MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, July 8 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Central Michigan University's College of Business Administration and School of Accounting have extended their accreditation with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. CMU is among 190 schools worldwide with both business and accounting accreditations through AACSB. For more than a century, AACSB accreditation has been synonymous with the highest standards in business e more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, July 10 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Nobody in Michigan needs to be told that we officially have been in a heat wave. It takes only a couple of consecutive days above 90 degrees to get the label. As of July 9, much of Michigan had seven to 10 days of such hot, dry weather. While many people can find air-conditioned escape from the heat, our woodland neighbors have had to try to cope. Most have suffered, some have died. CMU Biology faculty more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, July 11 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: A Central Michigan University Mathematics faculty member has been awarded a five-year Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant for collaborative research related to Cauchy-Riemann equations. "I am very happy to receive this funding," Debraj Chakrabarti said. "It will help me to advance my research program and foster collaboration with colleagues." The grant for the project, titled "Analysis and Geometry i more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, July 8 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Building on more than 50 years of graduate medical training, health care in the Great Lakes Bay Region took a significant step forward this month as two Saginaw hospitals signed a long-term education agreement with Central Michigan University. CMU, Covenant HealthCare and Ascension St. Mary's Hospital -- the founding members of the collaborative organization CMU Medical Education Partners -- reaffirmed t more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: In more than a decade of work on diverse projects in the African nation of Mozambique, University of Michigan researcher Dean Yang sees a common theme: The importance of social connections in attitudes and actions affecting lives and livelihoods. That work has included improving agricultural productivity through a fertilizer pilot program and reducing HIV/AIDS through community-level interactions. The more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, July 9 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: An Eastern Michigan University professor is the lead investigator in a federally funded effort that seeks to enhance mentoring skills and well-being in graduate students studying in STEM disciplines. Carmen McCallum, an associate professor in the Department of Leadership and Counseling, is heading up a project titled "Mentoring for Life: Enhancing STEM Graduate Student Well-Being." The project aims to facili more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 9 -- Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary issued the following news: The Calvin Institute for Christian Worship has awarded a Teacher-Scholar Grant to Rev. Dr. Andrew Wymer, assistant professor of liturgical studies at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and to Kristen Daley Mosier, a current doctoral student concentrating in the area of theology and ethics. Titled "Baptized in Toxic Water: Baptismal Solidarity Amidst Ecological Injustice," this project will e more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, July 7 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: With many West Michigan production facilities resuming marginal operations, the pent-up demand has brought economic statistics back closer to break-even, said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business. Long surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on data collected during the last two weeks of June. The surv more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, July 8 -- Hope College issued the following news release: Dr. R. Richard Ray of the Hope College faculty has earned the capstone honor presented by National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) in recognition of his transformational leadership and service across four decades in the athletic training profession. He has been named the 2020 recipient of NATA's Eve Becker-Doyle Leadership Award, which is the top recognition given to a NATA member who has belonged for at least  more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, July 7 -- Indiana University issued the following news release: Children in homes relying on private well water are 25 percent more likely to have elevated blood lead levels than children in homes served by community water, according to a new study by Indiana University researchers. The study, published July 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first that specifically looks at lead exposure in children who rely on private wells. "Recent crises lik more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the creation of the Criminal Investigations Division (CID), led by former Lansing Police Department Capt. Thomas Fabus. The CID is the first of its kind for the Michigan Department of Attorney General and will allow the department to more effectively and uniformly complete thorough investigations covering a variety of subjects, while providing r more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Attorney General Dana Nessel recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of the State of Michigan in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia circuit, in a case involving the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Commonwealth of Virginia v Ferriero, Case No. 1:20-cv-242-RC. The brief supports three plaintiff states, Illinois, Nevada and Virginia - the last three states to ratify the ERA - whic more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement after a federal district court judge granted the State's motions to dismiss two cases filed by individuals and the Michigan Republican Party challenging the constitutionality of Michigan's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission: "This decision reaffirms exactly what our democracy demands: a fair process for the people of this state. "In 2018, Michiganders made it abundantly clear that the i more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: In her work to ensure energy remains affordable for residents across the state, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently filed testimony in Consumers Energy Co.'s electric rate case before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). Nessel argued that the company's requested $244 million increase, which would represent a 14 percent rate increase for residential customers, is excessive more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on July 9: Attorney General Dana Nessel in a letter expressed her disagreement with the Michigan Civil Service Commission's (MCSC) proposed rule change that would make it more burdensome for state employees to support unions by requiring annual authorizations to deduct wages from their paychecks. The current MCSC rules allow an employee to voluntarily agree to and rescind the provision of due more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Better Business Bureau Serving Eastern Michigan & the Upper Peninsula are warning Michiganders about fraudulent cards that falsely claim to exempt the holder from wearing face coverings in businesses and other areas where such personal protective equipment is required. As the country continues to grapple with COVID-19, certain groups like the Free more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Attorney General Dana Nessel and Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) Chair Pat Gagliardi have secured an unprecedented $3 million fine and independent audit against NWS Michigan LLC, one of the state's authorized spirits distributors, for 88 violations of the Liquor Control Code. The violations by NWS Michigan LLC - which does business as Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) - contr more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that the president authorize the use of Michigan National Guard forces through December 31, 2020. Title 32 authority, which allows Guard members to receive federal pay and benefits, was set to expire on August 21 due to a deadline set by the Trump Administration. "The Michigan National Guard is a crucial part of the Sta more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer took strong steps to ensure working families in Michigan have access to clean water for hand washing and sanitation by signing Executive Order 2020-144, which extends protections for Michigan residents who have had water service shut off through December 31, 2020. "From day one, my administration has been focused on building a stronger Michigan by investing in people,  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer signed House Bills 4546, 4547, 4389, 4390, and 4217, as well as Senate Bills 254, 248, 850, 696, 585, 517, and 173 into law. The governor signed House Bills 4389 and 4390, which regulate the use and reporting of firefighting foam containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. "Protecting our air, land and Great Lakes and ensuring Michiganders have access to clean, saf more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2020-7 which directs the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) to begin developing rules that will require implicit bias training as part of the knowledge and skills necessary for licensure, registration and renewal of licenses and registrations of health professionals in Michigan. Implicit bias training was one of the recommendations ma more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed executive order 2020-147, which reiterates that individuals are required to wear a face covering whenever they are in an indoor public space. It also requires the use of face coverings in crowded outdoor spaces. Most significantly, the order requires any business that is open to the public to refuse entry or service to people who refuse to wear a face covering, wi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the Kingdom of Jordan arrived in Michigan. The shipment includes overalls, surgical masks and goggles. A shipment of N95 masks is expected to follow. "I want to personally thank the Kingdom of Jordan for this generous donation of critical Personal Protective Equipment to ensure our frontline medical worker more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, July 9 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: DTE Electric received approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) for an innovative plan to keep electric rates unchanged from today until 2022. The company's Renewable Energy Plan was also approved by the Commission. Following a 12-week moratorium on service interruptions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and $30-40 million bill reduction for electric customers in June and July, the regulatory plan  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Lavora Barnes on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive order requiring masks in public: "Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order that will require Michiganders to wear masks in public places, after a recent increase in cases around the state. The executive order mandates that residents wear masks in indoor public spaces, crowded outdoor public spaces, and requires businesses to r more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: A new report in the Detroit Free Press highlights how Donald Trump's failed economic response to COVID-19 is threatening Michigan workers and risking a spike in cases in the state. As supplemental unemployment benefits are set to expire this month and Donald Trump refuses to take action to support unemployed Michiganders, over 75,000 could face eviction. The lack of action could also create another s more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Donald Trump stumbles through his sixth month of his disastrous response to COVID-19, the failed president is partnering with Betsy DeVos to force Michigan schools open against guidelines created by his own government. To force the opening, Trump threatened funding for Michigan schools, saying he, "may cut off funding if not open!" while DeVos stated she is "very seriously" looking into withholding more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on July 9: The Michigan Public Service Commission approved DTE Electric Co.'s amended renewable energy plan (Case No. U-18232), expanding the company's portfolio of wind and solar power generation facilities and addressing concerns raised by the Commission in previous orders, including the ability for third-party purchased power agreements to be used to meet the renewable portfolio standard.  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Double dipping Gary Peters is profiting off the backs of taxpayers as he collects a State of Michigan pension while pulling down a U.S. Senate paycheck, but he doesn't mind threatening other peoples' pensions while he does. Peters has vacuumed up about a quarter million dollars from the Michigan Legislative Retirement System as he collects $174,000 each year from his U.S. Senate salary. (Source: Financial Dis more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: When Michigan businesses needed support the most, Gary Peters skipped out on Small Business committee hearings that could've helped them prepare before crisis hit. When Peters had the opportunity to better prepare Michigan for a crisis, he skipped 43 of 51 House Small Business Committee hearings from 2011-2012- an appalling 84% of the time. Even worse, in 2012 Peters didn't bother to show up a single time. (2 more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on July 9: Yesterday, The Detroit Newsreported on the dire situation in nursing homes across the state of Michigan - shortages of gowns, face shields and masks, and poor staff and resident isolation policies. The reporting comes despite the fact that multiple companies have contacted Whitmer's office and the state's procurement office with additional PPE and swabs to be distributed. Testifying before the Join more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Mi Zhang of Michigan State University has been recognized with the Amazon AWS Machine Learning Research Award for his work on Automated Machine Learning. This is MSU's first AWS Machine Learning Research Award. Zhang is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Amazon AWS MLRA aims to assist university faculty to advance the frontiers of machine learning.  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Michigan State University (MSU) a grant of $550,000 to support the first phase of the On These Grounds project ( https://onthesegrounds.org/), a digital initiative to describe the history of enslavement found in archival materials at colleges and universities. A collaboration of teams from Michigan State University, Georgetown Un more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Dr. Stacey Camp and Dr. Ethan Watrall have been awarded a 3 year National Parks Service Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant for $379,017 to develop The Internment Archaeology Digital Archive (IADA), an open digital archive that will host, preserve, and provide broad public access to digitized collection more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Michigan State University plant biologist Berkley Walker is part of a team of scientists that is using a 3-year, $1.4 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Molecular and Cellular Biosciences award to explore the intersection between photorespiration and one-carbon metabolism, two plant biochemical processes that are critical to plant growth and human nutrition. Photorespirat more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Kinitra Brooks grew up connecting ideas, asking questions and demanding the freedom to do so. Today, the associate professor in MSU's Department of English continues to push boundaries through her study of Black women, genre fiction, popular culture and the work of conjure women as intellectual history. "Basically, I teach and research Black women creating weird stuff," Brooks said. "That includes Bl more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Ryan Scrivens is an assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice. His research centers around using AI and algorithms that incorporate criminal career measures to prevent extremist violence. The following is repurposed content from the School of Criminal Justice. One of the greatest developments in human history is the creation of the internet. Never before had so many people connected, oppo more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Stacey Camp and Ethan Watrall have been awarded a 3-year National Parks Service Japanese American Confinement Sites grant for $379,017. This grant will be used to develop The Internment Archaeology Digital Archive, an open digital archive that will host, preserve and provide broad public access to digitized collections of archaeological mater more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox announced that the Michigan Republican Party filed a FOIA request seeking documents from Governor Whitmer's office showing how much taxpayer money was spent on her failed quest to obtain the Democratic vice-presidential nomination through an unprecedented national media blitz that began after she hired a presidential campaign communications guru on the state payroll more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University will continue providing much-needed assistance to students who are children of migrant farmworkers with a U.S. Department of Education grant renewal of more than $2 million. MSU's College Assistance Migrant Program Scholars Initiative has served more than 1,000 eligible migrant and seasonal farmworker students during its 20 years. The CAMP initiative identifies, recruits, a more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 10 -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: Michigan State University has received $4 million from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare scholars who will help shape decisions affecting students and schools across the nation. The grant will provide fellowships, including tuition, living expenses and additional resources, for up to 21 doctoral students over five years. "As a political scientist who studies ed more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, July 7 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) invited Wayne State University Senior Director of Undergraduate Admissions Ericka M. Jackson to participate as a featured panelist in a national town hall titled Navigating the Impact of Racism on College Admission. The event was held virtually through Zoom Monday, June 29, and it was open to all NACAC members. "We reached out to Ericka because she ha more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 9 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The Midwest Mobility from Poverty Network, led by Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, awarded six grants totaling $150,000 for projects to improve economic mobility and address the impact of COVID-19 throughout the Midwest. The grant program aims to accelerate collaborative community-university projects that will leverage data and apply research to have real-world impact on economic mobili more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 9 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Innovation Hub for Advanced Transportation at the University of Michigan recently awarded a combined $710,000 to eight high-tech, early-stage projects from a pool of applications received from Michigan universities this cycle. Of those selected for funding, seven were led by researchers at U-M and one was led by a researcher at Western Michigan  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Adults with obesity are more susceptible to influenza A/H1N1pdm--the swine flu virus, according to a new study that did not, however, find a similar association with the seasonal flu. The results could be relevant in understanding the mechanisms by which infectious diseases such as influenza or the ongoing coronavirus pandemic might affect different segments of the population, the researchers say. "T more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 7 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: In an effort to improve large touchscreens, LED light panels and window-mounted infrared solar cells, researchers at the University of Michigan have made plastic conductive while also making it more transparent. They provide a recipe to help other researchers find the best balance between conductivity and transparency by creating a three-layer anti-reflection surface. The conductive metal layer is sand more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The most vulnerable residents of the nation's 10th-most populous state say their health improved significantly after they enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program, a new University of Michigan study finds. Michiganders with extremely low incomes, those who live with multiple chronic health problems and those who are Black got the biggest health boosts year over year among all those enrolled in more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on July 7: As Black Lives Matter protests continue throughout the nation and deadly run-ins with police repeatedly make headlines, the University of Michigan explores the topic with a "Police Brutality in America Teach-Out." Online now, the self-guided learning event on Coursera explores the history of policing in the United States and the legacy of mistrust between police and minority communities. For  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The ongoing warming of Lake Michigan increases its susceptibility to Asian carp, in part by reducing the capacity of quagga mussels to act as an ecological barrier against the voracious algae-eating fish, according to a new University of Michigan-led study. Asian carp and the trillions of quagga mussels that carpet the bottom of Lake Michigan would compete for the same food--algae and other types of pl more PR

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 9 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news release: Every summer millions of people visit parks and protected areas along the shorelines of the Great Lakes to camp, hike, swim and explore nature's beauty. While COVID-19 has impacted staffing, operations and budgets at the parks, tourists this year also may notice changes if recent record-high water levels persist on Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Superior. A new study by a graduate  more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, July 11 -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: A Western Michigan University professor has been named to one of the highest oversight posts in the field of accountancy. Dr. Ola Smith, chair, Department of Accountancy, has been elected chair of the Michigan State Board of Accountancy. She has served six years as a member and will serve a one-year term as chair completing a seven-year term. The board is responsible for the certification, licensure and regu more PR