ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The inability to enter prisons during the COVID-19 crisis challenged a group of University of Michigan students who wanted to keep supporting and working together with incarcerated artists. With a lot of creativity and meticulous mailing logistics, U-M faculty, staff and students from different schools, all part of the Prison Creative Arts Project, remodeled the structure of their creative arts worksh more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 26 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement: * * * The following statement is from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox, regarding the charges being filed against those who threatened Republican Wayne County Canvasser Monica Palmer and her young daughter. "I am disgusted by the graphic threats sent to Monica Palmer and her young daughter, over her job as a canvasser in Wayne County. "These threats featured horrific images and description more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Dec. 24 (TNSRes) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University has received the maximum 10-year re-accreditation for its academic programs from the Higher Learning Commission, the nation's foremost accreditation body for colleges and universities. The final report from a seven-member outside peer review team specifically mentioned the university's response to the coronavirus pandemic, a "rigorous" ongoing strateg more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Dec. 21: Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced that a coalition of seven states reached a $2 million settlement with CafePress to resolve a 2019 data breach that compromised the personal information of about 22 million consumers, including more than 474,900 in Michigan. CafePress is an online retailer of stock and user-customized products. The breach compromised consumer names, email  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: As the 20 Days of Scams holiday consumer protection effort comes to a close, Attorney General Nessel is encouraging Michiganders to continue to be vigilant and report scams they come across to the Department's Consumer Protection team. "Scammers are relentless, and consumers should be vigilant not just during the holiday season, but every day of the year," Nessel said. "If you find yourself  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: While the COVID-19 pandemic persists, the Michigan Department of Attorney General remains active in its efforts to protect consumers from predatory and deceptive business practices. Attorney General Dana Nessel's office recently signed an agreement with Smokehouse Distribution, an Oakland County business in Commerce Township that allegedly violated the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA)  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with the attorneys general of 27 states, has entered into a settlement with Sabre Corp. that resolves an investigation into the 2017 data breach of Sabre Hospitality Solutions' hotel booking system. The breach exposed the data of about 1.3 million credit cards nationally. The settlement requires a payment of $2.4 million, of which Michigan will receive just  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: After more than 40 years of teaching constitutional law at Wayne State University Law School, professor Robert Sedler has given his last lecture. Marking the occasion, Attorney General Dana Nessel and other former students of Sedler's who work at the Michigan Department of Attorney General have come together in a video to thank him for his contributions. "Bob Sedler's impact is immense and f more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: With young people spending more time at home and on the internet, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators (MASA) are urging parents and teens in particular to be on high alert for predators who are working around the clock to trick teens into exposing themselves online. The subsequent "sextortion" occurs when the predator befriends more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that she has appointed Dave Massaron to serve as State Budget Director. Massaron is the Chief Financial Officer for the City of Detroit, where he supervised all of the City's financial and budget activities. Prior to his service as CFO, he served as the City's Chief Operating Officer and Senior Counsel to Mayor Mike Duggan, where he was responsible for day to d more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that Deputy Legal Counsel Suzanna Shkreli will serve as Director of the Office of Children's Ombudsman (OCO) and Katherine L. Peretick will serve as a Commissioner with the Michigan Public Service Commission. Suzanna Shkreli currently serves as deputy legal counsel in the Executive Office of the Governor. Prior to her service in the governor's office, Shkreli  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board ("Children's Trust Fund"), Civil Service Commission, Judicial Tenure Commission, and Wayne County Airport Authority. Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board ("Children's Trust Fund") Sharif Hussein, of Okemos, is the chief executive officer of LPK, LLC, a strategic consulting company. more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on Dec. 21: * * * Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after the Michigan Legislature passed her stimulus plan, which includes $55 million to help small businesses impacted by COVID-19. Grants of up to $20,000 will be made available to small businesses across the state that need support this winter. The relief bill also includes $3.5 million for grants of up to $40,000 each more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement: * * * The following statement is from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox, regarding Congress passing a COVID-19 Relief Bill. "I am happy to see that congressional leaders were able to come to an agreement on COVID relief, after months of shameful partisan stonewalling from Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats. This legislation comes as businesses and families across the nation are struggling to s more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 21 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement: * * * The following statement is from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox, regarding the Michigan legislature passing a COVID relief package. "I am proud of the work Republicans in the State Senate and House did to ensure the passage of this much needed COVID relief package. It is a shame that Governor Whitmer's crippling policies have warranted such steps, but where she failed to support M more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement: * * * The following statement is from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox, regarding the Michigan legislature passing a COVID relief package. "I am proud of the work Republicans in the State Senate and House did to ensure the passage of this much needed COVID relief package. It is a shame that Governor Whitmer's crippling policies have warranted such steps, but where she failed to support Mi more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 24 (TNSGra) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Researchers at Michigan State University are partnering with colleagues from the U.S. and four other countries to develop biosurveillance plans to monitor and prevent infectious disease spread by migratory birds. The new project is funded by a $4.4 million grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Biological Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense. The funds will  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Using the new possibilities enabled by the terahertz scanning tunneling microscope (THz-STM) to explore ultrafast dynamics "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound," Michigan State University experimental condensed matter physicist Tyler Cocker won the Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Wave (IRMMW more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 23 (TNSGra) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: With a five-year, (2020-2025) $1.95 million National Institutes of Health R35 grant, the Brandizzi Lab in the College of Natural Science is expanding its exploration of protein folding within plant cells, paving the way to more effective treatments of human diseases caused by misfolded proteins such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and cancer. Using advanced chemical genomics a more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 22 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: A team of researchers led by Michigan State University's Changyong Cao has created stretchable energy-storage devices using a specialized printing technology, innovative materials and the centuries-old art of origami. Developing such malleable energy devices will help existing wearable technologies, such as smart watches, become more flexible, comfortable and reliable. But Cao, director of  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 23 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, and 14 other senators sent a letter on Tuesday urging Congress to fight illegal ballots in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The letter to Oklahoma's congressional delegation asks them to voice their objections, bring arguments and evidence against the votes cast in those states where voting laws were illegally and unconstitutionally changed by executive fi more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The old saying, "all politics is local," is up for debate alongside concerns about the health of democracy. What's not in dispute is a positive feeling about local politics and government among those in Michigan who serve within its ranks. That's the conclusion of a new compendium study, "The Functioning of Democracy: Insights" from Michigan's local leaders, by the Center for Local, State and more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 (TNSGra) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Have a catchy song you sing with your kids to make sure they wash their hands for 20 seconds? Is there a drawing that helps you remember to wear a mask while in public? Is there someone you would like to recognize with a simple "thank you" for protecting themselves or others from COVID-19? If so, you can literally "take the mic" to share with your community, and can even win some money in doi more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 (TNSRep) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The future for the health sector in the United Kingdom is perilously uncertain, according to a comprehensive report by a cross-national team of researchers. Understanding the impact of Brexit on health in the UK, published by U.K. think tank Nuffield Trust, builds on four years of research on the potential effects of Brexit. It was conducted by University of Michigan faculty members Holly Jar more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The winter term that begins in January will be the third in a row that University of Michigan instructor David Chesney will teach his unique software design course online, and he has learned from each iteration. Chesney, who is a Toby Teorey Collegiate Lecturer in computer science and engineering, designed Software for Accessibility a decade ago. In the course, undergraduate students develop technolog more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Dec. 22: A University of Michigan researcher says empowering communities to form an opioid crisis response network based around the technology we carry with us every day can save lives when an overdose is suspected. Gabriela Marcu, assistant professor at the U-M School of Information, and colleagues detail their pilot study in Philadelphia in which they put a cell phone app and the overdose more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Consumer sentiment improved in the December 2020 survey despite the ongoing surge in covid infections and deaths, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The improvement was due to Democrats becoming much more positive and Republicans much more negative about long-term prospects for the national economy, said U-M economist Richard Curtin, director of the surveys. Twice  more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 22 (TNSAwa) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: The Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) recently honored Wayne State University with the Fleet Award during their 2020 College Access Impact Awards. The College Access Impact Awards are traditionally given out during MCAN's annual conference, which was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of this year's conference was to be "10 and Counting," recapping the past 10 years of MCAN's w more PR