ALMA, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Alma College issued the following news: As a child, growing up in the White Mountains of Arizona, Bonnie Hamilton '16 learned to appreciate and respect the knowledge and traditions of Indigenous peoples. Thanks to her father, who worked at the time as a public health officer for the U.S. Public Health Service, dinner table conversations were often about Indigenous people and their relationship to the environment -- specifically, how to identify and solve environmenta more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 11 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news on Aug. 10: Biden's advantage in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin is largely the result of consolidating the Democratic vote and attracting support from voters who supported minor party candidates or did not vote in 2016. Since February, previously undecided voters have shifted in Biden's direction, and views surrounding Trump's handling of both the coronavirus and protests over policing are more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: It's August, and we're all tired of mosquitoes. Too bad they're not tired of us. With at least a month of summer weather still to come, the buzzing, biting nuisances are still out in force, ready to leave an itchy welt in trade for a little of your blood. Can't we stop them? Don't they carry diseases? Michael Conway has answers. He is an associate professor of microbiology in Central Michigan Universi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: On the 85th anniversary of the Social Security Act, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); James Roosevelt, former associate commissioner of the Social Security Administration and President Roosevelt's grandson; and Sarah Conklin, a Wisconsinite and Social Security recipient, joined a call hosted by the DNC War Room to discuss Trump's cruel threats to Social Security. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): "Social S more PR

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Aug. 11 -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: The Freed-Hardeman University Board of Trustees added a new member at their July 2020 meeting. Curt Zondervan, Hudsonville, Michigan, is the newest member of the board. Zondervan, a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of Freed-Hardeman, is the owner of Zondervan Recognition LLC in Grandville, Michigan. He is a former member of the Grandville Calvin Christian Schools Board and currently serves on the event board of more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Aug. 8 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley's new Director of Housing and Residence Life Kyle Boone had a first day unlike any other: a rush of adrenaline to sign on Zoom meetings and virtually meet the Housing and Residence Life team. Boone began his duties on July 20 and comes to Grand Valley from Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) in Atlanta, where he was the director of Student Housing and Residential Education. Andy Beachnau, associate  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: A study by a GVSU economics professor reexamined the economic impact that coastal restoration to Muskegon Lake is having on area property values and recreational opportunities for the surrounding community. Paul Isely, associate dean and professor of economics, first analyzed the housing market surrounding restoration sites along the southern shoreline of Muskegon Lake in 2011. His original study predicted more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- George Washington University issued the following news release on Aug. 11: A new election prediction model will use Twitter data, which measures the pulse of public conversations about campaign politics, to improve predictions of a model using polling and other fundamental data. Researchers at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) will apply the novel technique to forecasts of 12 battleground states and publish projection updates  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 15 -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: Nowadays, almost anything you want to buy, you can find online. And according to new research from social scientist Dr. Thomas Holt, the current Director of the MSU School of Criminal Justice, hiring a hitman doesn't seem to be an exception. Dr. Holt's research, which was completed in collaboration with doctoral student Ariel Roddy, found that hitmen advertise their servi more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University has signed a new articulation agreement with Ontario's St. Clair College that will allow graduates of St. Clair's diploma program in business administration direct entry into LTU's Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) programs. "A number of St. Clair architectural technology students have taken advantag more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Cleantech companies take note: The Centrepolis Accelerator, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, and the United States Department of Energy are hosting an event to highlight the many funding and support resources available that can enable technology commercialization and business growth. The event begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, and is scheduled for an hour. I more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Gary Peters continues to fight for Michiganders this week launching an investigation into recent mail delays to make sure Michiganders can count on reliable service from USPS, passing a bipartisan bill which included his provisions to protect amateur and Olympic athletes, and advancing his bipartisan bill to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' caregiver program through the Senate. more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 10: Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced the appointment of Brian Monton as the Oceana County public administrator. Monton's swearing-in ceremony was conducted electronically on Friday. Monton is Nessel's third county public administrator (CPA) appointment as Attorney General. Monton, of Pentwater, is a graduate Northern Michigan University and Michigan State University Coll more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 13: The former owner of a Manistee funeral home was ordered by the court Wednesday to pay back $213,000 after he used the money - which was given to him by clients for their prepaid funeral contracts - to support his business, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today. Denis Robert Johnson, 70, was sentenced Wednesday in 19th Circuit Court in Manistee County before Judge D more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: The governor continued to protect Michigan's frontline workers in grocery stores, pharmacies and long-term care facilities by signing Executive Orders 2020-168 and 2020-169. The governor's orders extend existing safety measures, including 2 hours a week of reserved shopping time for vulnerable populations, to protect consumers and employees at grocery stores and pharmacies. "For the past five mo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 10: Today, in order to ensure that patients receive appropriate care during emergencies and disasters, Governor Whitmer vetoed Senate Bill 899. Senate Bill 899 would make patients receiving treatment at a hospital and residents in nursing homes powerless to seek relief when they are harmed in any but the most egregious cases, regardless of the type of emergency or disaster declared by the more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Lavora Barnes: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes on Joe Biden's selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate: "I am so thrilled to have Senator Kamala Harris joining the ticket with Vice President Biden. "Senator Harris has been a fearless leader who has always stood on the side of working families in our country. " more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Gary Peters joined U.S. Representative Brenda Lawrence to discuss the impact of postal service delays on Michiganders and Americans across the country. Last week, Sen. Peters launched an investigation into recent mail delays to make sure Michiganders can count on reliable service from the USPS, including receiving social security checks, paychecks, and lifesaving pr more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, a new flagrantly misleading attack ad launched by failed politician John James to smear U.S. Senator Gary Peters has been called out for its "false" claims. James' dishonest attack on Peters' record of fighting for Michigan during coronavirus comes as James tries to deflect from his own record of praising Trump's mismanaged pandemic response, even as Trump repeatedly downplays t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 15 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 14: The Michigan Democratic Party today blasted Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey for suggesting Michiganders should "just suffer through it" without additional federal COVID-19 relief funding. Shirkey himself received between $1 million and $2 million in federal taxpayer relief, according to media reports (https://michigandems.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=266b0912aa1a246d09a3b1ad7&id= more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 10: As Donald Trump attacks funding for Social Security and Medicare with his executive orders, a new report today highlights the disproportionate mortality rate among Detroit-area seniors. The report finds that Wayne County seniors are dying at over twice the rate of older adults in Michigan, and cites racial disparities in access to health care as a major contributor. The release of the stud more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: On Thursday, Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox called on Representative Jon Hoadley to be removed from his position as Vice-Chair of the State House Appropriations Committee. The action comes after troubling blog posts surfaced (https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/michigan-democrat-jon-hoadley-blogged-about-drug-use/) last week in which Hoadley spoke about hardcore drug usage, disparaging women and chil more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Aug. 11: Since early spring, Gretchen Whitmer has done countless late-night comedy shows, cable TV appearances, and magazine profiles in her quest to become Joe Biden's Vice Presidential nominee. Today, she lost the Veepstakes to Kamala Harris. Since endorsing Biden in the spring, Michigan took a backseat to Whitmer's political ambitions. In true Democrat fashion, Gretchen Whitmer never let a crisis go to  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Over the weekend, President Trump took executive action to ease the lives of many Michiganders still suffering the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In true partisan fashion, Governor Whitmer criticized President Trump's actions, stating that the president must instead "work together with Congress." The hypocrisy of such a statement coming from a governor who has signed over 100 executive orders, and wh more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: In an unprecedented gambit to build a winning coalition in November, Democrat U.S. Senator Gary Peters' newest television ad seeks to portray that he has a strong working relationship with President Donald Trump - despite the fact that Peters votes with Nancy Pelosi 95% of the time. It's a desperate move because Peters' campaign has repeatedly attacked John James over his willingness to work with the Preside more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: U.S. Senator Gary Peters is dragging his feet on filing his 2019 annual financial disclosure report, despite being up for reelection. Or, is it because he is up for reelection? Peters' upcoming report is important because it will reveal if Peters still benefits from an exclusive, gold-plated private health insurance plan not available to the public. Peters recently came under fire by opponent John James fo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in America and across the world in February, U.S. Senator Gary Peters repeatedly sounded the alarm about international travel across our borders in order to protect the country against COVID-19. What did he do next? Peters jumped on an airplane and flew out of the country to collect campaign cash for his own benefit, putting Michigan residents at risk of accelerated sprea more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Aug. 12: U.S. Senator Gary Peters loves to talk about being the Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security Committee. However, under his watch, a departmental audit said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was not ready for a pandemic. Peters had been on the important oversight committee for nearly two years when the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the scathing report in Oc more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: After repeatedly praising China at the start of the global coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Senator Gary Peters probably wishes he could have his words back. Peters, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in an appearance on Fox News on February 12th that, "Certainly, the Chinese government has instituted some very, very aggressive actions..." Peters  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: One of the forces driving opioid abuse in the United States is chronic pain, which affects 50 to 100 million U.S. adults, with at least 20 million of these experiencing high-impact chronic pain that interferes with their work and life most days or every day. MSU physiologist Geoffroy Laumet, who recently received a three-year, $150,000, 2020 Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain,  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 15 -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: With the conservation and management of birds increasing in importance for the long-term survival of many species, the accurate and consistent taxonomy of birds has become increasingly important. Taxonomy, which is the science of naming, describing, and classifying all the world's organisms, underpins conservation management and prioritization. For example, levels of species ric more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University researchers have been awarded a $3.75 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research focused on decreasing cardiovascular disease risk morbidity and mortality for minority and low-income populations with diabetes mellitus. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of diabetes-related morbidity and mortality. The researchers have found that better pati more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Lost instructional time, student trauma and limited access to meals and counseling topped the list of pandemic-related concerns by Michigan educators, according to a new report by Michigan State University's Education Policy Innovation Collaborative. To understand how Michigan educators responded during the transition to distance learning last spring, EPIC surveyed K-8 teachers and principals in tra more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Let's be honest -- you don't have to be squeamish to think ticks, worms and other parasites are pretty gross. The idea of something crawling on your skin and biting you to drink your blood or living inside you is enough to freak out even those with strong constitutions. Pets rely on us humans to protect them not only from the parasites themselves, but also from the diseases they can transmit. To make more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: Better understanding of the surface chemistry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is needed to reduce transmission and accelerate vaccine design. Researchers at Michigan Tech, TUV SUD UK National Engineering Laboratory and University of Edinburgh call for increased research on virus surface stability and interaction in "Surface Chemistry Can Unlock Drivers of Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Variety of Environmen more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 11: More than 50 men and women from Consumers Energy are headed to Indiana Wednesday to assist in restoring power to more than 40,000 customers still in the dark after strong storms tore through the Midwest on Monday. The 15 Consumers Energy crews, equipment and support personnel are from 15 different service centers around Lower Michigan. Earlier Tuesday. Consumers Energy released 12 contractor crews from more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Today, the Michigan Democratic Party held a virtual press conference with Senator Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, and autoworker Percy Johnson to highlight Donald Trump's erratic trade actions, his failed record on auto jobs, and Joe Biden's plans to invest in Michigan manufacturing. The presser comes as Trump has continued his erratic trade war, putting a 10% more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Aug. 13 -- The University of Maryland issued the following news: The University of Maryland will participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance Course Sharing Program, a new collaborative initiative offering undergraduate students of participating Big Ten Institutions the opportunity to diversify their learning experience during the COVID-19 pandemic and take online courses from other Big Ten universities. Maryland is one of seven Big Ten institutions that make up the ina more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: More Detroiters have returned to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but many families continue to have difficulty affording basic necessities and worry more hardship is ahead. That's according to the latest representative survey of Detroiters from the University of Michigan's Detroit Metro Area Communities Study. The survey, which was open July 15-29, is the fourth rapid-response survey DMACS has fielde more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Among lesbian couples expecting their first child, low prenatal testosterone levels predict a higher quality of nuturing behavior, according to a new University of Michigan study. People tend to associate the hormone testosterone with males, competition and dominance. But women also have testosterone and it is also associated with caregiving and nurturance. However, the majority of testosterone resea more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The extent of Southeast Michigan's tree canopy and its urban sprawl both increased between 1985 and 2015, according to a new University of Michigan study that used aerial photos and satellite images to map individual buildings and small patches of street trees. The researchers described the increase in forested area across the region as a positive finding. But their analysis also revealed that the reg more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: When CEOs make much higher salaries than their employees, companies can suffer financially, according to a recent study co-authored by University of Michigan professors. The growing gap in pay between CEOs and their workers has been controversial for years. The average CEO compensation has been rising, even as some individual leaders reduce their pay in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. But most of the  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Aug. 13: The University of Michigan is a partner in a major mobility initiative Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced today to develop a first-of-its-kind corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles. The corridor is designed to improve transportation for communities in Southeast Michigan and continue the state's leadership in smart infrastructure and future mobility. Cavnue, a subsidiary of Sidewalk I more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Anesthetics have been used for patients undergoing medical procedures for about 175 years, but doctors and scientists have never known exactly how these drugs disrupt consciousness in the brain. University of Michigan professors Theodore Goodson III and George Mashour are investigating new approaches toward understanding this process. This collaboration, supported by the National Institutes of Health- more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Aug. 14 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Social inequalities, specifically racism and classism, are impacting the biodiversity, evolutionary shifts and ecological health of plants and animals in our cities. That's the main finding of a review paper (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/12/science.aay4497) led by the University of Washington, with co-authors at the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Michig more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: Wayne State University Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Dawn Medley has been appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to the Food Security Council within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The appointment was announced as part of Executive Order 2020-167, which established the advisory council to address food insecurity in Michigan, a prevalent issue that has been made worse by COVID-1 more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Wolverine, the iconic West Michigan company known for making quality protective footwear for people in the professional trades, is teaming up with Grand Rapids Community College and the Metallica Scholars program to help more students gain transformational career skills. The program is a partnership between the legendary heavy metal band's All Within My Hands Foundation and the American Association of  more PR