Monday, July 23, 2012

Michigan State University

I'll be moving from the University of Oregon to Michigan State University later this summer.

It will be difficult to leave behind many friends and excellent colleagues at Oregon. However, I'm excited to join the MSU community and to do what I can to further the research mission at one of the nation's leading land grant universities.
Stephen Hsu named new MSU research vice president 
East Lansing, Mich. — Stephen Hsu has been named Michigan State University’s vice president for research and graduate studies. 
The appointment, approved by the MSU Board of Trustees at a special July 23 meeting, is effective Aug. 20. 
Hsu is currently the director of the Institute for Theoretical Science and professor of physics at the University of Oregon. 
“In these days of shrinking federal research dollars, it’s imperative that we have the right person for this crucial position,” said MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. “The breadth of Stephen Hsu’s experience as a scientist and scholar, as well as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of two companies, give him the background needed to succeed in this critical role.” ...

20 comments:

  1. BlackRoseML11:41 PM

    Wow, I bet will about 2-3.5 (the latter in introductory physics classes) STDV above your students at MSU. I considered that its admission standards aren't as high as HYPS or Caltech and the fact the physics students are the most intelligent college students.

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  2. MtMoru11:45 PM

    Is this an administrative position or a real work position?

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  3. Sean Carroll12:11 AM

    Congrats! Have fun at the new gig.

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  4. Congratulations! Good luck with the move and all :o)

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  5. Guy_Brodude2:05 AM

    Like Nick Carraway, Prof. Hsu inevitably returns to the warm embrace of the Middle West ;-)

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  6. Emil Ole William Kirkegaard2:23 AM

    Gratz!

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  7. JustinLoe9:00 AM

    Congratulations!

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  8. Bobdisqus2:01 PM

    Or as Russel Kirk refered to it as "Cow College". My unemployed niece got her advertising degree there. Clearly they are looking to improve the average quality of the staff.

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  9. Congrats. Michigan is a great place to drive fast cars in the country. Some epic roads upon which to test the laws of physics.

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  10. Well, fifteen or twenty years ago, a physical relocation of 1000 miles or whatever would have involved a total severance of continuing discussions. But since things are location-independent these Internet days, after a while when I visit this blogsite I'll forget the move ever took place.

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  11. Wow! The scenery will sure be different. Good luck.

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  12. You know, at first I thought that Steve was heading to the University of Michigan, and I thought to myself that Ross had a decent MBA program. Then I realized that I had confused the University of Michigan with Michigan State.

    In light of this, I suppose that I shouldn't complain too loudly that numerous people, including a few of my current co-workers, seem to confuse the University of Pennsylvania with Penn State. On the other hand, given the dark cloud currently hanging over Penn State, I shudder thinking that anyone would assume that I attended that university...

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  13. MtMoru10:50 PM

    Penn's rep will suffer when you do your own mass shooting Yan.

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  14. Why in the world would I shoot anyone? I'm perfectly happy, and unlike many whom comment on this blog, also quite secure about myself.

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  15. BlackRoseML2:06 PM

    I went to a worse college than Penn State.

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  16. BlackRoseML2:13 PM

    You're an Asian that got into a Ivy, while I went to a shitty state school (judged by average SAT score). I guess since an Asian like you went to an Ivy, they aren't that discriminated against.

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  17. My wife and I talk about this all the time. How much more intrepid movers had to be, even into the 80s. [I think it got much kinder in the '90s]

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  18. InfinityBall11:48 AM

    University of Chicago has the same problem with U Illinois Chicago, which is probably the biggest difference in rankings with this type of confusion.

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