ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new analysis of thousands of native and nonnative Michigan bees shows that the most diverse bee communities have the lowest levels of three common viral pathogens. University of Michigan researchers netted and trapped more than 4,000 bees from 60 species. The bees were collected at winter squash farms across Michigan, where both managed honeybee colonies and wild native bees pollinate the s more PR

NORTH FIELD, Minnesota, Feb. 10 -- Carleton College issued the following news release: Two members of the Carleton College faculty have been awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor by the Board of Trustees, effective Sept. 1, 2021. Jay D. Tasson, assistant professor of physics, arrived at Carleton in 2011. After holding visiting positions, he joined the Carleton faculty as an assistant professor of physics in 2016. He graduated from Northern Michigan University with a BS in physics more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: ​The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will hold its first meetings of the new year virtually Wednesday and Thursday. During the formal session, which begins at 10 a.m. Thursday online, the board will receive an update on academic advising from Evan Montague, executive director of student success and academic advising and assistance. Trustees also will review and vote on reauthorization o more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release: The Consumers Energy Foundation is bringing back a competition to provide $50,000 for big ideas in Michigan's small towns. The Put Your Town on the Map pitch competition provides dollars for three projects that build strong communities. Communities with a population of up to 10,000 have through Feb. 24 to submit proposals. Up to 10 finalists will compete for the funds at the Small Town and Rural Development Confe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Cook Political Report's 2022 governor ratings released last week bears bad news for Republicans in Michigan - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer "won't be as easy to knock off as some Republicans had initially hoped." Cook rated the seat in Gov. Whitmer's favor as "lean Democrat." The race ratings agency cited Gov. Whitmer's consistently high approval ratings, and pointed out that while governors' races don't typically ge more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 9 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: DTE Energy today announced it invested $2.2 billion with Michigan businesses in 2020, creating and sustaining more than 10,400 jobs across the state and exceeding its annual commitment by $200 million. DTE has invested $13.7 billion with Michigan-based vendors since 2010, creating and sustaining 44,000 Michigan jobs. The company invests nearly five times more with local businesses than it did a decade ago more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: University of Michigan experts are available to discuss the northern Indian glacier that fractured Sunday, sending floodwaters roaring down steep mountain valleys. Ingrid Hendy is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences who specializes in paleoclimate and oceanography. She has studied the Missoula floods, a series of cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods that swept periodi more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: The COVID 19 pandemic magnified technology gaps and other obstacles, sparking Grand Rapids Community College to take additional steps to ensure all students continued to have access to a quality education, GRCC President Bill Pink told state lawmakers Thursday. Pink was one of four college presidents invited to testify remotely before the state Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Universities and Com more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Feb. 11 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley State University's four most recent presidents will gather February 24 to host a roundtable discussion regarding the U.S. Constitution and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The event will feature Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, along with GVSU President Philomena V. Mantella and former presidents Thomas Haas, Mark Murray, and Arend Lubbers more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Feb. 11 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: For this year's fifth annual Roger That! conference, organizers like to point out that the "V" for the number five is for "virtual." The format may be different this year, but the live streaming of the conference on February 19 and February 20 also means opportunities for expanded offerings, said Deana Weibel, event co-organizer and GVSU professor of anthropology. "Going virtual has allowed us to include  more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- Hope College issued the following news release: The Department of Theatre at Hope College will present "Detroit '67" via livestream on Friday-Saturday, Feb. 26-27, at 7:30 p.m.; on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m.; and on Thursday-Saturday, March 4-6 at 7:30 p.m. Virtual tickets are free and open to all but pre-registration is required via tickets.hope.edu. Out of an abundance of caution due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no in-person audience.  more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, Feb. 11 -- Hope College issued the following news release: Dr. Angela Dills, who is the Gimelstob-Landry Distinguished Professor of Regional Economic Development at Western Carolina University, will present "The Costs and Benefits of Drug Prohibition" on Monday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. through a live-streamed event hosted by the Markets & Morality student organization at Hope College. The public is invited. Admission is free, although advance registration is required. Registratio more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news on Feb. 11, 2021: Preparing graduates for the careers of tomorrow is the focus of the opening segment of the latest episode of EMU Today TV. The new episode features Eastern Michigan University's new Master of Science in Finance Program. Associate Professor of Finance Karen Ann Craig, Ph.D., discusses the 30-credit hour AACSB-accredited program, which is designed for recent graduates and working professionals. more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced John VanDeventer as her new chief legal counsel. Prior to joining the Michigan Department of Attorney General, VanDeventer was employed by Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago where he served in the firm's Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice, focusing primarily on commercial bankruptcy. Before that he spent time working in Washin more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is supporting the historic decision made Thursday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) confirming that members of the LGBTQ community are protected against housing discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. Since 1968, the Fair Housing Act has prohibited discrimination by landlords, real estate companies, municipalities, banks o more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit filed against Ford Motor Co. (Ford) so that the Court can revisit its interpretation of an exemption contained in the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA). Under the Court's current interpretation, wide swaths of the economy are exempt from liability under the MCPA, opening consumers to sig more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured significant fines and permanent injunctions against two companies that have been illegally shipping liquor to Michigan consumers. Judges in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan entered consent judgments against Vintner's Collective LLC and Go to Gifts Inc. on Feb. 5 and Feb. 8, respectively. Nessel had sued th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning consumers of a new scam that's been reported by at least one resident to the Department's Consumer Protection team. The complainant reportedly received a call from a scammer who insisted that a new Michigan law has passed which dissolves credit card debt as long as the credit card number, expiration date, security code and ZIP code are provided. more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2021: A doctor accused of negligence, incompetence, and making inappropriate sexual advances toward patients, among other violations of the Public Health Code, has been fined and had his license suspended for a year, Attorney General Dana Nessel and LARA Director Orlene Hawks announced today. On Feb. 2, 2021, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery's Disciplinary Subcommittee  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- Michael F. Rice, superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2021: State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice today applauded the executive budget recommendations presented by Governor Gretchen Whitmer that recognizes the needs of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. "I appreciate Governor Whitmer's prioritization of children, educators, and schools in her budget," said State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice.  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2021: Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes today called on Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, to immediately resign over his close ties to Michigan militias, whose members plotted to kidnap and kill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Shirkey's up-close and personal relationship with militia members was detailed in a  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by State Superintendent Michael F. Rice: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., State Superintendent SUBJECT: Encouraging Students To Fill Out FAFSA Forms According to the U.S. Department of Education (USED), Michigan is experiencing a 14 percent decrease in Free Application for Fed more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by State Superintendent Michael F. Rice, Chief Deputy Superintendent Sheila A. Alles and State Librarian Randy J. Riley: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors Michigan Pre-K-12 Educators FROM: Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., State Superintendent Sheila A. Alles, Chief Deputy Superintendent Randy J. Riley, State Libraria more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by William A. Pearson, interim deputy superintendent division of educator, student, and school supports: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: William A. Pearson, Ed.D., Interim Deputy Superintendent Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports SUBJECT: Ensuring Timely Access to Federal Formula Funds f more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: The following results are from the Michigan Republican Party 2021 Convention which was held virtually today. In addition, runoff elections will be held today in the following races: Outreach Vice-Chair and Ethnic Vice-Chair. Elected Chairman: Ron Weiser Co-Chairman: Meshawn Maddock Youth Vice-Chair: Paul Stephens Coalitions Vice-Chair: Tami Carlone Grassroots Vice-Chair: Marian Sheridan Administrative  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on Feb. 6, 2021: The following results are from the Michigan Republican Party 2021 Convention Second Ballot, which was held virtually today. Elected Outreach Vice-Chair: Ty Bundy Ethnic Vice-Chair: Bernadette Smith more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University has one Gates Cambridge Scholar and a national finalist for the Knight-Hennessey Scholars Program. Jasmine Jordan has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Jordan is an Honors College senior majoring in political science in the College of Social Science. She is a member of the Urban Educator Cohort Program, and is minoring in Educational Studies in the College of Education. more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: A multi-institutional team of researchers, including Michigan State University social scientists, has been granted over $800,000 from the National Science Foundation to study "epistemic exclusion." This type of exclusion results from policies and practices within American institutions of higher education that make minority faculty members in STEM fields feel they a more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: During his ground-breaking E. coli Long-Term Evolution Project (LTEE), Michigan State University experimental evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski has witnessed the beginning and end of more than one lifetime--73,000 bacterial lifetimes and counting, to be exact. Now, the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) is honoring Lenski's extraordinary life to date with the  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news on Feb. 7, 2021: The international IceCube Collaboration, which includes several researchers from Michigan State University, was awarded the 2021 Bruno Rossi Prize by the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), for the discovery of a high-energy neutrino flux of astrophysical origin. MSU experimental high energy physicists Claudio Kopper, and  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Coral reefs are beautiful and diverse ecosystems that power the economies of many coastal communities. They're also facing threats that are driving their decline, including the planet's warming waters. This threat hit extreme levels in 2015, when high temperatures were turning corals white around the globe. Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii was hit hard; nearly half of its corals bl more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 11 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: The 1918 influenza pandemic provides a cautionary tale for what the future may hold for COVID-19, says a Michigan State University researcher. After a decade studying a flu virus that killed approximately 15,000 Michigan residents, Siddharth Chandra, a professor in MSU's James Madison College, saw his research come to life as he watched the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. "It was so surr more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: After the CDC recommended the use of multiple masks to protect from the coronavirus, Peter Gulick, professor of medicine at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and infectious disease expert, has weighed in on the new strains of COVID-19 and the effectiveness of layering multiple masks. According to Gulick, using a well-fitting cloth mask over a surgical or disposable mask ca more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: February is American Heart Month, a time to highlight the top cause of death in Americans: heart disease. This year, the American Heart Association is highlighting the "Don't Die of Doubt" awareness campaign, which focuses on reminding people that, even during the pandemic, hospitals are the safest place to go when symptoms of heart disease crop up. Included is a list of researchers with expertise o more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: A multi-institutional team of researchers, including Michigan State University social scientists, has been granted over $800,000 from the National Science Foundation to study "epistemic exclusion." This type of exclusion results from policies and practices within American institutions of higher education that make minority faculty members in STEM fields feel they are unsupported and their re more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: With limited attendance due to the global pandemic, Super Bowl LV took the field in the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 7, 2021. Fewer people may have been sitting in the stadium, but millions of viewers tuned in to watch from home, putting Super Bowl ads in the spotlight after a year of adversity. For the 24th year in a row, professors from MSU's Department of Advertising and Publi more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., updated the Board of Trustees on the university's progress in several key focus areas, including diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, acknowledging the challenges presented by the pandemic. "I continue to be inspired and proud of how faculty, staff and students have responded to the pandemic," Stanley said. "Spartans always fin more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Climate change is bleaching and killing corals, but researchers from MSU and the University of Hawaii are investigating how some can stand up to a warming world. Coral reefs are beautiful and diverse ecosystems that power the economies of many coastal communities. They're also facing threats that are driving their decline, including the planet's warming waters. This threat hit extreme level more PR

WESTVILLE, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- Purdue University Northwest issued the following news: The Economic Development Corporation of Michigan City (EDCMC) and Michigan City Area Schools (MCAS) collaborated to create the Compressed Air Academy, a program for mechanically inclined students interested in a head start on a career in a vibrant LaPorte County industry. The Compressed Air Academy is the only high school training program of its kind in the United States. There are two audiences that benefit f more PR

SPRING ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Spring Arbor University issued the following news: UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity just published "Pile of Lost Things," a poem by SAU senior Bekah Black. Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bekah wrote the poem as a tribute to her grandfather, whose resilience and determination to love in the face of all things helped moved and shaped her. You can find more of her poetry at the Scriblerus, The Bookends Revie more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 12 (TNSPer) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: For their work that advanced society's abilities to treat water with microbes and monitor the changing Earth from space, two University of Michigan professors have been named to the National Academy of Engineering--one of the field's highest honors. Lutgarde Raskin, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Kamal Sarabandi, professor of electrical and computer engineering, are amo more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 10 (TNSRep) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Material hardship in the United States rose significantly in the final months of 2020 and was particularly high for households with children, according to new research from Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. The rise in hardship occurred at a time when the income supports from the first COVID-19 relief bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, had larg more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan research enterprise contributed $5.9 billion to the national economy over the past 18 years--$1.8 billion of which supported Michigan-based companies, according to a new report from the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science. The latest IRIS report provides a geographic snapshot of vendors that supplied goods and services to support research and scholarshi more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: New research supported by Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan shows a $1 million home repair grant program in Detroit has helped homeowners with low incomes complete major home repair projects that improve the quality and safety of their housing and increase their chances of remaining in their homes long term. These findings, outlined in a policy brief titled "Reinforcing Low-Inco more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the major massive open online platforms and educational institutions have reported increased interest from learners in their content. But the University of Michigan's Vic Strecher was not quite expecting 100,000 enrollments in eight months for his "Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life: Living for What Matters Most." The free MOOC on Coursera is popular all o more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: People who experienced violence as children at home and in their community are at higher risk for violence with their partners later in life, new research shows. Four separate studies recently published by the University of Michigan's School of Public Health look at intimate partner violence from different perspectives with two focusing on adolescent populations and two on adult populations.  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft might help decrease drunk driving accidents and deaths, but they also are associated with an increase in binge drinking, according to a new study. Until now, most of the research on this area has focused on how ride-hailing services may lead to a reduction in DWIs, accidents and deaths, researchers said. "There's fairly strong evidence that this expan more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences including abuse, neglect and family dysfunction increase the risk on kids for future trauma in their lives. A new University of Michigan study adds spanking to the list. The study provides evidence that spanking and adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs--which include measures of physical and emotional abuse, neglect, intimate partner vi more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Workers who are most vulnerable to pandemic layoffs are more likely people of color, underscoring the need for stimulus funding in order to keep racial inequality from growing, according to a new University of Michigan study. U-M researcher Brooke Helppie-McFall and colleague Joanne Hsu of Howard University and the Federal Reserve Board were interested in identifying workers most vulnerable t more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 12 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people were concerned about their access to health care. But 15-year-old Elly LeCursi knew that visits with her doctor would be business as usual. She was diagnosed with PCD, or primary ciliary dyskinesia, five years ago and has been a virtual patient at Michigan Medicine since then. The cilia throughout her respiratory system does not function properly, making it  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Young adults with autism spectrum disorder boosted their interviewing skills using a virtual reality training program, according to a new University of Michigan study. The virtual training sessions and separate preemployment assistance also significantly reduced anxiety and improved their access to jobs within six months compared to their counterparts who only received preemployment informati more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: Wayne State University is offering support to students who participate in the newly released Michigan Reconnect program through the State of Michigan. Students interested in pursuing a bachelor's after obtaining their associate degree through Michigan Reconnect will be considered for a $4,000 transfer award: $2,000 per academic year for two consecutive years beginning the term of admission. "Wayne State is building more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 9 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2021: Gov. Tony Evers today announced his 2021-23 biennial budget proposes regulating and taxing marijuana much like Wisconsin regulates and taxes alcohol. Under the proposal, Wisconsin would join 15 other states, including neighboring Michigan and Illinois, in legalizing recreational marijuana. The governor's 21-23 budget proposal will increase revenue, create jobs, and reduce criminal just more PR