DETROIT, Michigan, April 1 (TNSPer) -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) today announced Paula Silver, vice president, Corporate Communications, is promoted to senior vice president. In this new, expanded role, Silver will have oversight of DTE's Public Affairs team and the company's philanthropic Foundation, while continuing to lead the corporate communications team, managing DTE's internal communications, media relations, customer communica more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 1 (TNSPer) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Christine Barman, vice president of global strategic initiatives in transportation for HCL Technologies, has been named to the Board of Trustees of Lawrence Technological University. At HCL Technologies, Barman identifies and develops partnerships and solutions in the driver assistance, autonomy, connected vehicle, electric vehicle, and smart city technology areas, as the transportati more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, March 31 (TNSPer) -- The Western Theological Seminary issued the following news: Western Theological Seminary is thrilled to announce that Dr. Madison Pierce will be joining the seminary faculty beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year to serve as Associate Professor of New Testament. Dr. Pierce is a respected biblical scholar and teacher. Her areas of research include the book of Hebrews, the Catholic epistles, and the use of Scripture in Scripture. "I could not be more  more PR

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 28 (TNSPer) -- The University of Louisville issued the following news release: A legal scholar from Michigan State University with expertise in family law has been appointed dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Melanie B. Jacobs will assume the appointment in July 2022 pending approval from the Board of Trustees. During listening sessions held by Interim President Lori Gonzalez last fall, law school faculty, staff and students more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 2 (TNSPer) -- Northwood University issued the following news on April 1, 2022: Northwood University is pleased to announce its provost and academic vice president has joined the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center's board of directors. "Given my prior work in U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and the quality arena, I am thrilled to work the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center in this capacity," stated Kristin Stehouwer, provost and academic vice president fo more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: More than 20% of older adults in the United States will experience food insufficiency at some point in their 60s and 70s, according to a University of Michigan study. The study, led by U-M researcher Helen Levy, examined the probability that older adults will experience food insufficiency, or not having enough to eat, at some point over a long time period--about 20 yea more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * More than 20% of older adults in the United States will experience food insufficiency at some point in their 60s and 70s, according to a University of Michigan study. * * * The study, led by U-M researcher Helen Levy, examined the probability that older adults will experience food insufficiency, or not having enough to eat, at some point over a long time period--about 20 years. She f more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 31 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Ford School Professor Dean Yang has been honored with the Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award by the Rackham Graduate School. The award recognizes tenured faculty who are "outstanding mentors of (graduate) students, who support their intellectual, creative, scholarly, and professional growth, and foster a culture of intellectual engagement in which they thrive." Yang more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 2 (TNSAwa) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: The annual Sustainability Champion Awards recognize Grand Valley faculty, staff and students for their outstanding contributions to sustainability efforts within the university community. Sustainability Champions are individuals who, by practice and belief, support the ideals of sustainable practice. This year's champions are leaders who have furthered GVSU's vision to positively impact sustainabi more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, March 30 (TNSAwa) -- Hope College issued the following news: Student researchers at Hope College have won two regional awards for excellence from the Midwestern chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology for student-faculty collaborative research projects. They are being honored for research that they conducted with members of the college's psychology faculty. They will receive the awards during the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Associ more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 1 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointments of Christopher M. Blount and Susan Dabaja to the 3rd Circuit Court of Wayne County, Matthew P. Sabaugh to the 16th Circuit Court of Macomb County, Raeigen L. Evans to the 36th District Court of the City of Detroit, and Angela T. Ross to the 61st District Court of the City of Grand Rapids. "I am so pleased to appoint these five Michiga more PR

ALMA, Michigan, March 29 (TNSPro) -- Alma College issued the following news on March 28, 2022: Students in the Alma College Business program will graduate with a solid core of business skills, along with opportunities to get their feet in the door at the nation's top companies -- helping them go beyond entry-level employment and benefiting their careers long into the future. Those are the goals of the new Alma College Business curriculum, which was approved earlier this year and goes into effe more PR

ALMA, Michigan, March 30 (TNSconf) -- Alma College issued the following news: Alma College will welcome Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein, who will give a speech as part of the 2021-22 Presidential Speaker Series, at 4 p.m. April 21 at the Wright Leppien Opera House. The event is free and open to the public. Bernstein, who was elected to serve an 8-year term in 2014, is the first blind Michigan Supreme Court Justice in the history of the institution. He will speak about his path more PR

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, March 31 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Community Transportation Network is pleased to announce receipt of a $150,000 grant from the American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation upon the recommendation of Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). The grant empowered Community Transportation Network (CTN) to remodel space to create the agency's first boardroom accessible to people with disabilities in the agency's building  more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, March 31 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release: CMS Energy and its primary business, Consumers Energy, today pledged to protect the planet by achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions from the company's entire natural gas production and delivery system -- including customers and suppliers -- by 2050. Achieving net zero emissions means eliminating the impact of emissions traced to the burning of natural gas by customers and greenhouse gas emissions caused by more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 31 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: By DTE Energy The DTE Energy Foundation today announced it has awarded $1 million to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to fund several significant environmental programs throughout Michigan that will preserve, protect and enhance the state's treasured natural habitats and species. This latest grant to TNC will be used to fund the Healthy Cities program in Detroit, wetlands restoration efforts at Erie Marsh Preserve in sout more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: DTE Energy, a clean energy leader in Michigan, announced a partnership with Lyft to incentivize drivers in its electric service territory who purchase or lease an electric vehicle (EV) for use on the Lyft network. Administered through DTE's Charging Forward program, this partnership provides equitable access of EVs to all, while bringing cleaner energy to Southeast Michigan. DTE is investing over $1 billion annually t more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 31 (TNSfund) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: By Victoria Scott Eastern Michigan University received approximately $550,000 in community project funding as part of the annual appropriations omnibus package. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell secured the award for community projects throughout Michigan's 12th Congressional District. The community project funding will support the expansion of the Collaborative Child Development Center and EMU's pris more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 29 -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news on March 28, 2022: Foley & Lardner LLP obtained a victory as lead counsel on behalf of firm client Bed Bath & Beyond, a New Jersey-based chain of merchandise retail stores, in a dispute with the Michigan Department of Treasury over taxes on marketing materials mailed to state residents. On March 23, 2022, The Michigan Supreme Court upheld the state appeals court's July 2021 ruling that Bed Bath & Beyond  more PR

ALMA, Michigan, March 29 -- Alma College issued the following news: Robert Pinsky, the first and only United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms, will deliver the keynote address at Alma College's 135th year commencement ceremony. Approximately 300 graduation candidates will participate in the ceremony at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 23, at the campus's Hogan Center, in Art Smith Arena. "For more than 50 years, Robert Pinsky has illuminated the ways in which we think about ourselves and our  more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 27 (TNSPar) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: The West Michigan Construction Institute, a construction education center focused on developing the workforce of skilled construction professionals, celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting with students, Grand Rapids Community College and other partners. WMCI, located at 801 Century Ave. SW, will launch officially during the fall. The institute had a soft launch this semester, with about more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 31 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news on March 30, 2022: By Peg West A Grand Valley faculty member and freelance investigative journalist has once again been part of a comprehensive USA Today investigation, this time examining nursing home care during the pandemic. In addition, the work done by the USA Today team that includes Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, assistant professor of multimedia journalism, has been cited by health policy advisors to Pres more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 25 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: By Peg West As Mathias Mapes-Pearson, president of student organization Laker Vets, watches events unfold in Ukraine, he has observed that Russian military forces invading Ukraine are encountering Ukrainian military members who are significantly more battle tested than those he worked with in 2015. Mapes-Pearson, a management information systems major and U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, said he was in  more PR

HILLSDALE, Michigan, March 30 -- Hillsdale College issued the following news release: Hillsdale College hosted its fourth Freshman Foundation Lecture and luncheon at the Searle Center on March 22. Paul Moreno, dean of social sciences and professor of history, offered a lecture to the freshman class on freedom. Moreno discussed how freedom relates to the liberal arts education by training free, self-governing individuals. "We offer a liberal education not because it is useful, but it is useful  more PR

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, March 29 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) plans to enhance the electric transmission network northeast of Fort Wayne with the East Allen County Transmission Line Project. The project involves: hRebuilding about 12 miles of aging structures and power lines between Ricker Road outside Fort Wayne and Sowers Substation off Ohio-Indiana State Line Road in Scipio Township *Replacing a more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 31 (TNSAcc) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University's new Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program has received provisional accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA). Provisional accreditation confirms that the commission found the plans and resources of the program demonstrate LTU's ability to meet ARC-PA Standards.  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general - led by Attorneys General Lynn Fitch (MS) and Josh Stein (NC) - wrote TikTok and Snapchat this week to urge them to give parents the ability to monitor their children's social media usage and protect their children from online threats using parental control apps. "I remain very concerned about social m more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 30 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a new robocall investigations partnership with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between state and federal robocall investigators establishes critical information-sharing and cooperation structures to investigate spoofing and robocall scam campaigns. More than twenty states have now established f more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a civil action against a large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Calhoun County related to a history of noncompliance with Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) permitting and the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA). The complaint, filed in Ingham County Circuit Court, alleges Holloo Farms,  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 1 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Because he's apparently failed to make a dent with Michiganders, out-of-touch millionaire Kevin Rinke returned to the airwaves yesterday with another ad to introduce himself to voters. As with one of his previous spots that attacked Governor Whitmer for securing bipartisan auto insurance reform that delivered $400-per-vehicle refund checks to every Michigan driver, the seedy used Toyota salesman's new more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: Today "prolific junk faxer" Perry Johnson launched yet another misleading attack ad against Governor Whitmer, this time in an attempt to distract from her work to cut costs for Michigan families. More than $5 million has been spent leveling false attacks on Whitmer's leadership since the start of the 2022 cycle, nearly half of which has come from the odd-quality guru. Johnson has a more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 30 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: MIGOP launched yet another bogus "bad faith" attack ad against Governor Whitmer, this time in an attempt to distract Michiganders from the total lack of solutions their entire gubernatorial slate has offered working families that address the critical issue of infrastructure. More than $4.5 million has been spent leveling false attacks on Whitmer's leadership since the start of the 2022 cycle. The a more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 1 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Though Michigan's election results were certified years ago and have subsequently been backed up by more than 250 audits across the state since, all 12 GOP gubernatorial candidates have either stoked distrust around our democratic processes or committed to support legislation that will make it harder for all Michiganders to vote. Among the crowded Republican field, snake oil salesman and rabid electi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Though Michigan's election results were certified years ago and subsequently been backed up by more than 250 audits across the state since, all 12 GOP gubernatorial candidates have either stoked distrust around our democratic processes or committed to support legislation that will make it harder for all Michiganders to vote. James Craig is no exception. He has extensively exploited these lies to app more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Though Michigan's election results were certified years ago and have subsequently been backed up by more than 250 audits across the state since, all 12 GOP gubernatorial candidates have either stoked distrust around our democratic processes or committed to support legislation that will make it harder for all Michiganders to vote. Like the rest of the crowded Republican field, out-of-touch millionair more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 30 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Though Michigan's election results were certified years ago and subsequently been backed up by more than 250 audits across the state since, all 12 GOP gubernatorial candidates have either stoked distrust around our democratic processes or committed to support legislation that will make it harder for all Michiganders to vote. Among them, Tudor Dixon has been one of the main candidates fully embracing more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer just signed a $4.8 billion bipartisan infrastructure plan to make "long overdue upgrades to roads, water pipes, dams, and parks" - the result of her strong leadership and willingness to work with anyone to deliver results that puts our state first. This year, she has already proposed including a $1 billion additional allocation to aid Michigan's continued efforts to repair roads and more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: The headlines piled up once again for MIGOP insider favorite James Craig, whose road to the gubernatorial primary coronation suffered two major setbacks last week. Craig Opened the Week Drawing an "Absurd" Connection Between Himself and the Conflict in Ukraine, "Leverag[ing] a Foreign Tragedy" in Order to Raise Money Deadline Detroit: Ex-Detroit Chief James Craig Draws Absurd Comp more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: A community revitalization project that will bring new housing and vitality to downtown Houghton has received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today. "The restoration of this long-vacant building will breathe new life into a historic fixture in the community, while building on the vibrancy and attractive ame more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 1 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following joint news release on March 31, 2022: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today to announce two business expansion projects expected to create 77 new jobs and generate a total private investment of more than $34 million in Battle Creek and Benton Harbor Township have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. "Today's investments in Battle Creek a more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the recipients of grants totaling $4 million to provide young adults with a meaningful introduction to the world of work, including jobs skills, on-site, hybrid, and virtual career exploration and preparation activities, and earned income. The Young Professionals program aligns with Michigan's Sixty by 30 goal to increase the number of working-age adults with  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 1 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following joint news release on March 31, 2022: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today to announce two business expansion projects expected to create 77 new jobs and generate a total private investment of more than $34 million in Battle Creek and Benton Harbor Township have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. "Today's investments in Battle Creek and Be more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the Building Michigan Together Plan into law, which will invest nearly $5 billion in bipartisan investments to benefit residents by growing the economy, improving infrastructure, supporting jobs, and investing in every region of the state. The plan will make significant investments in affordable, attainable housing and expand access to reliable high-speed internet more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 1 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: After signing the Building Michigan Together Plan into law yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and several state and local officials gathered in Flint to celebrate the bipartisan plan's historic investments in state parks. Chevy Commons, the former site of the Chevrolet plant, is the planned location for Michigan's 104th state park, funded by the Building Michigan Together Plan. "Michiganders l more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer kicked of Building Michigan Together Week, celebrating the investments Michigan has made in infrastructure over the last three years that have supported over 110,000 jobs, boosted the economy, kept drivers safe on the road, and protected drinking water for communities. The bipartisan infrastructure deal agreed to last week, the Building Michigan Together Plan, will buil more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 26 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (LEO) are celebrating the transformative impact the Michigan Reconnect and Futures for Frontliners programs have on the governor's goal of making sure every Michigander has a path to a high wage job. These historic programs help make college degrees and skill certificates available and affordable for more resident more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed the Building Michigan Together Plan, a bipartisan plan to invest nearly $5 billion in Michigan's infrastructure, grow the economy, create jobs, and benefit families in every region of the state. The historic plan will improve transportation, water, and high-speed internet infrastructure in every region of the state, building on progress ac more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated the Building Michigan Together Plan, a bipartisan plan to invest nearly $5 billion in Michigan's infrastructure, grow the economy, create jobs, and benefit families in every region of the state. "The Building Michigan Together Plan makes bold, bipartisan investments in the kitchen-table issues that matter most to Michigan families, including clean water, smo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed her 800th bipartisan bill since the start of her term. House Bill 5286 will better protect Michigan's construction workers as we fix the damn roads. The Governor also signed Senate Bills 465 and 466 providing more road funding to local agencies and Senate Bill 618 which adjusts interest rates for qualified school bond loans, saving schools money. "Today, I will  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer will soon sign the Building Michigan Together Plan into law, paving the way for nearly $5 billion in bipartisan investments that will benefit Michiganders by improving transportation and water infrastructure, supporting jobs, and investing in every region of the state. The plan will make significant investments in Michigan's roads, bridges, regional airports, and transi more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 1 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Researchers hope samba wasp can be reared to help manage spotted- wing drosophila on Michigan fruit farms * * * MSU researchers who specialize in fruit crop pests and biological control are excited to receive a new biocontrol agent that could help reduce the damage caused by spotted-wing drosophila on their crops. This invasive pest has been one of the top production challenges for berry an more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 30 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * A Spartan astronomer is helping show what our solar system and others may look like when they enter their final acts * * * Poets have described the sun through the ages and so perhaps did Dylan Thomas when he wrote: "Do not go gently into that good night." In a few billion years, our star will start to die in a decidedly ungentle series of events. It will become what's known as a red gian more PR

MUSKEGON, Michigan, March 31 (TNSAcc) -- Muskegon Community College issued the following news: Muskegon Community College has earned full accreditation with the American Welding Society (AWS) as an Accredited Testing Facility (ATF) for welder certifications. The only AWS Accredited Testing Facility in west Michigan and only one of six in the state, MCC can now offer these credentials to professional skill trades welders, local industry and MCC students. Students will have the opportunity to be more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 31 (TNSRes) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Northern Michigan University will host the first-of-its-kind Great Lakes Cannabis Education Conference on Tuesday, April 19. The conference will showcase best practices in cannabis teaching and research, summarize the industry's current state and developing trends, and provide insights from employers and experts. NMU is well-positioned to host the event. It paved the way in cannabis education by o more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, April 1 (TNSRes) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Northern Michigan University social work students recently had a rare opportunity to participate alongside faculty members and community clinicians in a full-day Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) training on campus. One of the students used her AMSR handbook earlier this week to identify the level of risk for one of her teenage clients at her field placement location. "It was so helpful in more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 31 -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Northern Michigan University alumnus Ryan Grim is Marquette's new chief of police and harbor master, effective April 11. He previously served as lieutenant and acting patrol captain. The Marquette City Commission approved the appointment and held a swearing-in ceremony at its March 28 meeting. Grim graduated from NMU in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a minor in history. He also compl more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, April 1 (TNSfund) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Northern Michigan University undergraduate students are participating in cutting-edge chemistry research with Professor Yu "Leo" Liu, who is among 14 faculty members nationwide recently awarded two-year summer research grants from Organic Synthesis Inc. His project advances "green chemistry" by eliminating the use of metal-based catalysts. Instead of organic solvents, it carries the catalytic react more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, March 30 (TNSconf) -- Northwood University issued the following news: Northwood University is proud to announce the leader of its International Programs will be included in an upcoming webinar featuring three renowned global leaders. "I am humbled to be included in such a prestige lineup of speakers," said Mamiko Reeves, assistant vice president of Free Market Partnerships and International Programs at Northwood University. Reeves will be a panelist during the May 27 webina more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 31 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine issued the following news: Since the beginning of his veterinary career, Dr. Harry Cridge has made an everlasting impact on animal health, specifically, small animal internal medicine. Cridge's passion for this specialized animal care pairs with his expertise, having recently obtained additional specialist status in small animal medicine (gastroenterology) by the Royal College of Veterinary  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 31 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * Users who could adjust the timing, torque of an ankle exoskeleton typically found comfortable settings in under two minutes * * * To transform human mobility, exoskeletons need to interact seamlessly with their user, providing the right level of assistance at the right time to cooperate with our muscles as we move. To help achieve this, University of Michigan researchers gave users  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Over the course of the pandemic, anecdotes about soaring alcohol sales have abounded. A new study shows that the frequency of drinking went up among those who used alcohol, even though the overall prevalence of drinking went down. The study, led by University of Michigan researcher Megan Patrick, used U.S. national Monitoring the Future data to examine historical rates of drinking, and the c more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The Arctic is rapidly losing sea ice, and less ice means more open water, and more open water means more gas and aerosol emissions from the ocean into the air, warming the atmosphere and making it cloudier. So when researchers from the lab of University of Michigan aerosol scientist Kerri Pratt collected aerosols from the Arctic atmosphere during summer 2015, Rachel Kirpes, then a doctoral s more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: U.S. households were in a better financial position, on average, at the end of last year than in 2019, despite widespread joblessness and economic uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new University of Michigan report.. Researchers at U-M Poverty Solutions attribute this financial stability to the unprecedented, cash-based safety net response by the federal government dur more PR

SOMERS, Wisconsin, March 30 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wisconsin Parkside campus issued the following news: The University of Wisconsin-Parkside will receive more than $40,000 from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin (FCW) to enhance its water-related academic programs. Funding at UW-Parkside includes support for the following projects * Freshwater Camp (Freshwater Career Related University-Introduction Summer Experience) - Student Experience for High School Juniors * The Root Maga more PR