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MSU worm farm turns food waste into profit
MSU vermicomposting operation at the Surplus Store and Recycling promotes campus sustainability and research projects with 1 million worms, and lots of leaves and food waste.
STEM building wins multiple national, state awards for innovation, construction and design
A brief tour of the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility showing its mass timber framing while it was in the final stages of completion.
MSU begins campus planning efforts, needs campus feedback
Beginning in March, MSU is conducting a comprehensive Facilities and Land Use Plan review for the East Lansing campus and statewide facilities and properties. Campus planning is an essential opportunity for users of MSU's physical space to provide feedback to those who build and maintain it.
2022 Arbor Day Celebration
MSU will celebrate the 150th Arbor Day with a tree planting and more.
It's Women in Construction Week
March 6—12, 2022 is Women in Construction Week (WIC Week). To help us celebrate, take a look at some stories that highlight the work of women not only in construction but in the larger umbrella of skilled trades.
Making a home for falcons at Spartan Stadium
A pair of nesting peregrine falcons at MSU's East Lansing campus have a new nesting box they could call home thanks to the work of the student Fisheries and Wildlife Club with a little help from Infrastructure Planning and Facilities.
New app to guide IPF staff to assets, job sites
At 24.7 million square feet spread across more then 550 MSU buildings, it’s not hard to lose a few minutes finding your way to a room in an unfamiliar part of campus. It’s a problem common to IPF maintenance staff when they’re called on to service building assets such as pumps, steam traps and other critical equipment that are intentionally placed out of sight.
A year in review: IPF 2021 points of pride
Though 2021 was another unique year, IPF was able to overcome unprecedented challenges to reach milestones, break records, and keep MSU running. Here are a few of our accomplishments from 2021.
CDC honors MSU with water quality award
Interior view of the water plant with filtration tanks shown.
IPF celebrates GIS day with technology highlight
From farming to navigation to planning the layout of a city, GIS (or geographic information system mapping) is used to combine data and location information to help us make better decisions. Here's how IPF uses it.