From MSU Today on Impact Radio: MSU’s Office of Biobased Technologies named Bryan K. Ritchie associate director for external strategies on Oct. 1. Ritchie is associate professor of international relations and co-director of the Michigan Center for Innovation and Economic Prosperity in the James Madison College at MSU.

Ritchie talks about his role in expediting the commercialization process for intellectual property, and he gives his plan for connecting researchers with business and government leaders. He discusses the potential of the bioeconomy to reshape our economy, and he tells us exaclty what it takes for technology to thrive in the private sector.

Hosted by Russ White.

Hear the Conversation 13:12 – 7.6 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Sanjay Gupta is chairperson of MSU’s Department of Accounting and Information Systems inside the Eli Broad College of Business.

Gupta talks about the way accounting students are taught differently in the wake of Enron. He describes what skills employers are seeking in today’s students. He gives his views on the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and talks about the future of accounting education at business schools.

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Hear the Conversation 27:20 – 15.6 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo previews the 2007-2008 Spartan basketball team on media day.

Coach Izzo analyzes the progress of each player on his roster and says he’ll likely play a ten-man rotation this season. He likes the mix of youth and experience on his roster and says he likes having the bullseye on his team’s back.

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Hear the Conversation 27:23 – 15.7 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: In 2001, attorney Geoffrey N. Fieger made a gift of $4 million to MSU College of Law to initiate and sustain the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute.

Fieger talks about what motivated him to establish the institute and about what sets this unique program apart from any other. He discusses the issues facing today’s law students and practicing attorneys. He describes technology’s main impact on practicing law, and he says there isn’t likely another run for public office in his future.

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Hear the Conversation 13:34 – 7.8 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: MSU President Lou Anna K Simon pays her mid-semester visit to MSU Today. She touches on a variety of topics ranging from the close of MSU’s successful capital campaign to the university’s agreement with Dubai International Academic City, and from the latest on the Big Ten Network to reflecting on the relationship between MSU and East Lansing.

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Hear the Conversation 24:40 – 14.1 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Joan Rose serves as the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at MSU. Rose is an international expert in water microbiology, water quality and public health safety.

Dr. Rose discusses a myriad of water issues facing the Great Lakes and the entire world’s water system. She talks about her vision for water research in Michigan that focuses on the importance of water for the health of humans, animals and the environment.

Rose says there is an important and critical relationship between water and health which has often been taken for granted. Health is the goal, she says, and we have to use new technology to study the water environment to get there.

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Hear the Conversation 24:45 – 14.2 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: MSU alumnus Jim Cotter is the director of the Office of Admissions at MSU.

Cotter discusses the profile of the 2007 class at MSU. He analyzes overall trends in university admissions, and he talks about the office’s Detroit outreach efforts. He talks about the collaborative nature of MSU and how that helps get things done. Cotter gives his vision for MSU’s Office of Admissions.

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Hear the Conversation 21:05 – 12.1 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: An $18 million NIH contract is funding the state of Michigan’s role in the National Children’s Study; MSU is taking the lead in the study of effects of environmental influences on child health.

A consortium composed of Michigan’s top three research universities, some of its leading health care systems and hospitals, as well as state and local health agencies will join together to participate in the national project described as “one of the most ambitious health studies of its kind.”

Directing the project in Michigan will be Nigel Paneth, an MSU professor of epidemiology, and pediatrics and human development.

Dr. Paneth talks about the goals of the project and what the researchers hope to learn from this important research.

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Hear the Conversation 28:55 – 16.6 mb mp3

From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Tom Emmerich is president of Schupan Recycling. MSU Athletics is partnering with Schupan and its partner TOMRA for the GO GREEN beverage container recycling initiative at home football games this fall. The effort focuses on collecting and recycling all aluminum and plastic beverage containers at home football games. The initiative extends beyond deposit containers covered by state law to include water, sports drinks and other noncarbonated beverage containers.

Emmerich discusses the goals of the program, and he talks about some facts and myths related to the recycling movement in the United States.

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Hear the Conversation 14:02 – 8 mb mp3