ALMA, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- Alma College issued the following news: Damon Brown has been named vice president for student affairs at Alma College. His appointment is effective Sept. 7. Brown currently serves as director of the Office of Student Activities and Involvement at Central Michigan University (CMU). "Damon has a strong track record in student affairs, and the skills and energy to match," said Alma College President Jeff Abernathy. "He brings experience in student success, student engag more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Central Michigan University President Bob Davies has named Stan Shingles, a 30-year CMU staff member, interim vice president and chief diversity officer. Shingles, assistant vice president for University Recreation and student engagement for the Office of Student Affairs, will replace A.T. Miller, who will step down from his role Aug. 31 (https://www.cmich.edu/news/article/pages/Miller-steps-down.aspx).  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 19 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Colorado Governor Jared Polis joined bipartisan Governors today from Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, New York, and Vermont, in calling on U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Willbur Ross Jr. and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, Ph.D. to restore the deadline of the United States 2020 Census. "We write to you deeply concerned about the U.S. Census Bure more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Aug. 19: Yesterday, Every State, Every Vote Co-Chair Oregon Gov. Kate Brown called on U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Willbur Ross Jr. and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham to restore the deadline for the United States 2020 Census. Gov. Brown was joined by a bipartisan coalition made up of governors from Colorado, Washington, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, New York, and Vermont. Last more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Aug. 18: Last night, "that woman from Michigan" Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention. Gov. Whitmer spoke about how Vice President Joe Biden and the Obama Administration worked to save the auto industry in Michigan and criticized the Trump administration for not taking action to help America with the coronavirus. She encouraged Americans to come together to get thr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: On Wednesday, the Democratic Governors Association hosted a panel featuring the six women Democratic governors representing Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, and Rhode Island, who have emerged as trusted figures in an uncertain time. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer talked about their more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Tsu-Yin Wu, an Eastern Michigan University professor from the College of Health and Human Services, has been named the winner of the 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) National Civic League Health Equity Award. She will be recognized virtually for her accomplishments during a Livestream award ceremony, which will be hosted live on the All-America City Awards Facebook page on Tuesday, August 18 at 7 p more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Tsu-Yin Wu, an Eastern Michigan University professor from the College of Health and Human Services, was named the winner of the 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) National Civic League Health Equity Award. Professor Wu was recognized virtually for her accomplishments during a Livestream award ceremony, hosted by the All-American City Awards Facebook Page, on the evening of Tuesday, August 18. During more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 18 -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Grand Rapids Community College is partnering with Plainsong Farm in Rockford to provide fresh produce to students struggling with food insecurity during the coronavirus crisis. GRCC's Office of Student Life since March has offered curbside food distribution, so far providing more than 1,100 bags of non-perishable food along with frozen meats, fruit, and eggs. The college also has provided household cle more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 19 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Aug. 18: In case you missed it: Gov. Jay Inslee today joined Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and a bipartisan coalition of governors from Colorado, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, New York and Vermont in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Sec. Willbur Ross Jr. and the U.S. Census Bureau Dir. Steven Dillingham, calling for the 2020 Census deadline to be restored. The Census Bureau an more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: CLIMBS-UP, a collaborative research project between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University to study inclusive environments in science, technology, engineering and math within academia, has been awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Isis Settles, U-M professor of psychology and Afroamerican and African studies, and Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, MSU more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- Hope College issued the following news release: Dr. Leah Chase, professor of biology and chemistry at Hope College, has been presented one of two 2020 Janet Andersen Lecture Awards by the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science. The awards honor faculty at consortium-member colleges and universities who have vigorous research programs involving undergraduates, who are engaged and skilled teachers, or who create interdisciplinary research opportunities for underg more PR

MONROE, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- Monroe County Community College issued the following news release: Eleven initiatives at Monroe County Community College recently received grant award notification during a virtual awards ceremony hosted by The Foundation at MCCC. The Enhancement Grants Program was created to assist MCCC faculty, staff, and students by providing funding for the development and implementation of innovative projects that support the MCCC Mission. The grants program puts an emphasis o more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 18 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Ahead of the DNC Convention, MDP Chair Lavora Barnes appeared on WXYZ's Spotlight on the News to discuss the November election and momentum Democrats are building in Michigan. During the interview, Chair Barnes slammed Trump's failed COVID response and it's devastating impact on Michigan's economy: WATCH HERE (https://youtu.be/ywYcsb9d4qE). She also discussed Democrats' chances to win in Macomb cou more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 20: A preliminary agreement in the Flint water-related civil lawsuits has been reached, offering a State of Michigan-backed settlement of $600 million to parties who claim they were affected by the city of Flint's 2014 transition of its public water supply to the Flint River, with the majority of the money going to settle claims filed on behalf of children. Michigan Attorney General Da more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 18 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today that former students of The Art Institutes of Michigan will receive nearly $29,000 in debt relief as part of a court order aimed at addressing the predatory and deceptive practices of the institutes' parent company, Dream Center Education Holdings LLC (DCEH). Under a March 23, 2020 order from the U.S. District Court, Northern D more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Michigan has joined with a coalition of other states and will be filing a lawsuit today against the federal government over recent unlawful changes to the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) operations while preparing for the potential impacts those changes could have on the country's November general election. With the support of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Bens more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that she will allocate nearly $65 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act dollars to Michigan school districts, higher education institutions, and other education-related entities that have been most significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes schools in Michigan's economically disadvant more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today joined the Governors of Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Nevada, New Jersey, California and Minnesota in pledging to uphold the integrity of the November general election and to ensure every voter can vote safely, whether it's by mail or in person at the polls. The governors' pledge is in response to unprecedent attacks on voting rights and voting acce more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on Aug. 20: * * * Last week, the State of Michigan agreed to a $600 million settlement of the civil lawsuits brought against the State of Michigan by Flint residents after the water supply for the City of Flint was switched to the Flint River on April 25, 2014. Governor Gretchen Whitmer video statement https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1N more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 22 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 21 by spokesman Christian Slater: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of spokesman Christian Slater on Sonny Perdue's Michigan event today: "Donald Trump and his administration have devastated Michigan farmers, breaking promise after promise while launching erratic trade wars that threaten their livelihoods. "Donald Trump tells farmers they're "over th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 18 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Gary Peters continues to demand answers on Postal Service delays, calling for a hearing with Postmaster General DeJoy and working to pass legislation so Michiganders can count on reliable service, including receiving paychecks and lifesaving prescription medicines. In case you missed it: MSNBC: Sen. Peters on calls for Postmaster General to testify: 'He definitel more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 20: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved a $110 million rate increase for DTE Gas Co., the result of a settlement agreement that reduced by more than 46% the increase on the utility's 1.2 million residential and commercial customers (Case No. U-20642). DTE Gas in November 2019 sought a $203.8 million rate increase, a request the company later reduced to $188.5 million more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 20: After receiving stakeholder input, the Michigan Public Service Commission today ordered three Michigan utilities to file electricity distribution and maintenance plans consistent with the goals of the MPSC's MI Power Grid initiative. The Commission ordered DTE Electric Co., Consumers Energy Co. and Indiana Michigan Power Co. to file second iterations of their distribution investme more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 18 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University researchers have created for the first time a miniature human heart model in the laboratory, complete with all primary heart cell types and a functioning structure of chambers and vascular tissue. "These minihearts constitute incredibly powerful models in which to study all kinds of cardiac disorders with a degree of precision unseen before," said Aitor Aguirre, the study's more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: A novel machine learning model developed by researchers at Michigan State University suggests that mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 genome have made the virus more infectious. The model, developed by lead researcher Guowei Wei, professor in the departments of Mathematics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, analyzed SARS-CoV-2 genotyping from more than 20,000 viral genome samples. The researchers ana more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 19 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Governor Kate Brown, joined by bipartisan Governors from Colorado, Washington, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, New York, and Vermont, today called on U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Willbur Ross Jr. and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, Ph.D. to restore the deadline of the United States 2020 Census. The U.S. Census Bureau recently moved up the deadline for the response and d more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Governor Kate Brown today announced she is leading a coalition of the Governors of California, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Nevada, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Michigan in pledging to uphold the integrity of the general election and to work to ensure that voting is safe, accessible, and secure. The pledge sets forth commitments to ensure confidence in the integrity of the election, in light of unprec more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: In an effort to design a safe campus bus system for the fall semester in light of COVID-19, University of Michigan researchers simulated how aerosol particles exhaled from passengers sitting in any seat would travel through the vehicle under different conditions. That's just one facet of the broad-based work engineering researchers have undertaken in recent months to quantify risks and provide data to more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: When you think of fast food, you don't normally think of good health, but places such as the Golden Arches and neighborhood cafes may provide a small cognitive benefit to older adults during their golden years. A University of Michigan study has found that older adults' regular visits to eateries such as fast food restaurants and coffee shops may be as protective of cognitive health as marriage. The w more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: In older adults, the risk of a fall injury rises substantially in the month before a hospitalization and remains elevated after discharge, a University of Michigan study found. The findings suggest that if fall prevention measures were implemented earlier and across care settings--home, nursing home, rehab, hospital--trained professionals could uncover these underlying illnesses before they become so  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, a team led by the University of Michigan has shown. This approach to increasing capacity will be particularly important as robots shrink to the microscale and below--scales at which current stand-alone batteries are too big and inefficie more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Widespread preexisting medical conditions might explain the high proportion of COVID-19 deaths among young Honduran adults, according to a new University of Michigan study. The research, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, describes the epidemiology and outcomes associated with COVID-19 in Honduras and could offer insights into how the novel coronavirus might affect other Latin Amer more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Both fatal and nonfatal overdoses have increased this year compared to last, according to a recent report by the Overdose Data Mapping Application Program. And, anecdotal information suggests that compared to last year, people in recovery are relapsing at alarming rates. Faculty from the University of Michigan School of Nursing's Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health discuss why t more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 17 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Trees are one of humans' biggest allies in the fight against climate change, soaking up around 30% of the carbon we pump into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel. And over the past several decades, it has appeared that cold-climate forests at high latitudes have become even more effective carbon sinks as rising temperatures and higher CO2 levels have made them more productive. But a new study led b more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 17 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: One in four older Americans had a virtual medical visit in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of them by video, a new telehealth poll finds. That's much higher than the 4% of people over 50 who said they had ever had a virtual visit with a doctor in a similar poll taken in 2019. Comfort levels with telehealth, also called telemedicine, have also increased. Back in 2019, most older  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 17 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, a team led by University of Michigan researchers has set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells. The team achieved 8.1% efficiency and 43.3% transparency with an organic, or carbon-based, design rather than conventional silicon. While the cells have a slight green tint, they are much more like the gray of sunglass more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Parents who are undocumented immigrants are more likely than documented parents to teach mistrust to their children and to be wary of interactions with law enforcement personnel and non-Latinos, say University of Michigan researchers. These messages, in turn, can lead to higher levels of depression among those adolescents, they say. Ethnic-racial socialization is often used to prepare adolescents for more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott has signed onto a bipartisan letter calling on the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau to restore the deadline for the 2020 U.S. Census, which has been moved from October 31 to September 30, 2020. In addition to Governor Scott, the letter was signed by the governors of Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, and New York. "The Census d more PR