WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 22: Today, the Democratic National Committee is sending a new mobile billboard to Michigan ahead of Pence's visit to highlight how Trump's failed coronavirus response has hurt Michiganders. The mobile billboard will reach voters in the area around Pence's event starting this week. Michigan has crossed 150,000 total coronavirus cases, including over 1,500 new cases on Wednesday. "Voters in Pontia more PR

ALMA, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Alma College issued the following news: Creating a more just society is the focus of Alma College's Presidential Speaker Series, with a wide variety of lecturers focused on topics of social justice, equity, faith, sustainability and more. KendiIbram X. Kendi, the National Book Award-winning and multiple-time New York Times bestselling author, highlights the series, with a speech scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Oscar E. Remick Heritage Center for th more PR

LANSING, Mich., Oct. 22 -- The Michigan Association of Public School Academies issued the following news release: You may have heard by now that the Michigan Civil Rights Commission (MCRC) recently adopted a report called "Education Equity in Michigan." The report was issued more than two years after the MCRC held a series of hearings around the state in Ypsilanti, Detroit, Traverse City and Grand Rapids, intended to look at the gaps and disparities in Michigan's education system. These hearin more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news on Oct. 23: Michigan State University not only has the nation's top nuclear physics program, it's also home to one of the field's most prolific authors, B. Alex Brown. The professor of physics in the MSU College of Natural Science's Department of Physics and Astronomy who also works at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, or NCSL has published more than 800 more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- Consumers Energy Foundation issued the following news release on Oct. 21: The Consumers Energy Foundation today announced a $250,000 grant to Youth Solutions to provide skills development to expand its Jobs for Michigan's Graduates' Postsecondary and Career Pathways Accelerator initiative to nearly 8,000 students across the Lower Peninsula. "Youth Solutions is doing extraordinary work to equip today's students with skills that will power their futures and our stat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Today, the Democratic National Committee is announcing a new multilingual print, digital, and radio advertising campaign to reach 1 million AAPI voters in key battleground states and across the country. The ads will reach voters in Chinese, English, Hindi, Korean, Telugu and Urdu, and Vietnamese in national constituency media, including the Korea Times, Nguoi Viet, and World Journal, as well  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Today, the Democratic National Committee is announcing a new ad campaign to reach AAPI voters in Michigan. "Democrats are meeting AAPI voters where they are by making historic investments to ensure AAPIs in Michigan and across the country have the information they need to make their plan to vote," said DNC Chair Tom Perez. "The stakes have never been higher -- especially for AAPI communities  more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Oct. 23 (TNSMon) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Eastern Michigan University has continued its commitment to helping its students succeed, with plans to award approximately $53.3 million in financial aid during the 2021-22 academic year. The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents approved the financial aid package of scholarships, awards and grants at its regular meeting Oct. 22. The total represents an increase of $1.2 million, or 2.3 perce more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Eastern Michigan University has reached agreement on a three-year contract with the Eastern Michigan University Federation of Teachers Part-Time Lecturers Bargaining Unit. The agreement, which covers 448 part-time lecturers at Eastern, runs from Sept. 1, 2020 until August 31, 2023. It was ratified by the bargaining unit on Oct. 13, 2020 and approved by the University's Board of Regents at its regular meeting more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 22: The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that its ongoing monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Huron River has shown a decline in PFAS levels in the watershed. The declining PFAS levels appear to correspond with efforts by the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) to work with loc more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 22: Are you feeling angst and frustrated about politics--just counting the days until Election Day? You're certainly not alone. The contentious political environment has created "election anxiety" among many voters nationwide, leading to broken relationships among family and friends, sniping on social media, and anger. With fewer than two weeks until ballots are actually counted, Univ more PR

COVERT, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- Entergy issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Entergy's Palisades Power Plant returned to service today, following the successful completion of its final refueling and maintenance outage, sending electricity to the grid after a scheduled shutdown that began August 30. In 2017, Entergy announced that Palisades would close in the spring of 2022. "Our dedicated employees and supplemental workers have worked diligently during the past several weeks to complete  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Five University of Michigan professors have been elected to the highest honorary society in the United States for researchers in medicine and health. They study everything from the brain to health care policy and cancer care, and all have demonstrated decades of expertise and achievement. Today, F. DuBois Bowman, Justin Dimick, Christopher Friese, Karin Muraszko and Henry Paulson join a select group  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University recently received more than 50,000 disposable face masks from Ford Motor Company through its philanthropic arm, the Ford Motor Company Fund. The masks are now available to university departments that are student-facing or related to MSU health and safety. "Science shows that wearing a face covering, along with other health and safety measures like physical distancing and wa more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Normally in Carl Brown's course on debate, he would talk extensively with students about the parliamentary style of debate and its virtues. It is an orderly approach, said Brown, assistant professor of communication studies. The style allows a chance for well-constructed arguments and counterpoints. "We would talk about insulting people with kindness, such as, 'My esteemed colleague is terribly wrong abou more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSCon) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: A new program in the Seidman College of Business is pairing students with area small business owners and entrepreneurs to help them develop or strengthen their businesses. The program is called LendGR, offered through the DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI). Students provide 25 hours of work for each client, helping with business plan writing, branding, social media, marketing m more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Teams from Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, along with overseas teams from Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Taiwan, were named winners of Lawrence Technological University's Robofest 2020 World Championship. Robofest, started by LTU computer science professor C.J. Chung in 1999, was the only robotics world championship held in 2020--because its organizers were able to shift its va more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- HarperCollins Christian Publishing, a subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, issued the following company news: Louie Giglio, the original visionary of the Passion movement that has reached millions young people globally, now brings his message of courage and faith to kids in "Goliath Must Fall for Young Readers: Winning the Battle Against Your Giants." Today young people face more pressure and stress than ever before. Issues such as fear, anger, rejection,  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 23: At a time when social distancing has caused millions of people around the country to rely heavily on social media and smartphones, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today issued a consumer alert related to those devices and just how much personally identifiable information they could be collecting and sharing. "Our cell phones have become an essential communication tool. Becau more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 23: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and 37 other attorneys general today filed an amicus brief in Facebook v. Noah Duguid, a U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the scope of the protections of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This case is key to the states' ability to protect residents from scammers who use abusive robocall tactics to threaten and sc more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Attorney General Dana Nessel recently joined a group of attorneys general in opposing Alabama's attempt to ban curbside voting after a federal court permitted local officials the flexibility of allowing it. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in People First of Alabama v. Merrill in the U.S. Supreme Court, the multistate coalition argues that local election officials should be allowed to adm more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 22: Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has permanently blocked an effort by the Trump administration to revoke vital Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility for more than 700,000 unemployed Americans. A lawsuit filed in January by a multistate coalition, including Michigan, challenged a n more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 19: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today reissued an important consumer alert on text message scams to warn Michiganders to watch out for an uptick in these attempts to obtain personal information. Most recent complaints report that these texts appear from unfamiliar phone numbers pretending to be a package delivery notice from Amazon, FedEx or other services. "What we know for  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 23: Attorney General Dana Nessel, on behalf of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), filed a civil lawsuit today against the operator of the Arbor Hills Landfill in Salem Township for failing to comply with state and federal regulations and endangering the public health, safety and welfare. Attorney General Nessel and EGLE are seeking injunctive relie more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Attorney General recently signed an agreement with an online business that allegedly violated the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) after failing to fulfill online orders for screen-printed T-shirts totaling nearly $38,000 in purchases. The company advertised that a portion of its sales would be donated to a number of charitable causes; however, no monetary don more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 19: A Manton man was sentenced to prison recently for sexually assaulting two minors, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today. Nathan Helsel, 26, was sentenced Oct. 6 to five to 15 years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration, following plea deals in the two cases earlier this year. Helsel pleaded guilty in July to one count of third-degree criminal sexual co more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 20: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bills 886 and 991 codifying part of her executive orders expanding unemployment benefits to Michiganders. The bills the governor signed today will extend unemployment benefits for Michiganders who have lost work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic from 20 to 26 weeks until the end of the year. Senate Bills 886 and 991 were both sponsored  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 20: * * * Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after GM announced investments in five Michigan plants, including the Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Flint Assembly for future crossover and full-size pickup production. "This is good news for Michigan families and hardworking UAW workers, providing critical momentum to our economic recovery across the state more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has been awarded $17,827,178.11 million in a U.S. Department of Education competitive grant to respond to the economic impact of COVID-19 in the state. These federal funds will help Michigan jobseekers make the jump from education and training to employment by delivering short- and mid-term customized training solutions. "As we crea more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Lavora Barnes on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision: "The Michigan Democratic Party is deeply disappointed in the decision issued by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. "Michigan is the only state in the country that does not allow drivers to be paid to transport voters to polling locations on Election Day. Every voter in this country, including Michiganders has the right to access the poll more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- 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 recently announced events by Ivanka and Eric Trump: "These events are nothing more than a last ditch, desperate attempt to salvage Donald Trump's chances in Michigan after four years of broken promises and failed leadership. "But Michiganders have seen the chaos more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- 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 Mike Pence's Oakland County rally: "Yet again, Mike Pence is coming to Michigan to spin lies about Donald Trump's failed record, but Oakland County knows this president has been a disaster for our state. No matter how many rallies he holds, Pence can't hide from  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- 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 the announcement of Trump's Lansing rally: "Yet again, Donald Trump is coming to Michigan to showcase his reckless disregard for our lives as COVID-19 cases spike. From day one of this crisis, Trump has lied, dodged responsibility, and refused to take this deadly pandemic seri more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Ahead of Mike Pence's Waterford rally, the Michigan Democratic Party held a press conference with Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman and Fems for Dems founder Lori Goldman. At the press conference, they highlighted the importance of early voting and slammed Donald Trump and Mike Pence for their failed leadership on COVID-19. They also blasted John James and Republicans up an more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 22: The cast of "Fright Night" are reuniting to raise funds for the Michigan Democratic Party. The 1985 cult classic will have an exclusive, live table reading and an opportunity to ask the actors questions available to those who contribute. Donors will be invited to the livestream event at 8pm ET on Friday, October 30. Participating original cast members include Chris Sarandon, William Ragsd more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 22: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is providing $7.64 million in grants for mental health services and supports for children and adults and $29.75 million to help close the digital divide, the department announced today. MDE is awarding 328 urban, rural, and suburban school districts with grants amounting to nearly $37.4 million in an education equity fund that it created wi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- Venessa A. Keesler, Deputy Superintendent for Division of Educator, Student, School Supports issued the following memo: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Venessa A. Keesler, Ph.D., Deputy Superintendent Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports SUBJECT: COVID-19 Education Survey Launch Since March 2020, schools and districts across the state have experienced tremendous disruption due to the  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- Michael F. Rice, superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education, issued the following memo: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., State Superintendent SUBJECT: Facial Covering Requirements for Students with Disabilities - MEMO #COVID-19-128 Since the release of Michigan's Safe Return to School Roadmap on June 30, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has consistently  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- Michael F. Rice, superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education, issued the following memo: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., State Superintendent SUBJECT: Help In Finding Missing Students - MEMO #COVID-19-129 Across the state and across the country, many educators have been concerned about children who aren't showing up in any student enrollment counts in any schools more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Oct. 23: Under the Trump administration, America has finally become energy independent after relying on other countries to supply our nation's oil for years. That progress is now at risk after Joe Biden revealed his radical left agenda for America's oil industry last night. In last night's debate, Joe Biden claimed that he would "transition" away from fossil fuels, eliminating them from use. According to  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Freaking out about a tied U.S. Senate race, Michigan Democrats upped their healthcare misinformation game over the weekend by pushing a manipulated video of John James in an attempt to again distort James' positions on healthcare. How'd they do it? They purposely cut his full answer to a question about his healthcare position to make it appear he didn't have an answer. "Dirty campaigning by Michigan Democra more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: The Detroit News reported last night that Gary Peters told the newspaper in 2013 that Peters had signed up for a standard Obamacare plan like his constituents, when in truth he was secretly taking exclusive, gold-plated health insurance provided by Michigan taxpayers for a handful of former elected officials. "Peters' staff told The Detroit News in 2013 that he signed up for a health plan through the federal more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Oct. 23: Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox today challenged U.S. Senator Gary Peters to disavow Joe Biden's plan to end 180,000 Michigan jobs in the natural gas and oil industry. During last night's presidential debate, President Donald Trump asked Biden if he would "close down the oil industry." Shockingly, Biden said, "I would transition from the oil industry, yes." Industry estimates say th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: While Democrats continue to downplay legitimate concerns over the integrity of our elections, Governor Whitmer took it to an extreme level on Friday, when she vetoed two bills protecting against voter fraud in Michigan. According to MLive, the bills that Whitmer vetoed "would have added penalties for fraudulently submitting multiple absentee ballots or sending in an absentee ballot using another person's inf more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources issued the following news release: Michigan State University has received a four-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Research Initiative to improve blueberry pollination. The project is led by Rufus Isaacs, a professor in the Department of Entomology, and includes researchers from MSU, Oregon State University, the University of Florida,  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Two Michigan State University scientists--Yong-Hui Zheng and Dohun Pyeon--are leading COVID-19 research at MSU. "In our lab, we are working on the fundamental biology of the virus," said Zheng, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) in the MSU College of Natural Science. "No matter what research you want to do, you need to first under more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release on Oct. 20: In the months leading up to this year's historic presidential election, news headlines have consistently highlighted movement in national polls: who's up, who's down and who's winning in each state. For many voters, these polls can be confusing, and a challenge to interpret and trust. Corwin Smidt, associate professor and chair of the Department of Po more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: COVID-19 closed K-12 schools across Michigan this March, disconnecting students and teachers from face-to-face instruction and forcing an unprecedented move to online learning. But researchers from Michigan State University's Program in Mathematics Education, or PRIME, and the Concord Consortium, a nonprofit educational research and development organization based in Mas more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Not every child gets a bark beetle named after them. Then again, not every kid has Michigan State University entomologists Sarah Smith and Anthony Cognato as parents. The duo discovered two new beetle species in Southeast Asia, which they named and announced in the September issue of The Coleopterists Bulletin. (A coleopterist is someone who studies beetles). The diminutive beetle species - more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Strategies meant to motivate people in the workplace may have unintended consequences -- depending on who's in charge. Recent research from Michigan State University and Ohio State University shows that empowerment initiatives aren't necessarily the answer for business leaders hoping to motivate their employees. "People tend to think of empowerment in uniformly positive ways," said Nicholas more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets, says a Michigan State University researcher. When a helmet withstands an impact severe enough to cause a concussion to the player wearing it, the safety features of the helmet are compromised, rendering equipment unsafe for further use, said MSU's Weiyi Lu, an MSU assistant professor of civil and envi more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSRep) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: As Michigan emerges from this year's pandemic-induced recession, its largest research universities are poised to play an essential role. This is the finding of a study released by Business Leaders for Michigan, which reviews the economic potential of research universities in general, as well as the specific entrepreneurship and development work being done at Michigan's University Research C more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 23 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Policymakers are having a challenging time navigating the most effective way to monitor public health while also supporting the economic health of their states during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because, says a Michigan State University researcher, health and economics are not opposite sides of a coin, but present interwoven challenges that require officials to use accurate data from both to rea more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSRep) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Months after they first experienced COVID-19 symptoms, 1 in 4 Michigan residents with a confirmed case of coronavirus had not fully recovered from the illness, according to a joint study that seeks to document Michiganders' experiences with the novel coronavirus. And as they battled the debilitating disease, a majority of the study's respondents reported that they or their families experience more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- HarperCollins Christian Publishing, a subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, issued the following company news on Oct. 23: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, today announced two promotions within its marketing staff. Mark Glesne will be senior director of marketing for Nelson Books, specifically focusing on Max Lucado and Lysa TerKeurst author brands, and Stephanie Tresner will become a director of marketing for Nelson Books. Glesne joined the Nelson more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The revenue model that has sustained the newspaper industry for centuries no longer works in the digital age, but another age-old concept with some modern adaptations could be the answer to profitability, says a University of Michigan researcher. As newspaper and other similar content has gone digital over recent years, publishers have tried several funding models to strike the right balance  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: With support from a two-year, $250,000 National Science Foundation GeoPAths grant, Matt Schrenk, assistant professor, and Julie Libarkin, professor, both from MSU's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) in the College of Natural Science, are embarking on a collective effort to change the geoscience landscape with GeoCaFES (Communities and Future Earth Scie more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: For Walter Aguilar, there's nothing quite like walking into an empty Michigan Stadium. "This is the way it was the first time I walked into it almost four years ago," said Aguilar, a University of Michigan senior and the Michigan Marching Band's 56th drum major. "Even after three years, going through the tunnel still gives me goosebumps." By this time in the fall, Aguilar would have spent many aftern more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Public health authorities need to know when COVID-19 starts to spread in an area. That's not easy: The incubation period is long, and many infected people never have symptoms. But there are clues if you know where to look. Three Central Michigan University faculty members are engaged in a statewide early warning pilot program to search for signs of the virus in wastewater samples. The SARS-CoV-2 virus more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSPer) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Arnold Monto, a leading epidemiologist at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, will serve as acting chair of the Vaccines and Related committee Biological Products Advisory Committee meeting. The committee, which provides advice to the Food and Drug Administration, will discuss the development, authorization and licensure of vaccines to prevent COVID-19. During the public me more PR

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 20 (TNSRes) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Two University of Maine researchers will join NASA's Global Ecosystems Dynamic Investigation (GEDI) science initiative with a $500,000 grant that will facilitate development and testing of carbon mapping methods using satellite data gathered on the International Space Station. Daniel Hayes, director of the University of Maine Wheatland Geospatial Laboratory and Aaron Weiskittel, director of the Center  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 22: Two years in the making, the Detroit River Story Lab lifts off at the University of Michigan this semester with grant-funded partnerships and several multidisciplinary courses devoted to the international waterway's long and deep store of sustaining narratives, past and present. As envisioned by David Porter, professor of English and comparative literature, the multiyear project spans both  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Black patients are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than white patients with similar underlying health and socioeconomic conditions, according to a new University of Michigan study. The research also found that having type 2 diabetes or kidney disease and living in high-population density areas are also associated with higher risk for COVID-19 hospitalization. The study indicates more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Nearly one-third of students who reported misusing prescription opioids as high school seniors between 1997 and 2000, but did not have a history of medical use, later used heroin by age 35, according to a University of Michigan study. The research also found that 21% of seniors in the same period, who misused prescription opioids and later received an opioid prescription, went on to use heroi more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new study provides strong evidence that exposure to light pollution alters predator-prey dynamics between mule deer and cougars across the intermountain West, a rapidly growing region where nighttime skyglow is an increasing environmental disturbance. The University of Michigan-led study, published online Oct. 18 in the journal Ecography, is the first to assess the impacts of light pollutio more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 23 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Humans prioritize close, positive relationships during aging, which can support physical and mental health. But these social aging behaviors are also found in wild chimpanzees, who seek interactions with other group members in increasingly positive ways as they get older, according to a new study published in Science Oct. 23. The work--led by researchers at the University of Michigan, Tufts  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Information. Dialogue. Discourse. All three are needed in a free and just society. The University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation is offering three teach-outs focused on issues facing voters. The Teach-out series offers short, self-paced learning opportunities on current topics offered on the Coursera platform. Discussing Politics and Debates Teach-Out encourages participants to engage in more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Election Day is two weeks away and confidence in election security is still wavering among voters. State election officials and clerks are confident in the process, as absentee ballots have been mailed in record numbers nationwide. Walter Mebane is a University of Michigan political science professor specializing in election forensics, which develops statistical and computational tools for determining more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: We take the time to read a heartfelt post from a dear friend on Facebook about a struggle at work but aren't sure what to say, so we don't comment or otherwise show we read it. We click the laugh emoji on a silly video about something another friend's dog did this morning. Scrolling down, we stop to take in a post about someone beating cancer but opt not to chime in on that one either becaus more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: A week ahead of Election Day, WeVote is making one last push to get Western Michigan University students equipped and excited to vote. The nonpartisan group, which focuses on encouraging civic engagement on campus, will be joined by Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist for a panel discussion among student leaders. The virtual event, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, will encourage students to make thei more PR