SYRACUSE, New York, May 2 (TNSper) -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Catherine Cocks has been appointed director of Syracuse University Libraries' Syracuse University Press, effective April 17. Cocks was previously interim director of Michigan State University's Press, where she also served as assistant director and editor-in-chief. She has over 20 years' experience in academic publishing, having worked as senior acquisitions editor at the University of Washington Press and edi  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, May 2 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Four English Majors attend National Undergraduate Literature Conference * * * Central Michigan University English majors Lydia Taylor, Lucas Ashby, Jessica Bertolini, and Jonathon Hughes traveled to Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, last month to attend the National Undergraduate Literature Conference. The students shared their research in the company of other great scholars and wri  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, May 2 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Mary Gibson researches the mating habits of black-footed ferrets * * * Mary Gibson, a graduate student in the biology department, is studying black-footed ferrets and their mating habits. Black-footed ferrets, once of the most endangered animals in North America, have been bred largely in captivity since the 1980s. There is a gap in existing knowledge about the mating habits of these ferr  more

YPSILANTI, Michigan, May 4 (TNSeco) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: As food prices trend upward, Swoop's Food Pantry and the John and Angie Sabo Food Pantry Room remain vital to provide no-cost food and necessities for the Eastern Michigan University community. The campus community and local leaders joined in celebrating a $130K gift from EMU alumni group GameAbove to expand Swoop's and fill an even greater need on campus. "The renovations come at a time when students  more

YPSILANTI, Michigan, May 4 (TNSacc) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: The American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) has reaccredited Eastern Michigan University's construction management program until February 2030. The ACCE is a leading global advocate of quality construction education and promotes, supports, and accredits construction management programs across the United States. Through hard work and dedication, EMU's construction management program has main  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 3 (TNSres) -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: * * * DISTINCT SEGMENTS SHARPEN FOCUS, SPEED, ACCOUNTABILITY * * * According to Ford CEO Jim Farley, the first quarter of organizing around and running the company on behalf of distinct customer groups produced solid operating results and a glimpse of the promise of its Ford+ growth plan. "We're bringing Ford+ to life by zeroing in on what distinct customers need and value the most," said Farley. "Ford Pro i  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 3 (TNSper) -- General Motors issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: General Motors today announced the following senior executive changes: Steve Carlisle, currently executive vice president and president, North America, has elected to retire after 41 years with GM. * Carlisle, 61, has led GM North America since September 2020. Before leading North America, Carlisle had been senior vice president and president, Cadillac, a position he held since April 2018. Be  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 28 -- General Motors issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: General Motors announced today that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation, one of the world's largest open source software foundations. It has also contributed "uProtocol" as a starting point for greater standardization, enabling increased software productivity across the automotive industry that can lead to easy-to-use, software-enabled customer experiences. This protocol aims to speed up software  more

BURTON, Michigan, April 28 -- General Motors issued the following news release: General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) announced today plans to invest more than $100 million in its Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) Davison Road Processing Center, located in Burton, Michigan. The investment, set to take place over three years, will be used to implement a variety of enhanced technologies to modernize warehouse operations as CCA focuses on increasing workplace safety and modernizing its operations to prepa  more

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 29 (TNSsel) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley State University's Board of Trustees on Friday finalized tuition, room and board rates for the fall of 2023, part of its commitment to provide transparency to students and their families about the cost of attendance. "We are listening to students, parents and supporters who have asked us to provide them with earlier certainty about the cost of attending Grand Valley," said Philomena   more

JACKSON, Michigan, April 28 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release: This Earth Month, Consumers Energy is announcing 16 businesses will use clean energy to power their Michigan operations. New commitments to Consumers Energy's Business Renewable Energy Program include more than 150 7-Eleven store locations and Henry Ford Health's Jackson-area locations. "Consumers Energy is powering Michigan's clean energy transformation, and we're doing it with employers who are catalysts to ad  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, May 6 (TNSpro) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Victoria Keenan has the opportunity to support the growth of a new program at Grand Rapids Community College. The water and wastewater treatment programs are a partnership between GRCC, the City of Grand Rapids and Bay College in Escanaba. The program prepares students for careers in the water treatment industry. These workers are in high demand and are essential to protect public health. Keena  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, May 3 (TNSres) -- Hope College issued the following news: A total of four graduating seniors or recent graduates from Hope College have received recognition through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Graduating senior Claire Benedict has received an award to conduct research in chemistry in Switzerland during the forthcoming 2023-24 academic year. Recent graduate Justine Watson received recognition as an alternate for graduate study  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, May 3 (TNSres) -- Hope College issued the following news: Two graduating Hope College seniors and three recent graduates have received recognition through the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) this year. Senior Claire Benedict of Ada and 2019 graduate Jessica Korte have received fellowships. Senior Sarah Grimes of Plainwell and 2021 graduates Erik Schoonover and Jacob VanderRoest have received honorable mention. Hope s  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, May 2 (TNSawa) -- Hope College issued the following news: Michelle Bombe of the Hope College theatre faculty has received the National Kennedy Center Gold Medallion -- the most prestigious national award presented by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival -- for her career-long dedication to teaching and producing theatre. Bombe is a professor of theatre, resident costume designer and department chair at Hope, where she has taught since 1991, and across the pas  more

ALLENDALE, Michigan, May 6 (TNSpar) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Leaders from Grand Valley and Kellogg Community College signed an institutional articulation agreement May 5 that will provide smooth transitions for KCC students who want to continue their education at GVSU. The agreement was signed at KCC's Binda Performing Arts Center on campus in Battle Creek. The overarching agreement between the two institutions allows seamless transfer along multiple academic  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 3 (TNSper) -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced this week a key hire in Tupac A. Hunter as the new Senior Vice President of External Affairs. This role, filled for the first time since the organization's strategic realignment in May 2022, will support the MEDC's goal to make Michigan's economy the nation's fastest growing, most equitable, and most resilient through a cu  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Just a little over a month after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a cease-and-desist letter to Intoxalock regarding its misleading direct mail advertisements, the company has made sufficient changes to its mailer that the Department of Attorney General was able to conclude its investigation. Intoxalock, an Iowa-based company that manufactures, sells, and installs breath alcohol igni  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 24 states in support of reproductive healthcare provided by the Title X program, the sole federal program dedicated to family planning services. In an amicus brief, the coalition supported the Biden Administration's appeal of a Texas court ruling that placed limitations on the Title X program's provision of services to minors in Texas.   more

LANSING, Michigan, May 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Lansing Police Officer Gregory Tracy was arraigned yesterday on one count of Retail Fraud First and one count of Organized Retail Fraud, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. Tracy is alleged to have engaged in a retail fraud "price switching" scheme between the dates of January 9, 2023, through April 3, 2023. Tracy is accused of switching the price on boxes of sports cards for lesse  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Judge Fresard of the Third Circuit Court sanctioned Ottawa County for delaying the disbursement of $81 million in Opioid Settlement funds to 269 local governments and the State of Michigan. The Department of Attorney General finalized a settlement agreement with the nation's largest wholesale drug distributors (Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen) in 2022. Eligible local government  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: After pleading no contest to two counts of Receiving Stolen Property valued at $1,000-$20,000, Steven Decker, 34, of Wyandotte, is set to be sentenced on May 4, 2023, in the Wayne Circuit Court, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. The Attorney General's enforcement operation was conducted in close collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector Gen  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: This week, Isiah Williams, 76, of Chicago, was bound over to stand trial on one count of open murder in connection to the 1982 disappearance and presumed death of his then 8-month-old infant daughter Olisa Williams, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Williams is alleged to have taken the infant from her mother's arms during a physical altercation on April 29th, 1982, in Ohio and t  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to announce two business expansion projects expected to create a total of 75 new jobs and retain 44 existing jobs have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. The projects are in Ithaca and Jonesville and are expected to generate a total private investment of nearly $2.5 million. "Today's investme  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced four Michigan preservation projects were awarded Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation during a ceremony hosted by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Communities represented by the projects include Calumet, Grand Rapids, Hamtramck, and the Port Huron vicinity. "It's an honor t  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 2 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has approved a reimbursement plan for environmental cleanup and management costs at a vacant and contaminated site in Detroit. Plans call for more than 300 new apartments as well as parking and retail space. The City Club Apartments - Midtown project is planned for five parcels of land covering 2.4 a  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following electric application (Case No. U-21410) on May 5, 2023: * * * In the matter of the application of CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY for reconciliation of its 2022 demand response program costs. APPLICATION Consumers Energy Company ("Consumers Energy" or the "Company") requests that the Michigan Public Service Commission ("MPSC" or the "Commission") issue an order approving the Company's 2022 Demand Response ("DR")  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 4 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission announced the following electric application (Case No. U-21415) on May 3, 2023: * * * In the matter of the application of NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, and wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc., for a waiver of Rule 460.732(r) for reporting momentary outages. APPLICATION NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, and wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc. ("NSP-W" or the "Comp  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memo on May 4, 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: 2023 Education Workforce Job Fair Series Increasing the numbers of certified teachers in areas of shortage is one of the eight goals of Michigan's To  more

HOUGHTON, Michigan, May 5 (TNSpar) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news release: Dairyland Power Cooperative is collaborating with Mine Storage International AB (Mine Storage) and Michigan Technological University to explore the potential for pumped underground storage hydropower in the Upper Midwest. With input from Michigan Tech and Mine Storage, Dairyland will evaluate closed mines in the region for the development of pumped hydro energy storage, an opportunity tha  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 4 (TNSpar) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Tuberculosis, or TB, a bacterial disease that usually attacks the lungs, has regained its distinction as the leading infectious disease resulting in death, following the extraordinary efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, are spread through the air, for example when someone with the disease coughs or sneezes. The disease kills nearly   more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 4 (TNSfund) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Michigan State University has received a five-year, $17 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, to build capacity within Malawi's higher education ecosystem to promote sustainable economic prosperity and self-reliance for Malawians. "The program extends MSU's long history of partnership with African universities and reflects our own focus on supporting the success  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, May 4 (TNSpar) -- Northwood University issued the following news: Northwood University and Alpena Community College recently signed a new transfer articulation agreement. "This transfer articulation agreement strengthens the long-standing relationship between Northwood and Alpena Community College," stated Dr. Kristin Stehouwer, provost and academic vice president at Northwood University. "Most importantly, it helps us serve the collective needs of our students," Per the n  more

BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, May 3 (TNSres) -- Oakland Community College issued the following news release: The OCC Libraries are proud to announce the winners of the fourth annual Outstanding Research Paper Competition. They received many great entries (42 to be exact), and according to the final round judges, the quality of the papers submitted this year was exceptionally high. "We launched OCC's Outstanding Research Paper Award Competition to promote research and scholarship and give students an i  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 3 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Matthew J. Lund, a partner in Troutman Pepper's Business Litigation Practice Group, was recently named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly's "Go To Lawyers" for business litigation. Now in its fourth year, the program recognizes top lawyers around the state in a given practice area. Those recognized as "Go To Lawyers" are regarded as experts in their field and well-versed in the nuances of related case law, statutes, an  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Two University of Michigan professors are among the 2023 inductees into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the United States. The academy announced the election of 120 members and 23 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. U-M's newly elected NAS members are: Mar  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 4 (TNStalk) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on May 3, 2023, with sociologist Alford Young Jr.: * * * It has been a topic that many Black parents in the United States have discussed with their children in recent decades--staying safe from harm or being killed by law enforcement. But in recent months, the conversation now extends to Black youths being killed in regular situations by white citizens, said Alford Young Jr., a University of Michigan s  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 2 (TNSfund) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Life Sciences Innovation Hub at the University of Michigan recently awarded nearly $1 million to support and advance six translational research projects with high commercial potential. Four of the projects are led by researchers at U-M, while the other two are led by researchers at Wayne State University and Grand Valley State Universit  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The International Day of the Worker, wealth inequality in the United States is higher than in any other rich country in the world. On one side, immense amounts of wealth, such as the wealth of Elon Musk, are concentrated at the top. On the other side, 1 in 10 U.S. households have no wealth and are actually in debt. University of Michigan researchers Fabian Pfeffer and Kathy Velikov explore this  more

FLINT, Michigan, May 3 (TNSpro) -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: The University of Michigan-Flint's College of Innovation and Technology is adding another graduate program to its catalog for fall 2023. The new program, the Master of Science in Data Analytics, is intended for working professionals with or without experience in computer science and related fields. To accommodate the schedule of busy professionals, students may work toward this degree either online   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 5 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: * * * Automation uncovers combinations of amino acids that feed two bacterial species and could tell us much more about the 90% of bacteria that humans have hardly studied * * * An artificial intelligence system enables robots to conduct autonomous scientific experiments--as many as 10,000 per day--potentially driving a drastic leap forward in the pace of discovery in areas fro  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Consumer sentiment was essentially unchanged this month, edging up less than two index points from March, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Sentiment is now about 3% below a year ago but 27% above the all-time low from last June. Sentiment rose for lower-income consumers, offsetting declines among those with higher incomes. Buying conditions for durables surged 11  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: Latino adults in the United States with documentation status concerns--such as fearing deportation--report poorer physical and mental health than individuals without those concerns, according to a new University of Michigan study. Regardless of their documentation status distresses, Latino participants who feel a stronger sense of support report fewer negative mental health sympt  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Exoplanets are planets that lie outside of our solar system, and researchers can use telescopes to study their atmospheres. But until the launch of NASA's JWST, the largest optical telescope in space, researchers haven't been able to determine whether rocky exoplanets--planets composed mostly of rocks rather than gas giants such as Jupiter and Saturn--are able to build and maintain atmospheres.  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Traces of sex hormones extracted from a woolly mammoth's tusk provide the first direct evidence that adult males experienced musth, a testosterone-driven episode of heightened aggression against rival males, according to a new University of Michigan-led study. In male elephants, elevated testosterone during musth was previously recognized from blood and urine tests. Musth battles in extinct rel  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * A new technique for recording and analyzing surface-acoustic waves can enable nearly any object to act as a touch input device and power privacy-sensitive sensing systems * * * Couches, tables, sleeves and more can turn into a high-fidelity input device for computers using a new sensing system developed at the University of Michigan. The system repurposes technology from new bone-condu  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: More families are chronically food insecure than they were 20 years ago, according to a study led by a University of Michigan researcher. The finding comes at a time when SNAP and similar benefits may decrease because of the expected end of the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19. The survey study, published as a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics, compared rates of food insecurity--d  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * Real-time data collected at the two-lane roundabout will be used to efficiently test the safety of autonomous vehicles * * * The first statistically realistic roadway simulation has been developed by researchers at the University of Michigan. While it currently represents a particularly perilous roundabout, future work will expand it to include other driving situations for testing auton  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) welcomes Clean Air Month this May by celebrating the accomplishments of the last 20 years, including the improvement in overall air quality in Wisconsin. Air quality successes over the last twenty years include an 88% decrease in sulfur dioxide concentrations, a 35% decrease in fine particle pollution and a 25% decrease in ozone conce  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 4 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that a population of a rare parasitic plant was rediscovered on the dunes overlooking Lake Michigan in Manitowoc County. A trained volunteer for the Rare Plant Monitoring Program spotted the clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata), which has not been seen in over 44 years. This discovery and others a  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 2 (TNSfund) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: It may not be considered a "party school," yet nobody's naive enough to think that substance use isn't occurring on Wayne State University's campus. "Though we're mostly a commuter school, it is still the case that there's substance use happening all around," said Jeff Kuentzel, Ph.D., director of Counseling and Psychological Services. "It really comes down to the culture of the campus." According to resea  more