External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.

  • 22 December 2015
  • The Washington Times

Michigan State University officials say they are ahead of schedule on a nuclear science facility, and the project has been buoyed by federal funding to continue construction.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/22/workers-ahead-of-schedule-on-n…
  • 22 December 2015
  • WLNS

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow visited Michigan State University’s F-RIB facility after helping send hundreds of millions of dollars from Washington to build to facility in East Lansing.

  • 22 December 2015
  • WKAR

The omnibus spending bill Congress passed last week includes sizeable dollars for the FRIB project at MSU, and for Great Lakes restoration projects. We talk with Democratic Sen. Gary Peters about what’s in the new federal budget.

http://wkar.org/post/sen-peters-encouraged-middle-ground-federal-budget-law#str…
  • 17 December 2015
  • The Detroit Free Press

A massive federal spending bill expected to be passed this week includes a provision allowing the U.S. Treasury to transfer billions of dollars into a fund which has already sent or promised $130 million to Detroit to tear down thousands of blighted buildings and is expected to provide at least tens of millions more.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/2015/12/16/visa-restrictions-built-into-bid-sp…
  • 17 December 2015
  • MLive

A nuclear research facility at Michigan State University is expected to receive $100 million from the federal government under a large omnibus spending bill being voted on this week.

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/12/msu_nuclear_research_facility.html
  • 16 December 2015
  • WLNS

It’s a cutting edge multi-million dollar facility that has scientists and researchers excited. We’re talking about the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, also known as FRIB. Its walls are being built right now on the campus of Michigan State University.

  • 16 December 2015
  • The Detroit News

The congressional year-end spending bill includes $300 million in federal funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and $100 million to continue building a facility for nuclear science at Michigan State University, officials said Wednesday.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/16/spending-bill-aids-g…
  • 16 December 2015
  • Lansing State Journal

A nuclear science research facility at Michigan State University is on track to get the full $100 million requested by the Obama administration to continue construction this fiscal year.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2015/12/16/frib-up-full-100m-fed…
  • 28 November 2015
  • Michigan Radio

Leaders in Lansing are hoping a new cutting-edge scientific research facility at Michigan State University might lead to an economic boom.

http://michiganradio.org/post/businesses-are-eyeing-potential-opportunities-msu…
  • 18 November 2015
  • MSUToday

So you have particle, zooming through a particle accelerator at nearly half the speed of light. Your job: To keep it on track so it collides with a target. The collision provides information about such things as how the elements were formed.

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2015/game-on-new-msu-video-game-aims-to-draw-kids…
  • 17 November 2015
  • Lansing State Journal

The Greater Lansing region is taking steps to develop its fledgling particle acceleration industry. The Lansing Economic Area Partnership has created an action plan to attract new businesses to the region that relate to the research conducted at Michigan State University’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and the work being done at Niowave and Ionetix.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2015/11/17/leap-grow-particle-ac…
  • 9 October 2015
  • Lansing State Journal

Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon had a surprise for federal officials visiting as part of the 50 Years of Beam program Thursday morning.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2015/10/09/msu-celebrates-50-yea…