for ...

The program aims to enrich the educational experiences of high school students in the City of Detroit, while connecting them to professional journalists and resources in the MSU J-School. Mentors nurture their raw talent and teach the students how to...

MSU Professors Joe Grimm and Geri Alumit Zeldes worked with Publisher Pat Rencher of Urban Aging News that features news on older adults and their caregivers.

Working with Michigan communities and stakeholders, this project seeks to improve the state of broadband connectivity throughout the State. We work with community partners, such as Merit Network, to help communities map availability of broadband in t...

The project examines three questions: 1. Were students with broadband home Internet access and more digital skills better protected from declines in a) academic performance, b) educational aspirations, and c) psychological well-being, due to disrupt...

I’m part of a 6 person committee where we are formulating a communication strategy to encourage community intervention when it comes to the prevention of child sexual abuse. This work is for the public will campaign of Traverse Bay Children’s Advocac...

I'm on the comms committee of Public will campaign. We strategize communication for the prevention of child sexual abuse in the Traverse City area.

Supporting several activities of the Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, which is focuced on improving health care in laryngeal and voice disorders, professional practice in voice and scholarly activities in voice science. The Voice Foundation also e...

Street Teams are student-run, creative collaborations within ComArtSci. Interdisciplinary groups of students partner with nonprofit organizations and assist them with media projects. They have real-world learning opportunities while giving back to th...

I do a continuing series of presentations to school and community groups, as well as medical professionals, on concussions and athlete health.

I am part of a group, selected by Gov. Whitmer to study, examine our research and then recommend changes for women and girls in sports in Michigan.

This was a continuation of work started in 2019, a collaboration with Merit Networks and 15 rural, Michigan school districts. This outreach-research activity was designed to understand the repercussions of absent or poor home Internet connectivity on...

The activity is an effort to develop conceptual frameworks, methods, and tools to help overcome the discrepancies in access to high-speed Internet connect in Michigan. This project bagan in 2017. Over this academic year work was primarily on sharing ...

Street Teams are student-run, creative collaborations within ComArtSci. Interdisciplinary groups of students partner with nonprofit organizations and assist them with media projects. They have real-world learning opportunities while giving back to th...

This "project" is part of the Capstone course ITM444 (offered every Spring) where organizations with IT-related needs submit their own project proposals to be staffed by student teams of 4-5 students. We usually attract a range of organizations from...

THis project tried to better understand the best ways to engage people in risk reduction behaviors for Guinea Worm.

This study aims to investigate educational, organizational, and computational factors to mitigate human replacement by robots in manufacturing settings. The results from this study will inform the development of new robotic technologies that enable a...

The association has as a primary purpose the education of patients (and their care providers) who have had head and neck cancer. As such, we plan educational events each year targeted to this patient population to provide them with up to date info ab...

Class was assigned to work with area nfp organizations, using concepts taught in class, to develop both communications plans and fundraising plans for them. In 2021 year, participating organizations were: -Lansing Community College Foundation -City P...

Street Teams are student-run, creative collaborations within ComArtSci. Interdisciplinary groups of students partner with nonprofit organizations and assist them with media projects. They have real-world learning opportunities while giving back to th...

“Breed & Bootleg: Legends of Flint Rap Music” is an hour-long film about the birth of rap music in the city in the early 1990s, beginning with the late MC Breed, known as the first commercially successful rap artist in the Midwest. “Ain’t No Future i...

"Breed & Bootleg — Legends of Flint Rap Music" is an hour-long documentary film about Eric "MC Breed" and Ira "Bootleg" Dorsey who are pioneers of the Midwest Rap sound. In 2021, the film screened at more than 25 venues that include the Flint Insti...

MSU Professors Joe Grimm and Geri Alumit Zeldes worked w/ Publisher Pat Rencher of Urban Aging News that features news on older adults and their caregivers.