AUBURN, Alabama, Sept. 10 (TNSRes) -- Auburn University issued the following news article: Auburn University's Kenneth M. Halanych is part of a group of 20 scientists set to embark on a 14-week voyage to study unexplored Antarctic waters to improve understanding of biodiversity undergoing rapid changes because of a changing climate. The expedition includes researchers from Auburn University, the University of Alabama, Central Michigan University, the University of Alaska Anchorage and other in more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Sept. 11 (TNSCXX) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: The Eastern Michigan University Aviation Program, part of the College of Engineering and Technology, has signed a 5-year partnership agreement with Crosswinds Aviation, a flight training school dedicated to having a transformative impact on the lives of youth beginning careers in aviation. "We are thrilled to partner with Crosswinds Aviation and know that this strategic partnership will ultimately  more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Sept. 9 (TNSPer) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Brett Last, who has extensive experience at colleges and in the corporate and legal sectors, has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Eastern Michigan University. Last most recently served as CHRO at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Before that, he served as Executive Director, Human Resources and Interim Title IX Coordinator at Northampton Commun more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Sept. 10 (TNSGra) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: An Eastern Michigan University professor is part of a five-person team that has won a half million-dollar grant to research the extent to which museums serve the public through documenting, preserving, and interpreting difficult contemporary events alongside and in cooperation with their communities. Matthew Cook, an assistant professor of Historic Preservation and Cultural Geography, and other inv more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Sept. 12 (TNSGra) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley State University's Muskegon Innovation Hub celebrated the awarding of a grant by the U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) at a September 11 event at the Hub. On hand to present the award on behalf of the Department of Commerce was Michael Walsh Jr., who is the department's chief of staff. The grant will supply nearly $90,000 to fund a study that will  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Sept. 9 (TNSRes) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: The economic bounce that was expected for West Michigan has arrived, said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business. Long said the local index of new orders, the most important index, flipped to positive for the first time in several months. Long surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on data coll more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, Sept. 9 (TNSRac) -- Hope College issued the following news release: A variety of topics in African American history and culture from the end of the Civil War to the present are addressed in the exhibition "Black Lives Matter, Black Culture Matters" in the Kruizenga Art Museum at Hope College. The exhibition, which features 50 artworks, opened to current Hope College ID holders on Tuesday, Aug. 18, and will open to the public on Thursday, Sept. 17. It will continue through Sa more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Sept. 10 (TNSGra) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Grand Rapids Community College continues to help students struggling with food insecurity with support from a $48,796 grant from Kent County and the Heart of West Michigan United Way. GRCC's Office of Student Life has offered curbside food distribution since March, providing more than 1,200 bags of nonperishable food - such as canned fruit, noodles, cereal and rice -- along with frozen meats, more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Michigan Democratic Party today blasted President Donald Trump for refusing to fully fund the Michigan National Guard while providing 100% funding for National Guard troops in red states amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan received full federal funding for the National Guard from March 30 to Aug. 21, then Trump cut full funding for Michigan moving forward. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has repea more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Sept. 11: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office continues to set the bar nationally with robocall enforcement as it finalized a settlement agreement today requiring a major Texas-based Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider to implement strict, first-of-their-kind measures aimed at collaboratively stopping illegal robocalls. This settlement agreement with All Access more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) on Thursday and late last month approved two settlements that include donations from both DTE Gas and Consumers Energy to several organizations that provide energy assistance for utility customers who struggle to pay their bills, an agreement Attorney General Dana Nessel's office helped reach. In the order released Thursday, the MPSC approved a  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Sept. 10: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York asking for the Trump administration's discriminatory rule undermining Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be vacated and set aside. This first-in-kind provision in the ACA prohib more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Sept. 9: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined 17 attorneys general to defend California's ban on large-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the coalition supports California's petition for en banc review in Duncan v. Becerra, a case in which a divided th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Regardless of their age or perceived charitable intentions, aspiring entrepreneurs must still follow the law, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warned, as her office recently sent a cease and desist letter to a Kalamazoo man for failing to follow through on hundreds of orders for screen-printed T-shirts totaling nearly $38,000 in purchases. The letter was sent Wednesday to Kalamazoo Scre more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel was recognized for her office's efforts to protect workers' rights in a recent report published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). In its report published Aug. 27, the Washington, D.C.,-based nonpartisan nonprofit mentioned several of Nessel's efforts to ensure workers are treated fairly under the law, including her April 2019 creation of the Payro more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 10: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, along with leaders in education, business, labor and workforce development, today launched the nation's first program offering tuition-free college to an estimated 625,000 Michiganders who provided essential, frontline services during COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe orders between April - June 2020. Futures for Frontliners, inspired by the GI Bill which provided more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 8: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced appointments to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission and Oakland University Board of Trustees. Liquor Control Commission Lee Gonzales, of Fenton, currently serves as the deputy director of legislative and external affairs for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. He has been with the department since 2012, previously serving as the senio more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 8: Today, Governor Whitmer signed Senate Bill 745, which appropriates $2.8 billion in supplemental funding from federal revenues awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover a temporary $300 per week enhanced federal payment for eligible Michiganders receiving unemployment benefits. As part of the FEMA program, the additional $300 per week in unemployment benefits will con more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 8: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma denied her and 11 other governors' request for the Trump Administration to allow for a special enrollment period of at least 30 days on the federal health care exchange: "The Trump Administration's cruel and inexplicable refusal to expand h more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 10 by Chair Lavora Barnes: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes regarding the president's visit to Michigan. "Yesterday Michiganders heard directly from Joe Biden, a real leader with a real plan to create more jobs and protect our manufacturing industry. Joe Biden has been a friend of labor for decades and understands how the cur more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by spokesman Christian Slater: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of spokesman Christian Slater on Trump's announced visit to Saginaw this Thursday: "A quick fly by can't fix the four years of chaos and crisis this president has created while Michiganders suffer from his failed leadership. "Donald Trump will try to spin lies about his record, but nothing can more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: As November gets closer, we continue to see the Republican Party push their extremism and support candidates who are not only out of touch and ill-informed on the national level, but who push dangerous misinformation and conspiracy theories. We're seeing that here in Michigan as well. Michigan Republicans continue to nominate a number of far-right extremists for the state House this year, and another more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 8 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Sunday night, the headquarters of the Michigan Republican Party (MIGOP) in Lansing was vandalized by anti-police extremists. Among the numerous radical statements spray-painted on the building were "F**k ICE" - a reference to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency where MIGOP Chairman Laura Cox served as an agent - as well as "F**K Police", "Abolish Police", and "F**k 12", an anti-police slogan. A re more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 10 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Sept. 9: Joe Biden's visit to Michigan today comes amidst criticism from workers across the state and nation for his continued support for job-killing policies such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the radical Green New Deal. "The irony of Joe Biden visiting Michigan right after Labor Day to promote his radical job-killing agenda is no doubt lost on him." said Michigan Republican Par more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Laura Cox: * * * The following statement is from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox regarding Governor Gretchen Whitmer's statement that she believes "the biggest threat to the American people is the American president right now." "Yet again, Governor Whitmer is trying to scapegoat President Trump for her failures fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. "The fact of the matter is Preside more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 5 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Sept. 3: This week, the Ford Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti completed its 50,000th ventilator. This marks the completion of the Trump Administration's partnership with Ford, guaranteeing America was well equipped to handle the COVID-19 crisis. "Thanks to President Trump's leadership, every American who needs a ventilator can get a ventilator, and I am incredibly proud that many of those ventilators were bu more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Sept. 10: President Trump will be visiting Michigan today as the nation experiences record job growth and stock market gains as a result of the v-shaped American economic recovery. While Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have signed onto the job-killing Green New Deal, Trump has continued to advocate for pro-American policies, such as a second round of tax cuts and a deferral of the payroll tax. These policies p more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 12 (TNSLeg) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: In its first meeting of the 2020-21 academic year, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees approved several resolutions and MSU leadership saluted the resiliency of new and returning Spartans. In his opening comments, President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., highlighted the university's preliminary fall semester enrollment projections, totaling 49,875 undergraduate, graduate and grad more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: A cancer research company co-founded by a Michigan State University professor was acquired by the New York biotechnology firm Lodo Therapeutics Corp. in a move that holds potential for the development of innovative drugs that treat cancerous tumors. The acquisition of Hibiskus BioPharma was announced Sept. 3. Co-founded by Andre Bachmann of MSU's College of Human Medicine and MichaelPirrun more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 12 (TNSGra) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Spartan engineers have secured $3.4 million in grants to develop diamond implants that could let doctors diagnose and treat Parkinson's disease earlier. Michigan State University's Wen Li and Erin Purcell are leading the effort to use innovative diamond devices to monitor the brain's biochemistry for early warning signs of disease. The National Institutes of Health and an MSU Strategic Par more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 (TNSCXX) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: With the Nov. 3 presidential election fast approaching and early balloting beginning next month, Michigan State University is offering a host of experts to media who can discuss pressing issues to the nation, ranging from politics to health care. In addition to Trump vs. Biden, a total of 470 seats in the U.S. Congress -- 35 in the Senate and all 435 in the House of Representatives -- are u more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, Sept. 11 (TNSRes) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: Improving the Great Lakes Operational Forecast System by creating a data assimilation and model adjustment loop. Though the Great Lakes are called lakes, because of their sheer size they are truly inland seas. They affect regional weather patterns, provide drinking water to millions of people and drive the economies of several states. Forecasting the water levels, temperatures and currents of more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 7: Today marks one month since Governor Whitmer requested a phone call with President Trump to discuss the imposed state cost share for use of the Michigan National Guard for COVID-19 response under Title 32 authority, which federally funds National Guard activities and provides Guard members with federal pay and benefits. Although Michigan continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, the p more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: As workers across Michigan come off of the Labor Day weekend, it's important for them to remember Representative Mari Manoogian's support of the job killing Green New Deal. Representative Manoogian joined members of the radical left in voting to support the Green New Deal last year, despite criticism across the country about the $93 trillion boondoggle. "It is clear that Representative Manoogian does not rep more PR

SPRING ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 10 (TNSCon) -- Spring Arbor University issued the following news: Spring Arbor University (SAU) proudly announces a new Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering program, set to begin Fall 2021. The program will join SAU's Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering program within the university's new Department of Engineering, which welcomed its first class of students last fall. Both programs are under the direction of Dr. Ronald DeLap, Chair of the Enginee more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 9 (TNSRep) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan launched a record 31 startups in fiscal year 2020, a 40% increase during a period that included a pandemic and temporarily shuttered labs. U-M inventors went to market with a wide range of discoveries, including those from a company using machine learning predictive modeling to help cities like Flint replace their lead-tainted water pipes to another that pivoted fro more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Sept. 4: Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disk, leaving it warped and with tilted rings. An international team of experts, led by astronomers at the University of Exeter and including the University of Michigan, has identified a stellar system where planet formation might take place in inclined dust and gas rings  more PR