MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 15 (TNSconf) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Support from across Central Michigan University's campus will help the Campus Diversity Symposium deliver an experience its organizer believes fulfills its true potential. The symposium, set for April 26-27 in the Rotunda and adjacent rooms in Bovee University Center, will feel like a real conference, said Nikita Murry, director of diversity education with the Office of Institutional Diversit more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 13 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * CMU Junior Izzy Gaidhane found her passion in the lab * * * Ishani "Izzy" Gaidhane, a junior Honors student from Canton, MI, double majoring in biochemistry and mathematics has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. After a semester of mostly online courses during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gaidhane was ready for a meaningful, hands-on experience in which she coul more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 11 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Nathaniel Gonzalez is studying the impact of technology on American culture * * * Nathaniel Gonzalez, a graduate student studying history, is researching how technology impacted Americans in the twentieth century. Gonzalez is investigating the history of culture and ideas in America from 1950 to 2005 using books and movies and the scholarly articles published about them. The goal of  more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 12 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Dakota Keblbeck plans to pursue a career in physics research * * * Dakota Keblbeck, a senior from Standish, MI, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship program. Keblbeck said he took a risk when he uprooted his life to pursue a bachelor's degree in physics at CMU. "I quit my full-time job, moved to Mt. Pleasant and i more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, April 12 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: The Consumers Energy Foundation announced today it awarded $500,000 in grant funding to two organizations -- the Nature Conservancy-Michigan Chapter and the Genesee Conservation District -- for its 2023 Planet Awards. The two grants, each totaling $250,000, will fund projects in both organizations to protect threatened and endangered species, and create natural spaces. "At the Consumers Energy  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: The Democratic National Committee today announced Chicago will host the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center from August 19 to 22. The DNC is returning to the Midwest, a critical Democratic stronghold: Illinois along with Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota - part of the "blue wall" - were crucial to the 2020 victory of President Biden and Vice President Harris and to Democrats' succe more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 14 (TNSres) -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) will announce its first quarter 2023 earnings before the market opens Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023. The company will conduct a conference call to discuss earnings results at 8:00 a.m. ET the same day. Investors, the news media and the public may listen to a live internet broadcast of the call at dteenergy.com/investors. The telephone dial-in number in the U.S. and Canada toll free is: (888)  more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, April 12 (TNSper) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Following a national search, Eastern Michigan University has named Katie Condon vice president for enrollment management. The appointment is effective May 30, 2023, pending approval by the University's Board of Regents. Condon joins Eastern from West Virginia University, where she serves as Director of Enrollment Management, providing day-to-day supervision and management of the Office of Recruitme more PR

HANCOCK, Michigan, April 15 (TNSpar) -- Finlandia University issued the following news: Finlandia University has finalized a Teach-Out Agreement with the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa. UD is Finlandia's eighth official Teach-Out Institution, joining Adrian College, Bay College, Michigan Technological University, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Northern Michigan University, Waldorf University, and Wartburg College. Founded in 1852, the University of Dubuque is a private, coed un more PR

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, April 14 (TNSawa) -- Kellogg Community College issued the following news release: Five Kellogg Community College basketball players earned postseason athletic awards from the Michigan Community College Athletic Association and/or National Junior College Athletic Association for their performance on the court this season. The men's basketball team, led by first-year Head Coach Steve Proefrock, finished second the MCCAA Western Conference with an overall record of 14-12,  more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, April 14 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: Ford Performance unveiled the continued evolution of its electric-powered motorsports efforts with the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800, an aggressive revision to the NHRA world record-holding Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. It is targeted to best the Cobra Jet 1400's standing world record for full-bodied electric vehicles in the quarter-mile, 8.128 seconds at 171.97 miles per hour. In June of 2021, Bob Tasca III drove the Cobra more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 15 (TNSper) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Ford School economics professor Kathryn Dominguez has been named to the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank Indianapolis. She will serve as an independent director and fill an unexpired term beginning April 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2024 FHLBank Indianapolis is a regional bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System. FHLBanks are government-sponsored enterpri more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 13 (TNSfund) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: On March 15, the Ford School community raised the bar once again for the number of donors in a single day, garnering more than $43,000 for student support. It was part of U-M's Giving Blueday celebration, a day devoted to philanthropy for U-M causes that people love most. A record-setting 152 donors unlocked a $25,000 challenge gift from Ford School Committee member P more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, April 11 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: Ford Motor Company has solidified its position as the No. 1 automaker in terms of vehicles assembled/1, hourly autoworkers employed in America and vehicles exported from America to other countries/3, according to new 2022 data from S&P Global Mobility. Building on its multi-year leadership in investing and building in the United States, Ford has already committed plans to add 18,000-plus new U.S. manufacturing jobs o more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, April 12 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: Ford Motor Company is investing C$1.8 billion in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada - a key part of the company's plan to scale production of electric vehicles and make them more accessible to millions of customers. The campus, to be renamed Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex, will begin to retool and modernize in the second quarter of 2024  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 12 (TNSjou) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Anticipated negative emotions about getting the COVID-19 virus are more intense than the negative emotions for those who experience an infection, according to research done by a Grand Valley psychology expert. Those anticipated negative emotions can often have an impact on preventive behaviors such as vaccination and booster intentions, Amanda Dillard, professor of psychology, concluded from the  more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 11 (TNSres) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: A March survey of local purchasing managers reflects their fluctuating beliefs regarding the state of the West Michigan economy. Survey leader Brian Long, director of supply management research at Grand Valley's Seidman College of Business, sees three trends emerging from his March Current Business Trends report for the region. The report shows rebounds in the new orders index (business improveme more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 13 (TNSres) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: More than 400 students across a variety of disciplines delivered their research findings or displayed their projects to their peers and faculty members during Student Scholars Day on April 12. In its 27th year, Student Scholars Day originated from faculty interest in providing students with space to share their work, whether traditional research or performance exhibits, said Susan Mendoza, direct more PR

HILLSDALE, Michigan, April 14 (TNSper) -- Hillsdale College issued the following news release: Hillsdale College announces the appointment of John Tharp as the new director of athletics. Tharp replaces Don Brubacher, who has been director of athletics since 2008. "The college is delighted to have John Tharp serve as our new athletics director," said Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn. "Don Brubacher's shoes are large ones to fill, but Coach Tharp has a distinguished record as a leader f more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 11 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news: * * * Hope College has appointed two current members of the faculty with strong backgrounds as teachers, researchers and administrators to academic deanships following national searches for both roles. * * * Dr. Jonathan Peterson of the geological and environmental sciences faculty has been named dean of natural and applied sciences after serving as interim dean since the fall of 2020. Dr. Lindsey Root Luna, asso more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 13 (TNSpar) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news on April 12, 2023: Leaders at Grand Valley State University and Johnson C. Smith University signed an agreement April 12 that provides pathways for North Carolina students to earn master's degrees at Grand Valley in engineering or athletic training. JCSU is the fifth Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to join the HBCU/Hispanic Serving Institution Consortium. The consortium advances Gr more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 13 (TNSfund) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: The College of Business and Information Technology (CoBIT) at Lawrence Technological University recently received a $500,000 gift, the largest in its history. The gift will establish an LTU scholarship, thanks to the generosity of Car Dealers Care National Foundation. The foundation, created by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Don Foss, is dedicated to enriching the lives o more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 12 (TNSpro) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Lawrence Technological University's Professional Development Center is offering another session of its five-week Leadership Development Certificate course starting April 20. And staffers in the Detroit City Clerk's office can tell you--it works. "I learned so much," said Michelle Collins, executive administrative assistant to Detroit City Clerk Janice M. Winfrey. "Five of us receive more PR

BENTON HARBOR, Michigan, April 12 (TNSper) -- Lake Michigan College issued the following news: Mark D. Weber has been appointed to Lake Michigan College's Board of Trustees. He was sworn in on Tuesday, April 4, in the president's office on the Benton Harbor Campus. Weber, a Niles resident originally from St. Joseph, is the chief executive officer of the YMCA of Greater Michiana. He was named Trustee at Large to complete the term of Jeff Curry, who resigned in December. Weber's term on the Boa more PR

MONROE, Michigan, April 14 (TNSpar) -- Monroe County Community College issued the following news release: Monroe County Community College has partnered with the Monroe County Intermediate School District to offer a new dual-credit, two-semester Precision Machining Technology Program through which high school students can earn both high school career technology education credit and 12 college credits. The program will begin in the fall of 2023. The program will cover precision instruments and more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition to challenge the decision issued by a district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that could restrict medication abortion access nationwide. The amicus brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urges the court to issue a stay of the district court's ruling which, i more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Marquette County Prosecutor's Office officially launched the Marquette Job Court Prosecutor Diversion Program this morning. "Job Court is a transformational diversion pilot program that aims to reduce recidivism and help businesses by providing Michiganders accused of low-level, non-assaultive offenses with the opportunity to obtain and maintain  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: This week, legislation was formally introduced to reform the states guardianship laws, many of the included policies being remedies prescribed by Attorney General Dana Nessel's Elder Abuse Task Force, after introduction by several state Senators. "I am encouraged to see, and obviously supportive of, legislation to bring about the specific policy recommendations of the Elder Abuse Task Force, more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 15 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Yesterday, Judge Thomas O. Rice of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington filed a clarification to his ruling which orders the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to maintain the status quo and permit continued use of the drug mifepristone in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement in response: "Judge more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: in accordance with the Clean Slate legislation enacted in 2020, the Michigan State Police are launching a new automatic expungement program, which will search the state's Criminal Historical Record database system daily for eligible convictions to automatically expunge. It is anticipated that over 1 million residents will receive automatic expungements on this, the first day of the program's  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced that Niowave, Inc., a global producer of medical isotopes, plans to expand in the city of Lansing, driving $20 million of investment and creating 35 good-paying jobs in the life sciences and tech industry. "Niowave's expansion in Lansing driving $20 million of investment and creating 35 good-paying more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 15 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer this morning signed into law the first set of commonsense gun safety laws to reduce violence and save lives passed by the Michigan legislature. The murders of four students and the wounding of seven others at Oxford High School in 2021 and the murders of three and wounding of seven Michigan State University students this past February made clear the more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Five members of the Student Advisory Council of the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) presented to the State Board of Education today and shared their insights and work to promote safe spaces and understanding for all students in Michigan schools. The Student Advisory Council (SAC) was created by State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice in spring 2020 following the murder  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 13 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: During Michigan's first MI Healthy Climate Conference this week, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and Governor Gretchen Whitmer highlighted a $3 million planning grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The money will help develop innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and expand Michiga more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer released a special message to the people of Michigan reflecting on the first 100 days of her second term and her work to improve communities and expand opportunity for every Michigander. The message follows the agenda laid out in the governor's State of the State address, and outlines the progress made since the speech was delivered. "Over these first 100 days, we have worked t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 14 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following electric order on April 13, 2023: * * * In the matter, on the Commission's own motion, to open a docket that will be used to collaboratively consider issues related to the reliability and resilience of the electric power system in Michigan in a Commission-sponsored technical conference. At the April 13, 2023 meeting of the Michigan Public Service Commission in Lansing, Michigan. PRESENT: Hon. Daniel C. more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 14 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * A study reveals evidence that high-income countries are outpacing low-income countries, possibly slowing improvements in planetary health. * * * In the race to make the world more livable for people and nature, progress on land is outpacing successes in the seas, raising red flags that wealthier countries' advantages may be upsetting a balance, a Michigan State University study shows. Pro more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 14 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memo on April 13, 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 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Public Reporting Data Federal regulations implementing the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 14 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memo on April 13, 2023: * * * TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Delsa D. Chapman, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports SUBJECT: EPIC's Read by Grade Three Educator Survey When the Michigan legislature first passed the Read by Grade Three (RBG3) law (MCL 380.1280f) in 201 more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 13 (TNStalk) -- Michigan State University issued the following Q&A on April 12, 2023, with Connie Sung, associate professor of rehabilitation counseling and co-director of the Michigan State University Center for Services, Training and Research for Independence and Desired Employment: * * * Connie Sung, associate professor of rehabilitation counseling at Michigan State University and co-director of the MSU Center for Services, Training and Research for Independenc more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 13 (TNSpar) -- Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine issued the following news on April 12, 2023: A new partnership between Michigan State University and Macquarie University in Australia will assess and test a new neuroprotective therapeutic for glaucoma, a leading and incurable cause of blindness and vision loss in humans and animals worldwide. Dr. Andras Komaromy, professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences for the Michiga more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 14 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Building on its ongoing work to address widespread power outages in Michigan, the Michigan Public Service Commission today announced it will conduct several technical conferences aimed at addressing utility resilience and reliability to better understand challenges facing the state's electric grid, as well as on residential energy storage, an emerging component of the state more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 15 (TNSpar) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Michigan's three largest public research universities will work together as part of a new technical assistance collaborative to offer local governments assistance in developing abatement strategies to address the ongoing opioid epidemic, which resulted in more than 3,000 deaths statewide in 2021. Michigan communities received funding as part of the $1.45 billion total allocation by Johnson & Johns more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Nonprofit organizations aim to help schools and students in need by providing programs, supplies and other resources, but they may be unwittingly perpetuating inequities through how much, how often and to whom they support, according to a University of Michigan researcher. Samantha Keppler, an assistant professor of technology and operations at U-M's Ross School of Business, finds in a study more PR

MARQUETTE, Michigan, April 14 (TNSfund) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: The Center for Forensic Anthropology (CFA) at Northern Michigan University, which includes the Forensic Research Outdoor Station (FROST), recently received a $30,000 National Institute of Justice subaward from Colorado State University to help validate a novel method for estimating human time since death, or postmortem interval. NMU students will be involved in the research. The research is a col more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 15 (TNSpro) -- Northwood University issued the following news: Northwood University and the University of the Aftermarket are introducing a new professional designation for executives in the automotive industry. "The SPAAP designation is a piece of the University of Aftermarket Executive Development series and stands for Specialty AAP, our highest-level distinction," explained Dr. Thomas Litzinger, executive director of the University of the Aftermarket and Northwood U more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 12 -- The Oklahoma Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: The Democratic National Committee today announced Chicago will host the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center from August 19 to 22. The DNC is returning to the Midwest, a critical Democratic stronghold: Illinois along with Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota - part of the "blue wall" - were crucial to the 2020 victory of President Biden and Vice President Har more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, April 11 (TNSfund) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue University has received two grants of $1 million each from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture for five-year projects to enhance sustainable agricultural systems. One grant is part of a $10 million project led by Michigan State University's Brent Ross to develop more resilient food systems for coping with multiple disasters, including pandemics, more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 11 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news on April 10, 2023: * * * A total of eight current or former members of the faculty are retiring this year, one this past December and seven this spring. They have served the college for a combined 249 years. * * * Rhoda Burton, Ph.D. DuMez Associate Professor of English "Memoir," says Dr. Rhoda Burton, "is never about our circumstances. It's about our change." She has enjoyed teaching memoir because it reinforc more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 11 (TNSfund) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Traditionally, the timeline for translating research into effective therapies for disease has been long. On average, it takes more than 10 years to bring a potential medication to market, and most drugs and other interventions that reach clinical trials fail to produce any benefit for patients. To address this challenge, the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, part of the N more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: University of Michigan organizational management researcher Andrew Hoffman has been named one of five 2023 visiting scholars at Harvard Business School's Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society. The five BiGS Visiting Fellows will focus exclusively on climate change, deepening the school's commitment to accelerating research aimed at mitigating and adapting to this global issue more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Michigan's three largest public research universities will work together as part of a new technical assistance collaborative to offer local governments assistance in developing abatement strategies to address the ongoing opioid epidemic, which resulted in more than 3,000 deaths statewide in 2021. Michigan communities received funding as part of the $1.45 billion total allocation by Johnson & more PR

FLINT, Michigan, April 13 (TNSpro) -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: The University of Michigan-Flint will reintroduce its Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering program beginning fall 2023. With options for both full- and part-time study, the graduate program will offer a diverse student population the opportunity to earn a world-renowned master's degree and advance their careers in a competitive industry. The program, intended for those who already have a b more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: * * * Pair of studies pushes back ape origins and grassy woodland evolution by 10 million years in Africa * * * Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso in order to pick fruit in forests, but new research from the University of Michigan suggests a life in open woodlands and a diet that included leaves drove apes' upright stature.  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 15 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: More than a third of Michigan adults who have had COVID-19 report being treated badly due to their infection, say University of Michigan researchers. The latest in a series of statewide surveys exploring Michigan residents' experiences with COVID focused on social stigma and found that of 4,618 adults surveyed, 35% say they were treated badly, threatened or harassed or had people act afraid  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Loud and deliberate screams in the labor and delivery room could actually be the result of theater-based vocal training that may be used to help women with pain management during childbirth. Researchers at the University of Michigan have been studying the application of the Fitzmaurice vocal technique, originally developed by a U-M alumnus for actors, to help women have a more positive birth more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Replacing all of the oldest school buses in the nation could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually, according to a University of Michigan study. The suspected cause of these preventable absences is exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust fumes, which can leak into school bus cabins or enter buses through open windows. Over time, exposure can exacerbate respiratory illnesses and more PR