ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 11 (TNSOps) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Students head back to in-person education across the country, some this month, amid questions about health and safety, learning loss and educational disparities caused by a COVID-19 pandemic year. University of Michigan education and health experts can address these and other back-to-school issues. Adjustments for children Christina Weiland is an associate professor at the School of Educatio more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 10 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: The DTE Energy Foundation has awarded eight Michigan-based nonprofits each a $10,000 grant and the option for DTE employee volunteers. The Your Cause, Your Choice contest is one way the company is demonstrating its commitment to community investment and development, committing energy to the community and building upon a long and proud history of employee volunteerism and charitable giving. "DTE Energy and the DTE Energ more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSPer) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Laura Aikens has been named Grand Valley State University's vice president for University Development and executive director of the Grand Valley University Foundation. President Philomena V. Mantella said Aikens brings rich fundraising experience and proven leadership skills to the position. Aikens most recently served as senior vice president for CCS Fundraising, one of the nation's most prestigi more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Aug. 13 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: A gift from two longtime Grand Valley supporters has created the Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse and ensured students will continue learning how to engage in civil discussions on controversial issues. Shelley Padnos and Carol Sarosik recently expanded their support to establish the civil discourse center, housed in the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, which they established i more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSPer) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: President Philomena V. Mantella named four faculty members as new Presidential Fellows to engage with university leadership on various initiatives. They are listed below with their respective assignments. * Lindsay Corneal, associate professor of engineering, will serve as presidential fellow for learner pathways. Corneal has played key roles in the university's HBCU collaboration and the Downtow more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- Hope College issued the following news: A new partnership between CFL Consulting at Hope College and the Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance is a win for everyone involved. Coordinated through the college's Center for Leadership, CFL Consulting pursues a wide variety of projects for diverse clients via specialized teams of Hope students led by experienced practitioner coaches with relevant professional background in the field involved. This key partnership between LNA an more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Aug. 14 (TNSRes) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University's Center for Innovative Materials Research has a combination of specialized materials testing equipment that can provide full-scale environmental condition testing and evaluation not found anywhere else in the nation. This unique center has been developed and overseen by Nabil Grace, dean of the LTU College of Engineering, who was instrumental in its  more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSPro) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Since its founding 90 years ago, Lawrence Technological University has proven to thousands of students that science, technology, engineering, architecture and design, and mathematics and computing--the STEAM disciplines--aren't just pathways to rewarding careers. STEAM can also be a heck of a lot of fun. Now, LTU is staking that message on the road, in the form of a 53-foot semi-trai more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSRes) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: First there were a couple of cracks and pops, as hydraulic presses bore down with titanic force on a 41-foot-long section of test bridge. Then, a few ominous bangs. Finally, the test bridge collapsed with a resounding kaboom, sending small shards of concrete around Lawrence Technological University's Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR). Nevertheless, Nabil Grace, dean of t more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 12 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Christopher P. Heidenreich is Louisiana Tech's new Director of Bands, beginning this fall. Heidenreich (pronounced "hidin' rike") comes to Ruston after serving at the University of Michigan-Flint since 2009. Prior work includes three years at Youngstown State University and 14 teaching public school in Ohio. He completed his Doctor of Music in Wind Conducting from Indiana University (2006), holds a  more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSPer) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Matthew Lige, a 28-year public safety veteran in Washtenaw County, will become the next executive director of public safety and chief of police at Eastern Michigan University. Lige will replace Robert Heighes, who will retire at the end of September after serving the last nine years as EMU's executive director of public safety and chief of police. Lige, 51, currently serves as Deputy Chief of Police more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an amicus brief before the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Commission today that argues a person fired for marijuana use outside the workplace is still eligible for unemployment benefits. The brief addresses three cases that have been consolidated before the Commission. All deal with whether an employee should be disqualified from collecting unemplo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fight back against the scourge of illegal robocalls by moving up the deadline for smaller telephone companies to implement caller ID technology. Attorney General Nessel joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general in submitting comments to the FCC. "This caller ID technology will be an e more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing two important consumer alerts in response to several municipalities around Michigan dealing with cleanup and damage following severe weather. Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for White Lake and Armada Townships, along with the Village of Armada, due to damage caused by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in July. more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: A judge has ruled a corrections deputy in Washtenaw County should go to trial for assaulting a jail inmate, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today. Cpl. Christopher Ellul was among officers charged as a result of several public integrity investigations conducted by Nessel's Public Integrity Unit (PIU). In May, Ellul was arraigned on the following in the 14A-1 District Court: * one  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Following weeks of speculation, failed former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos finally made it clear that she wouldn't be running for governor in 2022. She becomes the seventh high-profile Republican to decline a run, joining Macomb County public works commissioner Candice Miller, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, former Michigan state House Speaker Lee Chatfield, C more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2021: As has been extensively reported (https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/30/michigan-gop-trump-election-fraud-501701), the outcome of the 2020 election remains the sole focus of Michigan Republicans well into the 2022 cycle. From county clerks facing an "ongoing torrent of false claims and suspicions about voting procedures," to the majority of the GOP gubernatorial primary field staki more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Hours ago, the U.S. Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion package that invests in a sweeping range of infrastructure improvements, from repairing our roads, to replacing lead water pipes and expanding broadband access. It's the largest federal resource allocation for these sectors in almost a century. However, and despite the bill passing with a "wide bipartisan ma more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Lavora Barnes, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. "I thought it was April Fool's Day when I read that Ryan Berman had filed to run as Attorney General. I had to double check that this was the same Ryan Berman that is keeping the "Big Lie" alive and now wants to serve as our Attorney General. "Sadly, it is not April  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes regarding today's passage of the $1T Infrastructure Bill. "Today, on President Biden's 203rd day in office the Senate Democratic caucus passed historic infrastructure legislation. Infrastructure has bedeviled previous administrations - despite near-weekly promises - and some of the loudest more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: From Detroit to Grand Rapids to Traverse City, Michiganders are picking up their newspapers and reading about how President Biden and Michigan Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow led the Senate in passing the largest long-term investment in our nation's infrastructure in a century. As news article after news article has cited, President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal wil more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo on Aug. 12, 2021: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Kyle L. Guerrant, Deputy Superintendent Finance and Operations SUBJECT: Behavioral Health Care Coordination Platform Available to All Intermediate School Districts The Michigan Department of Education has made bhworks, a behavioral health software pro more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo on Aug. 12, 2021: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Dr. Scott M. Koenigsknecht, Deputy Superintendent P-20 System and Student Transitions SUBJECT: Fall 2021 Michigan Kindergarten Entry Observation (MKEO)/ Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) Administration Section 104(4) of Public Act 48 of 2021,  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo on Aug. 12, 2021: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Dr. Scott M. Koenigsknecht, Deputy Superintendent P20 System and Student Transitions SUBJECT: Great Start Readiness Program - Local Government Contracting Public Act (P.A.) 48 of 2021 was signed by Governor Whitmer on July 13, 2021. Section 32d(2) i more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Dr. Scott M. Koenigsknecht, Deputy Superintendent P-20 System and Student Transitions SUBJECT: IDEA Funds in The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information related to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Educ more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo on Aug. 12, 2021: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Delsa D. Chapman, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports SUBJECT: Welcome Back Proud Michigan Educator Partnership Districts Needed The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) believes that all students should more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Michael F. Rice, superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education, issued the following news release: While critical race theory is not a curriculum taught in Michigan classrooms, students need to learn about race and racism, State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice said today during a meeting of the State Board of Education. "To choose to ignore race and racism in our teaching is to efface or erase history, implicitly or explicitly, and to shortchange our chil more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Governor Whitmer today announced $5.5 million in new federal disaster relief awarded by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development to Midland, Michigan to assist in the city's recovery from severe storms and floods in May 2020. The new Community Development Block Grant Declared Disaster Recovery Fund (DDR) money will help Midland communities rebuild and become more resil more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer discussed the benefits to Michigan of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, a nearly $1 trillion piece of legislation that the U.S. Senate just passed, and the U.S. House of Representatives is anticipated to take up when they return from recess in September. "The historic federal infrastructure package passed by our United States Senate today is an important step t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The MPSC today encouraged Michigan's investor-owned electric utilities to propose pilot programs for integrating batteries and other energy storage devices that take electricity from the grid and store it for later use as the Commission works to implement the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order No. 841 of 2018 (Case No. U-21032). FERC's Order No. 841 seeks to remove barriers to the more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 11 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Aug. 10, 2021: Michigan State University today released its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Steering Committee Plan, culminating 18 months of review, stakeholder input and development. The plan was designed as a framework of recommendations to improve the culture around DEI and collaborate with overall strategic planning efforts across the university. The DEI Steering Committee was formed b more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Making cities more sustainable and inclusive is the aim of an interdisciplinary team from Michigan State University that will oversee research projects within eMotional Cities, a global consortium backed by $5.8 million from the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. The MSU team includes Zeenat Kotval-Karamchandani, assistant professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the School  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 (TNSGra) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Closing the racial gap in health outcomes and COVID-19 vaccination rates in Michigan as well as other states is the aim of Michigan State University researchers funded through a $6 million, one-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC grant is for the National Network to Innovate for COVID-19 and Adult Vaccine Equity, or NNICE project. The NNICE project is led by epi more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Burnout among physicians and medical school faculty is not just an individual problem, but is an issue that organizations need to address by minimizing the system-level factors that impede employee wellness, a recent Michigan State University study concluded. Several organizational factors, such as a growing regulatory environment, loss of autonomy, long hours, and the pressure to earn promotions u more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 13 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: A nap during the day won't restore a sleepless night, says the latest study from Michigan State University's Sleep and Learning Lab. "We are interested in understanding cognitive deficits associated with sleep deprivation. In this study, we wanted to know if a short nap during the deprivation period would mitigate these deficits," said Kimberly Fenn, associate professor of MSU, study author and dir more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * A new imaging technique developed by a Spartan-led team uses light, sound and nanoparticles to detect plaques that cause strokes and heart attacks * * * If heart attacks blared a warning signal, patients would have a better chance of avoiding them. That's the idea behind a new imaging technique developed by a Spartan-led team of researchers. "We shine light into an artery where we've deliv more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Spartan research reveals 'sponge' made by Geobacter can soak up uranium * * * For decades, scientists suspected that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up radioactive uranium waste, but it wasn't clear how the microbes did it. "The biological mechanism of how they were doing this remained elusive for 20 years," said Gemma Reguera, the Spartan microbiologist whose team solved that myst more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Researchers at Michigan State University are using pheromones, passive barriers and the sea lampreys' parasitic suction against them. Sea lampreys are a destructive invasive species that has threatened native fisheries in the Great Lakes for decades. Multiple teams of Michigan State University researchers are finding ways to harness sea lampreys' natural instincts to monitor, capture and control th more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 12 (TNSRep) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Most Michigan local government officials have been confident in the safety and efficacy of available COVID-19 vaccines, yet leaders' views on vaccine safety are highly correlated with partisanship, according to a University of Michigan survey. The findings from the spring 2021 wave of the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) show 75% of respondents very or somewhat confident in the vaccines,  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: University of Michigan experts are available to comment on a new report from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that calls climate change clearly human-caused and "unequivocal" and cautions that the world risks increasingly catastrophic impacts in the absence of rapid greenhouse gas reductions. The new IPCC report, released Monday, says some devastating impacts of glo more PR

SPRING ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 13 (TNSPro) -- Spring Arbor University issued the following news: Spring Arbor University is now offering a Post-Bachelor's Accelerated Certification to Teach (PACT) program that allows students to earn their teaching certificate in an accelerated fashion. This new program is a non-degree initial teaching certification program designed to certify individuals to become elementary teachers in the State of Michigan. The program is designed for individuals who have ear more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 10 (TNSGra) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: Funded by a $33 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), a new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Michigan will compare intravenous propofol to inhaled anesthetic drugs to determine which of the common anesthetic drugs offers better patient recovery experiences and improved cli more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 10 (TNSBook) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on Aug. 9, 2021: In his new book, Mahbub Rashid writes about the impact of power, capital and everyday life on the social production of physical space and spatiality in traditional cities of the Muslim world. In "Physical Space and Spatiality in Muslim Societies: Notes on the Social Production of Cities" (University of Michigan Press), the University of Kansas professor of architecture critiques the theor more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The initials BRCA2 may be best known for a gene associated with many cases of breast cancer, and the protein encoded by the BRCA2 gene is critical to repairing breaks in DNA. The breakdown of this interaction is a hallmark of many cancers. Now, U-M scientists have determined the structure of a complex of two proteins--BRCA2 together with MEILB2--that allows repairs to happen efficiently in ce more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 13 (TNSPer) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Geoffrey Chatas has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Michigan. He is currently the senior vice president and chief operating officer for Georgetown University. His five-year appointment--effective Oct. 1--is authorized by President Mark Schlissel and follows the recommendation from a national search conducted by a search advisory committee.  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A with Christopher Friese, professor at the School of Nursing and School of Public Health: The bipartisan Safe Patient Care Act, which limits forced overtime for registered nurses, sets minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, makes staffing ratios public and provides whistleblower protections, was introduced in the Michigan legislature in March. Similar measures to protect nurses have a long and controversial-- more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Robots that need to use their arms to make their way across treacherous terrain just got a speed upgrade with a new path planning approach, developed by University of Michigan researchers. The improved algorithm path planning algorithm found successful paths three times as often as standard algorithms, while needing much less processing time. A new algorithm speeds up path planning for robot more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 11 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: When robots make mistakes--and they do from time to time--reestablishing trust with human co-workers depends on how the machines own up to the errors and how human-like they appear, according to University of Michigan research. In a study that examined multiple trust repair strategies--apologies, denials, explanations or promises--the researchers found that certain approaches directed at huma more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: * * * University of Michigan researchers use Frontera supercomputer to improve space weather forecasting system, avoid worst effects of extreme events * * * "There are only two natural disasters that could impact the entire U.S.," according to Gabor Toth, professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 11 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be developing new regulations for the lake whitefish commercial industry. The DNR will host a virtual public meeting to hear from anyone interested in Lake Michigan whitefish and discuss the new permanent commercial whitefish rules package. This will be the sixth of several public meetings held since August 2020 to collect feed more PR