Authors' homecoming
Critically acclaimed authors and MSU alumni Richard Ford, Thomas McGuane and Jim Harrison share the stage at the Wharton Center on July 10. The moderated discussion among the literary giants marked the first time the three appeared in public together. More than 700 people attended the event. Read more.

Photo by G.L. Kohuth, University Relations

Mapping the Holocaust
Ken Waltzer, professor and director of Jewish Studies, consults Buchenwald concentration camp records at the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany, in an effort to identify child prisoners and their eventual fates. Read more.

Photo by Kristan Tetens, College of Arts and Letters

Tracking criminals through DNA
Forensic biology student Kamila Gomez works in the lab on collecting DNA off pieces of exploded pipe bombs. Gomez is a student of David Foran, associate professor of criminology, and is conducting research indentifying DNA on bomb fragments to track criminals.

Photo by G.L. Kohuth, University Relations

Summer learning
An outdoor session of a summer German class enjoys the shade next to the Red Cedar River while studying. Many students use the summer months to take advantage of the many courses offered on campus, at off-campus locations in Michigan, or by studying abroad.

Photo by Kurt Stepnitz, University Relations

Michigan State Police Bomb Squad member First Lt. Shawn Stallworth (left) helps student Scott Grammer (center) and Kamila Gomez (right) search for shrapnel after test exploding a pipe bomb at the Lansing Firefighters Training Facility in Lansing on May 27. Grammer and Gomez are students of David Foran, associate professor of criminology, and are conducting research indentifying DNA on bomb fragments to track criminals.

Photo by G.L. Kohuth, University Relations