College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

News

• Please welcome new faculty Tim Shively

  Published on July 10, 2026
  Meet Our Newest Faculty Member: Dr. Tim Shively, who hopes to harness nature to protect our forests

• Post-doc researcher Giorgia Bastianelli bids farewell to PSM

  Published on June 21, 2026
  3 years later, resilience has greater meaning for the scientist

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  Partnership drives turfgrass excellence at MSU

  Published on June 10, 2026
  A longstanding partnership with Spartan Turf Products advances research and education at the MSU Turfgrass Management Program.

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  MSU AgBioResearch Director George Smith stepping down in August to become dean at University of Arizona

  Published on June 1, 2026
  Smith has been the AgBioResearch director since 2021.

• "Identifying Reliable Predictors of Cold Tolerance and Winter Survival in Barley”

  Published on May 24, 2026
  Research gets a vote of confidence from recent Project GREEEN funding

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Events

• Jul 17

  Announcement of Final Thesis Defense Plant Pathology Ph.D. Degree: candidate Qiurong Fan

  July 17, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM

• Aug 22

  Exhibit at the Broad Art Museum

  August 22, 2026 – March 14, 2027

• Sep 29

  MSU 2026 Agriculture & Food Industry Fair

  September 29, 2026 3:00PM – 6:00PM Munn Ice Arena

Complete listing of Events

In The News

• Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn’t done

  Published on April 22, 2026 by The Associated Press
  

• New lesson plans hope to teach people what mushrooms do for the planet

  Published on November 29, 2025
  

• Regenerative transition costs are tractable

  Published on November 17, 2025
  

• ASA, CSSA and SSSA congratulate the 2025 award recipients and Fellows

  Published on November 4, 2025
  

• MSU opens renovated greenhouse facility to public, aims to benefit MI agriculture

  Published on November 3, 2025 by Michigan Farm News
  

Student Research Assistant Spotlight

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  MMG undergrad Alassane Sow enjoys working as a research assistant in PSM

  Published on January 18, 2024
  Microbiology major crosses the street for his part time job as a research assistant in the Bonito lab

Graduate Spotlight

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  Graduate spotlight: Ryan Hamilton

  Published on June 28, 2026
  

• New Project GREEEN Funding Supports Incoming Graduate Student Chante Hardaway

  Published on June 6, 2026
  

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  Welcome new graduate student Patrick Bell

  Published on May 17, 2026