YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 4 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Anne Casper, a professor of Biology at Eastern Michigan University known for her research and strong support of students, will present the annual George Liepa Sigma Xi Speaker Series in a virtual talk Thursday, March 18 from 7 - 8 p.m. Casper will be presenting a Zoom talk entitled "Effective Teaching to Support Inclusivity and Diversity in STEM." The event is free and open to the public and the EMU communi more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 6 -- Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued the following news release on March 5, 2021: Attorney General Todd Rokita today announced agreements with six Indiana motorcycle dealerships that allegedly charged excessive document-preparation fees to more than 1,700 Hoosier consumers over a two-year period. The agreements call for the dealerships - located in Plainfield, Bloomington, Lafayette, Michigan City, Kokomo and Valparaiso - to send $100 restitution checks  more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 5 (TNSJou) -- Calvin University issued the following news on March 4, 2021: Matt Heun, professor of engineering at Calvin University, is among a team of researchers who published their conclusions today that the models used to produce global climate scenarios may overestimate the energy and emission savings from improved energy efficiency. In a review of 33 studies, the researchers discovered that economy-wide rebound effects may erode around half of the energy an more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, March 2 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release: Consumers Energy has named Rafael Turner as the new community affairs manager for Genesee and Shiawassee counties. Turner brings established relationships and leadership skills to the role as the company's local government and community liaison. "We are fortunate to have a highly regarded leader with an exceptional background aligning local resources and community outreach in this role enhancing the vitality of C more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: As Michigan Republicans continue to delay federal COVID-19 relief for their constituents, Michigan GOP Senate Leader Mike Shirkey's business accepted $1.7 million in federal COVID-19 assistance from the Paycheck Protection Program, according to a new report from The Detroit News. This is the second loan his company has received, bringing the total up to $3.5 million. Raising more questions, Crain's Detroit e more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on March 4, 2021: Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey went on talk radio today to defend the reckless COVID-19 policies of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and defend Sen. Ted Cruz, who abandoned his state during a crisis. If he were governor, Shirkey said he would do something "similar to what Governor Abbott has done in Texas." Earlier this week, as only 6.57% of the Texas population was fully vaccinated aga more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 4 (TNSGra) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: A nutrition team from Eastern Michigan University has received a $4,000 grant to improve access to healthy local foods and develop greater food and agricultural literacy in seeking to reduce health disparities in the low-income Asian American population in Kent County, Michigan. The Association of State Public Health Nutritionists Farm to Early Care and Education Capacity Building Grant was awarded  more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 4 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Eastern Michigan University's Women's Resource Center, Center of Race & Ethnicity, and Women's and Gender Studies department will host the fourth annual Women of Color Feminisms & Leadership Symposium virtually on Tuesday, March 16, and Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 1 to 5 p.m. This year's theme, "Reimagining, Rebuilding and Recreating Ourselves as Women of Color," seeks, in the organizers' words, to provid more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, March 3 (TNSRes) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: NASA's new Mars rover is grabbing headlines around the world, but perseverance in a lab at Western Michigan University could be the key to unlocking even deeper space exploration. Dr. Kristina Lemmer, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, studies electric propulsion. The process adds energy to gas to create a charged plasma, powering thrusters to hurl a spacecraft beyond Earth more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, March 6 (TNSPer) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news on March 5, 2021: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today announced the appointment of two new members -- Sharon L. Heath and Regine Beauboeuf -- to the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees. They replace Bill Weideman and Tricia Keith, whose terms ended in December. Heath, of Novi, Michigan, is a CMU alumna and recently retired as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's director of customer e more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 4 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Jay Gillespie earned a master's degree in physician assistant studies in December, passed his state certification exam in January and began working at a northern Michigan clinic in late February. He joined some familiar faces at the Crystal Lake Health Center, which has 11 locations in five counties surrounding Traverse City and treats more than 40,000 patients annually. Gillespie is the seventh physician  more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, March 5 (TNSGra) -- Indiana University's Media School issued the following news: Media School assistant professors Nathan Geiger and Melanie Sarge are part of a project team that has secured a $137,000 grant from the University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute to study communication about climate change. The project, "The Promise and Risks of Framing Climate Change as a Migration Issue," asks if evoking empathy for the victims of climate change could spur Ameri more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 2 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has launched a new program called the C3 Accelerator for green technology companies working in the cleantech, climatech, and circular economy industries. The new accelerator, funded in part by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), New Economy Initiative (NEI) and the Wells Fargo Innovation Incuba more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 4 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Students at Henry Ford High School in Detroit can get a jump start on their college education under a new "early middle college" agreement with Lawrence Technological University. This is the first early middle college agreement in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, and it's one of a growing number of partnerships Lawrence Tech has forged with area high schools--now more than 40 in  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive charitable fundraising calls - most of them illegal robocalls. The defendants collected more than $110 million using their deceptive solicitati more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 1, 2021: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today filed an amicus brief in support of the University of Michigan's prohibition of firearms on its campus, which is being challenged in a lawsuit pending in the Michigan Supreme Court. Plaintiffs in Wade v. University of Michigan are challenging the Ann Arbor institution's authority to ban firearms on campus, though Attorney General N more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday filed a motion with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to intervene in a case involving a license transfer request for the Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, which are both currently owned by Entergy Co. The Attorney General's office filed a petition to intervene and a request for a he more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the right of foreign nationals living in the United States under a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to become permanent residents when they meet statutory requirements. TPS allows foreign nationals from countries experiencing humanitarian crises  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to preserve schools' ability to address cyberbullying and other forms of off-campus bullying that substantially affects students' education. The coalition filed the brief in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., a case concerning the ability of schools t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently joined a coalition of attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to withdraw the decision to terminate the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (HFRP) and the Filipino World War II Veteran Parole Program (FWVP). The HFRP, started in 2014, provides a pathway  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel testified before the House Judiciary Committee this morning in support of a package of human trafficking bills recommended by the Michigan Human Trafficking Commission. The 26 bills are aimed at strengthening tools to hold traffickers accountable, expanding protections for victims of trafficking and fundamentally altering the criminal justice system's appr more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office sent a cease and desist letter to a Grand Rapids-based online clothing retailer for allegedly failing to fulfill customer orders or provide requested refunds, among other violations of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA). The letter was sent to Fitness Tee Co. LLC, which operates its online storefront on at least two websites, the Fitnes more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks today announced the expansion of the MI Classroom Heroes COVID-19 Grants to include a new grant program for Great Start Readiness Program (GRSP), Head Start, adult education and young adult (ages 18-26) special education classroom teachers. "The MI Classroom Heroes COVID-19 Grants are just a small token of our gratitude to educators for g more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 6 (TNSPer) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news on March 5, 2021: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today (March 5, 2021) announced the appointment of Chad Newton, Chief Executive Officer of the Wayne County Airport Authority, to the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents. The eight-member board is the governing body of the University. Newton is a three-time EMU graduate, earning a bachelor's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice in 1996, and a m more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer issued a proclamation declaring the month of March as Reading Month in Michigan. Throughout the month, schools, children, and adults alike use this time to promote the importance of reading. "Every year the country uses this month to promote reading and imagination. I am proud to declare March as Reading Month in Michigan and I encourage everyone to find time to read," said Gove more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 3 -- Michael F. Rice, superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education, issued the following statement : * * * State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice welcomes the confirmation last night by the U.S. Senate of Dr. Miguel Cardona as U.S. Secretary of Education. "I congratulate Miguel Cardona on his confirmation and look forward to working closely with him on efforts to improve public education," Dr. Rice said. "Secretary Cardona's personal educational journey and more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by Deputy Superintendent Kyle Guerrant: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Kyle Guerrant, Deputy Superintendent Finance and Operations SUBJECT: U.S. Department of Education - COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools - MEMO #COVID-19-163 This memorandum more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 (TNSRep) -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission's 2020 Annual Report documents an extraordinary year dominated by efforts to maintain access to safe, reliable and affordable energy and telecommunications for Michiganders whose lives were upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. The MPSC tackled critical issues including expanding financial help for utility customers hit hard by the pandemic and a s more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 5 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on March 4, 2021: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved an amended and restated power purchase agreement (PPA) between Consumers Energy Co. and Midland Cogeneration Venture LP (MCV) as well as a settlement involving contracts between the utility and operators of the Midland power plant. In Case No. U-20896, the Commission approved the PPA amendment that gives Consumers the uni more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 4 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Erica A. Wehrwein, a model educator who has significantly strengthened Michigan State University's mission to students through outstanding teaching, is recipient of the 2020 Donald F. Koch Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award as part of MSU's All-University Awards. The Koch Award recognize teachers who take pride in and are committed to quality undergraduate teaching more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 4 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: Nonconsensual pornography, or the sharing of sexual images or videos without participants' consent, has become a major topic of discussion regarding online safety. PornHub, a popular pornography website, was forced into the center of the discussion late last year after purging millions of videos to ensure that only consensual content was featured on their site. B more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 5 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: According to the Pew Research Center, 1 in 10 American adults have landed a long-term relationship from an online dating app, such as Tinder, OKCupid and Match.com. But what compels people to "swipe right" on certain profiles and reject others? New research from Dr. William Chopik, an associate professor in the Michigan State University Department of Psychology,  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 5 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Elena Litchman, professor of aquatic ecology at Michigan State University, is the recipient of the 2021 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). The Hutchinson award is presented each year to a limnologist or oceanographer who has made considerable contributions to knowledge, and whose future work promises a  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 5 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release on March 4, 2021: As a high school student, Terry Himes dreamed of exploring space. Today, the Spartan who graduated in 1975 from Michigan State University's College of Engineering is living his dream. Himes is helping NASA communicate with its robotic spacefaring explorers. "Just today, I was building the relay commands for Mars 2020, but also Curiosity and InSight," says Himes, a spacecraft and so more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 6 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: According to the Pew Research Center, 1 in 10 American adults have landed a long-term relationship from an online dating app, such as Tinder, OKCupid and Match.com. But what compels people to "swipe right" on certain profiles and reject others? New research from William Chopik, an associate professor in the Michigan State University Department of Psychology, and David Johnson from the Unive more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 4 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Some very small organisms in our ecosystem hold big clues to problems that affect our health, our food and our environment. Michigan State University researchers don their masks, and sometimes waders, in their efforts to battle invasive species, find sustainable solutions to malnutrition and to identify pathogens that could cause the next pandemic. Fighting infectious diseases MSU researc more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, March 2 (TNSRes) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: Automated driving, location-based traffic control devices and road geometry improve driving safety, energy efficiency and driver comfort. Imagine you're driving up a hill toward a traffic light. The light is still green so you're tempted to accelerate to make it through the intersection before the light changes. Then, a device in your car receives a signal from the controller mounted on the int more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, March 4 -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: Dedicated to the thousands of lives lost in landslides, the new atlas assesses landslide risk in 13 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. The Western Ghats trailing the western edge of India are a global hotspot for biodiversity. The southern reach of the range extends into Kerala, where the steep slopes, soft soils and heavy monsoon rains greatly increase the risk of landslides. Thomas Oommen, a pr more PR

MONROE, Michigan, March 6 (TNSGra) -- Monroe County Community College issued the following news release: Monroe County Community College has made $650,258 in emergency financial assistance via the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act's Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II available to students who have been financially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students can apply for the CRRSAA funds by completing an application at www.monroeccc.edu/caresact. The more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 5 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Students pursuing degrees in a variety of technology and engineering majors are eligible to receive a scholarship worth more than $78,000 over four years under a new program at Lawrence Technological University. The LTU STEM Scholar Award is offered through the university's Marburger STEM Center, LTU's clearinghouse for K-12 outreach efforts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 5 -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news release: Northern Michigan University will hold a virtual commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 1. Nearly 900 graduates will be honored at the ceremony, which will be broadcast via the internet and on WNMU-TV13. Bryan Terrell Clark, the Broadway star who played George Washington in Hamilton, will be the commencement speaker. "While our greatest desire is to celebrate graduation with each of our students and  more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 3 -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news release: The Northern Michigan University Alumni Association continues Northern Now, a monthly digital event series for alumni and friends, at 7 p.m. EST Wednesday, March 10. A panel of alumni, faculty and students from the NMU School of Education will discuss the importance of relationships and creating a strong network throughout one's educational and professional career. The panelists are: Andrea Ballard  more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 6 (TNSGra) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news release: Northern Michigan University's Invent@NMU business incubator has received a $320,000 grant to continue offering innovative support services for entrepreneurs across the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Strategic Fund of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation recently approved several grants to support initiatives throughout the state. Invent@NMU is powered by students and led by profess more PR

DAVIS, California, March 2 -- The University of California's Davis School of Law issued the following news: Professor Darien Shanske collaborated with Professors Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan Law) and David Gamage (Maurer School of Law, Indiana University-Bloomington) on an op-ed for CalMatters headlined "This is a good time for the Legislature to invest in California by taxing large, profitable corporations." Shanske, Avi-Yonah and Gamage are members of Project SAFE (State Action in Fiscal Em more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 4 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A: Pursuing energy and climate innovations grows ever more critical, but must include the involvement and participation of marginalized, vulnerable communities from the beginning. That's the message Shobita Parthasarathy brought to federal lawmakers last week, when she testified before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies. The professor of public policy  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on March 4, 2021: Young people entering certain careers like medicine, ministry or public service may see their choice as not only a way to earn a living, but also to serve society. Andy Hoffman, professor of management and organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, thinks students entering careers in management should take a similar approach. Hoffman details his argument in a new b more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on March 2, 2021: Parent depression and stress early in the pandemic negatively contributed to young children's home education and anxiety, a University of Michigan study suggests. The stress could still be present today for some parents as their kids transition back to school while COVID-19 remains a danger. Continued support for children and parents will be needed, researchers said. The fin more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 4 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Adolescents who vape cannabis are at greater risk for respiratory symptoms indicative of lung injury than teens who smoke cigarettes or marijuana, or vape nicotine, a new University of Michigan study suggests. The result challenges conventional wisdom about vaping nicotine, says the study's principal investigator, Carol Boyd, the Deborah J. Oakley Collegiate Professor Emerita at the U-M Schoo more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 5 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on March 3, 2021: As a result of a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, 39 other attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), two national companies that made more than 1.7 million robocalls for sham charities into Washington state will pay $495,000 to help fund legitimate charities. One company has since gone out of business and today's lawsuit requires ano more PR

WASHINGTON, Pa., March 4 -- Washington and Jefferson College issued the following news: As election officials across the country have ensured the integrity of the 2020 general election, they have faced intense political pressure and threats on their and their family members' lives. Through all of this, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has been a thoughtful and leading voice in the national conversation about ensuring secure and transparent elections that are safe for voters, election  more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, March 6 -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: With a goal of promoting student well-being first and foremost, Western Michigan University is reaching out to Broncos to explore the pulse of campus. The Healthy Minds Survey, which runs from Feb. 15 to March 13, asks students to provide input about mental health issues and access to resources and services on campus. Around 8,000 students were randomly selected to participate through an email invitation. Th more PR