ALMA, Michigan, Jan. 22 (TNSPer) -- Alma College issued the following news: Students in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Alma College will have a new addition to their faculty roster, a well-published author from the college's own English department. Robert Vivian, professor of English, who has taught at Alma College since 2001, has joined the faculty of the college's MFA program. In his new role, Vivian will continue teaching undergraduates at Alma while also working wit more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSPer) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: George E. Kikano, M.D., Central Michigan University vice president for health affairs and dean of the CMU College of Medicine, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research. ECFMG and FAIMER prepare international medical student graduates to succeed in U.S.  more PR

STATEN ISLAND, New York, Jan. 19 (TNSPer) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: We are delighted to welcome Dr. Onur Baser to CUNY SPH as professor of health economics in the Health Policy and Management department. Dr. Baser joins us from Columbia University where he was associate professor at the Center for Innovation and Outcomes Research. He also worked as adjunct professor of internal medicine at the Univ more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSPer) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 20, 2022: Following an extensive search, associate professor and state and local government finance expert Eric Scorsone has been appointed secretary and chief of staff to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. Scorsone replaces Brian Quinn, who has served as acting secretary since August 2021. Scorsone will assume his new role Feb. 1 and his appointment will be finalized during th more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, Jan. 18 (TNSAwa) -- Hope College issued the following news: Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren of the Hope College psychology faculty has received the Early Career Contributions Award from the International Society for the Science of Existential Psychology (ISSEP). The award recognizes professionals who earned their doctorate, or entered their relevant professional career within the last 10 years and have made sustained and/or substantial contributions to the science of existential psyc more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSBook) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: The book Culture Matters: Anglo-American Relations and the Intangibles of 'Specialness', co-edited by Dr. Robert Hendershot of Grand Rapids Community College and Dr. Steve Marsh of Cardiff University, has earned a prestigious honor from a national academic organization. Their book was selected by Choice, published by the Association of College & Research Libraries, as one of the Outstanding A more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: The Consumers Energy Foundation today announced grants totaling nearly $500,000 for three People Award projects, based in Muskegon, Holland and Lansing, providing basic needs for vulnerable populations and preparing Michiganders for workforce success. People award grants support nonprofit organizations that help provide people with economic security in the areas of basic needs, education and/or wo more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: DTE Energy, Michigan's largest energy company, this week is proposing a $388 million investment in the state's energy grid and electric storage and generation system to prepare for 21st century demands posed by growing electrification needs, climate change, and the fast-evolving preferences of consumers and businesses. To fund the next steps in improving reliability, building a smarter grid of the futur more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 22 -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The Anti-Racism Collaborative--a strategic space for U-M community engagement on research and scholarship on anti-racism--has named five faculty members as Research and Community Impact Fellows: Melissa Borja, Charles H.F. Davis III, William Lopez, Deborah Rivas-Drake and Celeste Watkins-Hayes. Inaugural fellows were selected based on their established track record of research a more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: By Michele Coffill Former Grand Valley Board of Trustees member William "Bill" Pickard has initiated two funds designed to support students and help diversify West Michigan's talent pool. Pickard's $800,000 gift helped create the Dr. William F. Pickard Pathway to Education Fund and the Lubbers and Pickard Endowment, providing short- and long-term help for students who are part of the HBCU/HSI Pip more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: By Brian Vernellis Faced with a litany of challenges, philanthropic organizations must be able to understand the larger national and global contexts they work within if they want to thrive. This perspective includes thinking about how their work contributes to building a more cohesive nation, according to experts at Grand Valley. The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy released its sixth a more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Jan. 18 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news on Jan. 17, 2022: By Michele Coffill The daughter of a man whose life intersected with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opened Grand Valley's commemoration week events by saying the two men "planted the seeds we are still watering and nurturing today." Cheryl Brown Henderson gave a virtual presentation January 17. The Zoom webinar was recorded in WGVU studios in the Eberhard Center. Henderson i more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSOps) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: By Brian Vernellis From universities to street corners, Elijah Anderson, the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University, has spent his life as an ethnographer speaking with and observing people across the nation. His research and field work in Philadelphia led to his most recent book, "Black in White Space, The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life," in more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 21 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives today voted unanimously in support of State Rep. Jim Pressel's (R-Rolling Prairie) legislative proposal to cut unnecessary government. Pressel's bill would repeal certain government bodies, which no longer meet including the Lake Michigan Marina and Shoreline Development Commission, the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Public Hig more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: By Aric Bird Eastern Michigan University has announced that alumnus Steve Klotz, President and CEO of the Huizenga Group in Grand Rapids, has made a $1 million gift to EMU's College of Business to establish the Stephen J. Klotz Financial Learning Center. Klotz graduated from EMU in 1977 with a BBA in Accounting. Following graduation, he began his career with Touche Ross and then joined the Huizenga more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 21 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives voted unanimously in support of legislation co-authored by State Rep. Stephen Bartels (R-Eckerty) to cut unnecessary government. The bill would repeal certain government bodies, which no longer meet, including the Lake Michigan Marina and Shoreline Development Commission, the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Public Highway Privat more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 18 (TNSsro) -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: Monday, January 17, 2022 State Holiday = Martin Luther King, Jr. Day * * * Tuesday, January 18, 2022 CAUSE NO.: 45625; ALJ: SEYFRIED; TIME: 9:30 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: KREVDA; ROOM: PNC, Room 224 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF AEP INDIANA MICHIGAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY, INC. FOR ALL NECESSARY AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH A $350,000,000 FINANCING PROGRAM I more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A lack of information is an often overlooked but important cause of pollution exposure among low-income households or communities of color, according to University of Michigan researchers. The researchers say the disproportionate exposure of pollution on those vulnerable groups is widely studied and known, as are such causes as income inequality, discrimination and the decision of industries  more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSOps) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news on Jan. 18, 2022: By Walter Kraft The latest episode of EMU Today TV gives viewers an inside look at "Welcome Home 2025," a $200 million project that will transform student housing on Eastern Michigan University's campus. The episode also features an insightful interview with Dara Munson, chair of the EMU Foundation Board of Trustees, EMU alumna, and President and CEO of Chicago-based non-profit Fami more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 22 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) and Loyola High School of Detroit today announced the school's enrollment in DTE's MIGreenPower program. MIGreenPower is among the top three voluntary renewable energy programs in the United States, enabling DTE Electric customers to attribute more of their energy use to the company's wind and solar parks. Loyola High School is the first high school to enroll in the program. Fou more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan student borrowers who accrued debt through loan servicer Navient are now eligible for relief as a result of a $1.85 billion nationwide settlement to resolve allegations of widespread unfair and deceptive student loan servicing practices and abuses in originating predatory student loans. Attorney General Dana Nessel is one of 39 attorneys general to take part in the settlement, which  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general from around the nation in continuing to fight to end Facebook's illegal efforts to stifle competition and protect its monopoly power. The coalition filed an appeal brief arguing that the district court's ruling dismissing the states' case was in error. The coalition argues that the court was wrong to di more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined two multistate efforts that are urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to preserve state authority to enforce their consumer protection laws in connection to the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids. The FDA is currently considering a proposal that would establish, for the first time, a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids that woul more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 22 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: A unanimous jury has sided with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) in Washtenaw County Circuit Court involving staff at the Women's Huron Valley (WHV) Correctional Facility, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today. In 2009, MDOC designated specific positions at the state's women's prison that could only be filled by female officers. Those are referred more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2022: * * * To mark the one year anniversary of President Biden's inauguration as president of the United States, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes released the following statement highlighting the progress President Biden and Democrats have made to build back better and to help working families in Michigan over the last year: "President Biden and congressional Democrats took of more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 22 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Happy Friday to all who celebrate, especially those who have pointed out that "Republicans don't have candidates capable of upending a slate of extremely well-funded incumbents.". Here's what the gubernatorial ones "barely making a ripple" got up to this week: Rabid In-Fighting Continues Feeling the heat, Rinke threw a few punches at his campaign kickoff that took place yesterday, sprinkling some ad more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: This evening, millionaire Toyota salesman Kevin Rinke is hosting a campaign kickoff. Since joining the race in September, Rinke has wasted no time showing Michigan working families just how out-of-touch and wrong-for-Michigan his agenda is. Rinke Won't Protect the Right to Reproductive Health Care for Michigan Women and Families Rinke made a dangerous commitment to enforce Michigan' more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 19 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: This Saturday, January 22, marks the 49th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that assured the right to choose for tens of millions of women across the country. As the Supreme Court looks poised to dismantle Roe v. Wade, governors will be the last line of defense against dangerous abortion bans for the first time in nearly 50 years. This week, MDP will be highlighting what  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: This Saturday, January 22, marks the 49th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that assured the right to choose for tens of millions of women across the country. As the Supreme Court looks poised to dismantle Roe v. Wade, governors will be the last line of defense against dangerous abortion bans for the first time in nearly 50 years. This week, MDP will be highlighting what  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: This Saturday, January 22, marks the 49th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that assured the right to choose for tens of millions of women across the country. As the Supreme Court looks poised to dismantle Roe v. Wade, governors will be the last line of defense against dangerous abortion bans for the first time in nearly 50 years. This week, MDP will be highlighting what  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: Garrett Soldano will be submitting petition signatures to be on the ballot as a Republican primary candidate in August. Since joining the gubernatorial race in April 2021, Soldano has emphasized his extremist beliefs and remained stuck in the past rather than offering plans to move Michigan forward. Soldano will impose a wrong-for-Michigan agenda should he get elected in November: S more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Once again, GOP Senator Ruth Johnson is wasting taxpayer dollars by holding an elections committee hearing on a series of voter suppression bills that have already passed through the legislature and been vetoed by the Governor. Senator Johnson believes she is pulling one over on Michigan voters, leading us to believe that this is different legislation than what has already moved through the entire le more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 19 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: Former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced today he will not run for Congress against Congressman Dan Kildee in Michigan's Eighth Congressional District. Schuette, who lost handedly to Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2018, was a top recruit of the National Republican Campaign Committee to run for Congress in 2022. His announcement that he will not challenge Congressman Dan more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: With support from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and Southwest Airlines, the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority has introduced the Ford Launchpad for Innovative Technologies and Entrepreneurship, or FLITE, which provides grants and testing opportunities to companies focused on bringing emerging air travel technology solutions to market. One of the first airport-bas more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 19 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today to announce that recycling company PADNOS is expanding its operations in the city of Wyoming, where it will create up to 50 jobs for Michigan workers. "Michigan's business climate and highly skilled workforce provide an environment where businesses like PADNOS can grow and thrive, creatin more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 19 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced the winner of the 2022 State of the State art contest is Grace Murtha of Hemlock Middle School. The governor selected the winner from five student finalists out of nearly 800 students who submitted their artwork from around the state. The winning art piece will be featured on the 2022 State of the State program cover. "Michigan is home  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued the following statement after the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that they will invest $479 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fully fund the Soo Locks in the UP. "I applaud the US Army Corps of Engineers for making a $479 million investment in the Soo Locks to finish the project, protecting tens of thousands of jobs and uplifting our eco more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued the following statement after Michigan's economy showed strong job growth and lower unemployment, with 11,000 jobs added last month. Michigan also has billions in federal resources to invest in people and big projects, and thanks to rising state revenues, Michigan will continue delivering on the kitchen-table issues that matter most to families. "Michigan's econo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today to announce three revitalization projects that will bring growth and vibrancy to two communities in West Michigan have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF). The projects are expected to generate a total capital investment of $35.9 million, bringing new vitality and econo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Leading up to the Governor's State of the State address, Gov. Whitmer's team set out to hear from Michiganders across the state on why they believe in Michigan. We'll share their thoughts each day leading up to the address in a video series. "Continuing Michigan's partnership around critical infrastructure projects like the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a key trade corridor between Michigan  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Leading up to the Governor's State of the State address, Gov. Whitmer's team set out to hear from Michiganders across the state on why they believe in Michigan. We'll share their thoughts each day leading up to the address in a video series. "As a former prosecutor, I am committed to protecting public safety so we can build strong, vibrant communities together," said Governor Gretchen Whitmer. " more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Leading up to the Governor's State of the State address, Gov. Whitmer's team set out to hear from Michiganders across the state on why they believe in Michigan. We'll share their thoughts each day leading up to the address in a video series. "Small businesses form the backbone of our economy and are cornerstones of so many communities across our state," said Governor Gretchen Whitmer. "As we ush more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- 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: Grant Opportunity for the 2022-2023 Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is pleased to announce the more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved contracts permitting Consumers Energy Co. to continue to increase the amount of electricity it provides to customers that is generated from solar facilities and resolve disputes involving earlier solar power contracts. In Case No. U-20165, the Commission approved Consumers Energy Co.'s application for approval of full avo more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 18 (TNSEco) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 17, 2022: After a competitive search, Michigan State University selects SmithGroup, one of the nation's leading integrated design firms, to design a $34 million, 40,000-square-foot campus multicultural center. MSU is leveraging the firm's experience in higher education and cultural facility design to create a space of belonging and importance on campus. An award-winning, international integr more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSOps) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 19, 2022: Michigan State University's Safe Place was recently awarded additional federal funding under the Victims of Crime Act to expand its staff and services for MSU students, employees, community members and their families. The grant is for $251,254 over one year and has allowed Safe Place to hire three new full-time staff: a full-time counselor, an additional advocate, and a full-time v more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 18, 2022: * * * Shallow water table areas in Amazon forest show resilience to effects of climate change * * * New findings published by MSU researchers examine how climate change shapes the future of the world's largest rainforest and the impacts drought has on the forest growing on various soil water and water table conditions. These findings published by MSU researchers Scott Stark, ass more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 18, 2022: * * * How MSU is saving lives by training current and future doctors to treat substance use disorders * * * More than 20 million Americans are struggling with addiction, but there are only 4,400 addiction specialists to help them. Between May 2020 and 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that U.S. drug overdose deaths exceeded 100,000 and in Michigan, ther more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSPar) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 20, 2022: Michigan State University-led International Research Network for Nuclear Astrophysics expands to include three new partners in global quest to answer science's most important questions. Science is a team sport. Searching for answers to science's fundamental questions requires not only team effort, but the effort of multiple teams across multiple countries. In its quest to answer q more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 20, 2022: Since Dec. 2021, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza, H5N1, has caused significant mortalities in birds at an exhibition farm and in a small flock in Newfoundland and Labrador. Analysis of the virus shows it is related to a H5N1 strain that circulated in northwestern Europe during the spring of 2021. Migrating waterfowl likely brought the virus to Canada. On Jan. 14, the U more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 20, 2022: As irrigation practices expand worldwide, many bird species face an uncertain future. Left with less nesting and foraging habitat and little to no fallow lands, many bird species that inhabit farmlands can have a hard time adapting. Fallow lands are lands left unplanted for at least one vegetative cycle and are also important to birds for food and breeding. In a new paper published more PR

MUSKEGON, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSOps) -- Muskegon Community College issued the following news: Muskegon Community College has received a $238,200 People Award project grant from the Consumers Energy Foundation to support the creation of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Lab and the hiring of a STEM coordinator to help K-12 students learn about the connection of STEM to skilled trades careers. The People Awards, which were announced on Jan. 20, also included a $150,000 grant to the more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSOps) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Marquette couple Bob Cowell and Kathleen Olivier have established a multi-year, $1 million endowment for Northern Michigan University's hockey program. The longtime Wildcat fans said they hope their gift serves as a "catalyst" for generating additional private support critical to helping NMU compete with larger Division I programs in recruiting top talent and achieving sustained success. "Private d more PR

SPRING ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSPro) -- Spring Arbor University issued the following news: SAU's Master of Social Work (MSW) program recently received approval from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to offer their two-year program over Zoom. In March 2022, SAU will offer three models of instruction for the program: face-to-face, Zoom (synchronous), and online (asynchronous). SAU's MSW program has worked with the CSWE since the 1990s to provide an accredited social work education  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2022: University of Michigan experts are available to discuss Saturday's undersea volcanic eruption near the Pacific island nation of Tonga and the tsunami that followed. Zack Spica is a seismologist and assistant professor of geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He studies volcanoes using seismic and acoustic waves to learn about their underground magm more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan and attorneys for approximately 1,050 claimants who have alleged abuse by the late Dr. Robert Anderson announced they have reached a settlement agreement that would resolve all of those survivors' claims against the university. Pending documentation and approval by the U-M Board of Regents; approval by 98% of the claimants, as recommended by their attorneys; and app more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: As people age and require more care, their partners or adult children are often their front line of caretakers. But as divorce has become more common among older adults, University of Michigan researchers sought to understand the role of stepchildren in providing care for their aging stepparents. The researchers, led by family demographer Sarah Patterson, found what they refer to as a "step g more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: If the COVID-19 virus mutates beyond Omicron, getting people to practice social distancing will require more than threats about long-term health issues or death. Older nonstudents maintained safe distances because they received accurate information and felt threatened about contracting the virus, according to a new University of Michigan study that looked at U.S. trends during the early month more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and now some European nations are locking down again as Omicron surges through the global population. But do these drastic measures save lives? Are they worth massive job and income losses? A new University of Michigan-led study shows the early lockdowns implemented in the first six  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * Turns out entropy binds nanoparticles a lot like electrons bind chemical crystals * * * Entropy, a physical property often explained as "disorder," is revealed as a creator of order with a new bonding theory developed at the University of Michigan and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Engineers dream of using nanoparticles to build designer materials,  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Emotional exhaustion, isolation and "nonsensical" visitor and other hospital policies contributed to parents of children hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units feeling less satisfied with care during the early days of COVID-19. Research from the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Marquette University and University of Nebraska Medical Center examined the family impact and financ more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Blocking the activity of an enzyme inside fat cells can decrease obesity and related health disorders in mice, according to new research led by the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute. The study, published online Jan. 17 in the journal Nature Metabolism, focused on an enzyme called histone deacetylase 6 (or HDAC6) as an avenue for decreasing obesity by improving the brain's ability more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: * * * Discovery could pave the way to high speed, low-energy quantum computing * * * A semiconducting material that performed a quantum "flip" from a conductor to an insulator above room temperature has been developed at the University of Michigan. It potentially brings the world closer to a new generation of quantum devices and ultra-efficient electronics. Observed in two more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: By Amy Campbell The Eastern Michigan University Archives got an unexpected gift this year, when a volunteer for the Veterans History Project donated roughly 150 video interviews with American war veterans from the Ypsilanti area. Bill Vollano, himself a veteran, began collecting the interviews just a few years after the Library of Congress established the Veterans History Project in 2000. Though sa more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Jan. 22 (TNSRes) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: Research underway at Western Michigan University could revolutionize the future of testing for drugs, which is subject to abuse. "The main way the outcomes of substance abuse treatment and prevention programs are evaluated is by whether or not patients or clients cease, reduce or avoid illicit or harmful drug use. The traditional objective way of measuring this has been through analysis of urine for more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 22 -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey data for the month of November 2021. In brief, the JOLTS data for Wisconsin showed: * Wisconsin hires declined slightly to 119,000 over the month. Hires decreased over the month in Iowa and Michigan as well. * Job opening more PR