Michigan State University gets $25 million federal grant to establish center for studying evolution

From The Lansing State Journal: Michigan State University in East Lansing has received a five-year, $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a center for the study of evolution in the natural world and in digital worlds as well. Dubbed the Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium, or BEACON, it is meant to bring together biologists with computer scientists and engineers, basic science with practical applications.