SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Nov. 24 (TNSEve) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: More than 100 students at Lawrence Technological University will show off their work to help solve some of the most vexing problems of the 21st century in a federal "Grand Challenges of Engineering" presentation program Thursday, Dec. 9. The student presentations will be on display at LTU's Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex from 5 to 8 p.m. The event is open more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 (TNSAwa) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Nov. 24, 2021: Anna Maria Santiago, associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Social Science at Michigan State University was awarded the Career Achievement Award by the Association for Community Organization and Social Action. Santiago, an internationally known expert on the influence of place on the health and well-being, opportunities and life chances of Latinx and Afr more PR

MUSKEGON, Michigan, Nov. 24 (TNSAwa) -- Muskegon Community College issued the following news: Stephanie Briggs, the director of admissions at Muskegon Community College since February of 2016, received the Homegrown Hero Award during the inaugural Shades of Excellence Professionals of Color Showcase. The event, which was sponsored by the Muskegon Young Black Professionals (MYBP), was held on Nov. 13 at The Block in downtown Muskegon. "Shades of Excellence is a showcase curated to highlight th more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Nov. 24 (TNSAwa) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson will receive the National Medical Fellowships' (NFM) Excellence in Education Award for his long-standing commitment to leadership and his efforts in developing a strategy to improve the pipeline of underrepresented students trained in the biomedical sciences. Wilson will receive the award on Nov. 23 during the virtual 2021 Chicago Champions of Health Awards. F more PR

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, Nov. 25 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: United Front, a local organization that helps our community have meaningful conversations about race, equity and inclusion, is pleased to announce receiving a $100,000 grant from the AEP Foundation on behalf of Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). The grant will provide scholarships to individuals and reduced program fees for organizations to participate in United Front, whic more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, Nov. 21 (TNSOps) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Northern Michigan University alumnus David Kronberg was recently appointed the first director of entrepreneurial services and outreach for Innovate Marquette SmartZone. As part of his new role, he directs the student-powered idea incubator, Invent@NMU. He is also focused on building both resources and relationships with local entrepreneurs and tech startups to foster a robust, supportive business an more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The ocean's dark depths hold many secrets. For more than three decades, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has been exploring the deep waters off the coast of central California. During an expedition aboard the R/V Western Flyer in 2019, MBARI remotely operated vehicle pilot Randy Prickett and scientist Steven Haddock made a peculiar observation. While exploring a seamount located  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Nov. 22, 2021: * * * After announcing an exploratory committee and teasing a $10 million investment into the race, self-funder Kevin Rinke officially announced his campaign for governor. His announcement is a big blow to GOP insiders hand-picked candidate James Craig, and makes Michigan's crowded right-wing primary for governor even messier. DGA Political Director Marshall Cohen released the followin more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: One thing is clear as state parties and local leaders spent the past week touting the benefits of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Democrats are on offense. From New Hampshire to Michigan to Arizona, President Biden, cabinet officials, and state parties continued to speak directly to Americans about how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will create good-paying jobs, modernize our roads, bridges, and pu more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement: * * * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released the following statement in response to Michigan being awarded nearly $5,000 by a Colorado magistrate, which is related to previously-granted sanctions against attorneys who took part in a frivolous election lawsuit that named Michigan officials as defendants: "The fees awarded in this ruling are yet another reminder that the rule of law stil more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2021: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued an opinion today finding that, "[p]resuming that the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's October 27, 2021, closed session was held to discuss memoranda that provided Commission members with certain legal parameters and historical context that should be considered in developing, drafting, and adopting the redistricting pl more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 24 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: We at MDP were in a thankful mood for all the positive feedback our weekly roundups have gotten as the 2022 cycle takes shape, so this week we're getting it to you a little early. Ok fine, a major clown car shakeup happened yesterday and we couldn't wait to talk about it: Call Your Office, James! Garrett Soldano started the week referring to James Craig (namelessly, again) as the MIGOP establishment more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 24 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: This week, out-of-touch gubernatorial candidate Kevin Rinke joined the Republican primary with a self-funded TV ad buy which placed him firmly in line with the rest of the extremists in this crowded field. This buy brings the total amount of money spent on negative attack ads against Governor Whitmer to nearly $2 million since the 2022 cycle began. Over a series of ads, Rinke relies on false, hyperp more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 24 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: On the most recent episode of Off the Record, Gongwer reporter Zach Gorchow gave a clear-eyed analysis of the exact brand of brazen hypocrisy and kneejerk obstruction the MIGOP has approached COVID-19 with since day one. Last week, they reached a new low, issuing a "disingenuous" statement critical of every life-saving action Governor Whitmer has taken to keep Michigan safe throughout the pandemic. U more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: After months of complete silence on the issue of infrastructure, James Craig has opted to attack the historic and bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that recently became law. While he has refused to speak to Michigan voters or reporters about infrastructure, in a weekend fundraising email, Craig's campaign referred to the historic investment in local communities and massive job creator  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 24 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: This week, gubernatorial candidate Kevin Rinke kicked off his self-funded campaign by launching a number of hyperpartisan criticisms against Governor Whitmer. However, he saved the majority of his ire for an issue that has earned broad bipartisan support and impacts millions of Michigan drivers: overhauling auto insurance laws that were in desperate need of reform and putting money back in the pockets more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Republicans were already facing a crowded and messy primary in the gubernatorial race, and Kevin Rinke's announcement this morning only creates more problems for them. Political insiders and the MIGOP have tried and failed to coronate James Craig, and now Rinke promises to dump at least $10 million into the election adding more upset to the unsettled primary. Rinke plans to self-fund his candidacy to more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio placed a friendly wager ahead of the rivalry football game between the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University, commonly referred to as "The Game." "This football game is a time-honored tradition between our two states that pits the best we have to offer against each other for four quarters," said Governor Gretchen Whitmer.  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 24, 2021: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today joined Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary McDowell to announce a nearly $1.4 million federal investment to help the state's meat and poultry processors recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and expand their processing capacity. This funding was made available by the United States Department of Agriculture's  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined a group of business, state, and local officials today to celebrate the expansion of Crest Marine's Owosso Charter Township facility, thanking the pontoon manufacturer for investing in Michigan, creating new jobs for Michiganders and highlighting Michigan's manufacturing industry. "Michigan's business climate and highly skilled manufacturing workforce provide an  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg highlighting the importance of modernizing the I-375 and I-75/ I-375 Interchange in Detroit. The historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes a first-ever program to reconnect communities adversely impacted by infrastructure designs like I-375 that erected barriers to mobility and opportunity and d more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2021: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today, in preparation for the federal funds Michigan is expected to receive specifically for water infrastructure from the newly-enacted federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, issued an executive directive (ED) to state departments and agencies to collaborate with the legislature and begin preparing the state to replace lead services lines (LSLs more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 24 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today, in preparation for the billions in federal funds Michigan is expected to receive over the next five years specifically for roads and bridges from the newly-enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan, issued an executive directive (ED) to state departments and agencies to collaborate with the le more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2021: Governor Whitmer today signed House Bill 4778 which will strengthen government transparency. The governor also signed House Bill 4711 and House Bill 4694. House Bill 4778 will require the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget to ensure that all state departments and agencies do not use any app, software, or other technology on an electronic device that prevents the ma more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 24 -- Michigan State University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 23, 2021, with Aron Sousa, interim dean of the College of Human Medicine: * * * Aron Sousa, interim dean of the MSU College of Human Medicine, answers questions about COVID-19 booster shots recently approved by the FDA and CDC for adults 18 years and older. Should I get a booster if I've already been fully vaccinated and had a breakthrough case of COVID-19? Although there is not good data about an a more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 -- Michigan State University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 24, 2021, with Professor of Medicine Peter Gulick: * * * With the holidays upon us, people are wondering about the risks of being around unvaccinated family members -- especially those parents whose children are not yet fully vaccinated. Peter Gulick, professor of medicine in the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and infectious disease expert, offers some insight. Should vacci more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 (TNSMon) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2021: A $2 million cash gift from a 1946 graduate of Michigan State University has established the Martin C. Hawley Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University. Retired Dow Corning Corp. executive William "Bill" J. Hargreaves of Midland, Michigan, said he is pleased to make a gift honoring Hawley, whom he called "the chemical engineer that people always point to at more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Nov. 25, 2021: * * * The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at MSU have solved a nuclear mystery thanks to collaboration between theorists and experimentalists -- with an assist from Albert Einstein * * * A team of researchers, including scientists from the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, or NSCL, and the Facility for Rare Isotop more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 23 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2021: * * * Each year, the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER, awards grants to "early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education." The following story is part of a series highlighting Michigan State University's recipients of NSF's 2021 CAREER grant awards. This Spartan geographer maps  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 25 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Nov. 24, 2021: Lead exposure from contaminated water has gotten much justifiable attention lately, but another major source lurks in the dust of countless older homes. That is why Masako Morishita, an associate professor of family medicine in the MSU College of Human Medicine, is heading a study of whether portable air filters can mitigate lead exposure and reduce lead levels in the blood of child more PR

MONROE, Michigan, Nov. 21 (TNSOps) -- Monroe County Community College issued the following news release: After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, a horticulture course that allows Monroe County students with disabilities aged 18-26 to prepare for meaningful employment in the greenhouse/garden center industry has returned. The annual course, known as the "Seeds of Success" program, is a partnership between the Monroe County Intermediate School District and Monroe County Community College's Divi more PR

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Nov. 25 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Eustachius Bursey, 34, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to four to 10 years in prison for attempting to defraud the government in a scheme involving the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. Bursey was sentenced for committing multiple felonies including theft in the amount of $3,500 or more more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 22 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: University of Michigan student Rachael Merritt has been named a 2022 Rhodes Scholar, one of 32 Americans chosen to win scholarships to Oxford University. A senior in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, double majoring in Russian and international studies, Merritt, of Grand Rapids, became the 30th U-M Rhodes Scholar since the awards were established in 1902. At Oxford, she intends to enr more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A with Assistant Professor of Sociology Luciana de Souza Leao: * * * Luciana de Souza Leao, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, studies the politics of cash transfers and inequality from a comparative perspective. Her research has three main areas: 1) the critical role that policy knowledge plays in shaping how states design, implement and evaluate social policies; 2) the  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 23 (TNSOps) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A with Assistant Professor of Sociology Yun Zhou: * * * China's universal three-child policy was passed into law this past August to boost the country's birth rate, after a two-child limit--implemented more than five years ago--failed to do so. Yun Zhou, University of Michigan assistant professor of sociology, talks about the history of China's one-child policy, which ended in 2016, and its lasting impa more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Patients undergoing long-term dialysis, especially Black and Hispanic patients and those living in nursing homes, were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a nationwide study by University of Michigan researchers. The study, published on JAMA Network Open, examined nearly the entire Medicare dialysis population--almost 500,000 patients--in the United States across the enti more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Consumers expressed less optimism than any other time in the past decade, including more negative prospects for their own finances as well as for the overall economy, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The decline was due to rapidly escalating inflation combined with the absence of federal policies that would effectively curb a surging inflation rate, said U-M econo more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A with Chief International Safety Officer Patrick Morgan: * * * About 1,500 University of Michigan students, so far, have applied to travel to 33 countries during winter 2022, a number that is fast approaching pre-pandemic levels. During winter semester 2020, before the spread of COVID-19 significantly disrupted education abroad, 2,294 U-M students applied to travel to 50 countries. Patrick Morgan, U-M more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A with Josie Granner, a doctoral candidate at the School of Nursing: * * * Josie Granner, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, studies the childbearing year for new parents who are survivors of trauma and post-traumatic stress. Granner recently co-authored a study with Julia Seng, professor of nursing, that uses theories of post-traumatic stress disorder to help educate  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 23 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers from McGill University and the University of Michigan has used data from 60 million individual American households to look into how carbon emissions caused by household energy use vary by race and ethnicity across the country. Paradoxically, this first national-l more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 23 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: If you've felt exhausted or burned out after a Zoom video conferencing for work or social life, you're not alone. The frustration and mental drain, in part, can be connected to trying to catch subtle cues during conversations over Zoom, in the face of internet lag time, according to a new University of Michigan study. Conversations have a transition time between speakers averaging about 200  more PR