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New director at MSU seeks greater visibility for School of Packaging

Sara Risch, the newly appointed director of Michigan State University’s School of Packaging, talks about her background and her goals for MSU in 2005.

Oct 31, 2004

PW: Is your background in packaging?

Risch: I’m a food scientist and did my PhD thesis on migration from packaging materials. After working in industry for a number of years, I’ve had my own consulting firm for the past 12 years, where much of my focus has been on the interaction between packaging and product.

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