WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Atlantic issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: In "The New Anarchy," a sweeping new cover story for the April issue of The Atlantic, executive editor Adrienne LaFrance draws upon years of reporting to argue that America is experiencing an era of increased acts of violence intended to achieve political goals, whether driven by ideological vision or by delusions and hatred. Examples can be drawn from the headlines on almost any day: the January 6 storming more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: For its efforts in establishing a more streamlined development process and overall community development vision, the City of Adrian achieved the Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) Essentials designation under the new RRC 2.0 framework, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today. The RRC Program was launched statewide by the MEDC in 2013. RRC is a volun more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: Yesterday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an application for leave to appeal in the Michigan Supreme Court, seeking to have the Court overturn the Court of Appeals' decision on "adopt-and-amend." In 2018, the Michigan Legislature voted to adopt a citizen-initiated referendum in full and then moved to amend it within the same legislative session (now often refer more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined Michigan legislators on the state House floor to celebrate the expansion of Michigan's Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) to encompass protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity having been passed through both chambers of the state legislature. The bill now awaits the Governor's si more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel won judgments shutting down a massive robocall operation involving John Caldwell Spiller II and his business partner, Jakob Mears, the owners of Texas-based Rising Eagle Capital Group LLC and JSquared Telecom LLC, as well as Rising Eagle Capital Group, Cayman. The defendants directed billions of illegal robocalls to people across the country. In 2019 alone more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: As we walk through art museums, admiring the paintings, sculptures, and artifacts, we (sometimes) read the little cards that explain each piece and identify who donated or loaned it to the museum. We might not pay much attention to that information, but litigation could be lurking in those cards. When an American museum imports works of art or cultural heritage to display temporarily, can someone who claims to more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: The Department of Attorney General recently intervened in the Estate of Loyal Ray. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that the Department successfully obtained orders reducing the personal representative fee charged by attorney William Benz, 74, Adrian, from $200 an hour to $75 an hour, requiring him to pay approximately $23,800.00 back to the estate's beneficiaries. A personal  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Fishman Group, P.C. with one count of Maintaining a Criminal Enterprise, a 20-year felony, in connection with attorneys at the firm filing false Proofs of Service in collections cases in Genesee, Oakland, and Ingham counties, Nessel announced. At today's pretrial in Oakland County, Marc Fishman, president of the corporation, enter more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 9 (TNSper) -- Calvin University issued the following news: A Calvin University search committee has selected La'Leatha Spillers as the institution's first vice president for marketing and communications. Spillers serves as chief advancement officer for the YWCA West Central Michigan, where she oversees the organization's fundraising, development, communications, and marketing efforts. Spillers will begin her tenure at Calvin University on April 10, 2023. "When I s more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, March 8 (TNSper) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Chris Moberg, dean of Central Michigan University's College of Business Administration has named Dr. Misty M. Bennett to serve as an associate dean in the college. Bennett assumed this new role on March 1, 2023. As an associate dean, Bennett will work with department chairs, program directors, college-level committees, and the directors of Business Student Services and the Office of Student Eng more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, March 11 (TNStalk) -- Central Michigan University issued the following Q&A on March 10, 2023, with Qi Liao, computer science faculty member and professor for the College of Science and Engineering: * * * TikTok is one of the most popular social media networks, but facing political scrutiny because it is owned by a Chinese company that some people worry could pass the data it collects to a growing rival. Qi Liao, computer science faculty member and professor for Centr more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, March 10 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center grant turns research into reality * * * CMU College of Science and Engineering faculty members Itzel Marquez (Engineering and Technology), Anja Mueller (Chemistry and Biochemistry), and Brad Fahlman (Chemistry and Biochemistry) have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center for their work on developing materials that r more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, March 9 (TNSconf) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences, the 43rd Undergraduate Symposium will welcome students, staff and the general public from 9 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. on Friday, March 31. This annual event's mission is to celebrate and display undergraduate research and creative projects at the EMU Student Center, located at 900 Oakwood St. in Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti Mayor Nicole Brown, a three-time Symposium pre more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 7 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University boasts America's first Egyptian-American college president, Tarek M. Sobh. Last week, the Consulate General of Egypt in Chicago returned the honor, sending Sameh Aboul-Enein, consul general, to LTU's Southfield campus for a visit. During his daylong stay, Aboul-Enein and Sobh explored potential avenues of collaboration between LTU and higher education in Egyp more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: The U.S. labor market grew by 311,000 jobs in February. Unemployment ticked up to 3.6%, while the number of employed expanded and the labor force participation rate also ticked up. Since October 2022, labor force participation has expanded slowly but steadily from 62.2% to 62.5%. This has brought 1.6 million additional people into the labor force over the past four months,  more PR

HANCOCK, Michigan, March 8 (TNSres) -- Finlandia University issued the following news: Finlandia University in Hancock, Michigan and Finlandia Foundation National, Inc. (FFN), based in Pasadena, California, announce intentions that aim to ensure the preservation of Finlandia University's Finnish-American heritage and history. The non-profit Finlandia Foundation, founded in 1953 to connect, inspire and strengthen the Finnish-American community in the United States, has commissioned a task force more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNSgov) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Republican attorneys general from 21 states are calling on President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to declare Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. They argue that the cartels pose a threat to U.S. national security beyond their drug-related activities. The attorneys general emphasize that the designation of these groups as terroris more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 8 (TNSpp) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: A self-described "good government geek," James Hiebert (MPP '23) recognizes the divide that often exists between local and federal government. So, he jumped at the opportunity to be a Riecker Fellow and to bring his experience in local government to Capitol Hill. Since 2016, the Ford School's Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellowship has sent graduate students to work with  more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, March 11 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: Ford will join the inaugural gathering of the TED Future Forum at TED's annual global climate conference, TED Countdown, taking place in Detroit from July 11-14 2023. Ford is one of 13 Founding companies who will launch the TED Future Forum, which is focused on the role of business in accelerating solutions to the climate crisis. The 2023 TED Countdown Summit will convene 700 leaders from the science, activism, innov more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 10 (TNSpconf) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited Grand Valley March 9, speaking to business leaders who had gathered for the 24th Michigan Automotive Suppliers Symposium. Touting investments in job training programs and support for next-generation vehicle technologies, Whitmer told the crowd of about 170 gathered at the Pew Grand Rapids Campus' Loosemore Auditorium she was there to talk about two of her favorite  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 8 (TNSpp) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley alumna and current Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden will give a keynote address to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of a signature event for the Center for Women and Gender Equity. Bolden will give remarks at the center's annual EqualiTEA on Thursday, March 16, noon-1:30 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room. RSVP for the event, which includes lunch, online.  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 10 (TNSper) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Adam Harris is the new director of Grand Valley's TRIO Upward Bound Detroit program, charged with recruiting students into the program and aiding their success through high school and into college. Since January, he and other staff members have had a consistent presence at University Preparatory Academy and University Prep Art and Design, offering tutoring services, workshops and seminars. Both h more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, March 9 (TNSres) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: * * * Automotive sector remains positive, while uncertainty lingers over office furniture, other rate-sensitive industries * * * The "back-to-work euphoria" of January has faded and economic indicators edged back into negative territory in West Michigan during February, according to the latest survey from Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business. The Current Business Trends s more PR

HILLSDALE, Michigan, March 11 (TNSawa) -- Hillsdale College issued the following news release: Lecturer in Journalism and General Manager of WRFH/Radio Free 101.7 FM Hillsdale Scot Bertram was nationally recognized as best faculty advisor at this year's Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference hosted in New York City from February 23-26. Under Bertram's guidance as an advisor, WFRH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM has won six national first-place awards from the national Intercollegiate Bro more PR

HILLSDALE, Michigan, March 9 (TNSpp) -- Hillsdale College issued the following news release: Hillsdale College student Elena Lanning, nee Naborowski, ('22) took first place nationally for Most Creative/Innovative Show at this year's Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference hosted in New York City from February 23-26. Lanning was awarded first place for her show "Five Minute Myths." This award is WFRH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM's sixth national first-place award from the National Inter more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 11 (TNSpar) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Officials at Lawrence Technological University have signed the Detroit Regional Talent Compact, an equity-driven initiative led by the Detroit Regional Chamber's Detroit Drives Degrees program. The Compact brings together stakeholders from business, philanthropy, government, K-12, and higher education to accomplish two goals: increase the Detroit region's postsecondary attainment ra more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 9 (TNSres) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Joongsub Kim, professor of architecture and design at Lawrence Technological University, has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Fewer than 3 percent of the nation's architects are honored with AIA Fellows status. Kim was one of only two AIA members from Michigan named to the Fellows this year. AIA Fellows achieve their status by demonst more PR

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, March 10 (TNSres) -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: Joongsub Kim, professor of architecture and design at Lawrence Technological University, has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Fewer than 3 percent of the nation's architects are honored with AIA Fellows status. Kim was one of only two AIA members from Michigan named to the Fellows this year. AIA Fellows achieve their status by demonstrating influence in  more PR

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, March 10 (TNSres) -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: Lawrence Technological University shared its advanced infrastructure research capabilities with the people who run one of the world's most iconic bridges Thursday. Four of the six members of the Mackinac Bridge Authority board and other Bridge Authority officials toured LTU's Nabil Grace Center for Innovative Materials Research, informally known on campus as the Grace CIMR. Among them was Kirk Steudle,  more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, March 10 (TNSres) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University shared its advanced infrastructure research capabilities with the people who run one of the world's most iconic bridges Thursday. Four of the six members of the Mackinac Bridge Authority board and other Bridge Authority officials toured LTU's Nabil Grace Center for Innovative Materials Research, informally known on campus as the Grace CIMR. Among th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement to mark today's vote to repeal Michigan's 1931 Abortion Ban. "Today's repeal of this antiquated law is a victory for millions of Michigan residents who, like myself, value bodily integrity and personal freedom. "I am grateful that our legislators are listening to the will of the voters who passed Propos more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 11 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: A $3.06 million award from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Fuel Transformation Program (FTP) Part 2 will support the first-ever conversion of a Mackinac Island passenger ferry to zero-emissions electric power. Star Line, now known as the Mackinac Island Ferry Company (MIFC), will replace two 1988 diesel engines more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 10 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission announced the following gas application (Case No. U-21385) on March 9, 2023, involving Michigan Gas Utilities Corp.: * * * In the matter of the application of MICHIGAN GAS UTILITIES CORPORATION for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide natural gas service in Section 21 of Whiteford Township, Monroe County. APPLICATION Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation ("MGUC" or the "Company"), by and through its at more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 10 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Spartan researchers help show how omnipresent biomolecular machines with important health implications transport metals * * * Michigan State University researcher Jian Hu has taken another important step in learning as much as possible about tiny protein machines that help shuttle metals into living cells. This latest step, published in the journal Nature Communications, provides detailed more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Four attorneys from the Michigan Attorney General's office were recently honored with a Distinguished Brief Award from the 37th Annual Western Michigan University (WMU) Thomas M. Cooley Law Review. The Award was presented at a remote ceremony on March 3rd, where Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein was the keynote speaker and members of the judiciary were present. "I'm incredibly  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 7 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: An underutilized parking lot in downtown Bridgman will soon become a permanent gathering space for live music, events, and community programming through the anticipated success of a crowdfunding campaign, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and local nonprofit Greater Bridgman Area Chamber of Commerce and Growth Alliance (CGA) announced today. The campaign i more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 10 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memo on March 9, 2023: 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: 2023 Education Development Center First 10 Pilot Initiative Grant Program Opportunity The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is pleased to announce the First 1 more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 7 (TNSrpt) -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission's 2022 Annual Report released today underscores a year in which the Commission intensified its focus on challenges to the reliability of Michigan's electric grid as the state's changing climate brought increasingly severe storms. The Annual Report, which is required to be filed on the first Monday of March each year, comes as severe weather over more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 7 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Mansplaining - the combination of "man" and "explaining" - is a colloquial expression used to describe situations in which a man provides a condescending explanation of something to someone who already understands it. And a new study reveals that its negative impact on women is very real. Caitlin Briggs, a graduate research fellow at Michigan State University in the College of Social Science, and  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 8 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: MSU Health Care orthopedic surgeon Toufic Jildeh and MSU Athletic Team physician, recently received two top awards for his research on opioid-free pain control after rotator cuff surgery by the Arthroscopy Association of North America, an international professional organization committed to advancing the field of minimally invasive orthopedic surgery. Jildeh earned top honors in the categories of E more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 7 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Michigan State University researchers are studying how warming affects this critical region, threatening global water and food security. * * * Tibet is known as the "Water Tower of Asia," providing water to about 2 billion people and supporting critical ecosystems in High Mountain Asia and the Tibetan Plateau, where many of the largest Asian river systems originate. This region is also one  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 8 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: An international consortium that includes Michigan State University researchers has solved an evolutionary quandary that's been the subject of debate for five decades. Publishing its results in February in the journal Science, the team's genomic analyses conclusively resolve which modern fish lineage branched off earliest within the tree of life. The findings shed new light on the evolutionary hist more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: When you are Hillary Scholten, being too extreme is a big problem. That's exactly where Hillary Scholten finds herself today -- not just too far-left for Michigan voters, but also too far-left for fellow Democrats, including Chuck Schumer and Michigan Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow. 33 Senate Democrats, including Peters and Stabenow, rejected the reduced sentences for violent crime that more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 10 (TNSbook) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Northern Michigan University's 16th annual UNITED Conference will revolve around the theme of "Writing Our Own Stories" and celebrate the 10th anniversary of NMU's Diversity Common Reader Program. It will also be presented in a new one-day format on Monday, March 20, with two keynote speeches and several brief sessions on a variety of topics from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Northern Center. Community  more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, March 8 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: A year after making its North American debut, the Ford E-Transit van has established itself as the leader of the pack in the all-electric commercial cargo van market./1 E-Transit is the best-selling electric cargo van in the United States/1 and Canada/2, as well as the sales leader in Europe./3 As demand for the vehicle rises, Ford announced last week it will be boosting E-Transit production at Kansas City Assembly Pl more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Online communities play an important role in creating a sense of connection between strangers. But what happens when the people moderating our favorite online communities quit? Why do they quit, and what strategies can companies like Meta and Reddit implement to help prevent burnout? A study by University of Michigan School of Information researchers led by doctoral candidate Angela Schopke- more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 7 (TNSpp) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan has unveiled a series of new commitments to the city of Detroit including details of the university's role in leading the design and construction of the renamed University of Michigan Center for Innovation. The UMCI will be built by the university to accommodate the academic and community programs that it will house. Those programs are now expanded to include three d more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: * * * Artificial intelligence can do amazing things that humans can't, but in many cases, we have no idea how AI systems make their decisions. UM-Dearborn Associate Professor Samir Rawashdeh explains why that's a big deal. * * * Learning by example is one of the most powerful and mysterious forces driving intelligence, whether you're talking about humans or machines. Think, for ins more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: * * * A cross-campus team shares insights from a recent UM-Dearborn Student Experience Survey and guides developed based on the responses. * * * Some UM-Dearborn students need to take classes during the day while their young child is in school. Others want to find a night class to fit their work schedule. And there are students who seek out hybrid courses for more flexibility. Thr more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: While rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts are at all-time highs, more college students than ever before report receiving therapy or counseling, according to a new report. The report from the annual Healthy Minds Study is based on web surveys taken by 96,000 U.S. students across 133 campuses in the 2021-22 academic year. It found that 44% of students reported symptoms of depres more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 (TNStalk) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on March 8, 2023, with Javed Ali, associate professor of practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy: * * * Republican attorneys general from 21 states are calling on President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to declare Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. They argue that the cartels pose a threat to U.S. national security beyond their drug-related activi more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Black Americans and white Americans may receive different benefits from their networks of friends, family ties and other relationships, according to a University of Michigan researcher. A new study from U-M postdoctoral scholar Crystal Ng shows that while white American adults receive a positive boost to their mood through interactions with friends, Black Americans generally receive the same  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: As climate change and population growth make water scarcity increasingly common, a much larger share of the global population will be forced to reckon with the costs of urban water scarcity. A new study published in PLOS Water sheds light on how households bear the monetary and nonmonetary costs when water supply is intermittent, rather than continuous--with policy implications that could hel more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * Integrating a new ferroelectric semiconductor, it paves the way for single amplifiers that can do the work of multiple conventional amplifiers, among other possibilities * * * One month after announcing a ferroelectric semiconductor at the nanoscale thinness required for modern computing components, a team at the University of Michigan has demonstrated a reconfigurable transistor usin more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNStalk) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on March 8, 2023, with Donald Grimes, regional economic specialist with the university's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics: * * * As lawmakers, policymakers and pundits debate the future of Social Security and what we should do, some key points are getting lost, according to a University of Michigan economist. Here are some important things to know getting short-shrift in speeches and talk- more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 11 (TNSpro) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: Boasting one of the nation's top law schools, Wayne State is now adding a bachelor's in law for undergraduate students interested in the teachings from the field. On Wednesday, the Wayne State University Board of Governors approved the recommendation made by the Academic Affairs Committee to establish a new bachelor of arts in law program. Beginning in fall 2023, the B.A. in law will be offered through th more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNSawa) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan will award Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, the Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health March 13. Tedros, the first African and first nonphysician director-general of WHO, led the global public health organization through the COVID-19 pandemic. He will engage with the campus community at various events througho more PR