MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, July 18 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Kaitlyn Coons, a communication graduate student, researched how college students manage the uncertainty of food allergies when transitioning to college. She conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 college students ages 18-23 who have at least one food allergy. After she conducted the interviews, she used the uncertainty management theory (UMT) to analyze her findings. UMT states that uncert  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, July 19 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: David Weindorf, Ph.D., the Vice President for Research and Innovation at CMU, took a leading role in training Haitian agronomists to utilize new scientific equipment. The Association Zanmi Agrikol (AZA) secured a grant to purchase a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer which allows analysts to determine the elemental composition of soil, vegetation, or water in approximately one minute. Add  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The basic model of technological innovation in the U.S. has relied upon academic research and private sector commercialization. While the standard approach has stimulated macroeconomic growth, produced many valuable products, and created jobs, particularly for highly skilled workers, it has also contributed to vast and growing inequality, deepening the concentration of w  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 21 (TNSper) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Ronald Fisher, professor of economics at Michigan State University, to the bipartisan Growing Michigan Together Council, which is tasked with developing a strategy for growing Michigan's population through investment in people, places and education. "I am honored by and greatly appreciate the opportunity Gov. Whitmer has provided me to work with the distinguished cou  more

ALLENDALE, Michigan, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley received a four-year, $2.6 million federal grant to continue working with two health systems to prepare more nurse practitioners who have interest in primary care, working in rural or underserved areas or in mental health. The Kirkhof College of Nursing will work with McLaren Health Care and Trinity Health Muskegon to recruit and educate 37 nurses from disadvantaged or underrepresent  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 18 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: The Screen Actors' Guild Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, has joined the Writers' Guild of America, or WGA, on strike -- effectively shutting down Hollywood. Fair compensation in the streaming era and regulation of artificial intelligence and its use in film and television are the key issues in the first tandem strike of these unions since 1960. MSU experts are available to   more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 20 (TNSper) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on July 19, 2023: Revaa Goyal has had a busy summer. The pharmacy student at the University of Rhode Island juggles a high number of activities and responsibilities during the school year and decided to use her summer downtime to set her sights in new directions. Goyal spent a month backpacking through Europe with friends from URI and home in Michigan. The foursome traveled to Norway, Hungary,   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 21 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Sixteen Louisiana-based, growth-oriented companies became the fourth group of participants in the American Academy of Entrepreneurs, designed to accelerate business growth and develop meaningful relationships among second-stage companies. The program is made possible by a collaboration between Louisiana Economic Development and the Michigan-based Edward Lowe Foundation. The 202  more

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, July 21 (TNSres) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Between the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing serious illness or death, and the rise of home testing, it's become difficult to determine the true number of COVID-19 cases in any community. But a Lawrence Technological University professor has received a federal grant to determine the number of cases in a community accurately by a measure that can't be fudged--the amount  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to U.S. consumers. The joint state and federal "Operation Stop Scam Calls" initiative builds on the efforts o  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: * * * Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced felony charges against 16 Michigan residents for their role in the alleged false electors scheme following the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The charged defendants are: * Kathy Berden, 70, of Snover * William (Hank) Choate, 72, of Cement City * Amy Facchinello, 55, of Grand Blanc * Clifford Frost, 75, of Warr  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined the Sparrow Mobile Health Clinic today in Lansing to help remind Michigan residents that they will need to once again complete their Medicaid benefit renewal packets to avoid losing coverage. During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which required state Medicaid agen  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 21 -- Michigan Deputy Superintendent of the Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports issued the following memorandum on July 20, 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: Modifications to Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate Calculations The United States Department of Education (USED) is re  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 20 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today to announce two business expansion projects and one community revitalization project expected to create a total of 136 new jobs and generate a total capital investment of $22.5 million have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. The projects are in Cadillac, Southfield and  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 19 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. posted the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation to power economic development in communities across Michigan by unlocking new tools to finance affordable housing and setting up the Transformational Brownfield Fund to convert vacant land and other abandoned property into productive space. "Today, we are taking a solid step forward on our Make it in Michigan strategy to h  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 21 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed a record-setting state School Aid budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) that extends investments in per-pupil funding, more equitable categorical funding, and early childhood education. "In the 30 years since Proposal A to change the school funding system, Michigan hasn't had two years of back-to-back funding increases close to FY23 and FY24  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 15 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release: Lead service line removal in Kingsford, upgraded water treatment facilities in Harrisville and lead service line identification in Decatur are among projects funded by $20,391,921 in Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) grants recently awarded to Michigan communities. The MI Clean Water Plan grants, through EGLE's Drinking Water State Rev  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 19 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release: A $100,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will help reduce Michigan food waste and carbon emissions in line with goals in the MI Healthy Climate Plan. EGLE's support will boost work by the nonprofit Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, Make Food Not Waste, Center for EcoTechnology, and an advisory council of industry   more

LANSING, Michigan, July 21 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release: NextCycle Michigan has selected 14 teams to participate in its accelerator tracks focused on improving recycling supply chains (RSC) and supporting intergovernmental initiatives and public-private partnerships (I2P3). Through participation in NextCycle Michigan's accelerator, teams will build relationships with new networks while receiving technical support, financial  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 20 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation to protect the Healthy Michigan Plan and provide access to quality, affordable health care for more than one million Michiganders. "We know that access to quality, affordable health care improves health outcomes overall. This legislation will ensure Michiganders can continue to access affordable health insurance under the H  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 20 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission announced the following electric application (Case No. U-21451) on July 19, 2023: * * * In the matter of the application of UPPER MICHIGAN ENERGY RESOURCES CORPORATION for waivers of certain Service Quality and Reliability Standards for Electric Distribution Systems pursuant to R 460.751 and related relief. APPLICATION Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation ("UMERC" or the "Company") hereby applies for waivers of certa  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 19 (TNStalk) -- Michigan State University issued the following Q&A on July 18, 2023, with David Ortega, food economist and associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources: * * * David Ortega, food economist and associate professor, in the Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics at Michigan State University's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, discusses Ru  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 18 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * A collaboration between plant and education researchers at MSU is working to transform the relationship students have with science * * * If you ask researchers why they work at Michigan State University, a couple of common answers are the people who work here and the size of the institution. There's an appetite for collaboration and an expansive range of expertise, enabling people from dis  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: With Governor Whitmer's signature, the landmark education budget will devote historic resources to schools and students across Michigan. This funding will invest in teacher retention, provide free school meals for all K-12 public schools, take a first step toward expanding pre-K for all 4-year-olds, and stand as the highest per pupil funding in Michigan history. While Republicans cont  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news on July 17, 2023: In a recent interview with the Michigan Chronicle, Minnesota Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison compared Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to a character from the movie Django Unchained, heavily implying that Thomas is a house slave. These racist comments follow revelations that House Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries compared Black conservatives to "house negroes," and def  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 19 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on July 18, 2023: * * * The International Research Laboratory on Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics is being established at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. * * * Michigan State University and the French research organization, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, or CNRS, today signed an agreement to establish the International Research Laboratory on Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics dur  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan's Graham Sustainability Institute is launching the Center for EmPowering Communities to foster decarbonization solutions that advance community goals and priorities. The center will help Michigan communities tackle the planning and zoning challenges related to renewable energy projects such as wind and solar installations. In addition, the center will spur collabora  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 18 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: As municipalities contract with the City of Chicago to supply fresh water from Lake Michigan, a new report from University of Illinois Chicago researchers recommends that plans include supplying recycled water for industry to avoid looming issues related to the region's water supply. The report, which was produced by the Freshwater Lab at UIC in partnership with UIC's Great Citie  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Eighty percent of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person's memory and thinking abilities have started to decline, a new poll of people aged 65 to 80 finds. And 60% think that health care providers should offer cognitive screening, in the form of brief memory tests, to all older adults every year. If a cognitive screening test showed signs of troubl  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, July 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: * * * Student participants from across the nation -- including Dearborn Wolverine Louisa Hoback -- worked with UM-Dearborn faculty mentors during the campus' Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Mathematical Analysis and Applications program. * * * In the medical field, mathematics is essential to understanding outcomes. There's modeling when it comes to predicting the succes  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news on July 17, 2023: * * * Professor Matthew Heinicke extracted DNA from a femur to clarify origin of the almost 2-foot-long lizard. * * * For nearly 200 years, a mysterious giant gecko sat in a French natural history museum's storage area. No one knew anything about it except that the Natural History Museum of Marseille's records show it had been there since at least the 1870s and the  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new way to see details smaller than half the wavelength of light has revealed how nanoscale scaffolding inside cells bridges to the macroscale during cell division. Unlike earlier superresolution techniques, the one developed and tested at the University of Michigan doesn't rely on molecules that wear out with prolonged use. Superresolution can reveal structures down to 10 nanometers, or ab  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Cheap, versatile and easy to grow, palm oil is the world's most consumed vegetable oil and is found in roughly half of all packaged supermarket products, from bread and margarine to shampoo and toothpaste. But producing palm oil has caused deforestation and biodiversity loss across Southeast Asia and elsewhere, including Central America. Efforts to curtail the damage have largely focused on v  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Increasingly divisive messages about science have led some people to see scientists as a group that is "for" or "against" their political or religious social groups, according to new research. This skepticism is happening despite scientists having diverse backgrounds, expertise and identities, said study co-author Ariel Hasell, assistant professor of communication and media at the University   more

HOLLAND, Wisconsin, July 19 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Advance shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 2023. The Advance lies submerged in Lake Michigan about nine and a half miles southwest of Sheboygan Harbor. Advance was built in 1853 in Milwaukee and operated in the Great Lakes lumber and grain trades throughout its career. On September 8, 1885, the vessel bega  more