A breast cancer survivor, a mammography technologist, a medical tattoo artist and a dean whose wife survived the disease will discuss how breast cancer reshapes lives at a Ferris Women’s Network panel Oct. 14.

Two alumnae from Ferris State University’s Kendall College of Art and Design won ArtPrize 2026 awards, led by Emily Mayo's 2D Juried Award for a charcoal series on motherhood.

Ferris State University's Speech and Debate team won the Public Forum division and placed second overall at the National Educational Debate Association Opener, held recently at Central Michigan University.

Ferris State University hockey will wear the logo of Lerner Financial -- a Big Rapids firm with alumni ties -- on its game jerseys for the first time for the 2026-27 season.

Ferris State University's Anti-Violence Alliance will lead a campus march, survivor speak-out and candlelight vigil Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, for Take Back the Night, the international movement against sexual and interpersonal violence.

A Ferris State University graduate and his former Howell High School locker partner reunited decades later to turn Michigan dock installations into an Amazon Prime Video series.

Michigan Kenworth gave Ferris State University's Heavy Equipment program its first battery-electric truck, a gift championed by one of the program's own graduates and will immediately become a tool for teaching students in-demand skills. The company

Natasha Dotson spent 27 years as an educator in Dallas, using books that never showed children what she saw inside Ferris State University's new Jim Crow Museum.

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognized David McCall, a Ferris State University professor, as the university’s Faculty of the Year for his commitment to student-athletes.

Ferris State University is launching an effort to help students and employees quit smoking or vaping and create a healthier campus, with a new tobacco-free policy and a series of opportunities to help people kick the habit.

Ferris State University will launch its first Ferris Career Success Conference and Expo Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, with plans to coordinate the events bi-annually to connect students with rewarding careers.

The final cut of Andrew Tingley’s documentary about the Ferris State University Marching Band’s return after more than three decades premieres homecoming weekend at the Big Rapids Theater.

Dan Povenmire spent years working to get "Phineas and Ferb" made. On Wednesday, he tells Ferris State University students how he did it.

A half-lit moon shows more than a full one, and Ferris State University is setting up telescopes on the Robinson Quad Saturday night to show why.

Eight Michigan high school esports teams will compete Saturday, Sept. 19, at Ferris State University's Kendall College of Art and Design in Mitten Mayhem, the university's first high school esports invitational.

Ferris State University's Kendall College of Art and Design will host two exhibitions during ArtPrize this fall, one it curated from ArtPrize entrants and one that sits outside the competition entirely.

Ferris State University students in Grand Rapids asked for a room where they could decompress. They get one Thursday.

Chaz Silva started at a Grand Rapids area branding and video studio as an intern. He works there full time now, still with a semester of school left.

A Ferris State University student hunting for a job after graduation can now find contacts at Google, Tesla, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin and other Fortune 500 companies through the Ferris Career Success Hub, now powered by 12twenty.

When Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park hosted its Garden to Glass wine pairing event in July, Anna Haywood's design sat on every table.