The Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico, or the Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico, is a digital open access repository of Puerto Rican artifacts of disaster pertaining to Hurricanes Irma and María (2017), the Guayanilla earthquak...

Engage Circular Economy Institute in a project to upcycle and reuse vacated Sears building at frandor.

This is a HHS, office of minority health, funded project to determine whether claiming (receipt) of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) results in decreased risk and increase protective factors for adverse childhood experiences. A secondary aim is to det...

The Cube provides a space for diverse ranges of people, places, and communities to participate in communications of all kinds, from traditional book production to user experience research to web and app development. With guided faculty mentorship, ou...

study of factors leading to underrep. of minorities in federal jury pools

This activity involves quarterly meetings focused on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within mid-Michigan, generally by identifying and or fostering problem-solving partnerships, educating ecosystem partnerships and connecting existing busin...

Our goal as an advisory council is to bring ideas and fresh perspectives to the Pres./CEO of the MICPA in an effort to enable that organization to better serve the membership of the Michigan Association of CPAs (a group that includes hundreds and per...

We are the lead continuous quality improvement partners for Community Tampa Bay's Inc. Anytown program, which provides high school youth with the skills and experiences needed to advocate for equity and inclusion in their schools and communities.

We produce workshops for employed child welfare professionals in Michigan to promote ongoing learning and skill development to support the competency of the workforce. This is supported by the Michigan Department of Heath and Human Services. We condu...

The MICARES team—which includes electrical engineers, foresters, community organizers, tribal leaders, social scientists, energy policy specialist, indigenous education experts, and technical communicators—works to: • Understand the opportunities an...

I direct the MSU Community Engagement Scholars Program (in it's 5th year in 2020). This involves supervising and mentoring 1 graduates student and 10-15 undergrads in their year-long intensive experiences with community partners in Michigan communiti...

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...

To develop a cooperative distributor local agriculture, food, and related products in collaboration with Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) and East Lansing Food Coop, inc.

Goals: The purpose of this project is to capture and record a series of traditional folktales as told in their original languages (Fongbe, Goun, and Maxi) and make them available in a variety of digital, written, and visual formats for a broader audi...

As a community-based researcher, I participate in and serve on multiple community groups including the groups working on issues related to tobacco use, opiate drug use, gun safety and suicide prevention, and early educational opportunities in my rura...

Based on community input, I'm conducting research to understand reasons for the high incidence of breast cancer in Grand Traverse county and investigating reasons for the high burden of colorectal cancer in Michigan's Thumb counties.

This activity was interrupted by the pandemic. The K12 Partnership group was comprised of clinical experience-focused faculty in the Teacher Preparation Program and district and school leaders from key K12 partners. The goals were to: - reduce finan...

The goal of the US Dry Bean Council innovation working group is to increase consumption and usage of dry beans beyond their uses as cooked/ canned whole seeds. Virtual meetings were conducted with other researchers, chefs and manufacturers/processors...

Help site new police station investment

goal is to present golf courses as community assets and are a value to communities irrespective if they engage in the sport of golf. Values are described as ecosystem services and include stormwater management, flood risk mitigation, carbon sequestra...

I started the RSO STATCOM (=Statistics in the Community) at MSU. Student organizations like this exist at other universities and are recognized by the professional organizations American Statistical Associations. Students provide free statistical co...

This is an NIMH-funded effectiveness-implementation hybrid research study examining the benefit of training Part C early intervention providers to use an evidence-based, parent-mediated intervention for young children with social communication delays

I work as a consultant to medical examiner's offices and law enforcement agencies to determine whether a bone is human or not, to perform search and recoveries, scientific identifications via comparative radiography, skeletal examinations to estimate...

I direct the MSU Forensic Anthropology Laboratory and we provide consultations to medical examiners and law enforcement across the state of Michigan. Our work includes scientific identification of decedents, skeletal analyses, skeletal trauma interpr...

I led a team of students to participate in Operation UNITED which is a grassroots effort by the Detroit Office of the FBI and the Detroit Police Department to identify homicide victims from cases that have gone cold. These individuals are exhumed and...