LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * Report from Strategen Consulting and Advanced Energy United calls on Michigan decision-makers to study changing market conditions and cost-containment strategies for natural gas. * * * Consumers Energy customers may see their gas bills increase up to 50% over the next decade according to a new report. The report from Strategen Consulting analyzed Consumers' 10-year Natural Gas Delivery Pl  more

SPEARFISH, South Dakota, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Black Hills State University issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $1,125,000 Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) grant to a collaborative program between Black Hills State University (BHSU), the University of Michigan (U-M), and Benedictine University. BHSU's share of the award amounts to $520,000 over a three-year period. The three institutions will utilize the grant funding to recruit students  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- Calvin University issued the following news: LUMINOUS, a documentary that tells the story of the first astronomer in history to make a public prediction about the near-future explosion of a star, is now available to stream on Kanopy--the premiere streaming service for libraries and educational institutions. Watch the trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yYZGOk-oaw) The film, produced by Sam Smartt, an award-winning documentarian who is a profe  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: The new executive director of Grand Rapids Community College's Lakeshore Campus brings experience in technical education and strong ties to Ottawa County. Cameron Buck steps into his new role Sept. 18. He most recently worked for the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency, the past three years as executive director of carer and technical education. He also served as an assistant principal at th  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Part of ongoing campuswide initiative to challenge university history, reexamine what gets memorialized Alumni Memorial Hall at the U-M Museum of Art pictured at dusk with lights on and 3 banners between columns. Image credit Scott Soderberg, Michigan Photography The University of Michigan Museum of Art has a new face. Across the facade of Alumni Memorial Hall--a neoclassical building that opened i  more

JACKSON, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Consumers Energy today announced a sweeping new proposal to expand access and improve affordability to its renewable energy offerings, building on its already industry-leading Clean Energy Plan to eliminate coal and be carbon neutral. Consumers Energy plans to update its renewable offerings by cutting costs for community solar by more than 50% and enabling every customer to match 100% of their   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Study: Contextualized High School Performance: Evidence to Inform Equitable Holistic, Test-Optional, and Test-Free Admissions Policies Indicators of high school grades and standardized test scores that consider the levels of school, neighborhood and family resources available to students are strongly associated with students' success in college, according to new University of Michigan research. Publ  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Report: Geographic Differences in Access to Care, Recovery, and the Social Impact of COVID-19 in Michigan Prior MI CReSS DATA reports The latest report from University of Michigan public health researchers studying how COVID-19 affected Michiganders found that the severity of illness or negative impact of the pandemic is strongly linked to where one lives. The report, Geographic Differences in Acce  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Since February, Tommy Tuberville has held up hundreds of Defense Department promotions and nominations, actively undermining our military readiness and national security. Tuberville has promised that he won't relent unless the DoD changes its policy that provides support for service members who need to go out of state for abortion access. Despite Republican leadership and political vetera  more

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news on Sept. 21, 2023: ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in Washtenaw County, Mich., will deploy ZeroEyes' solution across its campus to protect students, staff, and visitors from gun-related violence. EMU selected ZeroEyes following an  more

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Eastern Michigan University's Digital Divas and Digital Dudes program hits the runway at Willow Run Airport on Saturday, Sept. 30 at noon. Aviation Day offers high school students the opportunity to engage with the world of aviation hands-on and interactively. Students will have the chance to meet pilot mentors, interact and network with aviation professionals, tour an aviation facility, and connect with c  more

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Eastern Michigan University is working to improve the mental health of college students with a new visual podcast, "Enlighten U." The first episode aired Sept. 15 and can be found on EMU's YouTube Channel and all major podcast platforms. According to noted mental health professionals, students attending EMU, along with every other educational institution in America, are experiencing a mental health  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has entered into formal partnership with the Attorney General's FORCE Team, a partnership between Michigan State Police (MSP) and the Organized Retail Crime Unit at the Department of Attorney General, established to combat coordinated theft and resale operations targeting Michiga  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The Ford School's Center for Racial Justice proudly welcomes Dr. Moya Z. Bailey, Dr. Angela S. Garcia, Dr. Clarence Wardell III, and Diane J. Wright as Visiting Fellows for the 2023-24 academic year. The Visiting Fellows Program, the signature initiative of the Center for Racial Justice, represents a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with a diverse array of policy thin  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: As the U.S. endures the UAW, Writers' Guild, and Screen Actors strikes, among others, Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson says the country may endure more labor upheaval. Once the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, she attributes the increase in labor union action to "one word: uncertainty." While citing the costs of strikes on supply chains,  more

JACKSON, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release: Leaders from Consumers Energy, ArtPrize and Grand Rapids Public Schools have announced that GRPS student Joshua Kortenhoven has won the 2023 SmartArt competition at ArtPrize with artwork titled "Green Shoes." The SmartArt contest is an annual student art competition focused on clean energy-related subjects. The winner's artwork, along with the art from top finalists, is on display during ArtPrize on a large bann  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Study: Looking beyond land-use and land-cover change: Zoonoses emerge in the agricultural matrix Many pathogens, including the virus that causes COVID-19, are thought to have originated in wild animals before spilling into human populations. Agriculture is often blamed for accelerating this process, which is known as zoonotic spillover, through deforestation and habitat fragmentation that reduce bio  more

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Eastern Michigan University appointed LaJoyce Brown as director of admissions. Under the leadership of Vice President of Enrollment Management Katie Condon-Martin, Brown will oversee recruitment and admission processes for all first-year, transfer, graduate, and international students. "LaJoyce Brown has an impressive track record in college admissions," said Condon-Martin. "She has a legacy of driving inn  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Study: Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After Overdoses Among Medicaid Enrollees Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use of effective medications for opioid addiction? A team of University of Michigan researchers thinks so. Led by Thuy Nguyen of U-M's School of Public Health, the researche  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child, will be making her way onto the University of Michigan campus this week as part of a 6,000-mile walk across the U.S. "This extraordinary event gives us an opportunity to think about how to engage meaningfully and ethically with experiences of disenfranchisement and displacement," said Sara Blair, vice provost for academic and facult  more

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: Nine engineering and engineering technology programs at Lawrence Technological University have received accreditation by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology Inc. (ABET), the leading accreditation body for higher education engineering programs. Included is a first-ever accreditation for LTU's industrial engineering program, which was accredited retroactively to 2020. Re-accr  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general backing the Biden administration's challenge to Idaho's near-total ban on abortion. In an amicus brief filed in United States of America v. Idaho, the multistate coalition supported the U.S. government's argument that the ban conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law tha  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation today to announce Michigan has received an award of $900,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) for the upcoming fiscal year. The Michigan Strategic Fund is providing an additional $300,000 as the state match to support the Michigan STEP initia  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) announced today that the City of Coldwater in Branch County has been accepted to the Certified Local Government (CLG) program, following confirmation from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. "We are pleased to welcome the City of Coldwater as Michigan's 42nd CLG community," said State Historic   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Eleven Michigan public schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education, the Michigan Department of Education shared today. Michigan's 11 schools are among 353 schools nationwide receiving recognition this year. A National Blue Ribbon School designation is based on a school's overall academic performance or progress in closing achievem  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Drinking water plant upgrades in the city of St. Clair and wastewater treatment facility improvements in Croswell are among $21.2 million 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 Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that more than $553 million in Protecting MI Pension Grant awards are being sent to 123 Michigan communities, putting dollars back into the pockets of retirees and offsetting costs for local communities, keeping them from having to divert funds from critical public services. "After a lifetime of hard work, Michigan seniors deserve to   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation to protect minors in Michigan by preventing child marriage, building on previous legislation she signed earlier this year. The bills raise the minimum age of consent for marriage to 18 and updates laws to effectively implement the child marriage ban. "Keeping Michiganders safe and healthy is one of my top priorities, and today's bip  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission announced the following electric application (Case No. U-21493) on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * In the Matter of the ex parte Application of CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY for accounting approval to utilize a regulatory asset or liability for certain projects related to funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. APPLICATION Consumers Energy Company ("Consumers Energy" or the "Company") requests the Michigan Public  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- Michigan State University issued the following news: An all-Black artist exhibition focusing on the "wonders and joy that comes with the experience of being Black" is now on display through October 6, 2023, at (SCENE) Metrospace in downtown East Lansing. Presented by the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, the Black Jubilation exhibition was conceived and curated by Lillian Young, who graduated from MSU in 2022 with an MF  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * BAE researcher uses modeling to inform healthy decision making that can also help preserve environment * * * Everyone knows that air, water, soil and food are all vital components to human existence. But what happens when contamination occurs in one of these biosystems and persists with little to no detection? It festers and perpetuates, creating more complicated issues. Detecting the sou  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Molly Brennan is 2023 MSU Homecoming Grand Marshal for Michigan State University. Brennan is a Spartan with both academic and athletic legacies. She was the engineering group manager for the Truck and Bus Division of General Motors Corporation, where she won the first World Solar Challenge, setting four solar and electric land speed records in the Guinness Book of World Records. Beyond her illustr  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Michigan State University researchers received a $12 million, four-year federal grant from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, or IARPA, under its Biometric Recognition and Identification at Altitude and Range, or BRIAR, program. The IARPA BRIAR program is a 48-month effort to deliver end-to-end software systems capable of detecting individuals at severe imaging conditions, extra  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, wildly unpopular former Governor Rick Snyder is slated to attend a "civility" event at Oakland University tonight, sparking intense outrage from a number of groups on campus due to his outrageous record on environmental (poisoning Michiganders) and social justice issues from his time in office. Not only was Snyder one of Michigan's worst and most destructive governors, causing  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: There's no way to sugarcoat it, this has not been a good week for disgraced former Governor Rick Snyder. After getting dragged back onto the political scene to help fundraise for the most extreme members of the Republican House Caucus, Snyder has been met with a flurry of protests - from both sides. First, on Monday, he joined a "civility" event at Oakland University (we know, we can't believe it ei  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, yesterday, The American Independent dropped a bombshell story exposing incredibly disturbing emails sent by GOP House Minority Leader Matt Hall during college, filled with racially-tinged threats to commit violent acts against another student. The emails show Hall making death threats towards a student at his girlfriend's college in Maryland, going as far as to say that he has  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, the MI GOP continues to make headlines as party infighting and an embrace of extremism tears them apart from the inside out. MLive's scathing report on the tensions between state party leadership, county parties and community activists, as well as top-to-bottom failures, proves unequivocally that the party has fallen from their once-respected place in Michigan politics. Betwe  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: In case you missed it, in what's shaping up to be a "radioactive" "caustic" and "brutal" Republican Senate primary in Michigan, accusations of "outright deceit" and "skullduggery" are in the news today as James Craig accuses Mike Rogers' campaign of attempting to bribe him to stay out of the race. Read The Messenger's reporting on Republicans' chaotic and messy primary below: The   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Mike Rogers heads to Mackinac Island for the Michigan GOP's 35th biennial Republican Leadership Conference, Michigan Republicans' "contentious" primary and "Senate showdown" will be on full display with members of his own party attacking Rogers as a "deep state operative" and the "last choice" in Michigan's Republican Senate primary. Here's what Michigan Republicans are saying about Mike Rogers:   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memorandum on Sept. 21, 2023: * * * TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors Nonpublic School Administrators FROM: Dr. Michele A. Harmala, Deputy Superintendent P-20 Systems and Student Transitions SUBJECT: Public Comment Period for the Proposed 2024-2028 State Determined Levels of Performance for Michigan's Strengthening Care  more

HOUGHTON, Michigan, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news release: The 2023 Upper Peninsula Medical Conference (UPMedCon) brings together medical practitioners, researchers and students for a weekend of learning about health issues impacting rural communities. Hosted by Michigan Technological University's Health Research Institute, UPMedCon takes place Oct. 27-28 at the Memorial Union Building on campus in Houghton, Michigan. Health practitioners from  more

HOUGHTON, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news release: Michigan Technological University has signed a Corporate Education Partnership Agreement with ITC Holdings Corp., the nation's largest independent electricity transmission company. The fellowship program supports ITC employees in their pursuit of online graduate education through Michigan Tech's Global Campus. Current employees will receive fellowships to enroll in one of Tech's online graduate  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Sept. 21, 2023: Johannes Bauer, Quello Chair in Media and Information Policy and professor of media and information at Michigan State University, has been named the Federal Communications Commission's chief economist, the agency announced today. "It is an honor and a privilege to work with the outstanding leadership and staff at the FCC," said Bauer, whose appointment began on September 11, 2023 and will  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: New research from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University finds that dairy producers overtreat cows diagnosed with non-severe cases of clinical mastitis, which increases farm costs and loss of milk. Pamela Ruegg, the David J. Ellis Chair in Antimicrobial Resistance and professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, estimates the direct costs of treatment cou  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Serious and complex water problems affect human well-being across the globe. These problems are often exacerbated by climate change, aging infrastructure, emerging contaminants and poor decision-making. So, how can these problems be addressed? Michigan State University says more highly trained people are needed. MSU, a world leader in water research, is looking to address global water issues by de  more

MUSKEGON, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- Muskegon Community College issued the following news: * * * Pays cash incentives * * * Muskegon Community College (MCC) officials are ready to repeat the success of "Kick Off," a free program that delivered college readiness skills and $400 cash to 52 adults this past summer. MCC is offering new six-week sessions that will meet from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the main campus in Muskegon. Those who successfully complete the program and onlin  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: U-M professor of computer science and engineering identifies new concerns that recent AI advances pose for financial markets In a world where AI algorithms can already analyze real-time financial information and make high-stakes trading decisions with little or no human oversight, our financial regulations are failing to keep up. Michael Wellman, the Richard H. Orenstein Division Chair and Lynn A. C  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan, Black Hills State University in South Dakota and Benedictine University in Illinois have received a $1.125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to recruit students of diverse backgrounds into the field of physics. The grant, Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce, is awarded to the institutes with the aim of recruiting students from diverse backgrounds into t  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Inspired by their daughter and son's experiences at the University of Michigan, Philip and Nicole Hadley were eager to support recreation, health and well-being opportunities for students on campus. Now, their family name will be synonymous with recreation and well-being at the University of Michigan. In recognition of a $20 million total commitment, the Board of Regents voted Sept. 21 to name the ne  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The University of Michigan is among 13 institutions that will receive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be part of a national network of centers focused on predicting and responding to future disease outbreaks. U-M will receive a $17.5 million grant over five years to establish the Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling, or MICOM. Ho  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Study to provide insights and learnings around sweat loss and maximum oxygen consumption for runners by leveraging Galaxy Watch features The University of Michigan Exercise & Sport Science Initiative has launched a research partnership with Samsung Electronics Co. to explore smartwatch technology in an effort to help runners manage their health and physical activity by providing more reliable and acc  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The new Global Center will draw on relationships and policies from transboundary watersheds and Indigenous Territories along the entire US- Canada border (orange and green regions, respectively). The Great Lakes basin (blue) serves as an initial area of focus. Directly funded project partners are identified as black dots, with Indigenous partners highlighted by a purple ring. All of North America's tr  more

FLINT, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: The University of Michigan-Flint has joined nine of Michigan's other 15 public universities in announcing a bold new initiative to significantly streamline the college admissions process, boost enrollment and help students realize their full educational potential. Beginning this fall, participating universities in the Michigan Assured Admission Pact will admit in-state high school graduates who have earned   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Rogel Cancer Center issued the following news release: The American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting will be held October 1-4, at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. Rogel Cancer Center faculty and trainees will lead more than 20 presentations, posters and moderated sessions at ASTRO 2023. This year's meeting will be held in-person and virtually. As you attend panel discussions, view poster  more

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: Climate change is fueled by carbon and other harmful chemicals being released into the atmosphere. A Western Michigan University professor is working on a revolutionary way to capture those particles before they have a chance to do damage. Dr. Mert Atilhan, associate professor of chemical and paper engineering, and his research team of students and researchers from other universities have discovere  more