ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 6 (TNSper) -- Barnes and Thornburg, a law firm, issued the following news release: Barnes & Thornburg has announced that Kevin M. DiDio will be joining the firm's Corporate Department in the firm's Southeast Michigan office. DiDio focuses his practice on advising clients in highly technical and regulated industries including manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, automotive, high-tech, investment banking, and financial services in regulatory matters, mergers and  more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 4 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Laura Willman made a more inclusive measure to connect gender identity and personality traits * * * Laura Willman, a doctoral student in the applied experimental psychology program, created a new measure connecting personality and gender. The two focus areas of Willman's research are measuring gender identity in an inclusive way and looking at gender differences in personality traits.  more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 5 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Noah Klan will research at the Life Sciences Institute this summer * * * Each year the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute awards outstanding students fellowships in their Perrigo Fellowship Program. These fellowships provide undergraduate students from across Michigan with an immersive, hands-on experience in basic science research at the LSI. CMU biochemistry student Noah  more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 (TNStalk) -- The College for Creative Studies issued the following commentary: * * * Trans Day Of Visibility By Leith Campbell, Technician, Metalshop + Foundry - Academic Facilities On March 31, 2021, Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation/1 recognizing the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). The TDOV was 'unofficially' begun in 2009 when a Facebook campaign by Detroit local Trans-activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker caught hold and became a national, even int more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 6 -- The College for Creative Studies issued the following news: TechTown Detroit announced the launch of the Mobility Accelerator Innovation Network (MAIN) as one of six components of the Global Epicenter of Mobility (GEM) initiative. Beginning in late 2021, the Detroit Regional Partnership led a coalition that includes the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA) in coordination with Michigan Works!, State of Michigan's  more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, April 6 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: Consumers Energy today announced plans to install 123 new automatic transfer reclosers (ATRs) in 2023 to help prevent power outages and improve electric reliability for customers. The energy provider's investment in automation is a key part of the company's overall electric reliability plan that aims to reduce both the number and length of power outages. ATRs are cutting-edge reliability technolo more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, April 4 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: EDF Renewables North America today announced two agreements with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), by which I&M will add 554 MWdc (425 MWac) of solar energy to its clean energy mix. I&M will purchase the output from Sculpin Solar, 236 MWdc (180 MWac) under a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA); and will purchase more PR

HANCOCK, Michigan, April 6 (TNSpar) -- Finlandia University issued the following news: Finlandia University has finalized a Teach-Out Agreement with Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa. Waldorf is Finlandia's seventh official Teach-Out Institution, joining Michigan Technological University, Bay College, Adrian College, Wartburg College, Northern Michigan University and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Founded in 1903, Waldorf University is a friendly, private liberal arts school offe more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, April 5 (TNSres) -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: Ford's iconic vehicles, commercial and EVs drove a first-quarter sales increase of 10.7 percent making the Blue Oval America's best-selling brand. Sales surged across Ford's areas of strength, including trucks (up 19.6 percent); three-row SUVs (up 47.6 percent); Bronco brand (up 18.3 percent); Ford Pro Transit van (up 86.0 percent); Mustang (up 5.2 percent) and electric vehicles (up 41.0 percent). Ford's ove more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, April 4 (TNSres) -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: Ford releases its 2023 Integrated Sustainability and Financial Report, detailing the company's progress on its commitment to create a more sustainable, inclusive and equitable transportation future. Building on more than two decades of leadership in sustainability reporting, the report shares new data that shows Ford on track to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2050 across its vehicles, operations and  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 4 (TNSper) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: After a broad-reaching national search, Lesley D. Slavitt, an Illinois native with nearly three decades of experience in philanthropy and higher education, has been named the next executive director of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Slavitt started on April 3. Across her career, Slavitt has held several leadership positions at corporate foundations. As COO of the Bank One Foundation, she hel more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 6 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news: * * * Dr. Angela Carpenter of the Hope College religion faculty has been appointed to the college's Leonard and Marjorie Maas Endowed Professorship in Reformed Theology. * * * The professorship is for a faculty member whose scholarly emphasis is on the historical and philosophical development of Reformed theology through the present day. First awarded in 2007, it was donated by the late Leonard and Marjorie Maas,  more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 4 (TNSres) -- Hope College issued the following news: * * * Original research by students on topics ranging from the accuracy of smartwatches, to the American Indigenous boarding school experience, to sand dune vegetation will be highlighted during the annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at Hope College on Friday, April 14, from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse. * * * The public is invited. Admission and ref more PR

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, April 4 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: I&M is taking steps to significantly expand the volume of clean energy powering our customers' homes and businesses. I&M filed plans with state authorities for four solar power plants capable of generating power for more than 200,000 typical homes by mid-2026. In a related significant step, I&M is also seeking new proposals for a combination of additional energy source more PR

BENTON HARBOR, Michigan, April 5 (TNSpro) -- Lake Michigan College issued the following news: Lake Michigan College has launched the Red Hawks Rise Summer Bridge Program to help 2023 graduating high school seniors and other incoming students prepare for the demands of college life at LMC. The free immersive, 18-day, non-residential program provides students with college readiness guidance, assessment, and instruction in math, reading, and writing. "Red Hawks Rise is a fun, interactive program more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 5 (TNSres) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: A nationally recognized researcher on the positive influence of research opportunities early in students' academic careers will be the keynote speaker at Lawrence Technological University's 10th annual Research Day, Friday, April 21. Erin Dolan is professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and Georgia Athletic Association Professor of Innovative Science Education at the Universi more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 6 (TNSpar) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University has signed an agreement with the American University in Iraq-Baghdad that aims to establish both student exchanges and an LTU engineering program in Iraq. The agreement was signed Wednesday during a visit of AUIB officials to LTU's Southfield campus. The "memorandum of understanding" seeks to explore, develop, and shape a framework for an LTU-affilia more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 5 (TNSper) -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced the promotion of Assistant Attorney General Polly Synk to Division Chief of the department's Environmental, Natural Resources & Agriculture (ENRA) Division. Synk will assume the position upon last week's retirement of Robert Reichel. "Polly is a passionate advocate for the environment who brings a wealth of regula more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan coalition of 16 states in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting states' efforts to protect their residents from violent threats. The brief was filed in support of Colorado in Counterman v. Colorado, which is pending with the Supreme Court. The case involves a Colorado man who was convicted of st more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 22 states in urging the Biden Administration to scrap Trump-era rules that allow employers to interfere in the reproductive health decisions of their employees. These dangerous rules took away contraceptive coverage from women who should have been entitled to complete coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, the new rule more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 7 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to announce six communities are receiving funding to build 60 new homes and additional space for businesses that will drive economic growth around the state and create 14 new full-time jobs and retain three current full-time jobs. The projects are expected to generate a total capital investment of nearly $1 more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 6 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today to announce the Venture Fellows Program, a collaboration between MEDC and the Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA). Lt. Governor Gilchrist led the push for Michigan Strategic Fund funding for the Venture Fellows Program which will accelerate the fundraising and deplo more PR

HEMLOCK, Michigan, April 5 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) as the newest Michigan employer to participate in MI Tri-Share, the state's innovative cost-sharing program offering working parents access to child care at a third of the cost. To date, 139 employers are participating and parents save an average of $464 a month, or $5,568 a year. "Quality, affordable child care hel more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Commander-in-Chief of the Michigan National Guard, addressed 84 soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment, along with their families and invited guests, at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Churchas they prepared to depart for their deployment to the Middle East. "Itwas an honor to join the 182nd regiment as they departfor their l more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 5 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the state is making a bold, visually inspiring case as the destination offering businesses opportunity for growth, visitors a chance for a 'Fresh Take' on life and talent a home to build both a rewarding life and career. "Michigan is a place that will drive the world forward through grit, our world-class workforce, and stunning natural re more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 6 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan legislation repealing the state's 1931 law banning abortion without exceptions for rape or incest and criminalizing nurses and doctors for doing their jobs. Last year, Michiganders turned out in record numbers to get Proposal 3 on the ballot and enshrine reproductive freedom in the state constitution. The new laws remove the unconstitutional 1931 law fr more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer directed the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) to take immediate action to protect Michiganders following a Texas federal judge's decision in Braidwood Management. Inc. v. Becerra that struck down the Affordable Care Act requirement that health insurers cover and pay for certain preventive care services without additional cos more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission announced the following electric application on April 3, 2023, involving DTE Electric Corp.: * * * In the matter of the application of DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY for a Financing Order Approving the Securitization of Qualified Costs. APPLICATION FOR FINANCING ORDER DTE Electric Company ("DTE Electric" or "the Company") applies to the Michigan Public Service Commission ("MPSC" or the "Commission") pursuant to the Customer Choice an more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission announced the following gas application on April 3, 2023, involving Consumers Energy Co.: * * * In the matter of the Application of CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY for approval of a voluntary Renewable Natural Gas Program. CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR EX PARTE APPROVAL OF VOLUNTARY RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROGRAM Consumers Energy Company ("Consumers Energy" or the "Company") respectfully requests that the Michigan Publ more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 4 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Michigan State University's renowned plant researchers are collaborating on solutions to grow more abundant, nutritious and resilient plants that will feed a growing population * * * Agriculture looks nothing like it did when Michigan State University was founded as the nation's first institution to teach scientific agriculture 168 years ago, and the next 168 years will require as many or m more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 5 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine issued the following news: As part of a large and on-going effort to advance research reporting across both veterinary science and human health, two new publications from veterinary epidemiologists seek to improve the reporting of clinical trials with cats and dogs. Dr. Audrey Ruple, Dorothy A. and Richard G. Metcalf professor of veterinary medical informatics and associate professor of quant more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 6 (TNSper) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Michigan State University has selected Chip Amoe as its next director of sustainability, championing green efforts for the university into the next decade. Amoe will begin his new role April 10. "MSU has made significant progress in promoting sustainable practices and achieving our goals through cutting-edge research, community engagement and improving our operations," said Melissa Woo, MSU's execu more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 6 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Last summer, researchers at Michigan State University reported that one in five Michigan adults, or about 1.7 million people, don't want children and therefore are child-free. Although that number was surprisingly large to many data has now been confirmed in a follow-up study. "We found that 20.9% of adults in Michigan do not want children, which closely matches our earlier estimate of 21.6%, and m more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 7 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on April 6, 2023: * * * MSU's decades-long tradition of heavy-ion accelerator expertise tapped to help meet current national shortfall of testing capacity for advanced microelectronics, including for space-based applications * * * Michigan State University (MSU) will build on its 60-year track record in accelerator-based nuclear physics leadership by refurbishing the history-making K500 cyclotron  more PR

MUSKEGON, Michigan, April 7 (TNSpro) -- Muskegon Community College issued the following news: Muskegon Community College (MCC) is offering a new biology course that examines freshwater ecology this summer. Classes for the three-credit hour course, Aquatic Ecology ENV 297, begin on June 1 and end on July 28. This course introduces students to important ecological phenomena and processes that occur in aquatic (freshwater) ecosystems. Students study the Great Lakes, as well as regional streams,  more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, April 6 (TNSper) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Northern Michigan University's new football head coach Shane Richardson will be featured during the next Northern Now digital event at 7 p.m. EST Wednesday, April 12. The discussion will be moderated by Steve Mariucci, NFL Network analyst and show host, with special appearances by New York Jets Head Coach Robert Saleh and NMU Athletic Director Rick Comley. All four are also NMU alumni. Richardson,  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Two University of Michigan faculty members have been chosen as 2023 Fellows of the Ecological Society of America, the world's largest community of professional ecologists. The society's fellowship program recognizes the many ways its members contribute to ecological research and discovery, communication, teaching, and management and policy. The program recognizes both Fellows and Early Caree more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Two University of Michigan scholars are among recipients awarded 2023 fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. LSA faculty members Monica Dus and Petra Kuppers were selected to receive the prestigious honor for their distinguished achievement and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. "I am absolutely delighted to see that two LSA faculty have been selected as Gu more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new University of Michigan institute will bolster research collaborations and strengthen community engagement to address the national opioid overdose crisis, which leads to nearly 200 deaths per day across the United States. The Office of the Vice President for Research and the Medical School Office of Research have jointly committed $3 million over the next three years to launch the Opioid more PR

FLINT, Michigan, April 4 (TNSfund) -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: Some University of Michigan-Flint history majors are ready to dig in and get their hands dirty to preserve local cemeteries and additional funding from the A.G. Bishop Charitable Trust is ensuring the ongoing project will continue. Each summer for the past seven years Thomas Henthorn, associate professor of history, and a team of interns have worked in the community to adjust, repair and clean his more PR

FLINT, Michigan, April 5 (TNSpro) -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: The University of Michigan-Flint will begin offering new graduate certificates in the health care field for fall 2023. The Health Care Supply Chain Management Certificate and Public Health Certificate will prepare students for in-demand careers and allow current health care professionals to expand their job opportunities and prepare to take on leadership roles. Both certificates can be completed en more PR

FLINT, Michigan, April 6 (TNSconf) -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news on April 5, 2023: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect teaching and learning in the P-20 system. But it also allows educators to learn from each other as they navigate those challenges. Considering that, the University of Michigan-Flint will host the "Critical Issues in Education: Teaching and Learning in the Era of COVID" conference. The two-day event will begin May 19 with a dinner, keynote a more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: * * * Eshete's project could have wide-ranging implications for one of artificial intelligence's most stubborn problems. * * * The young talent in UM-Dearborn's College of Engineering and Computer Science continues to impress big national funders. Along with fellow Assistant Professors DeLean Tolbert Smith and Fred Feng, Birhanu Eshete can now count himself among the CECS faculty w more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news on April 5, 2023: * * * To help explore this question, NASA selected UM-Dearborn graduate Kristen Dage for the postdoctoral NASA Hubble Fellowship Program. The 2014 alum started her research career with Astronomy Associate Professor Will Clarkson. * * * As an enthusiastic UM-Dearborn undergrad, Kristen Dage asked Astronomy Associate Professor Will Clarkson if there were any openings more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * High methane emissions from shallow water platforms underlie the problem * * * By directly measuring greenhouse gas emissions from an airplane flying over the Gulf of Mexico, a University of Michigan-led team found that the nation's largest offshore fossil fuel production basin has twice the climate warming impact as official estimates. The work could have bearing on future energy pr more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 5 (TNStalk) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on April 4, 2023, with Ruth Zielinski, professor in the School of Nursing: * * * A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas is set to decide on a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration that seeks to restrict access to mifepristone (trade name Korlym or Mifeprex), a common drug used in most medical abortions. The anti-abortion group behind the suit is challenging the FDA's approval of the drug more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Online insults and disrespect are perceived as more harmful by individuals outside the United States, especially when the content damages family reputation, according to a University of Michigan study. But there was consensus among all countries, including the U.S., that nonconsensual sharing of sexual photos was highest in harm. Online harassment encompasses many types of behavior, such as  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: About 39% of nurses in the state of Michigan say they intend to leave their jobs in the next year, according to a University of Michigan study. For years, nurses have detailed chronically poor working conditions and health care executives have warned of impending nursing staffing shortages--but few recent studies have asked nurses directly about their employment plans. To that end, U-M resea more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 6 (TNStalk) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on April 5, 2023, with Will Thomas, assistant professor of business law at the Ross School of Business: * * * Former President Donald Trump's indictment on 34 charges of falsifying business records concerns behavior beginning in 2015, when then-candidate Trump took efforts to secretly keep negative stories about his past out of the national press. Most well known, Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Consumer sentiment fell for the first time in four months in the wake of a 13% decline in consumers' outlook over the economy for the year ahead, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Declines in sentiment were visible across age, education and income. Due to continued pressure from high prices, consumer sentiment experienced downward momentum prior to the collapse of  more PR