Initiatives

Trifecta

Two female researchers in fitness lab.

The Colleges of Communication Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and Nursing and Michigan State University have joined forces to create the Trifecta Initiative: a winning partnership of three innovative colleges.

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Global Center for Food and Innovation

Female researcher examining corn in field.

Launched in 2012, Global Center for Food Systems Innovation is one of eight development labs established through the Higher Education Solutions Network of the United States Agency for International Development. GCFSI is housed within MSU's International Studies and Programs unit, and works with researchers and faculty across campus and around the world.

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The Center for Innovation and Research

ComArtSci professor and Director of the Sparrow/MSU Center for Innovation and Research (CFIR), Shelia Cotten standing next to Dean Prabu David in ComArtSci lobby on the first floor. Prabu David is also Chair of the Governing Board for the CFIR.

The Center for Innovation and Research has been created through a formal partnership agreement between Sparrow Health System and Michigan State University.  It will bring together potential innovators between MSU and Sparrow and support the formation of partnerships within and beyond the boundaries of our separate systems. 

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