MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Feb. 10 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Cecelia Gore, executive director of the Brewers Community Foundation, will be the next guest for the "Get to Know" program series of Marquette University Law School's Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 12:15 p.m. at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St. Derek Mosley, director of the Lubar Center, hosts the "Get to Know" series, which is styled as "more late-n  more

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- BorgWarner Inc. issued the following news release: BorgWarner has been named one of 317 companies included on Fortune magazine's 2024 World's Most Admired Companies list. This is the second consecutive year BorgWarner has achieved the accolade, and it increased its rank within the "motor vehicle parts" category 6th from to 4th. "Being named to Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list for the second consecutive year is an incredible recognition for BorgWar  more

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- BorgWarner Inc. issued the following news release: BorgWarner has begun eMotor rotor and stator production for XPeng Motors, a leading Chinese Smart EV company. The product will be used on the X9 MPV as well as XPeng's next electric B-class sedan, with start of production planned for Q3 2024. The high voltage hairpin (HVH) 220 eMotor offers high power and torque density, plus higher efficiency at a competitive cost. It also provides outstanding durability. "We  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Jan. 31 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: A member of Central Michigan University's leadership team nationally known for her contributions to student success was recognized by a prominent student affairs organization. Shawna Patterson-Stephens, vice president for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging, was named a Diamond Honoree for the American College Personnel Association's Class of 2024. It is the organization's 25th class. Patterson-Stephens  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Central Michigan University is expanding eligibility for a program that makes a high-quality college education more accessible for Michigan students. Starting in the fall 2024 semester, freshman and transfer students whose families have an adjusted gross income of less than $65,000 and have combined assets of less than $65,000 might qualify for the CMU Tuition Advantage. "Through the CMU Tuition Advanta  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Jan. 29 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Central Michigan University has added a new four-year, campus-based nursing degree to its existing programs to address growing demand in historically underserved parts of Michigan. The first students will enter the university's new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in the January 2025 spring semester, with a new group of approximately 30 students starting every subsequent semester. "We're excited   more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: Philip Kintzele arrived in Mount Pleasant during a St. Patrick's Day snowstorm in 1980. Kintzele remembers then-dean Leonard Plachta, who would go on to become Central Michigan University president, picking him up in his red 1977 Chevy Impala to take the young educator to his faculty interview. More than four decades later, the School of Accounting at Central Michigan University has been named The Philip  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Jan. 30 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: In the exciting world of robotics education, Central Michigan University's School of Engineering and Technology Robotics Lab has been a trailblazer, forming strong ties with industry leaders like FANUC America Corporation. This is because Dr. Shaopeng (Frank) Cheng, CMU Engineering faculty member and coordinator of SET Robotics Lab, has dedicated his higher education career to promoting, establishing, an  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A: * * * University of Michigan professor Ekow Yankah is available to comment on the conviction of Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan mother of the Oxford High School teen shooter convicted of killing four students. What made this case captivating to the nation? The case could hardly be more compelling. At its heart is the ongoing national tragedy of gun violence and school shootings. What more could hold our atten  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) today announced that it invested a record $3.8 billion into improving its electric and natural gas infrastructure in 2023. DTE Electric invested $3.1 billion on behalf of its customers to continue improving reliability and generate more cleaner energy, while DTE Gas invested nearly $750 million to upgrade main gas lines with more durable materials and make other infrastructure impro  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: EXPERT Q&A The Environmental Protection Agency's new rules for restricting the amount of fine particulate matter released into the air moves the current annually allowed amount from 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air to 9 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The EPA says the change--viewed by many as the agency's most significant move to improve air quality in a decade--means preventing 4,500 premature deaths  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 EVENT: "Public Health Approaches to Ending Gun Violence" The free, public event will bring together academic researchers, law enforcement, municipal leadership and gun safety advocates to discuss the role of public health in addressing gun injuries and deaths. It is part of The Exchange, the University of Michigan School of Public Health's ongoing series of c  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release: Michigan's Critical Dune Area's are part of the largest collection of freshwater dunes in the world. Their unique combination of topography, climate, and vegetation only occurs in the Great Lakes region. EGLE's latest story map (https://gis-egle.hub.arcgis.com/apps/90f92201d5994837a08b1efc39c801c1) dives into the diversity, quality, and functions of the dunes and how th  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 30 -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The University of Michigan has published an experts guide (https://news.umich.edu/experts-guide-u-m-faculty-weigh-in-on-2024-elections/) to the 2024 elections. Ford School faculty are available to offer insights on relevant issues impacting the elections, including the following: Economics Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, is an expert on women's labor  more

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: By Brian Vernellis When it comes to predicting the future of the Grand Rapids' economy for 2024, Grand Valley researchers at the Seidman College of Business are seeing a mix of signals from data they monitor and what local businesses tell them. Paul Isely, professor of economics and associate dean of the Seidman College of Business, presented the findings from his Grand Rapids Economic Forecast t  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, this weekend, Democrats from President Biden to members of the Michigan State Legislature spoke out to strongly condemn an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that spread dangerous and appalling language about our fellow Michiganders in Dearborn. This abhorrent rhetoric puts lives in danger, and Michigan Democrats across the board have stood with our Muslim and Arab neighbor  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will trim trees near high voltage transmission lines next week in southwest Michigan using an aerial saw. The work is part of I&M's commitment to providing safe and reliable energy while balancing the importance of trees in our environment. The work is routine maintenance to remove overhanging or encroaching branches that can interfere with   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Dawn Tilbury is recognized for advances in manufacturing network control and human-robot interaction, as well as engineering leadership Instrumental in organizing robotics researchers at U-M and championing the need for a facility to bring them together, Dawn Tilbury stands in front of the Ford Robotics Building. Image credit: Brenda Ahearn, Michigan Engineering Dawn Tilbury, the Ronald D. and Regina C. McNei  more

MONROE, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Monroe County Community College issued the following news release: The community is invited to participate in a special Agora Chili Supper event on Saturday, February 10, 2024, from noon - 4 p.m. to help raise funds to send the award-winning Agora student newspaper staff, including student editors, student writers and student content contributors, to the College Media National Convention in New York City this spring. The cost for the supper is $20 per person and incl  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is in the process of aligning its Complete Streets policy with its mission to serve and connect people, communities, and the economy through transportation. As part of this process, MDOT has been seeking public input using an online Complete Streets survey (https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=h3D71Xc3rUKWaoku9H  more

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Traverse City Transportation Service Center (TSC) has scheduled an open house to discuss the upcoming project to rebuild US-31/M-72/M-37 (Grandview Parkway) in Traverse City from Garfield Avenue to Division Street. The meeting will include presentations about the current plans and schedules for the project, followed by a  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invites the public to attend an open house to learn more about the US-127/I-496 project in Ingham County. Presentations will be given at 4:45 and 6 p.m. followed by question-and-answer opportunities. * * * Who: Interested residents Commuters Community stakeholders Local businesses * * * When: Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 4  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with her partners on the nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, has sent a warning letter to a company that allegedly sent New Hampshire residents scam election robocalls during the New Hampshire primary election last month. The calls allegedly used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden and discourage voters f  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims (VOCA) Fund. The VOCA Fund supports the provision of essential direct services for crime victims and survivors across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Jus  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the efforts of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC, to reverse a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Ci  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The Michigan Department of Attorney General's Criminal Investigations Division (CID) has been granted accreditation by the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (MLEAC) earlier today, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. Twelve law enforcement agencies in total earned the MLEAC Accreditation following a hearing hosted during the Michigan Association of Chiefs of   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced plans to implement new protections against lead in school drinking water under the Filter First legislation passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer last October. Building on the success of Michigan's strictest-in-the-nation Lead and Cop  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that President Joe Biden has approved Michigan's request for a disaster declaration in nine counties across the state as a result of heavy storms in August 2023, unlocking assistance for affected Michiganders. "Michiganders have been working hard to recover from the tornadoes and storms that caused so much damage across the state this su  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statements on Feb. 9, 2024: * * * Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II released the following on recent statements from Representative Josh Schriver (R-Oxford). * * * Governor Whitmer Statement "Michigan's story is defined by generations of families from around the world who made this beautiful place their home. Black Americans who fled segregation in the South for a fair s  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: In case you missed it, yesterday, Pete Buttigieg visited Grand Rapids and Lansing to energize voters for the February 27th primary and uplift the Biden-Harris administration's record of creating jobs and fighting for union workers. Buttigieg started the day at a phone bank at the Kent County Democratic Party Office and spoke about the vital role Michigan will play in sending President   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Mike Rogers is prioritizing politics over border security as he stands against the "most conservative border bill in decades" - despite the bill being backed by border patrol agents and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "The bipartisan border security bill is an opportunity to come together to strengthen our border and stop the flow of fentanyl into our country - but Mike Rogers decided to put scoring pol  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: The "bloodbath" Michigan GOP Senate primary is getting even more chaotic. Candidates are not holding back as they whack each other in the Senate Showdown. Here's the latest on the Michigan Republicans' "clash:" * Peter Meijer said that he didn't move out of the state after he lost his Congressional race, which is in direct contrast to Mike Rogers who abandoned Michigan for Florida. * When asked to   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: Nineteen historic Michigan properties were given special recognition in 2023 through their listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation has announced. Administered in Michigan by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the National Register of Historic Places is the United States federal government's official list of districts, site  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: The Michigan Public Service Commission today took steps to open implementation proceedings on changes made on Nov. 28, 2023, to Michigan's energy laws, including public acts that grant authority to the MPSC for siting of utility-scale clean energy projects, increase renewable portfolio standards for Michigan utilities to 60% by 2035 and raise energy waste reduction targets. Th  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: EXPERT ANALYSIS A University of Michigan expert says it's heartening to see public education prioritized in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's spending plan for the upcoming year. Still, Samantha Keppler, an assistant professor at U-M's Ross School of Business whose expertise is in education operations, cautions the true test will be how effectively the money will be spent in schools--if the proposed budget unveiled thi  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Attorney General's appeal of an August 2023 Court of Appeals ruling regarding 3M Company's (3M) challenge to the State's per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) standards for drinking water. The Michigan Supreme Court issued its February 2nd order accepting the application for leave to appeal, filed by the Attorney General on behalf of the Mi  more

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Michigan's mental health crisis worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic and has had consequential impacts on the state's suicide rate and drug overdose rate, according to faculty members from Grand Valley. Erkmen Aslim and Daniel Montanera, assistant professors of economics from the Seidman College of Business, discussed their research into the health behaviors and trends of Michiganders at the 15th  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: This portrait of Phillis Wheatley Peters was issued in the 1950s or 1960s by Associated Publishers, a company established by Dr. Carter Woodson to publish books on Black history and portraits of important African-Americans, enlarged and suitable for framing. This half-tone print was based on the iconic and only known portrait engraving of Wheatley Peters issued as a frontispiece to Poems on Various Subjects (Lo  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on Feb. 8, 2024: * * * This week, Republican state Rep. Josh Schriver posted support for a blatantly disgusting and racist theory on his social media that is deeply disturbing coming from anyone, let alone an elected official. Unfortunately, Michigan Republicans at all levels have remained silent and have refused to condemn this heinous behavior. In response, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Lavora   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2024: * * * Following an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this weekend that spread deeply disturbing and hateful commentary about Dearborn, Michigan, the Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Lavora Barnes released the following statement: "The Murdoch Wall Street Journal should be ashamed of the disgusting and dangerous language it chose to spread over the weekend. "Dearborn is an   more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and leading shopping center owner/operator Taubman Realty Group (Taubman) today announced that both Twelve Oaks Mall and Great Lakes Crossing Outlets will be the first shopping centers enrolled in DTE's MIGreenPower program, the top utility green tariff program in the U.S. MIGreenPower enables DTE Electric customers to attribute a percentage of their electricity use to Michigan-made  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: President Donald Trump pauses during the 9/11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2017. Image credit: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, CC by 2.0 via Flickr EXPERT Q&A As the presidential primary season heats up, so too do various civil and criminal cases and myriad charges against former President Donald Trump. Will Thomas It's a lot to keep track of, but Will Thomas, University   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: This artist impression shows ultra-fast winds blasting out from the center of galaxy Markarian 817. These winds, moving at many millions of kilometers per hour, clear out interstellar gas from a vast region of space. Without this gas, the galaxy can't form new stars and the black hole in the galactic center has little left to eat. Image credit: ESA (acknowledgement: work performed by ATG under contract to ESA)   more

FLINT, Michigan, Jan. 31 -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: By Robb King One year after being named one of only four finalists, the University of Michigan-Flint's Hagerman Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has earned the 2024 Excellence in Co-Curricular Innovation Award from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. "We're so proud to receive this award from one of the most prestigious entrepreneurship organizations in the worl  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it is revising a variance to the Northern Lake Michigan Coastal Regional Master Plan and will open a second public comment period. The revised variance, which includes management for Peninsula State Park in Door County, will address requests for additional and clarifying information regarding the potent  more