GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 9 (TNSRes) -- Calvin University issued the following news: "People have been studying this for years," said Rich DeJong, professor emeritus of engineering at Calvin University. "And we've figured it out." The "it" he is referring to is how to reduce the wind noise in an automobile when traveling at highway speeds. The "we" is a team of faculty and student researchers. Together, their discovery has led to a patent for Toyota Motors Company. "It's very unusual for more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, March 9 (TNSPer) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news on March 8, 2021: Central Michigan University President Bob Davies today announced the hiring of alumna Shawna Patterson-Stephens as the university's vice president and chief diversity officer. Patterson-Stephens, associate vice chancellor of student affairs and director of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will begin her new ro more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, March 12 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on March 11, 2021: Consumers Energy announced today an agreement to purchase 140 megawatts of clean, renewable energy - enough to power about 70,000 residential customers -- from the Calhoun Solar Center. Invenergy, a leading Midwest-based developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, is developing and building the project. "We are proud to team with Invenergy as we continue to create a cleaner, more su more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: In yet another big recruitment fail for the Michigan GOP, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel announced this morning she will not be running for Michigan governor in 2022. Our condolences to the RGA. This isn't much of a loss for Michiganders though - McDaniel is just another far-right extremist who openly supported Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. McDaniel's announcement comes on the heels of M more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey continued his tour of extremist and out-of-touch comments during a radio interview on Monday, tripling down on his lies about the January 6th insurrection and reiterating his defense of Texas' reckless COVID-19 policies. Shirkey was caught on video last month calling the Capitol riot a "hoax" and insisting "that wasn't Trump people," a theory that's been proven f more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 11 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: The Eastern Michigan University Aviation Program is now open for student flight training at Willow Run airport. Students of the EMU aviation program now also have access to airports for flight training in Ypsilanti, Howell, Pontiac and Flint. The program's Willow Run airplane hangar is owned and operated by Odyssey Aviation, a fixed base operations and ground handling station serving the private aviation c more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 9 (TNSPer) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Grand Rapids Community College President Bill Pink has been named to the board of Lakeshore Advantage, an organization fostering economic development in Ottawa and Allegan counties. The appointment comes as GRCC is consolidating its GRCC Lakeshore Campus into a new location in the Shops at Westshore in Holland Township to make a college education more accessible for Lakeshore residents. "Our  more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 12 -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: The pandemic changed the way Grand Rapids Community College offered classes and support services - and many of the changes are likely to remain to help students overcome obstacles, Grand Rapids Community College President Bill Pink told lawmakers Thursday. Pink was one of four college presidents to testify before the state House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education and Co more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 10 -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: GRCC Workforce Training offers programs providing in-demand skills leading to rewarding careers. Each Wednesday we'll meet students who are heading down an educational pathway and changing their lives by earning occupational certificates. Thousands of area employees working in the restaurant and service industry were laid off due to the pandemic. Many of those took this time to reflect and retool thei more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 12 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: The auto industry has proved to be very resilient as it continues to recover from the effects of the pandemic, said Mike Wall, executive director of automotive analysis at IHS Markit. Wall was a keynote speaker at the 22nd Michigan Automotive Suppliers Symposium, sponsored by the Van Andel Global Trade in the Seidman College of Business. He discussed the effects of COVID-19 and the latest auto trends dur more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 11 (TNSJou) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: The Journal of Narrative Theory (JNT), an international academic journal run out of the Literature Program at Eastern Michigan University, is hosting its 2021 Dialogue event, "Detroit as a Narrative Space", from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 18. The 2021 JNT Dialogue will center on the theme of Detroit. It will look at how the City serves as a site that inspires narrative and gives rise to lit more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 10 -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news release: A series of informal, interactive science presentations on Great Lakes issues will return in spring 2021 with new topics and speakers. Wisconsin Sea Grant's "Lake Talks" series highlights topics related to Lake Michigan or, more widely, the Great Lakes basin. Spring talks will be offered through Zoom in light of the ongoing pandemic. The spring series kicks off on Thursday, March more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, March 12 -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: Injustice takes many forms. In an upcoming speaker series, Michigan Tech's Institute for Policy, Ethics and Culture (IPEC) takes on some of the most compelling. IPEC's virtual speaker series, Justice in Transition takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday nights March 23 through April 15. Featuring nationally known experts, activists, thought leaders and TED Talk speakers in economic, environmental more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 11 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release on March 10, 2021: A science expert will discuss the "grand challenges" facing science, technology, and society today in the annual Walker L. Cisler Lecture at Lawrence Technological University on Tuesday, March 30. The virtual lecture by Gil Omenn, Harold T. Shapiro Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and director of its Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinfo more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Virginia's School of Law issued the following news: Mark C. Jefferson has been named the inaugural assistant dean for diversity, equity and belonging at the University of Virginia School of Law. He begins his role March 29. Jefferson previously served as assistant dean of community engagement and equity at Harvard Law School, after joining the school in a director role in 2017. Before that, he was assistant director of admissions more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, March 10 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: The Central West Virginia Writing Project, in cooperation with the West Virginia Department of Education and Marshall University's literacy education program, will present its spring writing conference virtually later this month. The event will have the theme "Pencil, Paper, Disk, Drive: Crossing the Composing Rainbow." The keynote address will be given by Dr. Troy Hicks, professor of literacy and tec more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 8, 2021: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced the appointments of Mitch Albers as her new director of legislative affairs and Amber McCann as special projects director in the Office of Public Information & Education. "I am happy to welcome Mitch and Amber to our team - I know they will prove to be invaluable as they take on these new roles," Nessel said. "They each b more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Attorney General Dana Nessel recently joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in supporting a Washington state initiative regulating the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Washington in Mitchell v. Atkins. The attorneys general argue that states have the right to enact reasonabl more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: In her role as an advocate for Michigan ratepayers, Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a notice of intervention on Friday in Consumers Energy Co.'s request to raise its electric rates, which comes just months after the company received approval for a $90.2 million rate increase from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). "Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, my office took price-gougin more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: On the heels of the State's announcement of the MI Propane Plan, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reminding residents of the crucial role they play in reporting price-gouging and other consumer protection issues related to the energy industry. In preparation for the eventual shutdown of Enbridge's Line 5 pipelines, several state agencies jointly announced the MI Propane Plan earlier more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 11, 2021: Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced that Michigan, as part of a coalition of 41 attorneys general, has reached a settlement agreement with Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) to resolve a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 7 million individuals, includin more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Following a filing for attorneys' fees submitted by plaintiffs' counsel in the Flint water civil litigation against the State of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel's office is noting that the State is prohibited from offering an opinion on the amount sought unless specifically asked by the Court. Plaintiffs' attorneys filed a motion Monday with the U.S. District Court of the Eastern Dist more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on March 12, 2021: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced that an eight-week mass vaccination site with the capacity to administer 6,000 doses each day will open on March 24 at Ford Field in Detroit to serve residents in the broader southeast Michigan region. The Biden Administration in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) selected southeast Michigan for this major n more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 10 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation that supports the COVID-19 recovery plan she sent to the legislature in January. It includes key provisions of the governor's MI COVID Recovery Plan, including a $2.25/hour wage increase for direct care workers, $283 million in federal emergency rental assistance to help ensure people can stay in their homes, up to $110 million in federal fundin more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 12 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Peter Lucido - who left the state senate in disgrace following an investigation into his pattern of sexual harassment - continues to spread partisan smears about Governor Whitmer's quick, decisive action to save lives during the pandemic, Michigan doctors are calling out his hypocrisy. In fact, on December 18th, 2020 - before Lucido was sworn in as Macomb County Prosecutor - he was missing in act more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 10 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on March 9, 2021: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes. "Governor Whitmer sent a clear message to the GOP-led legislature today, she is not interested in any political games that prevent Michiganders from getting the full allocation of federal dollars for COVID relief. "Forty-eight days ago the Governor proposed a plan for allocating tho more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by Chief Deputy Superintendent Sheila A. Alles: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Sheila A. Alles, Chief Deputy Superintendent SUBJECT: Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant Awards The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is pleased to announce the five local education agencies (LEAs) that wi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by Kyle L. Guerrant, deputy superintendent finance and operations: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Kyle L. Guerrant, Deputy Superintendent Finance and Operations SUBJECT: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund Grant Award Availability Clarification - MEMO #COVID-19-165 The Mic more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 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 and Deputy Superintendent Scott M. Koenigsknecht: 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 Dr. Scot more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 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: Planning for Book-Based Summer Reading The Mich more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 12 -- 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 L. Guerrant, Deputy Superintendent Finance and Operations SUBJECT: 2020-21 Pupil Membership Auditing Manual Update The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has released the updated Pupil Accounting Manual (PAM) and Pupil  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- 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 and Public School Academy Directors FROM: Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., State Superintendent SUBJECT: Request for State Summative Assessment and Accountability Waivers MEMO #COVID-19-166 The strong efforts to seek federal waivers associated with administration of the spri more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by Kyle L. Guerrant, deputy superintendent finance and operations: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Kyle L. Guerrant, Deputy Superintendent Finance and Operations SUBJECT: Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 - MEMO #COVID-19-164 On March 9, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 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: Teacher Student Data Link In 2015-16, in coordi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on March 8, 2021: Five Michigan school districts are being awarded federally funded literacy grants of $3 million each over a five-year period to begin work to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children from birth through grade 12, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced today. Districts to receive these awards are: * Benton Harbor A more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The State of Michigan announced the MI Propane Security Plan, a multiagency effort with the Michigan Public Service Commission; the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy; the Michigan Department of Transportation, and the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. The five-point plan is focused on ensuring Michigan's energy needs are met when Enbridge's Line 5 oil  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under fire for disastrous nursing home COVID orders that may have resulted in a spike in deaths at nursing homes, isn't the only high-profile governor to institute such measures. Cuomo's March 25, 2020 advisory stating, "no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19," is coming under intense  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 11 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on March 10, 2021: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shamelessly threw school children, small businesses, and unemployed Michiganders under the bus by vetoing much needed portions of the COVID Relief funding bill Tuesday. Whitmer's decision to pick winners and losers will hurt Michiganders looking to make it through the pandemic as we work to safely re-open. Whitmer vetoed over $840 million in federal K-12 funding, $40 more PR

MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan, March 13 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido called on the county's medical examiner's office to create a committee to review nursing home deaths related to COVID-19 as pressure mounts on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to release additional information related to COVID-19 deaths inside nursing homes and related facilities. "With the primary concern being the welfare of our most vulnerable and elderly, these questions more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Democrat state lawmakers exposed themselves as nothing more than political pawns to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after they flip flopped on a vote to deliver critical relief to Michigander adversely impacted by the pandemic. After supporting the budget put forth by the state legislature, at least 22 Democrats flip flopped from yes to no at the sole direction of Gov. Whitmer. Even though Whitmer shamelessly threw  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 11 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: New Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido told WXYZ 7 Action News in Detroit that criminal charges are possible against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer if it is found that there's been "willful neglect" of office. "If we find there's been willful neglect of office if we find there's been reckless endangerment of a person's life by bringing them in then we would move forward with charges against the Governor. Of cours more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 11 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: On December 6, 2016, a high-energy particle called an electron antineutrino was hurtling through space at nearly the speed of light. Normally, the ghostly particle would zip right through the Earth as if it weren't even there. But this particle just so happened to smash into an electron deep inside the South Pole's glacial ice. The collision created a new particle, kno more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 10 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: A warming climate may not increase water demand for Midwest crops that may instead be adapted through soil management to changing air temperatures and moisture, say Michigan State University researchers helping farmers manage the challenge. "The Midwest supplies 30% of the world's corn and soybeans," said Bruno Basso, an ecosystems scientist and MSU Foundation Professor in the Department o more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, March 10 (TNSJou) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: Tired of actionless data about their lived pandemic experiences, a group of biology researchers -- all moms themselves -- strategized ways to help academic mothers recover and rebuild careers. Over the summer and fall, paper after paper revealed that mothers are one of the demographics hardest hit by the pandemic. From layoffs and leaving careers to do caretaking, to submission rate decreases  more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, March 9 -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: A dedicated group of Michigan Tech students is spending the University's Spring Break virtually showing students the benefits of science and technology education. For the 10th straight year, members of Michigan Technological University's National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), student chapter, will spend spring break spreading the message of STEM education to underrepresented middle and high school  more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, March 12 (TNSRes) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: The highest-energy cosmic rays come from subatomic interactions within star clusters, not supernovae, say Michigan Tech physicists and collaborators. For decades, researchers assumed the cosmic rays that regularly bombard Earth from the far reaches of the galaxy are born when stars go supernova -- when they grow too massive to support the fusion occurring at their cores and explode. Those gig more PR

MONT ALTO, Pennsylvania, March 10 (TNSRes) -- Pennsylvania State University's Mont Alto campus issued the following news: When Jacob Sawyer had the opportunity to do research during his junior year of college, he took the first steps along his vocational path. A first-generation college student studying psychology at Central Michigan University, Sawyer said he had been an underwhelming undergraduate to that point, but the support and encouragement he received from faculty changed his trajector more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan's decades long commitment to engagement in its founding city of Detroit has grown stronger in recent years. Increased interest by faculty, staff, students and alumni from U-M's three campuses for research and partnership opportunities has led to a surge of collaborations with the community, according to the U-M provost's office. And that sparked the desire for a more cohesiv more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 12 -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news release: Based on concerns expressed by employees and students about the scarcity of local child care options, Northern Michigan University has signed a contract with WeeCare, the largest network of licensed child care providers in the United States. WeeCare works to recruit in-home providers with at least three years of teaching experience to care for infants through school-aged children. It supports them more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 12 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Seven women sit in Michigan prisons, serving life sentences for crimes committed over the last four decades. Two of them were present when significant others committed murder, three shot the men in their lives, one abandoned a newborn that died, and the seventh agreed to have her husband killed by an employee. The stories of how they ended up in prison are different, but they have a common thread. Th more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 10 -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: A School News Network feature When the coronavirus pandemic hit last March, Kate Greening found herself with time to reflect on her career. The catering manager for corporate events was out of work as people stayed home and avoided gatherings. She began to brainstorm her options and, with a dusty 10-year-old bachelor's degree in health information management, decided to begin building credentials in h more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 12 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A: U.S. criminal law allows for a corporation to be considered responsible for a crime committed by an employee. That doctrine causes widely recognized issues, particularly a worry that it might be applied too broadly. Yet Will Thomas, a business law professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, argues in a new paper that the doctrine is also too narrow, making it overly difficult to prosecu more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: How popular is Robin Hood, anyway? With rising global income inequality, Charlotte Cavaille asks why society isn't doing more to redistribute income. Cavaille, assistant professor of public policy at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy, challenges the assumptions about how we think about inequality-reducing policies. "There are important distinctions between policies th more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: When physicists need to understand the quantum mechanics that describe how atomic clocks work, how your magnet sticks to your refrigerator or how particles flow through a superconductor, they use quantum field theories. When they work through problems in quantum field theories, they do so in "imaginary" time, then map those simulations into real quantities. But traditionally, these simulation more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan ramped up its collaborations on a multitude of projects in the city of Detroit during the pandemic, including outreach to residents on issues ranging from unemployment to the COVID-19 vaccine. Initiatives such as Poverty Solutions, which created an Economic Mobility Partnership with the city of Detroit, and a partnership with four community organizations to help lower utilit more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: As far back as the Greek historian Herodotus, a group of people called the Scythians were considered highly mobile warrior nomads. Scythian-era people lived across Eurasia from about 700 BCE to 200 BCE, and have long been considered highly mobile warriors who ranged widely across the steppe grasslands. Herodotus describes Scythian populations as living in wagons and engaging in raiding and w more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 13 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A: Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas designated immigrants from Venezuela for temporary protected status for 18 months. Silvia Pedraza, professor of sociology and American culture at the University of Michigan, discusses the reasons for the designation and its potential implications. Her research seeks to understand the causes and consequences of immigration as a historica more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Reducing the initial screening age and including those with lower smoking exposures would help avert lung cancer-related deaths, according to a new study by the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network, led by a University of Michigan researcher. The modeling study, commissioned by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and published in JAMA this week, looks at the benefits and more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Some people's willingness to reduce the spread of COVID-19 seems to be connected to their feelings about scientists rather than their political partisanship, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Michigan and University of Illinois found that people who expressed warmth toward scientists were more concerned about the impact of the virus and reported engaging in more preven more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: About 11% of women who carry to term will experience prelabor rupture of membrane--a condition where the amniotic sac breaks open early, but labor doesn't begin. Typically, when a woman's water breaks but labor doesn't start, labor is induced. But a new University of Michigan study found that expectant management--waiting a period of time after the water breaks for labor to begin spontaneous more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news release: The statistics are daunting: 93% of water bottled in the Great Lakes region contains microplastics. 85% of trash found on Great Lakes beaches is plastic. 21.8 million pounds of plastics enter the Great Lakes each year. Strolling through her Milwaukee community, Wisconsin Sea Grant's Social Science Outreach Specialist Deidre Peroff said the plastic problem is obvious. "I li more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 11 (TNSPer) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: Mark L. Kornbluh, Ph.D., who most recently served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky (UK), has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, pending approval from the Wayne State University Board of Governors at its March 12 meeting. Kornbluh, who currently serves as a history professor at UK, is a nationally respected educator, author and admini more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 12 -- Wayne State University issued the following news on March 11, 2021: Wayne State University, the Detroit Food Policy Council and members of the Detroit Grocery Coalition today announced the Great Grocer Project, a community-based program to strengthen relationships between independently owned grocery stores and their customers in Detroit, while providing support to increase awareness and sales of healthy foods that foster economic vitality within Detroit neighborho more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, March 12 (TNSRep) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: The economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic could set working women back decades. For 40 years, women's labor force participation rates have increased. That changed in February 2020. "What's happened over the last year has just been striking," says Dr. Jean Kimmel, professor of economics at Western Michigan University. "I think this has caused a historic shift in the trajectory in the live more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, March 10 -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: Western Michigan University students are raising their voices to raise money for charitable organizations. The innovative, interactive "Choir for Good" virtual concert weaves together music and social justice--an effort to give back while also giving students a meaningful experience in uncertain times. "When the pandemic started, everybody wondered if choral music was still going to be possible. And a lot o more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, March 12 -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: Cracking cold case murders will be part of a new program at Western Michigan University. In partnership with Michigan State Police, criminal justice students are getting unprecedented access to case files from unsolved murders in southwest Michigan. "With us augmenting our resources with the criminal justice program (at Western), it's going to alleviate some of the heavy lifting from the front end of this," more PR

GUNNISON, Colorado, March 12 -- Western State Colorado University issued the following news: Growing up in the Midwest, alumna Briana Wiles always had an interest in plants. But it was during her time at Western Colorado University when she began to match a plant's bloom with its benefit. As her passion for plants has grown, the entrepreneur has written two books, established two stores and launched an online business, all in a short five years, all fueled by her time spent at Western. A Bloss more PR