ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 23 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * A universal sleep pattern could help strengthen, separate memories * In any given snooze, sleep cycles between non-REM and REM, but virtually always starts with non-REM. U-M research shows how this order could be crucial for keeping our memories straight. Study: Cholinergic modulation of neural networks supports sequential and complementary roles for NREM and REM states in memory consolidation (DOI more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 27 -- Adler University issued the following news: * * * 'Weathering': 2025-26 Common Book explores how systems shape human health Adler University Library has selected the book, "Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society" by Arline T. Geronimus, Sc.D., as the 2025-26 Common Book title -- and they are planning a slate of events to engage students, faculty, and staff in dialogue throughout the academic year. A professor of public health  more PR

FLINT, Michigan, June 26 -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: * * * Amazon Web Services provides UM-Flint students with university-first cloud computing certification By Jeffrey Jones Students at the University of Michigan-Flint's College of Innovation & Technology can now receive certification from Amazon Web Services by completing a popular cloud computing course. This marks the first time CIT has integrated an AWS certification into its curriculum, highlighting a more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 26 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Breaking the chain of destruction: Building resilience by preparing for cascading hazards * Study: Cascading land surface hazards as a nexus in the Earth system (DOI: 10.1126/science.adp9559) U-M is helping lead a collaboration to better forecast the chain reactions of downstream damages caused by wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes and more When the flames of January's Southern California wildfire more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, June 25 -- Calvin University issued the following news: * * * Calvin Action Project Prepare Future Business Leaders Inquiry, research, critical thinking, and problem solving--these are just some of the skills twenty-first century business students need to establish a competitive edge in their fields as they join the workforce. Jack Nielson '25, a digital marketing specialist at Detroit Continental, says the culminating project of his education at Calvin University's Sc more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, June 25 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * How new technology can help families navigate autism Mobile app advances caregiver support By Marissa Bloomquist Caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often struggle finding the help they need. In a groundbreaking study, Robert Wyse, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Central Michigan University School Psychology program, explored how a technology-assisted program, TechCT, co more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, June 25 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Improving patient safety in hospitals Strategies to minimize effects of network downtimes on critical ICU devices By Jazmin Anderson CMU Health Administration doctoral student, Melissa Jackson, started her career in healthcare as a paramedic. Jackson's experience in patient care inspired her research centered around identifying the effects of unplanned network downtime on network-connected devi more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, June 27 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * CMU Board adopts budget that invests in academic program growth 2025-26 plan also includes funding for vital student support programs Author: Kevin Essebaggers The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees voted Thursday to adopt a new $462.4 million operating budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 that focuses on meeting students' needs, growing outstanding academic programs, and supporting the  more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, June 24 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * CMU Trustees to consider proposed operating budget Tuition rates also on agenda for Thursday's formal session Author: Kevin Essebaggers The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will consider the university's operating budget when it meets in formal session at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, following scheduled committee meetings on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. On the agenda for the June more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * COOK POLITICAL REPORT: MI-04 Emerging as "Competitive" Battleground As District Trends Towards Democrats * A new analysis from Cook Political Report details how Michigan's 4th Congressional District is an emerging 2026 battleground. Cook Political highlights how West Michigan, home to MI-04, " has been a bright spot for Democrats " and trends point to the fact that the district " more PR

LANSING, Michigan, June 26 -- The Western Michigan University Cooley Law School issued the following news: * * * Cooley Law School's Innocence Project to Host Meet the Author Event with Nathan Goetting LANSING, MI -- On July 10, Cooley Law School's Innocence Project will host Nathan Goetting, author of "The Supreme Court's Actual Innocence Problem: How the Supreme Court of the United States Has Failed to Reduce Wrongful Convictions." During the meet-the-author event, Goetting, a graduate of C more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 25 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Experts available to discuss how federal funds protect lives and livelihoods in the Great Lakes region * Study: Investing in Great Lakes Science is critical for safety and prosperity (DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2025.102614) EXPERTS ADVISORY Federal investment in Great Lakes research doesn't just protect the waters' ecosystems, it bolsters safety and prosperity for the people who call the region home, acc more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 27 -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: * * * Making the grade: Targeted help, not being held back, offers leg up to students struggling with reading Policies calling for holding children back a grade in elementary school to improve their reading skills are widespread--if unpopular--across the United States. However, the benefits to students appear to come from the support services put in place once they are flagged more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 27 -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: * * * Reframing civil rights advocacy to tackle 21st century issues Civil rights appeals have historically been instrumental in driving social change and safeguarding human rights in the United States. But invoking civil rights to garner public support for addressing present-day social problems may actually backfire, according to new research from the University of Michigan. P more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, June 26 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: * * * GVSU researchers providing key data for Kent County effort to manage deer population By Peg West On a warm spring night after dark, graduate student Brody Glei slowly guided his pickup -- equipped with a temporary flashing light on the roof and Grand Valley Biology Department signs on the doors -- through the City of Walker and then into the City of Grand Rapids. Those in the pickup would periodic more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 23 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Having problems with unread emails? Entice the recipients with more emotion * Study: Causally Modeling the Linguistic and Social Factors that Predict Email Response (DOI: 10.18653/v1/2025.naacl-long.594) If you're wondering why your emails have not been read, perhaps the content lacks emotion. Crafting an effective email extends beyond just the content and length. In a new study, University of Mic more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 23 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Hunting ground research project deep in Lake Huron inspires Alpena community * ALPENA, Michigan--Ken McQuarrie grew up two blocks from Thunder Bay, in Alpena, where his dad and uncles were divers. One uncle explored shipwrecks in the bay. But McQuarrie never learned to dive, and began attending Alpena Community College after he graduated high school. He started working to make ends meet after having more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 26 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Making the grade: Targeted help, not being held back, offers leg up to students struggling with reading * Study: The Impacts of Grade Retention Policy With Minimal Retention Policies calling for holding children back a grade in elementary school to improve their reading skills are widespread--if unpopular--across the United States. However, the benefits to students appear to come from the support  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 27 -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Ask the expert: Examining government authority to levy tariffs The Trump administration unveiled a package on April 2, 2025, to dramatically increase tariffs placed on other countries in what it called "Liberation Day." Both economists and policymakers have continued to weigh in on the impact of tariffs. But what's less discussed is which branch of government has the authority to impose tariffs -- w more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 24 -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Ask the expert: What to know about data seized from illicit markets Every year, massive data breaches occur that include sensitive personal information like credit card numbers, addresses and passwords among other information. Targets range from email service providers to government agencies and commercial retailers. For example, when National Public Data, a company that does background checks, was more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 24 -- Michigan State University College of Social Science issued the following news: * * * How can we make fewer mistakes? US Navy funds new study to find out. By Shelly DeJong A team of cognitive psychologists from the Michigan State University Department of Psychology have received a $860,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop assessments for identifying people who are good at performing complex procedural tasks, even under challenging condition more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 25 -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Spartan students making a difference in June Though summers on MSU's campus are a little quieter than usual, there's still a subtle hum of energy as Spartan students continue to make the world a better place each day. From water research to starting programs that help the community. MSU helps foster students' creativity, research ambitions and success. MSU researchers examine Karachi's water mafia,  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 25 -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Why LGBTQIA+ health research matters MSU leads efforts to improve health outcomes for all * At its core, LGBTQIA+ research seeks to understand the health, well-being and lived experiences of people whose sexual orientations and gender identities are too often misunderstood, overlooked or excluded. The acronym stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual an more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 24 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * MSU researchers use nanomedicine and artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases -- a biology first Why this matters: * Researchers from Michigan State University and their partners have found new biological clues that could help doctors detect prostate cancer and heart disease earlier. * This is the first time scientists have used a mix of tiny medical tools, or nanomedicine, artificial more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 23 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Multistate herbicide-resistant weeds study aims to protect soybean crops * Herbicide-resistant weeds result in significant economic losses for U.S. soybean growers, according to the United Soybean Board, which has awarded $500,000 to a multistate research project to develop new diagnostic tools for herbicide-resistant weeds in soybean production. The team includes scientists from Penn Sta more PR

LANSING, Michigan, June 25 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * On Dobbs Anniversary, A Recap of the Republican Gov. Candidates' Extreme Anti-Abortion Positions LANSING -- Today, on the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, we're recapping the Republican gubernatorial candidates' extreme and out-of-touch positions on reproductive rights: * John James has compared compared abortion to  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 26 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Podcast: U-M communication experts explore the changing media landscape * When you think of "the media," what comes to mind? A few major news networks and daily newspapers, or an army of podcasters, vloggers and other citizen journalists on myriad digital platforms? All of the above or somewhere in between? However it's defined, three professors from the University of Michigan explore the current st more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 27 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Sentiment up for the first time this year, consumers remain guarded * Consumer sentiment improved for the first time in six months, climbing 16% from last month but remaining about 18% below December 2024, when sentiment had exhibited a post-election bump. These trends were unanimously visible across age, income, wealth, political party and geographic region. Improvements in June were seen across mu more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 27 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Supreme Court ruling on preventive health care coverage: U-M experts discuss * Legal, medical and public health experts reflect on Kennedy v. Braidwood ruling's implications The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Kennedy v. Braidwood Management preserves the Affordable Care Act provision that makes certain preventive care available to patients at no cost to them, as long as they meet criteria laid more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WATCH: Tom Barrett Faces More Backlash, Protests From Michiganders After His Vote to Slash Medicaid * In case you missed it, Michiganders are *not* happy with Tom Barrett. Last month, Barrett cast the deciding vote for the GOP Tax Scam that slashes Medicaid, risks health care for more than 24,700 people in MI-07, and raises Michigan families' costs - all so he could give a tax cu more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, June 25 -- Calvin University issued the following news: * * * Trio of Calvin students receive Michigan Sea Grants This summer, five students across the state of Michigan are doing research funded by the Michigan Sea Grant, an initiative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Calvin students Moses Huang, Andrew Slagter, and Naomi Dykstra are three of the grant recipients. "The fact that Calvin secured more than half of these grants among all schools in more PR

FLINT, Michigan, June 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: * * * UM-Flint researchers Donaldson and LaCosse bridging the gap in STEM education for Flint's children By Kat Oak How do we prepare our children for careers that do not yet exist? The rapid pace of technological development in areas such as artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace, likely creating new jobs that we cannot even imagine today. For Flint's children, decades of underin more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 24 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * 'A more versatile and powerful foundation for future photonic technologies' * More pathways than previously thought can lead to optical topological insulators, materials with exciting properties that could have future applications in lasers, imaging devices and more Study: Polariton Chern Bands in 2D Photonic Crystals beyond Dirac Cones (DOI:10.1103/PhysRevX.15.021061) The candidate pool for engi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, June 28 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * NEW VIDEO: John James Doubles Down on Cutting 500,000 Michiganders off Medicaid Comes after James voted to gut Medicaid in the extreme Republican reconciliation bill * LANSING -- In a new video, while heading into a "$1,000 a plate or more" fundraiser, Congressman John James is now attempting to gaslight Michiganders by claiming that he's "saving Medicaid" after voting last month to cut more more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WATCH: "Kristen McDonald Rivet is leading the fight against proposed Medicaid cuts" [WEYI] * As Washington Republicans work to cut Medicaid and jeopardize health care for Michiganders, Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet is fighting back. Congresswoman McDonald Rivet joined mid-Michigan seniors to raise awareness about how Republicans' dangerous cuts to Medicaid hurt Michigander more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 24 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * When scientists share their failures, the public trusts them more * Study: When Scientists Share Their Struggles: How Scientists' Self-Presentation on Social Media Influences Public Perceptions, Support for Science, and Information-Seeking Intentions (DOI: 10.1177/10755470251322902) In an age where trust in science often feels like it's teetering on a fault line, new research from the University of  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 26 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Young minds: New teachers' impact on equitable science learning * Study: Illustrating Four Synergistic Approaches to Equity Among Preservice Elementary Teachers of Science: "If This is How We Do Science, Then The Future Could Be a Lot Better" New elementary teachers who promote equity in science are proving highly effective at engaging students, no matter their background, a new University of Michig more PR