ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 6 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Alumnus and Capitol Police Officer Deon Atkins, who responded to the January 6 riots at the Capitol, said he was saddened by news of an attack that killed a colleague in the line of duty last week. Capitol Police Officer William Evans was killed April 2, after a man drove his vehicle into Evans and another officer before hitting a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol. Atkins, who graduated from Gr more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 10 (TNSRes) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Central Michigan University President Bob Davies and Provost Mary C. Schutten recently announced the recipients of this year's President's and Provost's Awards, recognizing undergraduate students for research and creative work, such as research presentations at national or international meetings, peer-reviewed literature publications or juried art exhibitions. President's Awards Yasmeen Dunca more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 7 (TNSAwa) -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: MSU College of Social Science alumna Brenda Larsen Becker has some advice for MSU Class of 2021 grads: "First of all, it's about building relationships and networking. Don't wait - it's not all about bookwork. It's important to study and get good grades but it's about internships, building your resume and getting involved on campus and in campaigns," Ms. Becker s more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 8 (TNSPar) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Michigan Chapter has become a sponsor of Lawrence Technological University's team in a global competition for autonomous vehicles in which LTU is three-time defending global champion. "In our efforts to both promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education and connect the defense industry with academia, we wer more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 10 (TNSOps) -- The Detroit Medical Center issued the following news release: The safety of our patients, visitors and staff is our top priority. To help create a safe environment for everyone, effective immediately, the DMC has put in place temporary visitor restrictions. No visitation will be allowed for adult inpatients at DMC Harper University Hospital, DMC Heart Hospital, DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, DMC Hutzel Women's Hospital, DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital,  more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, April 8 (TNSAwa) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Mary Ramsey, a professor of English language and literature at Eastern Michigan University, has been selected as one of 52 emerging college and university leaders for the 2021-22 class of the ACE Fellows Program, the longest-running higher education leadership development program in the United States. Since its inception in 1965, the ACE (American Council on Education) Fellows Program has strengthen more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 7 (TNSPar) -- Hope College issued the following news release: The first round of funding to link community organizations with Hope College faculty and students, who together will address pressing needs in Holland area, has recently been awarded to three projects through a 42-month, $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Community-based partnerships are the focus of "There's No Place like 'Home,'" an initiative established in February 2020. Subtitled "The  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 9 (TNSRes) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: An old adage declares that a rising tide floats all boats. As the world economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 recession, the West Michigan economy has joined the parade, said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business. Long said although the 2021 economy is poised to grow at the fastest rate in more than 60 years,  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 9 (TNSPar) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Leaders at Grand Valley signed an agreement with an Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in Georgia that will support students in a master's degree program in engineering/computing and help diversify the talent pipeline for West Michigan employers. Representatives from GVSU and Fort Valley State University met April 8 to finalize the agreement that creates a pathway for FVSU students to ea more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 8 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: A tablet that allows Chris Harper to write as if writing on a whiteboard has been a boon not only for his online courses but has even been helpful to in-person students, he said. That simple technology is an example of the creativity that has emerged from the pandemic-forced pivot to online learning, said Harper, affiliate faculty of practice for the GVSU School of Accounting. He said he sees tha more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 7 (TNSPer) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Nora Salas, associate professor of history, has been named director of Grand Valley's Kutsche Office of Local History, a Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies initiative that gives voice to diverse communities. Salas will assume leadership of the office in August, when current director Kimberly McKee, associate professor of integrative, religious and intercultural studies, leaves for sabbati more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 10 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: The most recent proposal to the Innovation Fund will seek to expand University Libraries' publishing capacity for open educational resources, or OER. Open Educational Resources are textbooks and other teaching materials that are freely available to use, share, modify and reuse. The proposal will work to improve accessibility of previously published OER, and establish a model for OER collaboratio more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 7 (TNSJou) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news: Around the world, more men than women have died from COVID-19. But focusing on differences between sexes without also looking at race and other variables may obscure important determinants of individual risk, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Tamara Rushovich, PhD '25, and colleagues at Harvard's GenderSci Lab. In an analysis of  more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, April 10 (TNSOps) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Rakim may be "God MC" and widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled artists in hip-hop, but it wasn't easy to get his voice heard as the art form developed in New York. "New York was hip-hop; the city was the core of hip-hop," he told an audience in-person and online during this week's Grand Rapids Community College Diversity Lecture Series. "On Long Island, I was on the outs more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 8 (TNSRes) -- Hope College issued the following news release: A total of 18 Hope College students will be presenting their collaborative faculty-student research during this year's National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), being held as a virtual gathering on Monday-Wednesday, April 12-14. NCUR is dedicated to promoting undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity by sponsoring an annual conference for students. Unlike meetings of academic pro more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 9 (TNSGra) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced this week that a total of $29 million would be awarded to 44 organizations as part of the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge. This includes a $569,300 federal grant from the Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fun more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement: * * * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement applauding President Joe Biden for his executive orders to combat gun violence. "I commend President Biden and his administration for taking action to address a problem in our country that has claimed far too many lives. "The fact is this: a single life lost to gun violence is one too many and it is time for those in p more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following joint news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from offering to sell fraudulent Centers for Disease Control (CDC) vaccination cards on their platforms. A bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general raised concerns about the public health risks of these fake cards in a letter to the companies' CEOs. "These cards look leg more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a motion to include new information in a case involving three Michigan attorneys and one Texas attorney who pursued a frivolous lawsuit in an effort to disenfranchise Michigan's voters and undermine public trust in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The new filing seeks to bring forward relevant statements made by Texas attorney Sidney  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has denied Michigan's request to waive the federal requirement to administer the state summative assessments, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) reported today. In late January, given the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted the education of Michigan's 1.5 million students, MDE requested waivers to federal requirements for state summative tests,  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 10 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: The Michigan Independent Citizen's Redistricting Commission rejected a request to recite the Pledge of Allegiance before Commission meetings as the organization maps out new legislative districts in the state. The Michigan Independent Citizen's Redistricting Commission rejected a request to recite the Pledge of Allegiance before Commission meetings as the organization maps out new legislative districts in t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 9 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news on April 8, 2021: The Michigan Republican Party today is calling on the Independent Redistricting Commission to reject Bruce Adelson as an attorney, consultant, and advisor. Adelson has a history as a regular Democrat donor, has taken clearly leftist positions on both social media and his academic writings. He will be an unchecked liberal voice on this allegedly non-partisan commission. During Adelson's serv more PR

DAVIS, California, April 6 -- The University of California's Davis School of Law issued the following news: An amicus brief authored by Professor Courtney Joslin and Yale Law School Professor Doug NeJaime was cited favorably in a concurring opinion in a case decided by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The case involves a lesbian couple who had twins conceived using reciprocal IVF; one woman provided the eggs used in the IVF and the other woman gave birth. After the twins were born, the parties c more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 6 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Last Friday, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido joined WKAR's 'Off The Record' and 'Off the Record: Overtime' with panelists Lauren Gibbons, Chad Livengood and Rick Pluta. The interview covered a number of topics like Lucido's politically motivated ploy to attack Governor Whitmer over her handling of Michigan's coronavirus response and his refusal to condemn MI GOP Chair Ron Weiser's quest to "assa more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 9 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved three orders involving natural gas costs for DTE Gas Co. and DTE Electric Co. arising from the utilities' use of the NEXUS Gas Transmission LLC pipeline. A partnership between the utilities' parent company, DTE Energy, and Enbridge Inc., NEXUS is a 256-mile, 36-inch interstate pipeline transporting natural gas from receip more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Michigan continues to lead the nation in new COVID-19 cases despite Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's draconian lockdown measures and government orders that permanently closed small businesses, kept children out of schools, destroyed livelihoods and led to unnecessary deaths inside nursing homes. No stranger to the national media spotlight, Whitmer hasn't provided an update in 19 days. Michiganders deserve to know why more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 7 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: A new poll from Strategic National revealed widespread support across Michigan for showing photo identification prior to voting among Americans of all races and political affiliation. On the specific question of showing photo identification prior to voting, 72% of respondents said they were in favor, compared to just 21.9% who were opposed. This includes 58% of African American voters who support showing ID. more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 (TNSAwa) -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: Wisdom Henry, an Honors College junior majoring in History, and Urban and Regional Planning in the College of Social Science, has been selected as one of 16 students selected from a pool of 95 nominees across the country to receive a Beinecke Scholarship. The Beinecke Scholarship pays for up to $34,000 in support for graduate school for students studying the fiel more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Beginning Friday, Michigan State University will start administering doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to its registered students, by appointment only, at a student-only vaccine clinic inside the Pavilion for Agricultural and Livestock Education. Doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are being made available specifically for students through the Ingham County Health Department and Michigan Depart more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: The network of nerves connecting our eyes to our brains is sophisticated and researchers have now shown that it evolved much earlier than previously thought, thanks to an unexpected source: the gar fish. Michigan State University's Ingo Braasch has helped an international research team show that this connection scheme was already present in ancient fish at least 450 mil more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 10 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news on April 9, 2021: Michigan State University researchers have helped catch particles called muons behaving in a way that's not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics -- the best theory that scientists have for explaining the universe's fundamental particles and forces. This deviation hints that there's new physics yet to explore, such as undiscovered particl more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 6 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Just over 40 years ago, the National Science Foundation (NSF) posited a visionary idea: the establishment of a national network of Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. Today, these 28 sites carry an unprecedented database of decades-long ecological observations and experiments. Michigan State University's LTER site, located at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded $1.4 million to Michigan State University for Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade, or Enslaved.org, a first-of-its-kind database containing millions of records cataloging the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants. Enslaved.org, developed and maintained by MSU researchers, links data collections from multiple universities, archiv more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: Michigan State University researchers have helped catch particles called muons behaving in a way that's not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics -- the best theory that scientists have for explaining the universe's fundamental particles and forces. This deviation hints that there's new physics yet to explore, such as undiscovered particles or forces. "The fi more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 9 (TNSGra) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: College of Human Medicine researchers have received a National Institutes of Health grant to study the connection between a gene important for normal cell survival and endometriosis, a painful disease which affects one in 10 women of reproductive age. The disease also has a significant economic impact, estimated at $95 billion annually in the U.S. in lost wages and medical expenses. The gen more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 10 (TNSAwa) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: WDBM-FM, Michigan State University's student-run radio and media organization, is very excited to announce that it has been recognized with the 2021 Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation and Broadcast Music Inc. College Radio Station of the Year award. This is Impact 89FM's 17th time winning the award, which has been awarded to college stations in Michigan since the year 2000. Th more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University's Witold Nazarewicz has a simple way to describe the complex work he does at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB. "I study theoretical nuclear physics," said Nazarewicz, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Physics and chief scientist at FRIB. "Nuclear theorists want to know what makes the nucleus tick." There is a nucleus in every atom. Atoms, in tu more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 6 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Nine of the hottest years in human history have occurred in the past decade. Without a major shift in this climate trajectory, the future of life on Earth is in question, which poses a new question: Should humans, whose fossil fueled society is driving climate change, use technology to put the brakes on global warming? Michigan State University community ecologist Phoebe Zarnetske is co-lea more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 9 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: MSU launches new A Mile in My Shoes app, which enables people to interact with real-world scenarios of racism, microagressions and biases to help increase awareness and empathy for others. Michigan State University has developed a new virtual reality, or VR, application, A Mile in My Shoes, to help individuals recognize unconscious bias through different real-world situations. The project is led thr more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, April 6 (TNSPar) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news: The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded funds for a gathering next fall focused on revitalizing Indigenous food traditions. Michigan Technological University is partnering with the Intertribal Agriculture Council and local Indigenous communities including the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians as well as Northern Michigan University, Fe more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 7 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Since the beginning of the pandemic, staff at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History have been testing and developing innovative ways to engage patrons, educators and students from home. Though the community will have to wait a bit longer to safely visit in-person, a new online 3D experience launching this week will offer the next best thing. "Whale Evolution: From Land to Sea" more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, April 10 (TNSPer) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news release: Northern Michigan University criminal justice alumnus Jason Sides (BS) was appointed to the Michigan Correctional Officers' Training Council by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday. Sides, a Marquette resident, is the offender succeeds community coordinator for Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc. He is appointed to represent the general public for a term expiring March 29, 2024. Sides succeeds Ch more PR

ST. JOSEPH, Michigan, April 7 (TNSPer) -- Spectrum Health Lakeland issued the following news: Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome family medicine provider, Hollie Nate, PA, to the medical staff. Nate is seeing patients alongside Daniel Benson, DO, and Erin Hayden, NP, at Southwestern Medical Clinic, St. Joseph, located at 4077 South Cleveland Avenue. Nate earned a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree from Ohio University and completed several clinical rotations at Spectrum H more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 10 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Heather Ann Thompson and Genevieve Zubrzycki, professors at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, are among 184 writers, scholars, artists and scientists awarded 2021 fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Thompson, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, history, and the Residential College, and Zubrzycki, professor of sociolo more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 8 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The first results from the Muon g-2 experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory show fundamental particles called muons behaving in a way that is not predicted by scientists' best theory, the Standard Model of particle physics. This landmark result, published in Physical Review Letters, confirms a discrepancy that has been gnawing at researchers for dec more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 9 (TNSMon) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A set of gifts totaling $17 million from the Kohn Charitable Trust will establish a resource hub at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy to catalyze interdisciplinary research on policy that promotes social equity and inclusion for all U.S. residents. A new $10 million gift will fund the Kohn Collaborative for Social Policy and completes the investment made by H more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 8 (TNSEve) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: University of Michigan students will present their research findings at the annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Spring Symposium. The event provides a unique window into the diverse research, scholarship and creative activities that represent all areas of study from U-M's 19 colleges and schools, including community and national partners. It is free and open to the public via Zo more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 6 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: In a finding that could help make artificial photosynthesis a practical method for producing hydrogen fuel, researchers have discovered why a water-splitting device made with cheap and abundant materials unexpectedly becomes more efficient during use. The new understanding of this mechanism could radically accelerate the commercialization of technologies that turn light and water into carbon- more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: If something positive happens in your life, don't be modest by keeping the news to yourself--brag about it to your close friend or family member, or risk having them feel devalued when they find out second hand, say researchers at the University of Michigan. People are often concerned about being seen as braggarts. They avoid capitalizing on their close relationships even when it is likely th more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 7 (TNSOps) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: In a year upended, the Warrior spirit has prevailed and students continue to find ways to adapt and carry on beloved Wayne State traditions. Alternative Spring Break Detroit (ASBD) virtually brought together students from March 14-19 for an immersive experience grounded in service and celebrating Detroit. "Alternative Spring Break Detroit has been a formative experience for Wayne State students for nearly  more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, April 7 -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: There's a lot riding on Tristan Brown's success. As newly appointed acting administrator/deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), he oversees an agency charged with the safety of 2.8 million miles of pipelines and 1.2 million shipments of hazardous materials every day. "Given how important the goods are that we transport, I'd venture to say that we're likely more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, April 10 (TNSPro) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: Enrollment is open for three new fully online four-year degree programs at Western Michigan University designed to help meet the needs of working adults. Beginning in the fall 2021 semester, the College of Arts and Sciences will offer fully online undergraduate programs in strategic communication, criminal justice studies and general psychology, in addition to existing online programs. "These three more PR