U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm (center right) and MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. (center left) cut the ribbon to officially mark the start of FRIB’s scientific mission in a ceremony on May 2, 2022, in the Wharton Center for Performing Arts at Michigan State University. Pictured, from left: MSU Trustee Melanie Foster, MSU Trustee Renee Knake Jefferson, FRIB Laboratory Director Thomas Glasmacher, MSU Board of Trustees Chair Dianne Byrum, U.S. Representative Tim Walberg, President Stanley, Secretary Granholm, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator Gary Peters, U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Representative Brenda Lawrence, MSU Trustee Kelly Tebay, and MSU Trustee Rema Vassar.